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Never heard them before – what the wonderful music by two British composers!Sir Charles Villiers Stanford: Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 39. Performed by Lloyd-Webber and McCabe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Villiers_StanfordVictor August Herbert: C...
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So, did anyone find out if this is a complete set? Looks like it on the Amazon sites. And did anyone hear it yet? US Amazon has it as pre-order and Caymen has it in stock (supposedly), for $148.00, but on some French sites the...
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In her autobiography Galina Vishnevskay (the Rostropovich’s wife) wrote (translation is mine):
“In Moscow we spent only three weeks, and then by plane we returned to London to participate in the Festival of Soviet Art, just before 21 A...
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I heard her play Schnittke's First Cello Concerto with the SF Symphony two years ago. It was one of the most devastating and searing (in a good way!) live performances I have ever heard! She put's 120% into her performances. Gutman has her own series...
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Romy the Cat wrote:http://www.goodsoundclub.com/pdf/YO-186.pdf[/quote] I have to admit that I have written a few pieces of writing about my experiences with YO186 but I withhold to post it as I do not know if it might v...
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I listened to his Concerto-Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra today. I have only one performance of this piece, with Rostropovich/Svetlanov/Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra and was wondering if anyone knew any other valuable performances.May yo...
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Thanks Romy,Yes, I will explore Khachaturian more...I like him even though he keeps company with the lesser respected of composers. It is kind of a shame that the secondary composers often get pushed aside by the major, important work...
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A few weeks ago Amphissa sent me a collection of recordings of Myaskovsky. I knew Myaskovsky, head his Sixth Symphon, “something else” and his cello concerto but to have a pile of selected CDs by a great aficionado of the Myaskovsky's music really he...
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This morning, while driving to work, the Classical station was playing the first movement of Gerald Finzi's Cello Concerto (14 July 1901 - 27 September 1956):
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe Cello Concerto in A minor, Op 40, was compo...
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Today WGBH broadcasted Antonio Pappano leading Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 2 with a Korean cellist Han-Na Chang. I never head this girl and I had no idea what to expect. Anyhow, it was superb performance. Han-Na ...
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I can't remember how long it's been since I sat through this concerto. Today I sat through it twice.First version was Marlboro Festival Orchestra/Alexander Schneider; Rudolf Serkin, piano; Jaime Laredo, violin; Leslie Parnas, Cello; Columb...
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[quote user="Amphissa"] Mats, I agree with you. The recording of the cello concerto by Natalia Gutman with Svetlanov conducting is the best overall performance of this beautiful concerto. It is unfortunate that she never toured in the West. She is re...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I have to admit that I have written a few pieces of writing about my experiences with YO186 but I withhold to post it as I do not know if it might valuable for anybody. It looks like no one use YO186 on West. There are ...
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A strong second-recommendation of the 1977 Horowitz recording of the Liszt(RCA 12548 here in France). It is a superb sounding LP as well. For some reason I can't listen to anything Argerich lately, maybe it's because everytime I have ...
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Let's make it more challenging: how many recordings of Beethoven's/Brahm's/Bruckner's/.../Schumann's/etc. 3rd, how many interpretations of that piano/violin/cello concerto does one really need?Or do you draw the line at audio gear?For the past 3 deca...
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Wow, what a concert! Incontestably the very best live broadcast in 2008-09 seasons and the most impressive Götterdämmerung I heard, at least orchestral play. Did you pay attention how Levine cooked up the pressure and how smart he built up drama? So,...
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A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EMI CLASSICS Narrated by THOMAS HAMPSON
1 MENDELSSOHN: Spring Song/Adolf Umbach (clarinet) 2'17" 2 TCHAIKOVSKY: Forgive me (The Queen of Spades)/Nikolai Figner (tenor) 2'54" &n...
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Here's a list of my current holding of Anton Nanut CDs ....___Beethoven symphonies 1 to 8Beethoven overtures: Leonora III, Coriolan, Fidelio, King Stephen, Ruins of AthensBeethoven Mass in CBerlioz Harold in Italy & Roman Carnival ov.Brahms piano...
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BOSTON PHILHARMONIC just announced the 2013-14 Season and they will be playing Bruckner Symphony No. 7 on Friday, February 28, Symphony Hall, 8pm. Special BPO Concert (rescheduled from April, 2013)Beethoven, Coriolan OvertureBeethoven, Symphony No....
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This past weekend I was able to have an extended listen to the revised Melchiades amplifers. My previous listening session left something to be desired with midbass punch and dynamics. Had I not have heard mini me it may not have been noticeable. ...
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After my recent vinyl re-inspiration I did today something that I did not do for over two year – I went for vinyl shopping. It is not that I was walking by my local vinyl shops and stopped by for a glance or two -I do it occasionally – but rather...
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Romy I think for many people it's not even possible to reach a level of musical spiritual force. I've talked to Dr. Edgar at length about this, he and I believe that to have this feeling about music, one needs ...
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Rony, as I underrated from California to France you would not find a direct fly and it would be a landing some in East Cost. Would it be a different time then I would invite you to lend in Boston and spend some time with me. Unfortunately for aud...
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Ligeti´s Cello concerto / Siegfried PalmThis CD is not only for specialists, also fits very well into a small "contemporary music for dummies" collection:http://www.amazon.com/Siegfried-Palm-Violoncello/dp/B000005W98/ref=sr_1_2...
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Well, Lynn Harrell is unquestionably is in the pantheon of the greatest alive cellists, right along with Mischa Maisky, Yo Yo Ma, Natalia Gutman, Truls Mork, Maria Kliegel, Janos Starker (still alive? still playing?) I think he is worth to peru...
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Victor Herbert, Cello Concertos 1 & 2, and 5 Pieces for Cello and Strings; London CD, D-125316, with Neville Marriner conducting his Academy of St. Martin in the Fields orchestra; Lynn Harrell, Cello.Although I have never been a fan of Marriner's...
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Today on WFMT's New Releases program, Lisa Flynn played a live recording of Elliott Carter's Cello Concerto. Composed in 2001, this performance I believe is from the fall of 2012. Daniel Barenboim conducts the Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra, and th...
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Sure, those, “events” around musical performance have HUGE affect to the musicians and I in fact LOVE to collect stories about them. What could be more “interesting” from a perspective of “anxiety” then for instance the Tanglewood performance of Shos...
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I have to confess a sin - I was listening today the Myaskovsky’s cello concerto 5 times. It is not that I got hooked on Myaskovsky but Amphissa was right - Myaskovsky does have his own unique voice.
Myaskovsky is kind of a mix between Prokofi...
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[quote user="Lbjefferies7"]I suppose WTC is properly in the first group, but I was playing my beloved Richter 1970 performance. The gorgeous, aqueous, lucid, somehow Mozartian playing just did not work on a inferior setup. I think that Bosendor...
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