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Romy, thanks for the link, it is very educating. Anyhow without knowing who they are and how they are good, I bought the ticket yesterday, which is a good catch for me. I know 2hrs driving from Boston at the rush hour is a torture, but afte...
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Eventually I heard today the Williams’ Symphony No. 4 that I like! Sir Colin Davis with BSO in 1973 – who would believe that Williams 4 could be so good!!!The Cat...
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Glazunovs’ symphonies are not well know but his 5, 6, 7, 8 symphonies are quite good with some movements from the 6th and 8th are almost great. Glazunov’s composed 9th symphony, well, only first movement and then he died. The 9th symphony practically...
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Nine parts are available. Here is the past one. Follow the links for he rest....
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[quote user="zako"]Hans Vonk is also my favorite... It was Slatkin that built up the St Louis Symphony orchestra,,and passed the batton on to Vonk when he left,, VONK and the STL.,,,did a special concert for PBS TV of Carmina Burana,,,The chorus and...
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Well, as I said – you never know. I was listing the live Friday WGBH broadcast over internet from my work (very bad quality) and when I got home I listen my recording. The Brahms Double Concerto I did not like, but the Bruckner 7 was very-very good. ...
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Well, I expected more. It was in short.
In the longer version it would be like this. Valery Gergiev brought LSO in Boston for a single concert with Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto by Alexi Volodin and with Prokofiev’s Firth Symphony. Volodin make a lot...
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MIT Summer PHilharmonic Orchestra is playing Bruckner's Symphony No.6 in A major (1881) on Saturday, August 11, 2007, at 8:00 P.M. in Kresge Auditorium at MIT.http://www.mitspo.org/...
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A brief crash-guide across Tchaikovsky’s Sixth symphony by WHRB’s Brain Bell:http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Audio_Files/Pathetique_Guide.wav(7 Meg file)...
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I believe a year or so was announced that Riccardo Muti will lead the CSO. I have no specific love of hate to Riccardo Muti but as long he is not Daniel Barenboim who in my view destroyed CSO I very enthusiastic about Riccardo Muti. Today WGBH broadc...
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STOKOWSKI - Members' Special Sale(through September 30, 2006)
CD-1190(1) STOKOWSKI and KUBELIK conduct: experimental stereo recordings from 1952. JACOB AVSHALOMOV (b. 1919): The Taking of T’ung Kuan (7:53); TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 in E Min...
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…do not miss today:
2:02pmMozart: Symphony No 36 in C major, K. 425, "Linz"Boston Symphony Orchestra/Serge Koussevitzky; Recorded at Tanglewood, August 16, 1949 (RCA 78 RPM DM-1354)
2:27pmMozart: Symphony No. 33: 3rd movementBoston Symphony...
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CD-1124(2) J.S. BACH: THE FRENCH SUITES. BWV 812-817, selected Preludes, BWV 923, 999, 815a, and three Preludes from the Well-Tempered Clavier, performed by David Cates, harpsichord. CD1 49:38; CD2 45:22. DDD UPC #0-17685-112...
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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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Thank, Okan.
I will be there. Any good concert in Mechanics Hall worth to attend even under a penalty of two hours of driving.
This might be very much an interesting consent. The State Symphony of Russia use to be the main state sponsored symphony ...
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Pandora's Magic BoxRestoration of the music's dynamic range in historical recordings by: Pierre A. Paquin
We are now able to enjoy great recording of the distant past, thanks to the efforts of several successful and dedicated engineers who have had...
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The First AnnualEast Coast Brucknerathon!
Friday & Saturday, September 4 & 5
Hosted by John Berky & Ken Jacobson at Ke...
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DVORAK NEW WORLD SYMPHONY Antal Dorati The New Philharmonia Orchestra transferred from a London Phase Four 4-track tape, Dorati gives a dynamic performance, also the recording has a much more natural sound then majority of the Phase Four releases whi...
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God, I feel wrung out! What a MASTERPIECE!! Today the electricity was good enough that I could finally and unequivocally establish the relative VTA on my newly re-furbished cartridge, and then the electricity let this symphony really reveal itself to...
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Ok, here is the link: http://www.bso.org/brands/tanglewood/press/press-releases/archived-press-releases/051231/tanglewood-75-downloads.aspxOffer to public free in MP3 128 kbps formats. Both 320 kbps MP3 and 24bit 44.1kHz FLAC versions will be availab...
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The Mravinsky’s and his orchestra trip to Austria in 1960 and this recording of the last 3 Tchaikovsky’s Symphonies are well known. I am sure any of us have a number of Italian pressed box-sets with 3 records of this performance. Yes, the Mravinsky’s...
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The ABC Classical FM is just marvels. I love it.
http://www.abc.net.au/classic/
Can you guys who live in Australia comment on the local FM quality of ABC Classical broadcasts? I listen it in US over internet, taking advantage of 15 hours differenc...
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"Highlights include complete Beethoven Symphony Cycle, Strauss's Four Last Songs with Renée Fleming, Mendelsshohn's "Elihah," Mahler's Fourth and Seventh Symphonies, and Premieres by Carter, Harbison, Lieverson and John Williams.
BSO Music Director ...
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Today, at Mravinsky's birthday I publish a good article by Rob Barnett: the Classical Editor of the UK-based http://www.musicweb.uk.net. Rob gives a brief observation of the 20 CDs Melodia's box-set with Mravinsky's recordings.
MRAVINSKY Edition ...
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I never was a big fan of this symphony, as I am not a big fan of Shostakovich generally, but this time it was truly remarkable performing event. My local FM WGBH 89.7 stated the new fiscal year funding campaign and compile a CD recorded “live” locall...
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Great conductor but you never know what you get from him. I was listening tonight the FM recording from SymphonyShare of Dorati with CSO doing Mahler 6. Chicago Symphony play not well but whole together it is strangely powerful performance. As the pe...
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[quote user="jp"]I have been getting into Bruckner Third lately and Ive been trying to find some decent recordings. Jochum Berlin version I have is a bit too hurried. I would prefer something more articulate and with a bit more finesse. Any sugges...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]BTW, does anybody can advise a good performance of the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs? The Cat[/quote]http://www.amazon.co.uk/G%C3%B3recki-Symphony-No-3-Joanna-Koslowska/dp/B00004Z32YIf you find a good record of it ......
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I few months back I picked up in my local used CD store a used CD of “The Queen Symphony ” for $5. To my surprise (and I am not a big fan of the Queen rock-and-roll band and do not particularly know their music … the 5-movement symphony is derivation...
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