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Topic: What's New In Your Collection - February
Marian Schedenig
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Not much new here it seems... Here's what I picked up lately and have been too lazy to report earlier:- Carl Orff: Trionfi (Franz Welser-Möst and various) - has Carmina Burana, Catulli Carmina and Trionfo di Afrodite. I got it for Catulli, which are really good indeed. In fact, the Burana seems to be really good too, but it's not a match for the Jochum by far; I haven't even listened to the whole thing yet.
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Between Two Worlds / Symphonic Serenade / Theme and Variations (John Mauceri and two different German orchestras) - good music, some of it very good, nice performances, good sound.
- Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! (The Rolling Stones) - ok, so this doesn't really belong on this board, but it doesn't belong on the score board either. This is my third hybrid SACD now (don't have an SACD player), and all three are Stones CDs.
:music: Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! (The Rolling Stones)
posted 02-14-2003 10:30 AM PT (US) Dinko
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The new stuff that I bought lately:Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Naxos)
Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Dmitry YablonskyBruckner: Symphony # 4 (EMI Classics for Pleasure) Hallé Orchestra / Zdenek Macal
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (EMI)
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Takuo YuasaNino Rota: La Strada ballet suite, harp and trombone concertos (ATMA Classique)
Orchestre Metropolitain / Yannick Nézet-SéguinPart of which I already spoke about in the that other topic.
[Message edited by Dinko on 02-14-2003]
posted 02-14-2003 10:58 AM PT (US) SFT
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This just in:Sibelius: Songs vol. 2
Maria Groop, mezzo-soprano,
Love Derwinger, pianoSibelius: Songs vol. 3
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
Bengt Forsberg, pianoSFT
posted 02-14-2003 11:17 AM PT (US) Philipp
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Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5 (Ludwig van Beethoven, NDR Sinfonieorchester, Günter Wand)
posted 02-15-2003 01:29 PM PT (US) rachmaninov
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Bruckner’s 9th (Georg Tinter – Naxos)
4th (Milan Horvart – Point)
6th (Cesare Cantieri – Point) for 2.50 dollars (American) each! The recordings are very well, and I truly enjoyed them all.I also got:
Swedish Orchestral Favourites
Volume 2 / Swedish Chamber Orchestra/Petter SundkvistRichard STRAUSS
Rosenkavalier Suite, Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Don Juan
SWR Radio-Sinfonieorchester/Georges PrêtreRach.
posted 02-17-2003 07:14 PM PT (US) mgh
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Tveitt--Piano Concerto No. 4, Variations on a Folksong from HardangerYashiro--Piano Concerto, Symphony
Torke--Rapture, An American Abroad, Jasper
Liebermann--Concerto for Jazz Band and Orchestra, Medea-monolog, Furioso for Orchestra, Geigy Festival Concerto, Les Echanges
All are from Naxos, and all are excellent, especially the Torke.
[Message edited by mgh on 02-19-2003]
posted 02-19-2003 04:36 PM PT (US) Dinko
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Got last Thursday:[list]
- Brilliant Classics (99934/1-4): Rimsky-Korsakov: Orchestral Works.
Philharmonia Orchestra & LSO/Butt
Armenian Philharmonic/Tjeknavorian
Really budget 4-CD set of R-K concert works, including the three symphonies, a Scheherazade, and opera suites, all licensed from the ASV label.
Is it good? No. For one, the recordings range over 13 years, different orchestras, venues, conductors... So the whole thing is incoherent. Then there are the performances themselves. The LSO does best, the Philharmonia plays well but doesn't seem to care about the music, the Armenians do their best but lack the finish of a truly first rate orchestra. Interpretations are uneven. Butt does best with the short works and Sym. #3, but screws up in Sym 1 & 2, where Anichanov (Naxos) did a lot better.- Warner Apex (2 89085): Dvorak - Symphony # 9
Kurt Masur/New York Philharmonic
A not too bad Dvorak #9. Louder passages are rougher and more angular, while softer moments are more fluid. Good sound, especially in the strings and percussion. Not the best, but satisfying enough for the price. posted 02-22-2003 05:50 PM PT (US) Old Infopop Software by UBB
- Carl Orff: Trionfi (Franz Welser-Möst and various) - has Carmina Burana, Catulli Carmina and Trionfo di Afrodite. I got it for Catulli, which are really good indeed. In fact, the Burana seems to be really good too, but it's not a match for the Jochum by far; I haven't even listened to the whole thing yet.