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What Classical Music Are You Listening To?


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Roussel, Symphony No. 2, Martinon -- Very dense, somewhat enigmatic work, hard to imagine what a French audience made of it in the '20s (in fact they didn't like it).

 Elliot Carter's String Quartet No. 1, Pacifica Quartet -- surprisingly not that hard to follow this time, fine sounding recording, clear, vivid

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Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1, Dezso Ranki (1980, Hungaraton, 3 lps) Sublime performances of these works from the then young Ranki. There doesn't seem to be a Vol. 2 from Ranki. Looks like the ball was picked up by the late Zoltan Kocsis, who certainly wasn't chopped liver. I'll try to investigate. (Amazon says that the Kocsis set is "currently unavailable.")

Here's Ranki in the slow movement of K. 280:
 

 

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