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1 hour ago, soulpope said:

Addicted 😎 .... ?

Yes, no, yes, no. I don't know really. I have to dose his music in smaller listening bits because his compositions are more or the less the same thing but it can be nice and soft for the ears and mind and it fits the time of the year but it can be annoying to. The 18 lp box is only for 1 week in my collection.

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On 22-2-2019 at 0:34 AM, HutchFan said:

I don't think you can go wrong with Dutoit's recordings of Ravel's music on London/Decca. The one that Larry mentioned -- and all the rest!  Dutoit's Ravel is collected in this 4-CD box:

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Incidentally, I also agree with Larry's Dutoit/OSM Holst "The Planets" recommendation. :tup 

 

Similarly, Martinon's Debussy on EMI/Warner Classics is nonpareil, IMO.

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And, like I said earlier, I prefer Munch for Berlioz. (Colin Davis is fabulous too -- and others as well. But Munch is "home base," where I always return.)

Just my perspective, of course! There are MANY, MANY wonderful recordings of these three French giants.

 

Listened to Martinon's Debussy again and you are right. It is good Debussy. Haven't heard Dutoit and Roger's Ravel from cd so i cat have a opinion about that one.

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3 hours ago, soulpope said:

Prokofiev Symphonies Gennady Rozhdestvensky MRSO (Melodiya) .... recorded 1965-67 .... must have Prokofiev reading ..

Yes! An OUTSTANDING Prokofiev cycle. :tup:tup:tup

 

 

I'm now listening to Barbirolli's recordings of Sibelius' 2nd & 3rd Symphonies:

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37 minutes ago, soulpope said:

Excellent ....

Yep!  Boult's rec of RVW's Pastoral is my go-to version.  That said, I only know two other versions -- Boult I (the earlier reading on Decca, in mono) and Previn.  I'm planning to get the Handley/RLPO Pastoral at some point. It's been on my radar for a while. Just haven't gotten 'round to it. 

Maybe this recent RVW mini-bender is the tipping point. ;) 

 

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5 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Yep!  Boult's rec of RVW's Pastoral is my go-to version.  That said, I only know two other versions -- Boult I (the earlier reading on Decca, in mono) and Previn.  I'm planning to get the Handley/RLPO Pastoral at some point. It's been on my radar for a while. Just haven't gotten 'round to it. 

Maybe this recent RVW mini-bender is the tipping point. ;) 

 

Should have this one somewhere ...

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Will give it on my (long) replay list ....

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1 minute ago, soulpope said:

Should have this one somewhere ...

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Will give it on my (long) replay list ....

Yes, that's the one I've got my eye on. :tup

 

Speaking of Handley and the Liverpudlians, I just pulled this LP from the shelf. Queuing it up next:

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William Walton - Symphony No. 1 / Handley, RLPO (Nonesuch)

I guess it's a day for 20th-c. English symphonies. . .  Why not? . . . Maybe some Bax next? 

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1 minute ago, HutchFan said:

Yes, that's the one I've got my eye on. :tup

 

Speaking of Handley and the Liverpudlians, I just pulled this LP from the shelf. Queuing it up next:

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William Walton - Symphony No. 1 / Handley, RLPO (Nonesuch)

I guess it's a day for 20th-c. English symphonies. . .  Why not? . . . Maybe some Bax next? 

Vernon Handley with English composers usually a sure bet ....

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Fred Hemke - The American Saxophone (Brewster LP). Concertos by Dahl and Husa (with piano accompaniments prepared by the composers) and two beautiful miniatures by Warren Benson. Benson's deceptively simple "Aeolian Song" is one of my favorite compositions for saxophone.

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Johannes Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem - Herbert von Karajan, Berlin PO, Weiner Singverein, Gundula Janowitz, Eberhard Wächter (DGG)

Here's my take on Karajan: He could be very hit-or-miss, depending on the repertoire. Karajan's Sibelius and his Bruckner are legendary, but I've never really grooved to them. And HvK's Mahler gives me the willies! To my ears, they're a complete mismatch of composer and conductor. And yet . . . Karajan's Brahms is AMAZING.  It almost always wins me over. . . . His Brahms is like his Beethoven. It just sounds right.

Or at least it does to me. ;) 

 

Posted (edited)
6 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Nah!

So Karajan doesn't do anything for you -- in any repertoire?

No right or wrong here.  I'm just wondering about your take.

 

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