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I well remember the little lamps used to lift the fog somewhat (while adding to the air pollution) on traffic islands in London as I made my way to school etc.
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Bartok - string quartet no. 4 - Belcea QuartetComment
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Heinz Schubert: Hymnic Concerto for soprano, tenor, organ and orchestra (1939)
Erna Berger (soprano), Walter Ludwig (tenor)
Fritz Heitmann (organ)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Recorded live in the Alte Philharmonie, Berlin on December 6, 7 & 8 1942.
Rather enjoyed this piece included in the Furtwängler Radio Recordings box. This particular Schubert (no relation to Franz) disappeared in the chaos at the end of the war in 1945 and he was never found.
Interesting piece that could be worth a revival."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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(last night) Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D op61
Isabella Faust (violin)
Orchestra Mozart/ Claudio Abbado (recorded 2012)
My favourite violinist in a work I've not listened to for some time. I will play the Berg coupling later today.Comment
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Lalo
Overture to ‘Le Roi d'Ys’
Violin Concerto No. 1 in F major, Op. 20 (1873)
Scherzo in D minor
Concerto Russe (Violin Concerto No. 4) in G minor, Op. 29 (1879)
Olivier Charlier (violin)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Yan Pascal Tortelier
Recorded 1998 BBC, New Broadcasting House, Manchester
Chandos, CDComment
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Joseph Haydn. Symphony No.59. ‘The Fire’
Christopher Hogwood conducting The Academy of Ancient Music.Comment
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Radio 3, 1930 6 July 23
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30
Boris Giltburg (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)My life, each morning when I dress, is four and twenty hours less. (J Richardson)Comment
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Bartok - string quartet no. 4 - Alban Berg Quartett
This increasingly strikes me as an incredible work.Comment
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50th anniversary of the death of Otto Klemperer
Weber: Overture - Euryanthe
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Annie Fischer (piano)
Beethoven: Symphony No 3 (Eroica) (1959 recording)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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Well-chosen Klemperer classics there, Annie Fischer being oneof his few close friends.
A Beecham concert for me today, November 1959. John Addison's 'Carte Blanche' Beethoven 7, two speeches and three encores.Comment
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Yesterday morning as I woke up, my bedside radio was tuned to the Finnish YLE channel which was playing some solo piano music. It was very appealing and I couldn't identify the composer. It turned out to be Smetana's Czech Dances. Having no recording of Smetana's solo piano music in my collection I decided to follow it up. Via Spotify I discovered his complete solo piano music (6 CDs' worth) played by Jan Novotný. Witty and entertaining short pieces. Pleasant, recommendable listening.Comment
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Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Adagio appassionato, Op. 57
Barber
Violin Concerto, Op. 14
Vieuxtemps
Souvenir d'Amerique, Variations on Yankee Doodle, Op. 17
Esther Yoo (violin)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko
Recorded 2021 Henry Wood Hall & Watford Colosseum
Deutsche GrammophonComment
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I have an Andras Schiff disc of Smetana's polkas, which are more than just polkas, so to speak. A change from the usual 19th-cent. short piano piece.Comment
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Feeling particularly miffed at various things that piled up today, I decided to put this on full blast...
....suited my mood to perfection and had the desired effect
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Looks like that might be more of a blast than the Naxos version I've got:Originally posted by Pianoman View PostFeeling particularly miffed at various things that piled up today, I decided to put this on full blast...
....suited my mood to perfection and had the desired effect
Hope the neighbours weren't around!Comment
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