A beautiful recording on SACD from Norway’s LAWO Classics records. The title, Leipzig!, is a nod to the fact that many Scandinavian composers received their training in Leipzig, including the four composers represented on this disc: Grieg, Svendsen, Hartmann and Reinecke. All performed splendidly by Oslo Kammerakademi, an eight-piece wind ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, Vienna horn and bassoon), plus double bass.
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Very attractive set of music for violin and piano, very nicely played. The sound quality is outstanding, as one expects from Cobra founder and recording engineer Tom Peeters. Pure DSD256-Direct Mixed.
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Marco Momi (b. 1978): Tre Nudi, Quattro Nudi, Cinque Nudi, Sei Nudi (2006-18)
Ensemble Nikel
Elliott Carter (1908-2012): String Quartet No. 2 (1959)
Pacifica Quartet
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Been absorbed with my two latest acquisitions each of which is increasingly impressing me the more I listen - -
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Last night we heard an all “Scottish” program at the ISO, featuring three works by French and German composers: James Ehnes performing Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy, plus Debussy’s “Scottish March on a Folk Theme,” and Mendelssohn’s 3rd Symphony, the “Scottish.” It was hugely enjoyable, and I came away with a renewed appreciation for the Mendelssohn, which had always been overshadowed in my mind by the very popular 4th, to the point that this morning I pulled out all four recordings I have of the 3rd to compare for performance and sound. They included Marriner and his Academy of SMitF on Argo, Paavo Järvi with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich on Alpha Classics, Walter Waller with the Philarmonia Orchestra on Chandos, and Christoph von Dohnányi and the Vienna on a re-release from the Musical Heritage Society. All the performances are lovely, and sound was pretty close. In the end, I think the best all-round is the Jaärvi, so I’m that’s my listen for this morning. Second, in my estimation was the Dohnányi.
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Nice! Really enjoying both of these, thanks for the post.
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Schoenberg: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 36
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Berliner Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko
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Giovanni Battista Sammartini (c. 1700 – 1775): Late Symphonies
Accademia d’Arcadia
Alessandra Rossi Lürig, conductor
Denis Gaultier (1597 or 1602/3 – 1672): La rhétorique des dieux
Louis Pernot, lute
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Ms. Podger is wonderful.
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“les Saisons de Françis” morning classical with some “apparté” show from 7:30 to 10:00 am.
Les Saisons de Françis - Classical Show from 7:30 - 10:00
here the website, I don’t know if it work outside Canada, but fun for discovery!