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1 hour ago, Daverz said:

 

The Violin Concerto is the place to start, I think.

 

Symphonies 1 & 2 are fully in the tuneful Romantic symphony tradition.  It's with No. 3 that he becomes more enigmatic, though I'd never say outwardly cerebral.  I'd skip to 5 and 6 and then come back to 4, 7 and 3.

 

Wow - my path would be totally different! I found 1 and 7 took me the longest to fall in love with. I think my order was 2, 5, 3, 6, 4. Go figure.

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29 minutes ago, Daverz said:

Folks on the Good Music Guide forms raved about this recording of The Creation (in English) by Musica Saeculorum:

 

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Tidal messed up the track ordering,

 

https://tidal.com/album/25810809

 

so I created playlists for the the 3 parts:

 

https://tidal.com/playlist/c69905a5-ac0f-40c2-8dfa-a6abe837e46a

https://tidal.com/playlist/c8e61795-c4a2-4fa0-8013-eb1e965d9d86

https://tidal.com/playlist/49891cd8-691b-40fd-87e4-8e097f93fea7

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks! I’ll check it out.

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4 hours ago, Daverz said:

 

I recommend the Dennis Russell Davies complete set for that.   Unfortunately, it seems to be out of print.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Joseph-Haydn-Complete-Symphonies-Franz/dp/B001NBS5N

 

 

Folks on the Good Music Guide forms raved about this recording of The Creation (in English) by Musica Saeculorum:

 

51CiEkOwtnL.jpg

 

Tidal messed up the track ordering,

 

https://tidal.com/album/25810809

 

so I created playlists for the the 3 parts:

 

https://tidal.com/playlist/c69905a5-ac0f-40c2-8dfa-a6abe837e46a

https://tidal.com/playlist/c8e61795-c4a2-4fa0-8013-eb1e965d9d86

https://tidal.com/playlist/49891cd8-691b-40fd-87e4-8e097f93fea7

 

 

 

 

 

Found it.

 

Have to say - despite the fact my German is nonexistent - I don't really like this piece in English. 

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6 minutes ago, Daverz said:

 

James North, in his Fanfare review of this recording, says the work was written with the German libretto in mind and recommends Boston Baroque on Linn.

 

I was just going to post that the Boston Baroque on Linn is my favorite high-resolution recording! Stellar SQ, and the singing is lovely too, if not quite up to the level of the Gardiner.

 

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Yesterday I was listening to a version of Mahler 4th I hadn't listened to in a long while:

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At the end of the last movement, Sehr Behaglich, after I reconstituted myself from the puddle Kiri Te Kanawa had melted me into, I felt compelled to listen to the same movement from all the other versions I own, including one I've bookmarked on Tidal. These were:

 

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I still find the SFS/MTT the best recording and SQ, but from a singing perspective on Sehr Behaglich, I was won over by Genia Kühmeier on the Gergiev/Munich.

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On 9/15/2018 at 1:18 PM, Hugo9000 said:

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 6

Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

Thomas Dausgaard/Swedish Chamber Orchestra

 

Something a little different:  Tchaikovsky performed by a chamber orchestra!  Beautiful clarity, and refreshing after listening to so many "normal" versions over the years.

 

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Battle of the Pathetiques tonight. Dausgaard (above) vs. Semyon Bychkov:

 

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Both are excellent! My slight preference is for Dausgaard for the outstanding BIS recording. 

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