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Rod Corkin
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This morning Beethoven's 'Rasumovsky' quartet's, as performed by the Lindsay's. Very good effort's on the whole (for modern instruments!).
http://classicalmusicmayhem.freeforums.org/post2044.html#2044
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smileyman
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| This isn't actually a Mass that Praetorius composed, but a collection of various hymns and masses, arranged by McCreesh into a hypothetical Christmas morning Mass. |
McCreesh seems to do this quite a bit - a sort of reconstructive practical scholarship, so to speak. I seem to remember A Venetian Coronation in my collection which adopts a similar approach. Certainly enjoyable to listen to.
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Seems like this is his approach anyway. I've seen several recordings of his that appear to be reconstructions or hypotheticals.
Am now listening to Piano Concertos 1-5 as performed by Melvyn Tan on fortepiano with Roger Norrington directing. Just received this yesterday from Amazon, and am looking forward to a thorough perusal of it's contents!
Buy it Here
At a budget price of less than $10!! you can have four discs worth of music.
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Melmoth
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Seems Beethoven is popular just now...
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonatas 8, 14, 23, 26.
Alfred Brendel
Probably not a fashionable version at present...
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Pianoman
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| Probably not a fashionable version at present... |
Of course it is - he plays with musicality, sensitivity, is well recorded, just plays a modern piano. Nowt wrong with that in my book.
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jhar26
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This is a great disc. I love this as much as the Brandenburg Concertos. 
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Rod Corkin
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jhar26
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I'll check it out eventually. I hope I won't have to post "evidence" that they are better than Music for the Royal Fireworks though.  
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Melmoth
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| Probably not a fashionable version at present... |
Of course it is - he plays with musicality, sensitivity, is well recorded, just plays a modern piano. Nowt wrong with that in my book. |
Warms the cockles to hear it pianoman! And so to continue in my shameless defiance of HIP principles and general moral decency of every sort...
Beethoven
Complete Piano Concertos
Murray Perahia & Bernard Haitink
Even my heinous hang over can't prevent me from enjoying these... 
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| Now you're really talkin' - I love these performances, permanently on my ipod. Has there been a better partnership in these concertos ? Not in modern versions, and I've heard plenty...
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Rod Corkin
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Warms the cockles to hear it pianoman! And so to continue in my shameless defiance of HIP principles and general moral decency of every sort...
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Well at least it's got Beethoven's name on the box, so I should be glad for small mercies. It's not lounging music though Melmoth!
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Warms the cockles to hear it pianoman! And so to continue in my shameless defiance of HIP principles and general moral decency of every sort...
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Well at least it's got Beethoven's name on the box, so I should be glad for small mercies. It's not lounging music though Melmoth! |
No, but I've made up for that by posting some in the Officer's Mess.
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Clearly the only thing to cure my hangover is to get more drunk- and what better accompaniment...
Clara Schumann
Lieder
"If you love for beauty, oh, do not love me!
Love the sun, it has hair of gold!"
Friedrich Rückert
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| Probably not a fashionable version at present... |
Of course it is - he plays with musicality, sensitivity, is well recorded, just plays a modern piano. Nowt wrong with that in my book. |
Warms the cockles to hear it pianoman! And so to continue in my shameless defiance of HIP principles and general moral decency of every sort...
Beethoven
Complete Piano Concertos
Murray Perahia & Bernard Haitink
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Even my heinous hang over can't prevent me from enjoying these... |
How'd I miss that post? Yes, Perah does fine. I have a set of the Mozart Piano Concerti from him with the English Chamber Orchestra that handle Mozart nicely (though to truly unleash Mozart you need the Gardiner/Bilson/EBS cycle). However, I assert that the best modern performance of the Beethoven Piano Concerti are these:
{Amazon.com - Bernstein/Zimerman/VPO}
Brilliant! A must-have!!!
Rod turns his back for one second and Bernstein and Haitink start flying everywhere! 
Today, listened to:
{Amazon.com}
Sublime.
To celebrate Independance Day, listened to Wellington's Victory from this album:
{Amazon.com}
Note: I don't actually have this CD, but the performance of Wellington's Victory that's on it, which I acquired via the Brilliant Classics Beethoven Edition. The version presented here is very, very theatrical, but then again, it's a very, very theatrical piece to begin with!
Also listened to The Glorious Moment, from the CD:
{Amazon.com}
Happy Fourth of July to all my fellow Americans here at CMM, and God Bless America! 
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Rod Corkin
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Rod turns his back for one second and Bernstein and Haitink start flying everywhere!
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Every morning I'm afraid of what I'll see next when I log-in here! Even before I get to Figaro!
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To celebrate Independance Day, listened to Wellington's Victory from this album:
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I have the 'Battle' from Marriner's recording here in the 'War Music' topic. They do a very good effort with it, but I doubt it's been downloaded once.
Strange music for Independence day though SE, considering the British won the battle of Vittoria.
PS your new Avatar scares me!
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Melmoth
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| Rod turns his back for one second and Bernstein and Haitink start flying everywhere! |
I'll keep an eye open for those. 
This evening's listening begins with...
Anton Arensky - Violin Concerto Op54
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Alexander Glazunov - Piano Concerto No1
on Chandos
Good recordings, good performances, a great program that also features Glazunov's Concerto Ballata for Cello and Orchestra. A real treat in every way if you like romantic Russian music.
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And continuing with...
Cesar Franck
Piano Music
Stephen Hough on Hyperion
A recording that I find myself constantly coming back to.
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And finally...
J S Bach
Cello Suites
Maurice Gendron on Philips Classics
This is one of my desert island discs- incomparable.
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Rod Corkin
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And finally...
J S Bach
Cello Suites
Maurice Gendron on Philips Classics
This is one of my desert island discs- incomparable. |
Yes you can't beat those old Jazz classics!
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