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String Quartet No. 12 in C Minor, D. 703 "Quartettsatz"
String Quartet No. 13 in A Minor, D. 804 "Rosamunde"
String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden"
String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D. 887
Quartetto Italiano
Wow. I forgot how wonderful and lengthy the G Major is. Definitely among my favorite quartets. Beautiful.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastorale"
Pittsburgh Symphony, William Steinberg
I live in the Pacific Northwest region of the U.S., and we are presently blanketed with a thick layer of wildfire smoke, as are a large portion of the western states. It's quite horrible, with the Air Quality Index ranging from the mid 200s to low 300s ("very unhealthy" to "hazardous.") Also, its been hitting above 30-35° C every day. Outside activities are therefore out, even if you're not a middle-aged man with asthma. So I'm living vicariously through Beethoven's Pastorale Symphony, which is probably my favorite Beethoven symphony to listen to.
And what a Pastorale Symphony this is! The highlight of a very fine Beethoven cycle, Steinberg and the Pittsburghers created one of the performances of this symphony I love the most.
It's awful outside, like the Plateau of Gorgoroth in Mordor, but I have Beethoven played by the Pittsburgh Symphony and William Steinberg. It helps.
Richard Strauss; Also Sprach Zarathustra
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Conducted By Herbert von Karajan, Solo Violin Willy Boskovsky
London Records - CS 6129, vinyl, LP, album, stereo, gatefold, US, 1959.
Found this copy at the Goodwill on the way home from work yesterday for $1 and after a little TLC it plays great.
These are all older recordings The recording with music from John Sheppard is one of their finest ( not in this collection) but the Gesualdo recording they made is also very very beautiful.
The last few years I don't follow the Scholars as I used to do.
I prefer more "The Clerck's group" and the more intimate approach which I didn't like at first.
Richard Strauss; Also Sprach Zarathustra
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Conducted By Herbert von Karajan, Solo Violin Willy Boskovsky
London Records - CS 6129, vinyl, LP, album, stereo, gatefold, US, 1959.
Found this copy at the Goodwill on the way home from work yesterday for $1 and after a little TLC it plays great.
That was my first recording of Zarathustra that I ever owned. I bought it on LP reissue as a teenager but it was ruined in a flood. It's a good recording.
AWAKE Judd Greenstein - Sean Friar - Missy Mazzoli - Mark Dancigars - David Crowell - Patrick Burke Now Ensemble
- Alex Sopp - flute
- Sara Budde - clarinet
- Mark Dancigers - electric guitar
- Logan Coale - double bass
- Michael Mizrahi - piano
New Amsterdam Records
Mozart - three symphonies (31, 35 and 36) from this
and two of the same ones (31 and 35) from this
Both records are excellent.
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