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At Thrift store saw this; Aaron Copland is the only one I recognise... but for .25 cents.
Paul Jacobs - Plays Blues, Ballads & Rags
American Music for Piano: Aaron Copland, Frederic Rzewski and William Bolcom.
Nonesuch Digital "Target" CD. 1991 (recorded 1980 Columbia 30th St. Recording Studios, New York City)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade.
I've always had the Thomas Beecham before now, but recently 'upgraded' to this Kirill Kondrashin and the Concertgebouw Orchestra version. It's very fine, but the Beecham retains its 1950s charm, too!
R Strauss, Don Quixote - António Meneses (cello), Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan.
Another of those pieces that I rarely take down from the shelves these days - my loss, I thoroughly enjoyed hearing this again.
Piano Sonata Op.10 No.3
Piano Sonata Op.13
Piano Sonata Op.14 No.1
Piano Sonata Op.14 No.2
This set of Beethoven sonatas is among the most beautiful I have ever heard. At times the playing is of a clear ultimate clarity and a true almost exaltic joy.
This Beethoven is stripped of all sentimentality,
and it is exciting to hear how without romantic additions the music can be so enchantingly beautiful.
Piano Sonata Op.10 No.3
Piano Sonata Op.13
Piano Sonata Op.14 No.1
Piano Sonata Op.14 No.2
This set of Beethoven sonatas is among the most beautiful I have ever heard. At times the playing is of a clear ultimate clarity and a true almost exaltic joy.
This Beethoven is stripped of all sentimentality,
and it is exciting to hear how without romantic additions the music can be so enchantingly beautiful.
Gustav Mahler - various works part one for the rest of today.
Das klagende Lied [Song of Lament] - cantata for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, mixed choir and orchestra *** [Text: Gustav Mahler] (1878-80 - rev. 1893 and 1898):
(*** revised version in which Mahler excluded the first of the three original parts)
Symphony no.1 in D for orchestra (1884-88 - rev. by 1896):
Sixteen early songs for voice and piano [Texts: Gustav Mahler/Richard Leander/Tirso de Molina/German folk sources (from Des Knaben Wunderhorn, ed. by Achim von Arnim/Clemens Brentano)] (c. 1880-90):
Symphony no.2 for soprano, alto, mixed choir and orchestra [Text: German folk sources (from Des Knaben Wunderhorn, ed. by Achim von Arnim/Clemens Brentano)/Friedrich Klopstock/Gustav Mahler] (1888-94):
There are two earlier complete recordings, one for the Austrian radio,1953/54 ( he was 23 at the time) and the other is a Decca recording ( Sofiensaal) that started one month later. Both are OOP and difficult to find for an affordable price especially if you have to buy it outside the EU.
I searched for it for a long time today and ended up buying a set with the pianist Stephen Kovacevich.
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