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Milhaud
Ballade for Piano and Orchestra
Michael Korstick, piano
SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern
Alun Francis, conductor

As with the Milhaud Etudes, this is more modernist (and less melodic) than I prefer, but I still thought this was OK.

Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock

Here's what I though immediately upon listening. The Ouverture was immediately familiar to me, The Air

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Bach
Sonata for Solo Violin, No. 2
Paul Galbraith, guitar (his own transcription)
Sergiu Luca, violin
Nathan Milstein, violin

This time I listened to Galbraith first, in an attempt to be able to listen with more "fresh" ears. And I did like this more than his Sonata No. 1. In particular I really enjoyed his Fuga. The Grave and the Andante were still too slow for my taste (though the Andante was still very pretty).

Between Milstein

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I'm really enjoying this, but it's even harder to find dedicated listening time than I had anticipated. But nevertheless, I've now covered 32 hours of music, so I'm averaging about 30 minutes per day. At this rate I'll be finished some time in mid-July. And since that's before Dec 31, I'll count that as a success!

I'm really looking forward to continuing with the French Piano Concertos set. An advantage of that set is that many of the pieces are short, so I should be able to fit in

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First, three more brief pieces from the Brilliant "French Piano Concertos" box set.

Cécille Chaminade
Concertstuck for Piano and Orchestra
Rosario Marciano, piano
Luxembourg Radio Orchestra
Louis de Froment, conductor

I'd never heard of Chaminade before purchasing the box set. I found this piece enjoyable. I'd definitely listen to her other works.

Darius Milhaud
5 Études
Michael Korstick, piano

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Bach
Sonata for Solo Violin, No. 1
Sergiu Luca, violin
Nathan Milstein, violin
Paul Galbraith, guitar (his own transcription)

I own three recordings of the complete Bach solo violin (Luca, Milstein, & Galbraith), plus Hilary Hahn's incomplete set from 1997. I am going to try to listen to all recordings for a given piece on the same day, to try to compare them. The music is sufficiently great that I think that won't get repetitive.

In

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