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    Today, listening to Mozart's Cosi fan Tutti (2nd try--time limitations require listening to each CD separately). Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras (I am not too familiar with him; how does he rate among his peers?).

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      Originally posted by Sorrano View Post
      Today, listening to Mozart's Cosi fan Tutti (2nd try--time limitations require listening to each CD separately). Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras (I am not too familiar with him; how does he rate among his peers?).
      It's very simple: The Mackerras Cosi is a gem.

      It's nice to recall Beethoven's opinion about the Cosi: immoral, an opera on a libretto he not even would consider to set to music.
      OK, wife-swapping isn't to everybody's taste, but do I recall correctly that in Fidelio some cross-dressing is going on

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        Originally posted by Roehre View Post
        It's very simple: The Mackerras Cosi is a gem.

        It's nice to recall Beethoven's opinion about the Cosi: immoral, an opera on a libretto he not even would consider to set to music.
        OK, wife-swapping isn't to everybody's taste, but do I recall correctly that in Fidelio some cross-dressing is going on
        And I am enjoying this recording immensely!

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          Originally posted by Roehre View Post
          It's very simple: The Mackerras Cosi is a gem.

          It's nice to recall Beethoven's opinion about the Cosi: immoral, an opera on a libretto he not even would consider to set to music.
          OK, wife-swapping isn't to everybody's taste, but do I recall correctly that in Fidelio some cross-dressing is going on
          Never mind the 'morality' issue, Beethoven would have had grounds for complaint surely on the plausibility issue alone - the plot is simply ludicrous, but the music sublime!
          'Man know thyself'

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            Today:

            Maconchy:
            String quartet no.6 (1950)

            Bainbridge:
            Fantasia for double orchestra (1980)
            Concertante in moto perpetuo (1983)

            Fetherolf:
            El Dia de los Muertos (2000)

            An Archiv- CD called “Bachiana” Music by the Bach Family (here before Johann Sebastian):
            Johann Ludwig: Suite in D and Concerto in D (1715)
            Heinrich: 2 Sonatas a cinque (1662)
            Johann Christoph: Aria Eberliniana pro dormente Camilio (1690)
            Signore Pach: Sonata & Capriccio in g (before 1672)
            Johann Sebastian: Concerto after BWV 249 (1736)

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              Beethoven's "Christus Am Oelberge", Richard Lewis, tenor,Philadelphia Orch., Ormandy.

              I am sure I must have mentioned this before, but I can never listen to this recording without being reminded of my "meeting" with the late Richard Lewis. We had a yearly Bach festival in Killarney back in the seventies and he approached me in our cathedral just before a performance of the B minor mass and asked me, very brusquely, "When do I get paid?".(I was the secretary of the KBF as it was known). I was rather taken aback and I mumbled something about getting the treasurer for him. Which I did.
              Bizarre.

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                Robert Schumann — Symphony No. 2 in C, op. 61
                Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Saleem Abboud Ashkar.

                .--:-- Joseph Haydn — Trumpet Concerto
                Performer: Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet). Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.

                .--:-- Ottorino Respighi — Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome)
                Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
                ‘Roses do not bloom hurriedly; for beauty, like any masterpiece, takes time to blossom.’

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                  Today:

                  Beethoven:
                  Romance in G opus 40 ( arr. Duncan Craig for viola and piano) (R3: TtN)

                  Maconchy:
                  String quartet no.7 (1955)

                  Liszt:
                  3 Songs
                  Concerto pathétique in e (version for 2 pianos S.258) (1856) (R3: Lunchtime concert)

                  Kox:
                  L’Allegria (1967)
                  Cello concerto (1969)
                  Last edited by Roehre; 05-25-2011, 03:05 PM.

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                    This morning it was a love-ly beginning with:

                    Beethoven: "Die Liebe"

                    Kreisler: "Liebesfreud" (two settings?)

                    Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3

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                      Put on Beethoven's Fifth to check a copy and of course I had to stay with it. That led to the Fourth and the Sixth. Retirement has its advantages.
                      (All Bernstein, NY Phil)

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                        Today:

                        Maconchy:
                        String quartet no.8 (1967)

                        Liszt:
                        5 Chansons
                        Rakocky March (version for 2 pianos S. 608) (1870) (R3: Lunchtime concert)

                        Caine:
                        Diabelli-variations after Beethoven’s opus 120 (2002)

                        Saxton:
                        Violin concerto (1990)

                        Stanford:
                        Clarinet concerto op.80 (1902)

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                          Brahms's Horn trio.
                          'Man know thyself'

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                            Bach Toccata & Fuga in d moll. On Accordian.
                            Dmitriev.


                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VVFu...eature=related
                            ‘Roses do not bloom hurriedly; for beauty, like any masterpiece, takes time to blossom.’

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                              [QUOTE=Megan;51463]Bach Toccata & Fuga in d moll. On Accordian.
                              Dmitriev.


                              Period instrument?

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                                [QUOTE=Michael;51464]
                                Originally posted by Megan View Post
                                Bach Toccata & Fuga in d moll. On Accordian.
                                Dmitriev.


                                Period instrument?


                                I was waiting for someone to comment on that .

                                I think it is quite impressive played on the accordian, I like the warm, deep tone, and it looks incredibly complicated to play.
                                To be perfectly honest, I don't really like too much of the cold , steely sound of the harpsichord.

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                                Last edited by Megan; 05-26-2011, 08:29 PM.
                                ‘Roses do not bloom hurriedly; for beauty, like any masterpiece, takes time to blossom.’

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