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Was looking in a cd box of dance music to put something on for the missus while she was doing aerobics and came across this
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Had it years and never played it :doh:
Baby bear porridge, not too angsty, not too neutral and a BIG recorded sound, lots of dynamic range and detail. Must explore his other Mahler's.
Not sure the missus was too impressed at trying to do aerobics to it though :scratch:
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Truly awful - both performance and sound.
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Much more interesting - I like Tuur's music anyway, and the 2 pieces here are good. The Rachmaninov choral songs are great, too, and superbly recorded. Not sure about the rare Sibelius piece, The Wood Nymph; the music's fine but there is a very closely recorded narrator .... :scratch:.
Ah, Ben Zander.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Count
I have his Mahler 3, 5 & 6. They come across to me as 'plain vanilla' interpretations - I have a nagging feeling that I should like them more than I actually do! :scratch: :lol:
I think that is how I am enjoying Mahler most at the minute, not sterile but not OTT either. Some extra spice may be flavour of the month in time :)Quote:
Originally Posted by jandl100
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listened to this over lunch. I enjoyed the Tuur. I couldn't cope with the narrator on the Sibelius and had to skip it.
One of the songs is called "My cheeks, so white, so rosy" :o or :spank: I will leave it for you to decide :hmm: Either way it is available used for £8 from amazon marketplace with the seller being a cat charity should anyone be considering a purchase :thumbsup:
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Played the Brahms 2nd symphony again - and once again really enjoyed it! Strange, considering my former antipathy to Karajan! :scratch:
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Wonderful music! I have 5 CDs from this series. Quite decently recorded, too.
hey - this is good! -->
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I bought this after reading Jerry's rec on the Bruckner 8 thread
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Magnificent - great rec Jerry :thumbsup:
These seem to go for £30-40 but I got it for about a tenner delivered from an ebay seller (different cover on the CD case) - they have relisted it so I'm presuming they have a few, get one while they're hot if you want one :)
There's a very nice EMI boxed set of Bruckner symphonies with Jochum/Dresden Statskapelle which you may still be able to find cheap. Superb performances.
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