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As previously noted, I am a big fan of violinist Elmar Oliveira, so I thought I'd sample*his Brahms sonatas with a new amp that has just arrived -- and couldn't stop listening all the way through. *Lovely performances to my ear. (Nice amp, too).
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https://open.spotify.com/album/0VcN0XuWzEMawBlhomGGoj
I really enjoyed the beauty and sense of easy flow of these Bach solo violin concertos ...
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https://open.spotify.com/album/4Dy15U5VKEB4kWNKTFoEv8
A very fine performance of Bach's solo violin Partita #2 by Alina Abrigomova
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paBW46iYqOg
And here she is again in another good'un, Mozart's string quintet K515
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU-LiPWusrI#t=304.850201
I didn't used to like Frank Martin's music, but I seem to have been cured of that affliction.
I came across this album including the violin concerto, and I liked it!
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https://open.spotify.com/album/7nKkriFGWXtq9kHJRpyRwq
Which led me on to his cello concerto. and I enjoyed that, too. :)
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https://open.spotify.com/album/04gynp2MlNhS0ssf9iJOOX
A very fine performance (& recording) of Bartok's MSPC, one of the few works by him that I positively enjoy ...
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https://open.spotify.com/album/4rv8KBt3G7qjOnsCXoeN12
A stunningly beautiful album featuring a dulcimer and vocals. Thanks to Tom 'montesqueu' for playing this album at a bake-off quite a few years ago. It's been one of my favourites ever since.
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https://open.spotify.com/album/5cmtpdzMx96PrX4b375fQc
And that led on to ...
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https://open.spotify.com/album/0j7bmBexyedwfwOlpjmp8x
... not as sublime as the first album, but still excellent.
Bax's symphonies - it's a long, slow haul, but I am gradually getting in to them.
Really quite enjoyed #1 and #3 this evening - one key thing is to play them LOUD :D
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https://open.spotify.com/album/3GwHFmwxA32bMpBQG65VCy
Some quite striking, and very well recorded works for solo violin as well as string quartet.
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https://open.spotify.com/album/0WKbQrOGTe32O0OTtlTHWo
Bach cello suites.
I try Ma, and Starker and Rostropovich and Fournier and the rest.
And I always come back to Onczay as my favourite. Gloriously serene and flowing.
Beautiful sq, too.
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https://open.spotify.com/album/6NuyOURp5XyNEMIqGNlp1n