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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Claudio Abbado conducting.

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Johannes Brahms
String Quintet in F major, op. 88
String Quintet in G major, op. 111
Amadeus Quartet
Cecil Aronowitz - Viola II

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Johannes Brahms
Ein deutsches Requim op. 45
La Chapelle Royale. Collegium Vocale
Christiane Oelze (Soprano)
Gerald Finley (Baritone)
Orchestre Des Champs Élysées
Philippe Herreweghe conducting.

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Bohuslav Martinu
Symphony No. 5 & 6
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi conducting.

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http://cdn.discogs.com/kWQe5iXVHhMfCSWtPt1jvUjbPXg=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-1448767-1220530214.jpeg.jpg Bohuslav Martinu Symphony No. 3 & 4 Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Neeme Jarvi conducting. Hugely enjoyable. I am particularly fond of the Fourth S...

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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan conducting.

Brilliant performance.

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Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella Ballet with a song in one act, music after Pergolesi.
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Neville Mariner conducting.

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http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/115/MI0001115988.jpg?partner=allrovi.com Joseph Haydn Piano Trio in G minor, Hob. XV/1 Piano Trio in G major, Hob. XV/5 Piano Trio in C major, Hob. XV/C1 Piano Trio in F major, Hob. XV/37 Van Swieten Trio comprising: Bart van Oort - Fortepiano Rémy Ba...

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Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella Suite for chamber orchestra
Music after Pergolesi
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky conducting.

Wonderful.

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Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella Suite for chamber orchestra
Music after Pergolesi
New York Philharmonic
Pierre Boulez conducting.

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Earlier today and again this evening:

Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella Ballet with song in one act
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky conducting.

This is a fabulous performance of a wonderful piece of music.

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Johann Sebastian Bach
Magnificat in D major, BWV 243
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner conducting

Wonderful!

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http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0003/004/MI0003004911.jpg?partner=allrovi.com Johann Sebastian Bach Magnificat in D major BWV 243 Bach Collegium Japan Masaaki Suzuki conducting. This performance of Magnificat is on one CD in a beautifully recorded, presented and packaged set of CDs from ...

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I am always in the market for another Beethoven cycle, that set does interest me.

Wilhelm Stenhammer
Serenade Op. 31
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Davis conducting.

Splendid.

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A composer I will NEVER grow tired of is Jean Sibelius and this CD set was my introduction to his symphonic output and for me has stood the test of time. http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/058/MI0001058642.jpg?partner=allrovi.com Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 4 & 5 Berlin Symphony Orchestr...

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Enjoying that cycle Fergus? http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510WiQa%2ByNL._SX355_.jpg Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 3 Michelle DeYoung Mezzo-Soprano Women of the Chicago Symphony Chorus Chicago Children's Choir Chicago Symphony Orchestra Bernard Haitink conducting. From time to time I do need rem...

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Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Sextet in D Op. 110
Dalia Ouzil - Piano, Gil Sharon - Violin, Ron Ephrat - Viola, Liisa Tamminen - Viola,
Alexander Hülshoff - Cello & Jean Sassen - Double Bass
This is gorgeous music.

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oisfetz wrote:"Fonda" was Pierre's son, who was a pianist. He don´t wont to use his father's surname.

Thanks for that. I have never come across him before and wondered about him.

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Ludwig van Beethoven
Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, op. 5
Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, op. 69
Pierre Fouriner - Cello
Jean Fonda - Piano

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Albert Roussel
Symphony No. 3
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Stéphane Denève conducting.

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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet 7 in F major, no. 1
Gewandhaus Quartett

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http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513cr1QgXIL.jpg Josef Suk (grandson of the composer) had a magnificent career just under the radar (his is my preferred version of Dvorak's Violin Concerto). Here, he performs with Janos Starker and the inimitable Julius Katchen in a five-star reading of the Br...

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http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51eCBBv8oaL.jpg Vasily Petrenko's traversal of Shostakovich's symphonies has been universally hailed as a truly fine interpretation. It seems that Naxos is about to launch a complete full-price set in November to compete with the likes of Kondrashin, Maxim Shos...

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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 7 in F major, op. 59 no. 1
Végh Quartet

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Here is another FABULOUS set:

Luigi Boccherini
Piano Quintet No. 1 in E minor
Quatuor Mosaïques
Patrick Cohen - Pianoforte

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 27
English Chamber Orchestra
Murray Perahia - Piano and conducting

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique" Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Ernest Ansermet conducting. Fascinating coincidence, Seán : I've been listening to the Pathétique this weekend in three recordings: NY Phi l/ Lenny (1964), BSO / Monteux , and Munich / Celi . Cheers, ~k. Karl, which...

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Len_Z wrote:
Seán wrote:I really must get more recordings of Dvořák chamber music, this is great music. Any recommendations?
I am very partial to the recordings made by the Pavel Haas Quartet

Thanks Len.

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique"
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Ernest Ansermet conducting.

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Followed of course by more Mozart: http://cdn.discogs.com/ZiiJhhU10YtOG7XEvBlN97c4azA=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-3003911-1311275395.jpeg.jpg Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sinfonia concertante, K. 364 Bettina Gradinger - Violin Esther Haffner - Viola Manuel...

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Quartet in D, K 285
Flute Quartet in A, K 298
Grumiaux Trio & William Bennett - Flute

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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 7 in F major op. 59 "Razumovsky" no. 1
Budapest String Quartet

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Lovely programme Lance, thank you.

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Hi Karl, I am delighted to see you are continuing to compose music and post your thoughts and progress in this lovely and highly informative thread.

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PROGRAM II - August 22, 2015 • Holst: The Planets, Op. 42 w/Boston SO, Joseph Silverstein, concertmaster (r.1970-DGG) Note: Our good friend and CMG poster, maestrob , suggested playing this on the air. He even gets air credit! • Saint-Saëns: French Military March from Algerian Suite No. 2, Op. 60 (...

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Claude Debussy
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Nocturnes
La mer
Images – Ibéria
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink conducting.

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http://cdn.discogs.com/XWB7ZtAIMiIW1B9odn8205cr2Mw=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-5319147-1390682402-3154.jpeg.jpg Claude Debussy String Quartet in G minor Quarteto Italiano What better way is there to celebrate Debussy's birthday than in the incomparab...

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maestrob wrote:

Sean: Your images inspired me to pull this excellent set off the shelf this morning: First-rate!

Thank you maestro. I must get a copy of that cd.

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And then it was back to Ravel:

Maurice Ravel
String Quartet in F major
Quatuor Ebène

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Antonin Dvořák
String Quartet No. 12 in F major opus 96 "The American"
Quartetto Italiano

I really must get more recordings of Dvořák chamber music, this is great music. Any recommendations?

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This is a FANTASTIC box set from Membran. I bought it for a tenner in Tower Records in 2011. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MZHy9O94L._SX300_.jpg Maurice Ravel String Quartet in F major Quartetto Italiano This is a superb recorded radio performance from September 1968. The Italian Quartet r...

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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio in B flat Opus 97 "Archduke"
Borodin Trio: Rostislav Dubinsky - Violin; Luba Edlina - Piano; Yuli Turovsky -Cello
Lovely performance.

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http://s008.radikal.ru/i305/1106/d4/2eef898d92ce.jpg Gabriel Fauré Quintette pour piano & cordes No. 1 Jean-Phillippe Collard - Piano Jacques Parrenin & Jacques Ghestem - Violin Gérard - Viola Pierre Pénassou - Cello Lovely. And he knew how to sport neckwear! Cheers, ~k. :lol: :lol: :lol: he did in...

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I have had windows 95; windows 97: windows xp; windows xp professional (yeah right!); windows 7 and then I bought an iMac. Once you get a Mac you'll never wanna go back.

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And on the subject of great sets:

Ludwig van Beethoven
Trio In D major (after Symphony No. 2)
Beaux Arts Trio

This is Beethoven's Second Symphony rewritten by the great man himself for the piano trio. This is just fantastic.

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Ludwig van Beethoven
Trio No. 7 in B flat major op. 97. "Archduke"
Beaux Arts Trio

Great music, beautifully played.

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Gabriel Fauré
Quintette pour piano & cordes No. 1
Jean-Phillippe Collard - Piano
Jacques Parrenin & Jacques Ghestem - Violin
Gérard - Viola
Pierre Pénassou - Cello

Lovely.

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http://img.hmv.co.jp/image/jacket/400/26/9/3/627.jpg Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 7 Sinfonieorchester des Südwestfunks Baden-Baden Hans Rosbaud conducting. The Seventh was recorded in February 1957 so the recording quality is not all it might be. However, that does not in any way take from the pleasu...

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http://pxhst.co/avaxhome/79/22/000a2279_medium.jpeg Albert Roussel Piano Trio in E flat major, opus 2 Jet Röling - Piano Jean-Jacques Kantorow - Violin Herre-Jan Stegenga - Cello The piano trio was only Roussel's second composition and it is reported that we was heavily influenced by D'Indy at this...

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Albert Roussel
Symphony No. 3
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Georges Tessler - Violin
André Cluytens conducting.

Marvellous!

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