Karajan's Nielsen 4 seems to be passed over a lot nowadays but I recall it being " the version " in the 1980s
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Originally posted by Barbirollians View PostKarajan's Nielsen 4 seems to be passed over a lot nowadays but I recall it being " the version " in the 1980s[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostI love it in spite of its flaws as a reading, and it's one of the best-sounding of his Digital recordings. The Berliners' woodwind playing in the Second Movement is far from the peasant sound that Nielsen probably had in mind, and that GP between the third and last movements gets less convincing with each playing, but there is a power and surge in this performance that brings its own compensations and sheds light on different aspects of the work. The Timpani battle is as good as any I've heard.
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Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View PostDid a bit of a search for this. I see that LSO live have issued Sir Colin's cycle as a box set now! £17.99 direct from LSO!
Philip Clark (who had attended the concerts they were drawn from) was very critical of 2 & 3 and I have to say, having bought the 24/96 download of No.2 on its release, I agree...
Very, very dull. Sorry!
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I've been much enjoying the BBC PO/Storgårds cycle which was on Radio 3 recently - which will no doubt appear sometime soon on Chandos. I don't suppose that anyone will ask Thomas Søndergård to record a cycle (unless Linn steps in) but I thought that his performance of the 5th with the BBC NOW from last year's Proms was as good as any I've ever heard.
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Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View PostSee the Gramophone Reviews for 4/11, 4/12 and 5/13... I'm afraid it's a bit of a mixed bag, bbm, with the best of it being 1, 4 and 5 (according to David Fanning).
Philip Clark (who had attended the concerts they were drawn from) was very critical of 2 & 3 and I have to say, having bought the 24/96 download of No.2 on its release, I agree...
Very, very dull. Sorry!
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Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View PostSee the Gramophone Reviews for 4/11, 4/12 and 5/13... I'm afraid it's a bit of a mixed bag, bbm, with the best of it being 1, 4 and 5 (according to David Fanning).
Philip Clark (who had attended the concerts they were drawn from) was very critical of 2 & 3 and I have to say, having bought the 24/96 download of No.2 on its release, I agree...
Very, very dull. Sorry!
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Monday's Live in Concert (16 March), c. 8.25:
Nielsen (transcr. Abrahamsen): Symphony No 6
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze (conductor)
Please, what does 'transcr. Abrahamsen' mean ('an enlightening transcription by the deeply thoughtful composer, Hans Abrahamsen')?It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by french frank View PostMonday's Live in Concert (16 March), c. 8.25:
Nielsen (transcr. Abrahamsen): Symphony No 6
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze (conductor)
Please, what does 'transcr. Abrahamsen' mean ('an enlightening transcription by the deeply thoughtful composer, Hans Abrahamsen')?
Alternatively or maybe even this.
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Originally posted by Bryn View PostWait 'till next Monday and let your ears and brain decide.
It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by french frank View PostSo, definitely Abrahamsen rather than Nielsen?
http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/work/46122
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Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View Post"Nielsen: Symphony No.6 (for Chamber Orchestra of 18 Players, transc. Hans Abrahamsen)"
...is what it says on the BBCSSO webpage for Monday's concert... Intriguing enough to take a listen. And you've got the Stenhammar for the purposes of instant gratification, so...It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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