BaL 23.09.17 - Franck: Symphony in D minor

[Nick Armstrong]

opprobrium which it seems to attract from, dare I say it, musical snobs.

Name your seconds Sir !



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You're going to be busy, ferneymelad!

Seriously, does not liking something at all, make one a snob? I don't think so. Anyway, I'm with Poulenc (and I don't think he was a snob )

[jayne lee wilson]

I know I responded about the Cesar Franck D minor somewhere but.... apparently not here.

I too can become obsessed with it - the rhythms, the tunes, the irresistible momentum.. favourites range from Paray to Karajan (on Toshiba, of course) Dutoit to Van Otterloo, and a remarkably dramatic 1940 Mengelberg with the RCOA....(best: Pristine).
With HD all the way on the Liège/Langrée.... best of the recent crop (that I've heard...).

If I had to choose one? Detroit/Paray/Mercury Stereo, no doubt at all..... Heard once, never forgotten...!

[richardfinegold]

I know I responded about the Cesar Franck D minor somewhere but.... apparently not here.

I too can become obsessed with it - the rhythms, the tunes, the irresistible momentum.. favourites range from Paray to Karajan (on Toshiba, of course) Dutoit to Van Otterloo, and a remarkably dramatic 1940 Mengelberg with the RCOA....(best: Pristine).
With HD all the way on the Liège/Langrée.... best of the recent crop (that I've heard...).

If I had to choose one? Detroit/Paray/Mercury Stereo, no doubt at all..... Heard once, never forgotten...!

[cloughie]

Monteux, Munch, Boult, Barbirolli but for something almost completely different is a movement arranged by Billy May and recorded by a big band conducted by Glenn Gray on the 'Shall we swing' along with a few other interesting clever but maybe slightly irreverant arrangements.

[Bryn]

... If I had to choose one? Detroit/Paray/Mercury Stereo, no doubt at all..... Heard once, never forgotten...!

Disc 29 in the third Mercury Living Presence box.

[cloughie]

Disc 29 in the third Mercury Living Presence box.

The single Mercury CD was coupled with Rach 2 - Paray was never one to hang about in his performances but cuts in the Rach were customary back in the late fifties!

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Name your seconds Sir !

[BBMmk2]

I do have Andre Cluytens, I know I have more!

[Nick Armstrong]

If I had to choose one? Detroit/Paray/Mercury Stereo, no doubt at all..... Heard once, never forgotten...!

Do we know the audio status of its manifestation on Naxos Classical Archives?



I can't find anything about it... Presumably, as good as the latest Mercury release...

[seabright]

Caliban ... If you click this link it will tell you that the Paray on Naxos is the 1953 mono version, out-of-copyright under former UK and current EU law, but "not available in the USA due to possible copyright restrictions." It is also only available as a download, not a CD. My guess is that they've obtained a copy of the old Mercury LP and are simply using that. In any case, they can't have obtained licensing rights from Mercury because if they had, there'd be no restrictions in the USA ...

https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=9.80530

The same early mono version has also come out on Pristine Audio, but at least with them you can buy it as a CD, as well as a download, in typically crisp Mercury sonics, also from a refurbished LP ...

https://www.pristineclassical.com/collections/composer-franck/products/pasc346

[vinteuil]

Sad to see that my favourite recent recording - Louis Langrée conducting the Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège (coupled with the Chausson Symphony) - does not seem to be generally available. Terrific performance - in the local Scots patois, he gies it laldy. And it's none the worse for such a full-blooded approach.

... apparently available on amazon :

http://amzn.eu/7c0doft

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[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Having disposed of the Bernstein, I have only the Concertgebouw/Chailly (but on CD).

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Isn't one of Furtwangler's recordings in that "Big Box", Alpie?

EDIT: Yes! Box 11 in that Box of Boxes!

[Nick Armstrong]

I don't think anyone has commented on the intriguing choice of reviewer to take charge of this BAL - Mahan Esfahani, always stimulating, amusing and outspoken. I shall certainly be listening, for his take on the piece, as well as to hear which favoured runners and riders meet with his approval.

Oh and thank you seabright for your #70 which answers my query

[Beef Oven!]

Just Masur & Karajan in my collection (possibly others lurking that I can't recall).

I fancy acquiring the Bernstein NYP 1959 on Sony. It's quite cheap on a Qobuz 16 bit CD quality download. Comes with Dvorak 7. Just £3.09.

I'm assuming it's the later DG Bernstein symphony in D minor that's getting cat-calls. Am I right?