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Just spotted upcoming BBC Legends 20 CD box Vol 2. Vol 1 is very good, so it will certainly be worth considering. Cheaper at MDT than Amazon or Presto.
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Originally posted by gurnemanz View PostJust spotted upcoming BBC Legends 20 CD box Vol 2. Vol 1 is very good, so it will certainly be worth considering. Cheaper at MDT than Amazon or Presto.
You also mention vol 1 - highlights? I assume it's still available somewhere.
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Originally posted by Dave2002 View PostAre there any "must have" performances not otherwise available in vol 2 which would justify the whole box?
You also mention vol 1 - highlights? I assume it's still available somewhere.
[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Originally posted by Dave2002 View PostAre there any "must have" performances not otherwise available in vol 2 which would justify the whole box?
You also mention vol 1 - highlights? I assume it's still available somewhere.
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Very intriguing this....
What they've done is arrange famous dances from - Indes Galantes, Dardanus, Castor et Pollux etc., into three 3-movement Organ Concertos featuring the "Francois-Henry Clicquot Organ of Souvigny". The concertos are named Les Enfers, Les Amours, Les Sauvages.
Between them are dance-suites combining Rebel and Francoeur, among which the rich bass sonorities of the Musettes were especially pleasurable.
The notes go into some detail about the historical precedents, e.g. Balbastre playing his own organ arrangements of Rameau dances for the Concert Spiritual after 1755. He may even have made one with orchestra in 1768.
Well, I'm no organ lover or connoisseur, but I do love recreative music-making and the sonorities created with the small orchestra are very unusual... and very moreish!
Yet another example of the joys of HQ streaming, heard via Qobuz HiFi. I'm not sure I would have committed to a purchase straight-off, for all that I love Rameau's Suites and chamber works. At first I thought the lovely-sounding band lacked a bit of kick, but really they play with much light-and-shade, slowly developing dynamic and rhythmic energy and variety. Played more for fun than drama perhaps, but very apt to the new contexts.
Fascinating album!Last edited by jayne lee wilson; 20-09-17, 20:01.
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Originally posted by MickyD View PostI agree - some time ago, Harmonia Mundi gathered together all the Bach cantatas and choral works that he recorded for the label, and that was a substantial box set, sadly deleted. This collection surely has to be just a selection of the various discs he made for HM. A pity, as I would really like all those Bach works from him in one box.
I might hang on with the new set (depending on its contents) in the (slim) hope of finding a second-hand copy.
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Originally posted by jpegasus View PostThanks MickyD, I didn't know about that earlier set - is this the one:
I might hang on with the new set (depending on its contents) in the (slim) hope of finding a second-hand copy.
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Originally posted by Dave2002 View PostCan anyone read the contents list? Or perhaps find a site with a clearer listing?
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Originally posted by PJPJ View Post
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The latest CD in the Naxos Havergal Brian series is released next month. It consists of performances of symphonies 8, 21 and 26 played by the New Russia State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Walker. This is their third cd of late Brian symphonies and, having listened to it already, it is a must for anyone interested in Brian's music.
This cd means that all of Brian's 32 symphonies are now available in recordings by professional forces. No.8 has been recorded previously by Sir Charles Groves while the only recording of No.21 was on the LP by the Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra in 1972. No.26 has never been recorded before and, indeed, has only had one professional performance, in 1976, before this one.
I also understand that Dutton have recently made a recording of Brian's cantata The Vision of Cleopatra. The orchestral score of this relatively early work was destroyed in the London blitz during the war but it has been expertly reconstructed from the vocal score by John Pickard. So, plenty for Brianites to look forward to in the near future.
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