Some Berkshire Questions

Joseph Markley

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Looking through the recently-arrived Catalog #76 (with the lovely
urine-yellow cover), I wondered about these items:

The Talich Quartet playing Dvorak, Mozart, Smetana, Schubert, Haydn and
Beethoven on a two disc Calliope set (I have all the pieces; are these
exceptional recordings?).

Palestrina performed by Pro Cantione Antiqua/Brown on Carlton Classics.

Fibich symphonies by Detroit/Jarvi on Chandos (I don't know these pieces
at all).

Walton, including Belshazzar's Feast and Symphony #1, by Scottish
NO/Gibson on Chandos.

Any suggestions on modern music available on the New World label? I'm
open to anything you consider worthwhile.

Is the Barber Piano Concerto by Ruskin/MIT Sym/Epstein on Turnabout
(coupled with Gerswhin Concerto in F) a worthwhile performance?

Anything else in the catalog you'd recommend?

Thanks in advance for your insight -- and for the many enlightening
responses which have benefitted me in the past.

Joe Markley
Alexandria, Virginia

paulgo...@my-deja.com

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In article <38033D4B...@erols.com>,

jmar...@erols.com wrote:
> Looking through the recently-arrived Catalog #76 (with the lovely
> urine-yellow cover), I wondered about these items:
>

> Fibich symphonies by Detroit/Jarvi on Chandos (I don't know these
pieces
> at all).

Fine-sounding performances of not terribly interesting music. Anyone
who tells you that Fibich is another Dvorak needs his or her ears
examined, IMO. I've tried hard with Fibich's 3 symphonies, but none of
them ever leaves a lasting impression on me.

> Any suggestions on modern music available on the New World label? I'm
> open to anything you consider worthwhile.

I don't know if BRO has it, but the disc with Persichetti's Piano
Concerto is superb. Ditto the ones with Paine's two symphonies -
unlike Fibich, Paine had something to say, and the Mehta/NYPO
performances are unlikely to be bettered in our lifetimes.

>
> Is the Barber Piano Concerto by Ruskin/MIT Sym/Epstein on Turnabout
> (coupled with Gerswhin Concerto in F) a worthwhile performance?

Pretty bad, as I recall from the LP era. However, that Katims-led
Dohnanyi disc on Turnabout is a great bargain if BRO still has it at
$2.99.

--
Paul Goldstein

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David M. Cook

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On Tue, 12 Oct 1999 09:53:15 -0400, Joseph Markley <jmar...@erols.com> wrote:

>Looking through the recently-arrived Catalog #76 (with the lovely
>urine-yellow cover), I wondered about these items:

>The Talich Quartet playing Dvorak, Mozart, Smetana, Schubert, Haydn and

>Beethoven on a two disc Calliope set (I have all the pieces; are these
>exceptional recordings?).

I didn't like their Mozart Quintets.

>Palestrina performed by Pro Cantione Antiqua/Brown on Carlton Classics.

This is probably the same as the IMP recording that I have. This is a good
performance by a smallish all-male group in a large acoustic space. A good
supplement to the Tallis Scholars.

>Fibich symphonies by Detroit/Jarvi on Chandos (I don't know these pieces
>at all).

>Walton, including Belshazzar's Feast and Symphony #1, by Scottish
>NO/Gibson on Chandos.

A good Belshazzar's Feast. I haven't heard the Symphony (my copy is coupled
with a cello work.)

>Any suggestions on modern music available on the New World label? I'm
>open to anything you consider worthwhile.

Ussachevsky's electronic music is interesting.

>Anything else in the catalog you'd recommend?

Just a selection:

Gliere, Symphony #3 {'Ilya Murometz'}- Arr.Stokowski. Loeffler, A
Pagan Poem. (Houston Symph.& Stokowski Symph./Stokowski)
Add to cart | Price: $1.99 | Country: DUTCH | D/A code: A |
Code: 65074 | Label: EMI/ANGEL

Bartok, Concerto for Orch. {Royal Phil./Kubelik}. Kodaly, Hary Janos Suite
(Vienna Phil./Kempe)
Add to cart | Price: $4.99 | Country: ENGLAND | D/A code: A | Code:
69611 | Label: CLASSICS/PLEASURE

Diamond, Kaddish for Cello & Orch. {w.J.Starker}; Symphony #3; Music for
Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet*; Psalm. (Seattle Symph. & NY Chamber
Orch./Schwarz)
Add to cart | Price: $4.99 | Country: AMERICA | D/A code: D
| Code: DE 3103 | Label: DELOS

Diamond's Romeo & Juliet is an very enjoyable work.

Prokofiev, Music for the Play 'Boris Godunov' {Symphony Orch./Frolov. MONO};
Music for the Play 'Hamlet' {Vocal Soloists w.USSR Ministry of Culture
Orch./E.Khachaturian}; Waltz Suite
Op.110. (USSR Radio Orch./Rozhdestvensky)
Add to cart | Price: $1.99 | Country: AMERICA | D/A code: A
| Code: 81-5005 | Label: CONSONANCE

Interesting Prokofiev rarities.

(Warning: fast temps. But very exciting.)

Dave Cook

Lani Spahr

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> jmar...@erols.com wrote:
> > Looking through the recently-arrived Catalog #76 (with the lovely
> > urine-yellow cover), I wondered about these items:
> >
>

> > Fibich symphonies by Detroit/Jarvi on Chandos (I don't know these
> pieces
> > at all).

I have them and enjoy them. #1 is not as engaging as #2 or #3, but they
are tuneful and enjoyable (to paraphrase Paul Goldstein, he's no Dvorak,
but so what?)

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Cheers,
Lani Spahr

Bruckner Symphony Versions Discography
http://www.mv.com/ipusers/reingold

D Krause

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Lani Spahr <lani_...@hp.com> wrote in message news:380387...@hp.com...

> > > Fibich symphonies by Detroit/Jarvi on Chandos (I don't know these
> > pieces
> > > at all).
>
> I have them and enjoy them. #1 is not as engaging as #2 or #3, but they
> are tuneful and enjoyable (to paraphrase Paul Goldstein, he's no Dvorak,
> but so what?)

Likewise have them and enjoy them. Worth acquiring even at full price.
Fibich has his charms; he may not be in the same block as Dvorak, but he
lives on the same street.

--

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at http://tintnerpetition.tripod.com

David M. Cook

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On Tue, 12 Oct 1999 09:53:15 -0400, Joseph Markley <jmar...@erols.com> wrote:

>Anything else in the catalog you'd recommend?

Now that I have a paper catalog to browse through (only #75, though) here's
more:

Tchaikovsky, Capriccio Italien. Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol.
Moussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition {orch.Ravel}; Night on Bare
Mountain. (Czech Phil./Ancerl)
Add to cart | Price: $5.99 | Country: CZECH
| D/A code: A | Code: 11 1943 | Label: SUPRAPHON

Martinu, Symphonies 3 & 6; Inventions {Symphonic Composition in 3
Movements} (Czech Phil./Neumann. Total time: 72'02')
Add to cart | Price: $7.99 | Country: CZECH | D/A code: A |
Code: 11 0718 | Label: SUPRAPHON

Respighi, La Boutique Fantasque {Czech Phil./Pedrotti}; Trittico
Botticelliano; Gli Uccelli (Prague Chamber Orch./Skvor & Vlach)
Add to cart | Price: $8.99 | Country: CZECH | D/A code: A |
Code: 11 0683 | Label: SUPRAPHON

Messiaen, 3 Petites Liturgies de la Presence Divine {w.J.Loriod, ondes
martenot, Y.Loriod, piano + Choruses & Prague Symph./ Kulinsky}; 5
Rechants for 12 Mixed Voices. (Kuhn Chamber Soloists/ Kuhn)
Add to cart | Price: $5.99 | Country: CZECH | D/A
code: D | Code: 11 0404 | Label: SUPRAPHON

There is lots of other interesting looking stuff in the Supraphon catalog
that I haven't heard. The Panocha Quartet's Dvorak and Schubert for
instance.

Dave Cook

D Krause

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Ibkco <ib...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> If you have a laser disc (video) player, the back of the catalog has a
small
> listing of items at unheard of prices. There are some real bargains here.

Yes, including the disc of David Bintley's choreography for Simon Jeffes'
STILL LIFE AT THE PENGUIN CAFE, a wonderful piece, brilliantly performed by
the Royal Ballet. I cannot recommend this highly enough.

Ibkco

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If you have a laser disc (video) player, the back of the catalog has a small
listing of items at unheard of prices. There are some real bargains here.

Ira Kraemer