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Thursday, 25 June 2015. Dvorak - Piano Quintet 2 [The Gaudier Ensemble. This is one of the very best discs that i own, i've probably played it about 25 times, but it's only featured in my Blog once before [21st May 2012]. Comes from a group of soloists to record and play chamber music for strings / wind, with piano, they have built up a small discography on the Hyperion label, they recorded this work in 1995, the front cover is a painting by Hans Thoma called 'The Rhine Near Sackingen'. In a heady concoc...
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Octo_Russ: 06/26/15
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Friday, 26 June 2015. Van Der Graaf Generator [Still Life. Van Der Graaf Generator. Are a Prog Rock band, started up in Manchester in 1967, and still going strong today, though they did have an amazing quarter of a century hiatus in the eighties and nineties, they brought this album out in 1976, the front cover is of an electrical discharge, i think it's quite good, the small VDGG logo at the top is excellent, there's a lovely symmetry to it all. It's quite a slow number in the verses,. There's real pass...
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Octo_Russ: 07/01/15
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Wednesday, 1 July 2015. Kate McDonnell [Where The Mangoes Are. Is American, not well known, she brought this album out in 2005, the front cover picture [by Michael Nakao] shows a close up of her face, her hair in her eyes, along with the orange lettering, i think this is a lovely portrait, better than conventional straight on shots. Well on this listen i now like a whole load of tracks, 1, 4-5 and 8-11, that's over half the album! And here's a short synopsis of each,. This is my favourite track on the al...
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Wednesday, 24 June 2015. Dvorak - Symphony 9 'From The New World' [Jansons-Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Another lovely clear recording, this is my equal favourite version of Dvorak's Ninth, along with Jarvi on Chandos, in fact Jansons made another disc on EMI of the same work, this time with the Oslo Philharmonic, which is also in my Blog [1st November 2012]. It's very much a plaintive refrain, a sad weeping, the strings take up the same tune, and really caress it in a sublime way [2:40-3:36]. Another ...
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Octo_Russ: 06/25/15
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Thursday, 25 June 2015. Dvorak - Piano Quintet 2 [The Gaudier Ensemble. This is one of the very best discs that i own, i've probably played it about 25 times, but it's only featured in my Blog once before [21st May 2012]. Comes from a group of soloists to record and play chamber music for strings / wind, with piano, they have built up a small discography on the Hyperion label, they recorded this work in 1995, the front cover is a painting by Hans Thoma called 'The Rhine Near Sackingen'. In a heady concoc...
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Octo_Russ: 06/20/15
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Saturday, 20 June 2015. Bruckner - Symphony 4 'Romantic' [Wand-Kolner Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester]. This is a lovely recording, i really rate Wand in Bruckner, it was his forte, i have eight recordings of the Bruckner 4, and this is my second favourite behind Barenboim / Teldec, it's probably Bruckner's most accessible Symphony, though my favourite is the Eighth, this is the third time this disc has appeared in my Blog. I love the strings when they get going in a strong melody [4:48-4:59]. Busily trying ...
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Octo_Russ: 06/23/15
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Tuesday, 23 June 2015. Saint-Saens - Violin Concerto 3 [Chee Yun /. Lopez Cobos-London Philharmonic Orchestra]. Is South Korean, she's now 45, now the front cover is one of those truly inspired photos [by Nancy Ellison], Chee-Yun on a beach, violin in hand, and gown flowing in the wind, the picture set at an angle, i love the lettering, and the Denon logo is great, what a fantastic finished product. Eventually of course the orchestra build up and up into a glorious majestic tune [9:04-9:26]. Re: What are...
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Octo_Russ: 06/27/15
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Saturday, 27 June 2015. Beethoven - Violin Sonata 9 'Kreutzer' [Vengerov/Markovich. This is a great disc, bringing together the best Violin Sonatas by Brahms and Beethoven [or at least my. Is Russian, he's now 41, he recorded this disc in 1991 at the unbelievable age of 17, the front booklet photo [by Klaus Thumser], shows Vengerov in a tight head shot, almost a silhouette, and Vengerov busy with his violin, the lettering to the left is really good. The intensity of their playing is tremendous, and Beeth...
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Octo_Russ: 06/22/15
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Monday, 22 June 2015. Johnny Griffin [The Cat]. I discovered Johnny Griffin when i bought the cassette of this in a second hand shop, and really loved it, so i bought the disc, i don't bother with tapes anymore, but they really helped me delve into some out of the way music, i. My favourite track on the album, the drummer Kenny Washington is so subtly good, creating i ticking rhythm at the beginning, Griffin plays the wonderful theme tune [0:10-1:32]. After the theme Griffin's off on his solo [1:32-4:12].
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Friday, 26 June 2015. Van Der Graaf Generator [Still Life. Van Der Graaf Generator. Are a Prog Rock band, started up in Manchester in 1967, and still going strong today, though they did have an amazing quarter of a century hiatus in the eighties and nineties, they brought this album out in 1976, the front cover is of an electrical discharge, i think it's quite good, the small VDGG logo at the top is excellent, there's a lovely symmetry to it all. It's quite a slow number in the verses,. There's real pass...
