Post by terence March 10, 2009 (1 of 19)
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start of a cycle?
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Post by aoqd22 March 10, 2009 (2 of 19)
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terence said:
start of a cycle?
Yes, I am pretty sure we are due to get symphonies 1-5. Great news I have been looking forward to these releases.
pb
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Post by Cilea March 10, 2009 (3 of 19)
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Post by Daland March 10, 2009 (4 of 19)
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I'm afraid that, as usual, only the symphonies will be recorded, but none of Mendelssohn's fine concert overtures, let alone the incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream.
At the moment I must probably be grateful for any new SACD featuring a composer whose name I have heard before.
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Daland said:
At the moment I must probably be grateful for any new SACD featuring a composer whose name I have heard before.
Ironic is it not?
Also The Midsummer's Night Dream has not in my recollection had a great performance since the Maag. It would be sweet if one of the labels would devote appropriate resources to that one.
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Post by Peter March 10, 2009 (6 of 19)
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Windsurfer said:
Ironic is it not?
Also The Midsummer's Night Dream has not in my recollection had a great performance since the Maag. It would be sweet if one of the labels would devote appropriate resources to that one.
Kubelik's is excellent I think, though it's also quite old now.
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Post by terence March 10, 2009 (7 of 19)
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Post by seth March 10, 2009 (8 of 19)
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Windsurfer said:
Ironic is it not?
Also The Midsummer's Night Dream has not in my recollection had a great performance since the Maag. It would be sweet if one of the labels would devote appropriate resources to that one.
Szell's recording of the incidental music from a decade later surpasses Maag (and available as a single layer SACD in surprisingly good CBS sound -- if you don't own the disc, use the Mendelssohn anniversary as an excuse to buy it).
BIS is the kind of label that I would expect would tackle Mendelssohn's plethora of unpublished and underperformed chamber music and operas instead of another symphony cycle. As the NY Times lamented, this Mendelssohn Anniversary has been a huge missed opportunity in expanded Mendelssohn's repertoire.
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Post by terence March 10, 2009 (9 of 19)
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seth said:
Szell's recording of the incidental music from a decade later surpasses Maag (and available as a single layer SACD in surprisingly good CBS sound -- if you don't own the disc, use the Mendelssohn anniversary as an excuse to buy it).
can't find that szell SACD listed?
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Post by seth March 10, 2009 (10 of 19)
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