Today's classical playlist

This was a pleasant discovery on Qobuz--I've never seen it before. (I have his complete Scriabin Sonatas on the Cavi-Music label.) Anyway, this is a wonderful recording, and his piano is less closely mic'd than is customary for DG.

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Dukas - Villanelle*
Beethoven - Horn Sonata in F major, Op.17**
Mozart - Divertimento in E flat major, K.289***
Dittersdorf - Partita in D major, ed. Haas****
Schumann - Adagio and Allegro, Op.70*
Haydn - Symphony No.31 in D major, I.Allegro*****
Mozart - Horn Concerto No.2 in E flat major, K.417******
Dennis Brain, horn
* Gerald Moore, piano
** Denis Matthews, piano
*** Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble
**** London Baroque Ensemble; Karl Haas, cond.
***** Neill Sanders, Edmund Chapman, Alfred Cursue, horns; Gareth Morris, flute & orchestra conducted by J.A.Westrup
****** Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind
Angel/Seraphim, recorded 1944-1953
 
A bit of a hybrid...


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OFFICIUM
Soprano and tenor saxophones and choral skimmings from the 12th, 15th, and 16th centuries
Recorded September 1993, Propstei St. Gerold

Jan Garbarek - soprano, tenor saxophones
The Hilliard Ensemble
David James - countertenor
Rogers Covey-Crump - tenor
John Potter - tenor
Gordon Jones - baritone​

ECM New Series
 
A bit of a hybrid...


officium.jpg


OFFICIUM
Soprano and tenor saxophones and choral skimmings from the 12th, 15th, and 16th centuries
Recorded September 1993, Propstei St. Gerold

Jan Garbarek - soprano, tenor saxophones
The Hilliard Ensemble
David James - countertenor
Rogers Covey-Crump - tenor
John Potter - tenor
Gordon Jones - baritone​

ECM New Series
Witnessed him performing this in Salisbury Cathedral.Enjoyable evening indeed.:)
 
Henze:

Violin Concerto No. 2, for solo violin, tape, bass baritone and 33 instrumentalists (#)
"Il Vitalino raddoppiato" (*)

Peter Sheppard Skærved (violin) (*)(#)
Omar Ebrahim (speaker)(#)

Longbow (*)
Parnassus Ensemble London (#)
Hans Werner Henze (#)

Naxos CD

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Mahler
Symphony No.1 in D major
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Erich Leinsdorf
London Phase 4, 1972

edit:
I've figured out why this lp was in the bin at a thriftstore, despite being in superb condition. The runout groove on side one leads straight onto the label.
 
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