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post #16 of 18
1/23/10 at 9:47pm
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Pauk is on the Naxos label so the CDs are really cheap. I only have a few Naxos albums but some of them are superb in both craftsmanship and recording quality!

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I agree with this completely! ArkivMusic will often have sales on the already ridiculously low priced Naxos label and I have not yet been disappointed. I think I have seven or eight discs from that label. Note to Head_case: at least two of them are Guitar Concerto discs.

I came here not to intentionally resurrect an old thread, but rather add an album I have recently enjoyed: Hilary Hahn (someone I am only recently familiar with) playing Edward Elgar's amazingly underrated "Violin Concerto in B minor." Hahn reminds me of Joshua Bell for some reason. She also plays one of my favorite pieces the close the album: Ralph Vaughan Williams' "The Lark Ascending." A wonderful interpretation! very airy. It can be found on hybrid SA-CD (from what I've read, with very good surround sound, though I have no speakers.. only headphones!). A real treat to those familiar with Elgar's Violin Concerto, or not!

Elgar: Violin Concertos; Vaughan Williams / Hahn, Et Al | ArkivMusic
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post #17 of 18
2/1/10 at 8:09pm
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Arkivmusic ....now where have I heard them?!

Hilary Hahn sounds fabulous. I'm going to have to explore her repertoire a bit more.

Naxos are cool aren't they? Is it true they were formed by a Hong Kong business man who decided to spell 'Saxon' backwards and sell classical music on an affordable budget? Their early releases when they got orchestral pieces from unknown Eastern Bloc countries where the orchestra was disintegrating like the political stability of their countries, were pretty terrible. Thankfully they've really grown into their own! Some of the Naxos releases which I really like include the Dvorak String Quartet Cycle by the Vlach Quartet ~ led by the daughter of the original Vlach Quartet from the 60's. It's as powerful and emotionally coloured as the Talich Quartet or the Prazak versions I have. Kudos to them for championing Gorecki's Symphony No.3 early on, along with Wojiech Kilar's work and the more obscure stuff, like Moeran's String Quartets.

Now Elgar....I should like him, after all I live in the same country as him. But there's always something about his music....maybe too much Eysenckian extroversion and British pomp or something decadent from an era of glorified performance, rather than the European tradition of searching uncertainty; searching honestly. Vaughan Williams isn't someone I've heard (just the name) so will have to scour around and listen to him~!

Lol. I love classical music on decent speakers when I'm at home. It's the best way too listen to vinyl LPs. Here's one really old one I discovered. The album cover is really thick cardboard and the pressing is probably 180gm+. Some serious high quality stuff over 50 years ago....

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post #18 of 18
2/2/10 at 11:54am
I rather enjoy Heifetz's interpretation of vitali's chaconne accompanied by organ. I think it's the most eerie. =D
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