I started these at the weekend. I couldn’t find any music specifically for Easter; the best I could do was Haydn’s Te Deum<\/i> (paired with the Nelson Mass) recorded by the English Concert. Recorded in August 1986, this must be one of the most recent recordings we have on LP.<\/p>\n
This batch was mostly minor works by major composers, or more important works which we have other recordings of. So Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings<\/i> and Variations from the Op. 55 Suite (LPO and Del Mar) and Mozart divertimenti with the ECO and Jes\u00fas L\u00f3pez-Cobos (I would guess this was one of his earliest recordings, on the long-gone Rediffusion Royale label). Dvorak’s Symphony no. 5, with the Philharmonia and Andrew Davis, the latter sporting a very 70’s haircut and beard on the sleeve. More Tchaikovsky (I was looking for a pairing for some orphaned music of his that was too short on its own for a CD): the Sleeping Beauty<\/i> Suite. The Amadeus Quartet playing ‘Death and the Maiden’ and Schubert’s Quartettsatz<\/i>; this last is a standard filler. And finally: Rudolf Serkin with three famous Beethoven piano sonatas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I started these at the weekend. I couldn’t find any music specifically for Easter; the best I could do was Haydn’s Te Deum (paired with the Nelson Mass) recorded by the English Concert. Recorded in August 1986, this must be … Continue reading