Quartet, Opus 44

1. String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Op.44/2
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
with Colin Callow , Diana Cummings , English String Quartet , Luciano Iorio , Geoffrey Thomas

2. String Quartet No. 5 in E flat major, Op.44/3
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
with Colin Callow , Diana Cummings , English String Quartet , Luciano Iorio , Geoffrey Thomas

Quartet, Opus 44,Mendelssohn,English String Quartet,Meridian,Classical

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Opus 3 Test CD, Vol. 5 Manufacturer: Opus 3 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stenhammar | Stenhammar, Wilhelm | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B0002N8LD8

Tracks:

1. I Can't Get Started - Benny Waters
2. Where the Green Grass Grows - Eric Bibb
3. Vaquero
4. Talk of the Town - Kjell Ohman
5. Blues Opus 3
6. Meaning of the Blues
7. O Ango Tango - Swedish Jazz Kings
8. Comes Love - Eric Bibb
9. I Want Jesus to Walk With Me
10. Sanctus
11. Orientale - Stockholm Guitar Trio
12. Overture to Carmen
13. String Quartet No. 6, 2nd Movement
14. Bolero

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Van Appledorn, Liebermann, Barber and others Manufacturer: Opus One ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Inventions | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Liebermann | Liebermann, Lowell | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000009L6N Release Date: 1995-12-15

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Schumann: Piano Quintet Opus 44- Piano Quartet Opus 47 Thomas Rajna Manufacturer: Crd Records/Premiere ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00008KC4M Release Date: 2007-06-12

Average customer rating: Excellent in musical terms, if not in orchestral playing

Sibelius: Symphony in D No. 2; Valse Triste Opus 44 Manufacturer: EMI Records [All429] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Sibelius | Sibelius, Jean | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Sibelius Symphony No. 1; Karelia Suite; Finlandia Jean Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5 Shostakovich: Symphonies #3 '1st of May' & #14 - Mariss Jansons, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks ASIN: B00000DNSJ Release Date: 2001-02-27

Tracks:

1. Sym No.2 in D, Op.43: I. Allegretto
2. Sym No.2 in D, Op.43: II. Tempo Andante, Ma Rubato
3. Sym No.2 in D, Op.43: III. Vivacissimo
4. Sym No.2 in D, Op.43: IV. Finale (Allegro Moderato)
5. The Swan Of Tuonela, Op.22 No.2
6. Valse Triste, Op.44
7. Andante Festivo

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Excellent in musical terms, if not in orchestral playing.......2007-06-24

This CD has been reissued as part of a bargain two-fer from EMI, giving us a fair sample of Jansons' early workwith Sibelius when he was a rising star with the Oslo Phil. It was recordings like this one of Sym. #2 that made his reputation, although I must say the recent remake with the Concertgebouw on that orchestra's house label turned out to be dullish. Here there's lot os spirit and conviciton. You get the feeling in eery bar that the Oslo musicians are playing music that's in their blood, and even better, the level of execution rises higher than what we hear from provinical Finnish orchestras.

Thankfully, Jansons doesn't try to be profound in the first movement, playing it for propulsion and pace. The result is one of the more exciting versions on disc. The second movement is a bit of a let down rhythmically, but nowhere as much as Colin Davis in his various genteel readings. The brass-dominated climaxes bring us into the stirring world of finlandia quite effectively. The Oslo strings aren't quite up to the Vivacissimo marking of the third movement -- you won't mistkae this for the NY Phil. under Bernstein or the Berlin Phil. under Karajan. The finale is dramatic but marred by less than first-rate brass playing, which isn't to say that the musicians aren't giving their all. In a field crammed with good but not riveting versions of the ever-popular Second, Jansons' belongs on the top shelf. It's not as emotionally wrenching as the famous Barbirolli account, but I'd put it ahead of Bernstein from Vienna on DG, Ormandy on Sony, Rattle on EMI, and even the sainted Beecham live on BBC Legends. The fillers are also well done, but one misses Karajan's sumptuousness in the Swan of Tuonela and Stokowski's hypnotic atmosphere.

Track Listings:

1. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto / Paganini Rhapsody
2. Ravel: Valse; Concerto for piano in G
3. Reinecke, Raff, Rheinberger: Works for Two Pianos
4. Relaxing Opera
5. Relaxing Piano
6. Romantic Sonatas For Piano Duet
7. Romanza [Import]
8. Schumann/Mendelssohn: Piano Music
9. Shakespeare's Musicke
10. Sinfonia Concertante in E Flat

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Track Listings

Not a Job [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]

Roamin Holiday

Shadow of Your Smile

Modern Sounds from the West [Import]

Seven Years 1998-2005 [Import]

Stole [CD-single]

Sleep Fairy: Easy Sleep

Symphony 40 in G Minor / Symphony 5 in B Flat

Swinging the Devil's Dream [Import]

Right Turn on Blues

Pyramid Song, Pt. 2 [CD-single] [Import]

Storms Dressed As Stars

Saladomundo

Malipiero: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Sinfonie del silenzio e de la morte

Philadelphia Chickens