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2,Sacchini,Oedipe a Colone Overture,Eighteenth Century Overtures,New Philharmonia Orchestra,Raymond Leppard,Raymond Leppard, Harpsichord,In style of Mozart comic opera.,,,33,1923

4,Saint-Luc,,18th Century Lute Trios,,,,Sounds like Renaissance Faire music; pleasant.,,,33,1080

2,Saint-Saens,Caprice,The Art Of Guiomar Novaes, Vol. 2,,,Guiomar Novaes, Piano,Pretty, but a bit dull,Exc. perf; recording has volume peak distortion,,33,789

1,Saint-Saens,Carnival Of The Animals,,,,Whittemore And Lowe, Pianos,Quite entertaining, and the liner notes explain the jokes, which I would never get; exc. perf.,,,33,355

3,Saint-Saens,Carnival Of The Animals,,Andre Kostelanetz And His Orchestra,Andre Kostelanetz,Read by Sir Noel Coward; Leonid Hambro And Jascha Zayde, Pianists; Frank Miller, Cellist,very pleasant,Verses By Ogden Nash,,33,525

0,Saint-Saens,Carnival Of The Animals,,,,Bartlett And Robertson, Piano,,,,33,1037

3,Saint-Saens,Cello Concerto 1 In A Minor, Op. 33,,New Philharmonia Orchestra,Barenboim,Jacqueline Du Pre, Cello,Good but unmoving in spite of what seems a very good perf.; classical-romantic, not over the top; like an uninspired Brahms(?); I thought I liked this piece better, but that was only 1 version (see #2608).,,,33,2054

3,Saint-Saens,Cello Concerto 1 In A Minor, Op. 33,,The London Symphony Orchestra,Antal Dorati,Janos Starker, Cellist,Rambling erratic romantic melodrama with Brahms-like sentimentality; not as bad as that description sounds, but I wasn't in the mood for it.,,,33,2189

1,Saint-Saens,Cello Concerto 1 In A Minor, Op. 33,,Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Of New York,Dimitri Mitropoulos,Leonard Rose, Cello,Beautiful, dramatic; vaguely Hebraic and sad, probably the reason it is with the Bloch.,,,33,72

1,Saint-Saens,Cello Concerto 1 In A Minor, Op. 33,,Philharmonia Orchestra,Carlo Maria Giulini,Janos Starker (Cello),Unreservedly romantic, with lyricism and drama; orch seems a bit overly reigned-in.,,,33,2608

1,Saint-Saens,Danse Macabre,Toscanini Plays Light Classics,The NBC Symphony Orchestra,Arturo Toscanini,,Tame R2 interp of an R1 piece; the version on my 'music appreciation' record #111 is much better, jagged and dynamic.,,,33,659

5,Saint-Saens,Etude (Caprice) in Waltz Form, Op. 52, No. 6,David Oistrakh Encores,,,David Oistrakh; Yampolsky, Piano,Obnoxiously capricious with gaudy romantic flourishes.,,,33,1196

5,Saint-Saens,Etude No. 6, Op. 52 (Arr. E. Ysaye),Popular Violin Encores,Moscow Chamber Orchestra,Barshai,David Oistrakh,Exaggerated swooping slides, runs, and pauses. Hideous, but well played.,,,33,1334

0,Saint-Saens,Havanaise,Francescatti,The Columbia Symphony,William Smith,Francescatti,,,ML5253,33,40

0,Saint-Saens,Havanaise,Yehudi Menuhin, Violin,,,Yehudi Menuhin, Violin,,,,33,74

0,Saint-Saens,Havanaise Op 83,,,,Heifetz, Violin,,,Victrola 6510a,78,4147

4,Saint-Saens,Havanaise, Op. 83 (9:15),Heifetz,The RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra,Wilbam Stdnbcrf,,,,,33,199

3,Saint-Saens,Introduction And Rondo Capriccioso,,Orchestra Of Radio Luxembourg,Louis De Froment,Aaron Rosand, Violin,dramatic swooping slides, over-emotive to the point of absurdity,,,33,2472

0,Saint-Saens,Introduction And Rondo Capriccioso,Francescatti,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,Francescatti,,,ML5253,33,40

0,Saint-Saens,Introduction And Rondo Capriccioso,Yehudi Menuhin, Violin,,,Yehudi Menuhin, Violin,,,,33,74

1,Saint-Saens,Introduction And Rondo Capriccioso, Op, 28,,RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra,Izler Solomon And William Steinberg,Jascha Heifetz, Violinist,Partly familiar; showy & dramatic, gypsyish; exc perf;,,,33,635

2,Saint-Saens,Piano Concerto 2, Op. 22, In G Minor,,State Orchestra Of The U.S.S.R.,Kiril Kondrashin,Emil Gilels, Piano,Didn't grab & hold my interest as No. 4 did, but it has much the same freedom & spontaneity, and I suspect this perf. is nowhere near as good.,,,33,209

0,Saint-Saens,Piano Concerto 2, Op. 22, In G Minor,,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,Entremont, Piano,,,,33,1340

2,Saint-Saens,Piano Concerto 2, Op. 22, In G Minor (Arr. for solo piano),Harold Bauer Concert,,,Harold Bauer, Piano,Without the orchestra, piano part is entirely clear, and stands alone well; like a wild, free-ranging improvisation; superb perf.,,,33,1429

1,Saint-Saens,Piano Concerto 4 In C Minor, Op. 44,,New York Philharmonic,Leonard Bernstein,Robert Casadesus, Pianist,Powerful, virtuosic, dramatic, & very interesting; somewhat confused & disjointed; unique, reminds me of no one; it probably inspired Rachmaninoff (his cto 3); influences in diff. places: Chopin, Wagner, Beethoven; magnificent perf. (see memo),The last mvmt theme is a beautiful slightly awkward song melody; in 3/4 it's reminiscent of a cheerful Danse Macabre.,,33,691

0,Saint-Saens,Piano Concerto 4 In C Minor, Op. 44,,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,Entremont, Piano,,,,33,1340

2,Saint-Saens,Piano Concerto 5 In F Major, Op. 103 (Egyptian),,Westminster Symphony Orchestra Of London,Anatole Fistoulari,Jacquinot, Pianist,Subdued and 'mysterious'; very coherent, but as a result lacks the abandon and excitement of No. 4,,,33,887

2,Saint-Saens,Piano/Violin Sonata 1 In D Minor, Op. 75,,,,Heifetz, Violin; Brooks Smith, Pianist,nice, unusual, between Beethoven and modern (just post-Beethoven). Well performed by both.,,,33,1555

3,Saint-Saens,Rhapsodie D'auvergne Op. 73,The Definitive Piano: Famous Composers Play Their Own Music,,,Camille Saint-Saens, Piano,actually quite interesting, just unpleasant,From Piano Rolls,,33,475

5,Saint-Saens,Septet Op 65,,Guilet String Quartet,,,jerky, modern, dull & silly,,,33,922

1,Saint-Saens,Symphony 3 In C Minor With Organ, Op. 78,,Boston Symphony Orchestra,Charles Munch,Berj Zamkochian, Organist; Leo Litwin And Bernard Zighera, Pianists,Stormy, violent thematic, then romantic; as in other pieces, when his influences are clear (Brahms, Bach, Strauss, Wagner, Offenbach), he stays close to them; where they're not, his style is unique & bold; builds to a spectacular finale.,,,33,646

3,Saint-Saens,Symphony 3 In C Minor With Organ, Op. 78,Great Music of the Romantic Age,Detroit Symphony Orchestra,Paul Paray,Marcel Dupre, Organ,Unexciting; liner notes compare to Wagner's Tristan; slow mvmt similar to Siegfried Idyll; not bad, and has some interest value; it's just no fun; the organ adds nothing.,,,33,2042

4,Saint-Saens,Violin Concerto 1 In A Major, Op 20,,Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra,Max Rudolf,Ruggiero Ricci, Violin,Brahms-like in attitude, but with unattractive capricious themes.,,,33,1112

3,Saint-Saens,Violin Concerto 3 In B Minor, Op. 61,,The Philharmonia Orchestra,Anatole Fistoulari,Nathan Milstein,Violin,pleasant,,,33,962

3,Saint-Saens,Violin Concerto 3 In B Minor, Op. 61,,Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Of New York,Dimitri Mitropoulos,Zino Francescatti, Violin,Style quite similar to Brahms, but his themes, while coherent and developed, are off in a strange way that to me lacks beauty or memorability. I think I've noted this is some of his other pieces. Good perf.,,ML4315,33,117

0,Salamone Rossi,Trio Sonata For Two Recorders And Harpsichord,Heritage Of The Baroque,The Telemann Society Orchestra,Richard Schulze, Conductor,,Listed in liner notes, but is not on the record!,,,33,664

3,Salieri,Symphony In D Major ('Veneziana'),The Great Rivals,Austrian Tonkuenstler Orchestra, Vienna,Ernst Maerzendorfer,,Decorous & classical, with overworked themes, but not entirely trivial; pleasant.,,,33,1474

4,Samuel Barber,Sonata For Cello And Piano, Op. 6 (1932),,Clark-Schuldmann Duo,,Harry Clark, Cello; Sanda Schuldmann, Piano,Modern; mostly lyrical, sometimes melodic, sometimes chromatic; maybe a distant Brahms influence in mood & lyricism; an expressive ooze of drama, sentiment, & introspection in a modern style; ineffective.,,,33,2557

2,Sanz,Canarios,Baroque Guitar,,,Julian Bream,Pretty,,,33,1395

3,Sanz,Pavanas,Baroque Guitar,,,Julian Bream,Pretty but dull.,,,33,1395

2,Sarasate,Caprice Basque Op. 24,Ricci Plays Sarasate,,,Ruggiero Ricci, Violin; Brooks Smith, Piano,Capricious and showy, quick; turns screeching.,Accompaniment also well written; exc perf by both Ricci and Brooks.,,33,512

2,Sarasate,Introduction and Tarantella Op. 43,Ricci Plays Sarasate,,,Ruggiero Ricci, Violin; Brooks Smith, Piano,Starts sad, turns wild & showy; except for the showy parts, it's more like a section of a cto than a standalone song.,Accompaniment also well written; exc perf by both Ricci and Brooks.,,33,512

2,Sarasate,Serenada Andalouse Op. 28,Ricci Plays Sarasate,,,Ruggiero Ricci, Violin; Brooks Smith, Piano,Like a frantic Malaguena; not very serenade-like; turns screeching.,Accompaniment also well written; exc perf by both Ricci and Brooks.,,33,512

2,Sarasate,Spanish Dance 1 Op. 21 Malaguena,Ricci Plays Sarasate,,,Ruggiero Ricci, Violin; Brooks Smith, Piano,Melodic & appealing; yup, it's 2nd theme is Malaguena, embellished; exc perf by both Ricci and Brooks.,Accompaniment also well written; exc perf by both Ricci and Brooks.,,33,512

2,Sarasate,Spanish Dance 2 Op. 21 Habanera,Ricci Plays Sarasate,,,Ruggiero Ricci, Violin; Brooks Smith, Piano,Melodic & appealing; capricious.,Accompaniment also well written; exc perf by both Ricci and Brooks.,,33,512

1,Sarasate,Spanish Dance 3 Op. 22 Romanza Andaluza,Ricci Plays Sarasate,,,Ruggiero Ricci, Violin; Brooks Smith, Piano,Melodic, lyrical, appealing; themes alternate minor/major.,Accompaniment also well written; exc perf by both Ricci and Brooks.,,33,512

2,Sarasate,Spanish Dance 4 Op. 22 Jota Navarra,Ricci Plays Sarasate,,,Ruggiero Ricci, Violin; Brooks Smith, Piano,Melodic & appealing.,Accompaniment also well written; exc perf by both Ricci and Brooks.,,33,512

2,Sarasate,Spanish Dance 5 Op. 23 Playera,Ricci Plays Sarasate,,,Ruggiero Ricci, Violin; Brooks Smith, Piano,Lyrical, mournful.,Accompaniment also well written; exc perf by both Ricci and Brooks.,,33,512

1,Sarasate,Spanish Dance 6 Op. 23 Zapateado,Ricci Plays Sarasate,,,Ruggiero Ricci, Violin; Brooks Smith, Piano,Quick, lively, melodic.,Accompaniment also well written; exc perf by both Ricci and Brooks.,,33,512

1,Sarasate,Spanish Dance 7 Op. 26,Ricci Plays Sarasate,,,Ruggiero Ricci, Violin; Brooks Smith, Piano,Melodic & appealing; syncopated; contrasting rhythms and major/minor.,Accompaniment also well written; exc perf by both Ricci and Brooks.,,33,512

1,Sarasate,Spanish Dance 8 Op. 26,Ricci Plays Sarasate,,,Ruggiero Ricci, Violin; Brooks Smith, Piano,Melodic & appealing; syncopated; contrasting rhythms and major/minor; more varied, capricious and showy than No. 7.,Accompaniment also well written; exc perf by both Ricci and Brooks.,,33,512

1,Sarasate,Zigeunerweisen,,Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra,Andre Previn,Itzhak Perlman,Romantic dramatic; the virtuosic ending that so many people play as an excerpt is its weakest part.,Exc. perf by all, esp. Perlman, who in this case does not wring pathos from every note.,,33,2584

0,Sarasate,Zigeunerweisen,Francescatti,The Columbia Symphony,William Smith,Francescatti,,,ML5253,33,40

0,Sarasate,Zigeunerweisen,Great Violinists Of The 19th And 20th Centuries,,,,,,,33,400

2,Sarasate,Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20, No. 1 (Gypsy Airs),,RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra,Izler Solomon And William Steinberg,Jascha Heifetz, Violinist,Among the more appealing of the swooping romantic showoffy violin pieces, that isn't always swooping; exciting fast finale.,,,33,635

5,Sarasate,Zortzito,Popular Violin Encores,Moscow Chamber Orchestra,Barshai,David Oistrakh,Unattractive melody, boring,,,33,1334

2,Satie,Avant-Dernieres Pensees,,,,Aldo Ciccolini, Piano,unusual, very interesting, well played,,,33,2306

2,Satie,Heures Seculaires Et Instantanees,,,,Aldo Ciccolini, Piano,unusual, very interesting, well played,,,33,2306

2,Satie,Les Trois Valses Distinguees Du Precieux Degoute,,,,Aldo Ciccolini, Piano,unusual, very interesting, well played,,,33,2306

2,Satie,Trois Gnossiennes,,,,Aldo Ciccolini, Piano,unusual, very interesting, well played,,,33,2306

2,Satie,Trois Gymnopedies,,,,Aldo Ciccolini, Piano,unusual, very interesting, well played,,,33,2306

2,Satie,Trois Morceaux En Forme De Poire,,,,Aldo Ciccolini, Piano,unusual, very interesting, well played,,,33,2306

2,Satie,Trois Nocturnes,,,,Aldo Ciccolini, Piano,unusual, very interesting, well played,,,33,2306

0,Scarlatti Rodrigo Ravel, Etc.,,The Art Of Julian Bream,,,Julian Bream,,,,33,344

0,Scarlatti, Alessandro,Messa Di Sancta Cecilia,,Schola Cantorum Of The Church Of St. Mary The Virgin, New York City,McNeil Robinson, Music Director And Conductor,,,,,33,2634

4,Scarlatti, Alessandro,Sonata In F,Heritage Of The Baroque,The Telemann Society Orchestra,Richard Schulze, Conductor,,Dull counterpoint,,,33,664

0,Scarlatti, Alessandro,Vespers Of Saint Cecilia,,Chorus And Orchestra Of The Accademia Monteverdiana,Denis Stevens, Chorus Master Edgar Fleet,,,,,33,2679

4,Scarlatti, Alessandro (A. Parisotti),Le Violette,Arias And Songs Of The Italian Baroque,,,Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor; Felix Lavilla, Piano,Lively, but annoying.,,Mhs 3190,33,2521

2,Scarlatti, Alessandro (A. Parisotti),Su Venite A Consiglio,Arias And Songs Of The Italian Baroque,,,Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor; Felix Lavilla, Piano,pleasant. Good perf., recording; piano good, and with simple, effective arrangements.,,Mhs 3190,33,2521

4,Scarlatti, Alessandro (Dallapiccola),Gia Il Sole Dal Gange,Arias And Songs Of The Italian Baroque,,,Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor; Felix Lavilla, Piano,,,Mhs 3190,33,2521

4,Scarlatti, Alessandro (Dallapiccola),O Cessate Di Piagarmi,Arias And Songs Of The Italian Baroque,,,Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor; Felix Lavilla, Piano,,,Mhs 3190,33,2521

4,Scarlatti, Alessandro (Dallapiccola),Toglietemi La Vita Ancor,Arias And Songs Of The Italian Baroque,,,Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor; Felix Lavilla, Piano,Piano part very good, better than vocal.,,Mhs 3190,33,2521

0,Scarlatti, Domenico,Five Sonatas, Longo Nos. 286, 23, 352, 238,119,,,,Ivan Davis, Pianist,,,,33,542

1,Scarlatti, Domenico,Sinfonia in B Overture,Eighteenth Century Overtures,New Philharmonia Orchestra,Raymond Leppard,Raymond Leppard, Harpsichord,Like a baroque allegro - largo - allegro squeezed into 5 minutes.,,,33,1923

1,Scarlatti, Domenico,Sonata In A Major, L. 483,The Sound Of Horowitz,,,Horowitz,beautiful. I have this piece played by Segovia on one of my records.,,,33,712

3,Scarlatti, Domenico,Sonata In A Major, Longo 345,Richter Plays Beethoven; Gilels Plays Scarlatti,,,Emil Gilels, Piano,Liner notes are accurate: 'the charming A major - a masterpiece of keyboard writing'.,Monitor MC 2060,MC 2060,33,907

3,Scarlatti, Domenico,Sonata In A Major, Longo 391 Presto,Horowitz Plays Scarlatti,,,Horowitz,,The Tempo Indicator is For The Whole Piece; Horowitz's touch is good; all are 1 mvmt sonatas; all at one sitting, they got monotonous, & got lower ratings than they might get individually.,Ml 6058,33,1156

1,Scarlatti, Domenico,Sonata In A Minor, Longo 241 Allegro,Horowitz Plays Scarlatti,,,Horowitz,Pretty.,The Tempo Indicator is For The Whole Piece; Horowitz's touch is good; all are 1 mvmt sonatas; all at one sitting, they got monotonous, & got lower ratings than they might get individually.,Ml 6058,33,1156

3,Scarlatti, Domenico,Sonata In B Minor, L. 33,Vladimir Horowitz, Vol.2,,,Vladimir Horowitz, Piano,,,,33,1180

2,Scarlatti, Domenico,Sonata In B Minor, Longo 449,Richter Plays Beethoven; Gilels Plays Scarlatti,,,Emil Gilels, Piano,Liner notes are accurate: 'the sensitive B minor with its use of crossed hands and accented upper notes'.,Monitor MC 2060,MC 2060,33,907

4,Scarlatti, Domenico,Sonata In C Major,The Sound Of Genius, Volume 2,,,Ivan Davis, Piano,Uninteresting piece played self-consciously & over-carefully.,,,33,425

3,Scarlatti, Domenico,Sonata In C Major, Longo 104,Richter Plays Beethoven; Gilels Plays Scarlatti,,,Emil Gilels, Piano,Liner notes are accurate: 'the bright, sparkling C Major.',Monitor MC 2060,MC 2060,33,907

3,Scarlatti, Domenico,Sonata in C Minor, Longo 352,,,,Myra Hess, Piano,Short, delicate.,,,33,328

4,Scarlatti, Domenico,Sonata In D (K. 391),The Romeros Play Baroque Concertos For Four Guitars And Other Works,The Romeros,,,The piece itself isn't awful.,Terrible recording, badly distorted.,,33,2015

3,Scarlatti, Domenico,Sonata In D Major, Longo 164 Allegretto,Horowitz Plays Scarlatti,,,Horowitz,,The Tempo Indicator is For The Whole Piece; Horowitz's touch is good; all are 1 mvmt sonatas; all at one sitting, they got monotonous, & got lower ratings than they might get individually.,Ml 6058,33,1156

1,Scarlatti, Domenico,Sonata In D Major, Longo 424 Allegro,Horowitz Plays Scarlatti,,,Horowitz,Lively, inventive.,The Tempo Indicator is For The Whole Piece; Horowitz's touch is good; all are 1 mvmt sonatas; all at one sitting, they got monotonous, & got lower ratings than they might get individually.,Ml 6058,33,1156

2,Scarlatti, Domenico,Sonata In D Major, Longo 465 Allegrissimo,Horowitz Plays Scarlatti,,,Horowitz,,The Tempo Indicator is For The Whole Piece; Horowitz's touch is good; all are 1 mvmt sonatas; all at one sitting, they got monotonous, & got lower ratings than they might get individually.,Ml 6058,33,1156

1,Scarlatti, Domenico,Sonata In E Major, L. 430,The Sound Of Horowitz,,,Horowitz,beautiful,,,33,712

3,Scarlatti, Domenico,Sonata In E Major, Longo 21 Andante-Allegro-Andante,Horowitz Plays Scarlatti,,,Horowitz,,The Tempo Indicator is For The Whole Piece; Horowitz's touch is good; all are 1 mvmt sonatas; all at one sitting, they got monotonous, & got lower ratings than they might get individually.,Ml 6058,33,1156

3,Scarlatti, Domenico,Sonata In E Major, Longo 23,Richter Plays Beethoven; Gilels Plays Scarlatti,,,Emil Gilels, Piano,Liner notes are accurate: 'the relatively long E major with its somewhat martial rhythm'.,Monitor MC 2060,MC 2060,33,907

1,Scarlatti, Domenico,Sonata In E Minor, Longo 22 Allegro,Horowitz Plays Scarlatti,,,Horowitz,,The Tempo Indicator is For The Whole Piece; Horowitz's touch is good; all are 1 mvmt sonatas; all at one sitting, they got monotonous, & got lower ratings than they might get individually.,Ml 6058,33,1156

1,Scarlatti, Domenico,Sonata In E-Flat Major, Longo 203 Andante Cantabile,Horowitz Plays Scarlatti,,,Horowitz,Pretty.,The Tempo Indicator is For The Whole Piece; Horowitz's touch is good; all are 1 mvmt sonatas; all at one sitting, they got monotonous, & got lower ratings than they might get individually.,Ml 6058,33,1156

2,Scarlatti, Domenico,Sonata In F Major, Longo 188 Allegro,Horowitz Plays Scarlatti,,,Horowitz,Lively, staccato.,The Tempo Indicator is For The Whole Piece; Horowitz's touch is good; all are 1 mvmt sonatas; all at one sitting, they got monotonous, & got lower ratings than they might get individually.,Ml 6058,33,1156

3,Scarlatti, Domenico,Sonata In F Minor, Longo 118 Andante Moderato,Horowitz Plays Scarlatti,,,Horowitz,,The Tempo Indicator is For The Whole Piece; Horowitz's touch is good; all are 1 mvmt sonatas; all at one sitting, they got monotonous, & got lower ratings than they might get individually.,Ml 6058,33,1156

4,Scarlatti, Domenico,Sonata In F Minor, Longo 187 Andante Cantabile,Horowitz Plays Scarlatti,,,Horowitz,Lost interest.,The Tempo Indicator is For The Whole Piece; Horowitz's touch is good; all are 1 mvmt sonatas; all at one sitting, they got monotonous, & got lower ratings than they might get individually.,Ml 6058,33,1156

1,Scarlatti, Domenico,Sonata In G Major, L. 209,The Sound Of Horowitz,,,Horowitz,beautiful,,,33,712

3,Scarlatti, Domenico,Sonata In G Major, Longo 349 Allegretto,Horowitz Plays Scarlatti,,,Horowitz,,The Tempo Indicator is For The Whole Piece; Horowitz's touch is good; all are 1 mvmt sonatas; all at one sitting, they got monotonous, & got lower ratings than they might get individually.,Ml 6058,33,1156

3,Scarlatti, Domenico,Sonata in G Major, Longo 387,,,,Myra Hess, Piano,Quick.,,,33,328

4,Scarlatti, Domenico,Sonata In G Major, Longo 487,Richter Plays Beethoven; Gilels Plays Scarlatti,,,Emil Gilels, Piano,Liner notes are accurate: 'the brilliant dance-like G major.',Monitor MC 2060,MC 2060,33,907

4,Scarlatti, Domenico,Sonata In G, L. 487,Vladimir Horowitz, Vol.2,,,Vladimir Horowitz, Piano,,,,33,1180

4,Scarlatti, Domenico,Toccata,Toccatas, Vol 1,,,Sahan Arzruni, Piano,Overly fast & clever staccato.,,,33,2513

5,Scarlatti, Domenico,Vier Sonaten,Baroque Masters,,,Ingrid Heiler, Cembalo,of no interest,,,33,1593

4,Scarlatti, Domenico,Zwei Sonaten,Baroque Masters,,,Ingrid Heiler, Cembalo,jerky,,,33,1593

0,Scarlatti, Gluck Caldara Rossini Etc.,,The Art Of Bel Canto,,,Richard Tucker,,,,33,1184

0,Scarlatti, Telemann, And Couperin,Cantatas,,,,Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone; With Harpsichord, Cello, Flute, Violin,,,,33,1117

0,Scarlatti-Tommasini,The Good - Humored Ladies Ballet Suite,,Vienna State Opera Orchestra,Franz Litschauer,,,,VRS440,33,19

0,Scarlatti-Tommasini,The Good Humored Ladies,,Concert Arts Orchestra,Robert Irving,,,,,33,539

1,Scharwenka, Xaver,Concerto 1 In B-Flat Minor, Op. 32,,Boston Symphony Orchestra,Erich Leinsdorf,Earl Wild, Pianist,Rousing late romantic cto with lots of drama & violence (like Grieg's) and dramatic orchestral crashing (like Tchaikovsky), so it's a bit over the top; exc. perf.,,,33,1990

4,Scharwenka, Xaver,Piano Concerto No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 56 (Finale Only),,The London Symphony Orchestra,Eleazar De Carvalho,Raymond Lewenthal, Piano,Loud irritating keyboard virtuosity on a Russian-sounding theme; jerky, changeable, sounds like Tchaikovsky.,,,33,2125

4,Schoenberg,Ode To Napoleon Buonaparte For String Quartet, Piano, And Reciter. Op. 41,,The Claremont Quartet,,,Quite bizarre, an interesting novelty; better than Edith Sitwell, and a possible inspiration for beatnik poetry readings; the 'music' (almost atonal) complements the recitation well; neither could stand alone; seems very good perf.,,,33,1693

1,Schoenberg,Piano Concerto Op. 42,,Symphony Orchestra Of Southwest German Radio, Baden-Baden,Gielen,Alfred Brendel, Pianist,Chromatic abstract expressionist; the weirdest actual music I've ever heard; enjoyable and challenging, but fails to convey any mood or even impart an essentially musical experience; exc. perf.; R1 is for uniqueness, probable quality, & perf,...,Tonally & rhythmically incomprehensible, a moment to moment challenge to find any familiar mileposts, themes, rhythms, anything comfortable, or even to follow it...,,33,1253

4,Schoenberg,Theme And Variations, Op. 43b,,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,,Not awful; not 100% chromatic, but chromaticism deals the final blow to an already uninteresting piece late romantic in character; composed for a school band, that would have been a very strange performance.,,,33,1643

5,Schoenberg,Verklarte Nacht, Op. 4,,Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra,Zubin Mehta,,Late romantic wandering tone-poem-like piece with a little, not a lot, extra chromaticism; boring; not similar to, and preceded, his piano and violin ctos; exc. perf.,,,33,1658

1,Schoenberg,Violin Concerto Op. 36,,Symphony Orchestra Of Southwest German Radio, Baden-Baden,Gielen,Wolfgang Marschner, Violinist,...(cont'd from piano cto)...but I've heard it 3 times, and probably don't need to hear it again. It holds attention well throughout, but the interest value fades with repeated hearings; it is incoherent.,...a hyper-intellectual exercise of working out musically logical methods on an essentially arbitrary theme (tone-row).,,33,1253

3,Schubert,16 German Dances, Op 33,,,,Brendel, Piano,More influence from his songs than the others; tolerable but dull; sequences of minor variations on a theme, and each phrase finishes completely before the next begins.,,,33,1362

2,Schubert,Arpeggione Sonata In A Minor,,,,Emanuel Feuermann (Cello); Myra Hess (Piano); Gerald Moore (Piano),Easy to imagine as an opera (or extended song) with cello singing the vocal part; no piano/cello interplay; pretty and pleasant.,,,33,1904

0,Schubert,Aufenthalt,,,,Marian Anderson With Franz Rupp,,,Victor 11-9836,78,4148

0,Schubert,Ave Maria,,,,Wm. Primrose, Viola; Joseph Kahn, Piano,,,Victor 15733,78,824

0,Schubert,Ave Maria,,,,Marian Anderson With Franz Rupp,,,Victor 11-9836,78,4148

0,Schubert,Ave Maria?,,,,Kreisler?,,Label Badly Worn; Single Sided,Victrola 89107,78,4084

2,Schubert,Ballet Music From Rosamunde,The Sound Of Genius, Volume 3,Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra,Stanislaw Skrowaczewski,,Light, pleasant; exc. perf.,,,33,636

0,Schubert,Concerto For Cello And Orchestra In A Minor 'Arpeggione',,Bamberg Symphony,Jonel Perlea,Gaspar Cassado, Cello,,,,33,1479

1,Schubert,Fantasia In C Major, Op. 159,The Complete Works For Violin And Piano,,,Michele Auclair, Violin; Genevieve Joy, Piano,combines beautiful melodies, virtuosity,,,33,1242

0,Schubert,Fantasy In C, Op. 159 For Violin And Piano,,,,Rafael Druian, Violin; John Simms, Piano,,,,33,622

0,Schubert,German Dances (1824), Orchestrated By Anton Webern,,Columbia Symphony Orchestra,Robert Craft,,,,,33,1081

2,Schubert,Grand Duo For Piano, Four Hands, Op. 140,,,,Gold And Fizdale, Duo-Pianists,Very nice sort of duo sonata or fantasy; parts fit well together; maintains momentum and quality; orderly, it lacks suspense, but part of its appeal is how coherent and consistent it is.,,,33,540

3,Schubert,Hirtenlied From 'Rosamunde',Pastorales,The Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet,,,Sort of pretty; not the same excerpt as on #636.,,,33,1089

0,Schubert,Impromptu In A-Flat Major, Op. 90, No. 4,,,,Sviatoslav Richter, Piano,,,,33,223

3,Schubert,Impromptu In A-Flat, Op. 90, No. 4,The Art Of Sergei Rachmaninoff Vol.2,,,Rachmaninoff, Piano,Uncompelling piece.,,CAL486,33,98

0,Schubert,Impromptu In E-Flat Major, Op. 90, No. 2,,,,Sviatoslav Richter, Piano,,,,33,223

1,Schubert,Impromptu In G-Flat Major, Op. 90, No. 3,The Sound Of Horowitz,,,Horowitz,Beautiful. (The single-word 'beautiful' ratings were originally for the whole record, before MDB existed.),,,33,712

2,Schubert,Impromptu Opus 90 No. 2 In E Flat,Dinu Lipatti, His Last Recital,,,Dinu Lipatti, Piano,Quick legato runs.,,,33,114

1,Schubert,Impromptu Opus 90 No. 3 In G Flat Major,Dinu Lipatti, His Last Recital,,,Dinu Lipatti, Piano,This is the one Horowitz plays. This interp is equivalent, but this recording isn't as good, with more pops.,,,33,114

3,Schubert,Impromptus, Op 90 Op 142,,,,Brendel, Piano,pleasant, well-played,,,33,968

0,Schubert,Moment Musical In C Major, Op. 94, No. 1,,,,Sviatoslav Richter, Piano,,,,33,223

0,Schubert,Octet For Strings And Winds, Op. 166,,The Fine Arts String Quartet And Members Of The New York Woodwind Quintet,,Leonard Sorkin, First Violin; Abram Loft, Second Violin; Irving Ilmer, Viola; George Sopkin; Cello; Harold Siegel, Double Bass; David 61aaer, Clarinet; Arthur Weisberg, Bassoon; John Barrows, Horn,,,LPBR-6082,33,742

0,Schubert,Octet In F Major Op 166,,New Vienna Octet,,,,,,33,2598

3,Schubert,Octet In F Major Op. 166,,The Pascal String Quartet,,Pascal plus Jacques Lancelot, Clarinet; Paul Hongne, French Horn; Gilbert Coursier, Bassoon; Gaston Logerot, Bass,Enjoyable, soothing, rhythmic, lyrical, a bit wandering, dull; very well played.,,,33,1514

0,Schubert,Opera Selections,Jussi Bjoerling In Concert,,,Jussi Bjoerling,,,,33,1198

1,Schubert,Piano Quintet In A Op 114 (The Trout),,The Festival Quartet,,Goldberg, Primrose, Graudan, Babin, Sankey,Beautiful and interesting, beginning to end. Last mvmt theme is the theme (which I searched for for months) for the PBS show "Waiting For God," maybe because the show is about an old trout.,,,33,353

4,Schubert,Piano Sonata In C Major (Unfinished),,,,Brendel, Piano,Uninspired repetitive rhythmic motifs with one hand while the other plays uninspired somewhat improbable progressions of mostly whole chords where only 1 or 2 notes change from one to the next; seems a common style of his.,,,33,1362

4,Schubert,Piano Sonata In C Minor, Posth.,,,,Brendel, Piano,Sounds like someone improvising badly while trying to get ideas. 4th mvmt scratched, skips.,,,33,1362

5,Schubert,Piano Sonata In D Major, Op 53,,,,Artur Schnabel,unevenly march-like, jerky, nothing special,,,33,487

1,Schubert,Quartet 13 In A Minor Op 29,,Budapest String Quartet,,,Beautiful & soothing; interp seems good, recording fair, not crystal clear; nice tone - all Stradivarius; my Juilliard SQ version on 'Listen' record has much more dynamic interp, but they're out of tune w/each other & instruments don't sound as pure.,,,33,286

1,Schubert,Quartet No. 14 In D Minor, Op. Posth. (Death And The Maiden),,Budapest String Quartet,,Joseph Roisman, First Violin; Jac Gorodetzky, Second Violin Boris Kroyt, Viola; Mischa Schneider, Violoncella,More even & restrained than Juilliard version, less immediately striking, but just as enjoyable and interesting in bringing out diff. aspects of the music; nice tone - all Stradivarius; accurate tuning & fingering.,,,33,243

3,Schubert,Quartettsatz In C Minor, Op. Posthumous.,Budapest Quartet Encores,Budapest String Quartet,,Joseph Roisman And Alexander Schneider, Violins; Boris Kroyt, Viola; Mischa Schneider, Cello,Another well known & very nice piece made uninteresting by a lackluster undynamic perf.,,ML5116,33,48

1,Schubert,Quartettsatz, D. 703,,The Alberni Quartet,,,Superbly dynamic energetic interp brings out all its best qualities, and is likely the best perf I have; exc. recording, all parts clear.,,,33,2676

0,Schubert,Quintet In A Major, Op. 114, (The Trout),,,,Peter Serkin, Piano; Alexander Schneider, Violin; Michael Tree, Viola; David Soyer, Cello; Julius Levine, Double Bass,,,,33,1363

4,Schubert,Quintet In C Major, Op. 163,,Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet,,Weiss, Cello,Boring; the 5th instrument is cello, not piano; amazingly devoid of any interesting thematic material, always in long lethargic transition, never gets anywhere; 4th mvmt could stand alone as R2 and may be relatively well known, but it's way too late.,,,33,695

0,Schubert,Quintet In C Major, Op. 163,,Budapest String Quartet,,,,,,33,734

3,Schubert,Quintet Op 114 (Trout),,Members Of The Budapest String Quartet,,Horzowski, Piano,Sweet, delicate interp makes an exciting and interesting piece gutless and uninteresting.,,,33,1187

3,Schubert,Rondo Brillant In B Minor, Op. 70,The Complete Works For Violin And Piano,,,Michele Auclair, Violin; Genevieve Joy, Piano,interesting, fast, modern, not very pretty,,,33,1242

0,Schubert,Rondo In B Minor For Piano And Violin Op 70,,,,Menuhin, Piano; Menuhin, Violin,,,,33,2628

3,Schubert,Rosamunde,Schubert-Music For Theater,The Orchestra And Chorus Of Naples,Denis Vaughan,Lucia Popp, Soprano,Disappointingly ordinary; fluid melodies, but nothing interesting; not recognizable as the same piece excerpted on #636.,,Vics-1638,33,2241

2,Schubert,Serenade,,,,Jesse Crawford, Organ,Pleasant but strange on Wurlitzer organ; like ice skating music.,,Victor 19521,78,4099

2,Schubert,Serenade,Sample Record,,,,Familiar; Rachmaninoff plays it on #513; the singing is good.,Records #5000-5999 have arbitrary MaxIDs (no markings on the record itself) that can be changed anytime; they are in the library, and have been played on the old Victrola with steel needles.,,78,5007

1,Schubert,Serenade,The Great Rachmaninoff,,,Rachmaninoff,,,,33,513

2,Schubert,Serenade, 'Swan Songs' No. 4 Transcription By Liszt,Harold Bauer Concert,,,Harold Bauer, Piano,Horowitz also plays this,,,33,1429

4,Schubert,Sonata 1 in D Major,The Sonatas For Violin And Piano, Complete,,,Schneider, Violin; Serkin, Piano,Over-sweet melodies; simplistic singing-melody-with-accompaniment style is boring,,,33,1054

3,Schubert,Sonata 2 in A Minor,The Sonatas For Violin And Piano, Complete,,,Schneider, Violin; Serkin, Piano,Pleasant background music; pretty, but each mvmt sets a motif and stick to it, unvarying & uninteresting,,,33,1054

3,Schubert,Sonata 3 in G Minor,The Sonatas For Violin And Piano, Complete,,,Schneider, Violin; Serkin, Piano,Quite pleasant with good melodies, but they drone on and on without suspense or surprise.,,,33,1054

3,Schubert,Sonata In A Major (Duo), Op. 162,The Complete Works For Violin And Piano,,,Michele Auclair, Violin; Genevieve Joy, Piano,endless fountain of prettiness runs on and on. Notes say his major influence was Mozart; too bad; it shows.,,,33,1242

1,Schubert,Sonata In A Major for Violin, Op. 162,David Oistrakh, Violin,,,David Oistrakh, Violin; Lev Oborin, Piano,exc. & exc. duo,,,33,1298

2,Schubert,Sonata In A Minor D.784,,,,Fou Ts'ong, Piano,Improves from a poor start to become pleasant, somewhat engaging, & almost interesting, but it still sounds like an unperceptive imitation of Beethoven, lacking subtle details, and without an esthetic sense of what should follow what.,,,33,839

0,Schubert,Sonata In A, Op. 162 For Violin And Piano (Duo),,,,Rafael Druian, Violin; John Simms, Piano,,,,33,622

2,Schubert,Sonata In B Flat D.960,,,,Fou Ts'ong, Piano,Soft, subdued, pretty, barely R2; liner notes call it the most perfect of his for solo piano; it's nice, but not very interesting; his (I think) several dozen pointless modulations spoil rather than enhance its melodic momentum; seems exc. perf.,,,33,839

3,Schubert,Sonata In B Flat, Op. Posth., D. 960,,,,Clara Haskil, Pianist,Fairly pleasant; lots of good ideas strung together ineffectively, and pretensions to depth, but it still gets boring; contrary to liner notes, his modulations are clumsy & gratuitous, as are some harmonies & especially transitions; perf seems very good.,,,33,1584

3,Schubert,Sonata No. 5 In A, Op. 162 (Duo ),Fritz Kreisler In Immortal Performances,,,Fritz Kreisler And Sergei Rachmaninoff,ok background music; didn't listen closely, but wasn't much struck by it.,,,33,630

0,Schubert,Sonata No. 9 In A Major, Op. 120,,,,Dame Myra Hess With Yelly D'Aranyi, Violinist, And Felix Salmond, Cellist,,,,33,762

1,Schubert,String Quartet 12 (Quartettsatz),,Juilliard String Quartet,,,Interesting & effective; mostly gentle, some suspense.,,Lm2378,33,1111

0,Schubert,String Quartet 15 In G Major Op 161,,The Hungarian Quartet,,,,,,33,352

0,Schubert,String Quartet No 14, In D Minor (Death And The Maiden),,The Kroll Quartet,,,,,,33,375

1,Schubert,String Quartet No 14, In D Minor (Death And The Maiden),,Juilliard String Quartet,,,Great: beautiful, soothing, exciting, arresting, suspenseful; for close listening; 4th mvmt similar to Beethoven Spring sonata 2nd mvmt; Juilliard Quartet's tuning and fingering tends toward inaccurate; but their interps tend to be dynamic, forceful.,This record and other chamber music not kept out because it requires a 'chamber music mood', which is somewhat rare, and because I think I may find a lot I like, which would fill up the rack.,Lm2378,33,1111

2,Schubert,Symphony 1 In D Major,,Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,Sir Thomas Beecham, Bart.,,Energetic, dramatic; modeled closely after Beethoven, and doesn't have the songlike quality described for No. 2; terrific background music with flashes of greatness.,perf. seems good, but I might find better.,,33,314

2,Schubert,Symphony 2 In B-Flat Major,,Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,Sir Thomas Beecham, Bart.,,Famous, with famous theme; cheerful, energetic, ebullient; although symphonic, he treats his themes in a songlike manner: phrasings are regular & do complete; orderly development lacking any real surprises; in many places, you could supply a vocal melody.,perf. seems good, but I might find better.,,33,314

4,Schubert,Symphony 3,,Royal Philharmonic,Beecham,,More restrained than No. 5; I found the experience of listening to it boring, even though the music itself really isn't; has good elements (though few notable themes), but lacks a driving force and inventiveness.,,,33,359

3,Schubert,Symphony 4 In C Minor (Tragic),,Vienna Symphony Orchestra,Otto Klemperer,,Energetic, lyrical, pleasant background music; overworked themes lose interest.,,,33,300

3,Schubert,Symphony 5,,Royal Philharmonic,Beecham,,Seems very good, well written, & has some compelling & famous themes that are easy to confuse with Beethoven, but it is unsatisfying; builds no strength or momentum, even though it has the elements that should.,,,33,359

0,Schubert,Symphony 5 In B-Flat,,Chicago Symphony Orchestra,Fritz Reiner,,,,,33,423

3,Schubert,Symphony 6 In C Major,,Vienna State Opera Orchestra,Scherchen,,He tends to have 2 parts going at any given time, 1 more than Mendelssohn, but not enough to be richly interesting; a sweet piece of music with good themes & wide dynamic range, but lacks subtleties that invite repeated hearings to catch.,,,33,498

1,Schubert,Symphony 7 In C Major,,The Cleveland Orchestra,George Szell,,1st mvmt tries hard, but is least engrossing; 2nd has great theme. Often with uncertain or unfocused direction on the large scale, it is consistently interesting & appealing in its details; worth multiiple hearings; seems exc perf.,,,33,482

0,Schubert,Symphony 8 (Unfinished),,Chicago Symphony Orchestra,Fritz Reiner,,,,,33,423

1,Schubert,Symphony 8 In B Minor (Unfinished),,Rochester Orchestra,Erich Leinsdorf,,Wonderful background music, possibly the most perfectly crafted, unified, symphony I've heard, which strangely doesn't make it the best or most interesting; No. 7 with its rough edges is more interesting.,,,33,350

0,Schubert,Symphony 8 In B Minor (Unfinished)-New Recording,,The Cleveland Orchestra,George Szell,,,,,33,576

2,Schubert,Symphony 9 In C Major (The Great),,Philadelphia Orchestra,Toscanini,,interesting & enjoyable, excellently played and recorded,,,33,774

3,Schubert,The Magic Harp (Die Zauberharfe),Schubert-Music For Theater,The Orchestra And Chorus Of Naples,Denis Vaughan,Lucia Popp, Soprano,Better listening than Rosamunde; overly linear songlike melodies without any surprises or devices to break the fluidity.,,Vics-1638,33,2241

3,Schubert,Three Sonatinas, Op. 137,The Complete Works For Violin And Piano,,,Michele Auclair, Violin; Genevieve Joy, Piano,#3 has disjointed melodies & tempos, #2? lots of pretty melodies without unifying element. #1? beautiful and coherent.,,,33,1242

3,Schubert,Three String Quartets,,Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet,,,rousing, for quartets,,,33,980

0,Schubert,To Music,The Beloved Choruses,The Philadelphia Orchestra; Mormon Tabernacle Choir,Eugene Ormandy; Dr. Richard P. Condie,,,,ML5364,33,45

0,Schubert,Trio 1 In B Flat Major Op. 99,,,,Cortot; Thibaud; Casals,,,,33,420

3,Schubert,Trio 1 In B Flat Op 99,,The Stern, Rose, Istomin Trio,,,Wonderful themes; 1st mvmt exciting, 2nd hypnotic; then it turns less interesting; exc. perf.,,,33,1181

0,Schubert,Trio 1 In B Flat Op 99,RCA Victor Vault Treasures,,,Rubinstein, Heifetz, Feuermann,,,,33,387

0,Schubert,Trio 1 In B-Flat Major, Op. 99,,,,Dame Myra Hess With Yelly D'Aranyi, Violinist, And Felix Salmond, Cellist,,,,33,762

3,Schubert,Trio 2 In B-Flat,,,,Heifetz, Primrose, Piatigorsky,Pretty and listenable; a bit sleepy, but not bad.,,,33,665

2,Schubert,Trio 2 In E Flat Major Op 100,,The Alma Trio,,,2nd mvmt very nice piano melodies with unusual chords in strings; 3rd, 4th mvmts some inventive beautiful melodies among long, rather boring development sections.,,,33,354

0,Schubert,Trio 2 In E Flat Major, Op. 100, For Piano, Violin And Cello,,,,Rudolf Serkin, Adolf Busch, Hermann Busch,,,,33,268

4,Schubert,Two Scherzi And Variation On A Theme By Diabelli,,,,Joerg Demus, Piano,Fairly pleasant but unremarkable melodic tunes.,Exc. recording,,33,1102

3,Schubert,Two String Quartets,,Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet,,,very pleasant & melodic,,,33,960

4,Schubert,Two Waltzes, Opus 9,The Romeros Play Baroque Concertos For Four Guitars And Other Works,The Romeros,,,,Terrible recording, badly distorted.,,33,2015

0,Schubert,Wanderer Fantasy For Piano,,Orchester Der Wiener Volksoper,Michael Gielen,Alfred Brendel, Piano,,,,33,1248

3,Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Strauss, Haydn,Songs,,,,Marian Anderson,beautiful voice, songs a little dreary,,,33,934

1,Schubert-Liszt,Wanderer Fantasy For Piano And Orchestra,Alfred Brendel Plays Beethoven,The Orchestra Of The Vienna Volksoper,Michael Gielen,Alfred Brendel,Exc., famous, but has inspired sections interspersed with sections with lazy awkward harmonies that could have been done better. A good piece eclipsed by the one on the other side of the record; exc. perf by both.,,,33,948

0,Schubert-Liszt,Wanderer-Fantasy, For Piano And Orchestra,,Orchester Der Wiener Volksoper,Michael Gielen,Alfred Brendel, Piano,,,,33,1248

4,Schubert-Liszt,Wandering,The Art Of Sergei Rachmaninoff Vol.2,,,Rachmaninoff, Piano,too many notes & weird staccato interp.,,CAL486,33,98

0,Schubert-Matiegka,Quartet In G,Masters Of The Guitar, Vol. 3,,Lamoureux Chamber Orchestra,Jean-Baptiste Mari,Werner Tripp, Flutist; Konrad Ragossnig, Guitarist; Karl Stierhof, Violist; Adalbert Skocic, Cellist,,,,33,1110

3,Schuman, William,A Song Of Orpheus,,Cleveland Orchestra,Szell,John Browning, Piano; Leonard Rose, Cello,more interesting than most 20th century music,,,33,1024

4,Schumann,,The Glory Of Cremona: Ruggiero Ricci Plays 15 Famous Violins Created By Stradivari, Gesu, Amati, Bergonzi, Salo,,,Ruggiero Ricci,,,,33,841

0,Schumann,Andante And Variations In B Flat Op 46,,,,Bartlett And Robertson, Piano,,,,33,890

3,Schumann,Arabesque, Op. 18.,,,,Vladimir Horowitz, Piano,Arab-esque in harmony or melody; Gentle, pretty, unmoving interp.,,,33,582

0,Schumann,Aveu,Keyboard Giants Of The Past,,,Sergei Rachmaninoff,,,,33,465

3,Schumann,Canon In B Minor,Virgil Fox Encores,,,Virgil Fox, Organ,Sounds a bit like a merry-go-round kaliope song.,,,33,783

0,Schumann,Carnaval, Op. 9,,,,Benno Moiseiwitsch, Piano,,,,33,532

0,Schumann,Carnaval, Op. 9: Valse Allemande,Keyboard Giants Of The Past,,,Sergei Rachmaninoff,,,,33,465

3,Schumann,Cello Concerto In A Minor, Op. 129,,New Philharmonia Orchestra,Barenboim,Jacqueline Du Pre, Cello,Didn't hold my interest much, but I also wasn't in the mood for it; seemed good perf, but lacked life, urgency.,,,33,2054

3,Schumann,Cello Concerto In A Minor, Op. 129,,The London Symphony Orchestra,Stanislaw Skrowaczewski,Janos Starker, Cellist,Much better than #66; good, has action and interest, though the cello part, very well played here, is unflattering for the cello; almost R2.,,,33,816

1,Schumann,Cello Concerto In A Minor, Op. 129,,Philharmonia Orchestra,Carlo Maria Giulini,Janos Starker (Cello),Interp makes the cello part sound well written for the cello (which must be difficult, since this is the first); even the low notes don't sound like blats; final cadenza is very good; orch seems a bit overly reigned-in.,,,33,2608

4,Schumann,Cello Concerto In A Minor, Op. 129,,The Prades Festival Orchestra,Ormandy,Pablo Casals, Cello,Barely held my attention; melodic but discontinuously so; many flight of fancy digressions; seems romantic free-form & influenced by Wagnerian opera (or vice versa); 2nd, closer, hearing more interesting; poor perf by Casals.,Casals interp lacks tension, loses interest; suspect a generally poor perf by all, and I don't seem to like Ormandy much, besides.,ML4926,33,66

0,Schumann,Cello Concerto In A Minor, Op. 129,,Bamberg Symphony,Jonel Perlea,Gaspar Cassado, Cello,,,,33,1479

0,Schumann,Cello Concerto In A Minor, Op. 129,,Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra,Gennadi Rozhdestvensky,Mstislav Rostropovich, Violoncello,,,,33,2006

1,Schumann,Concerto Without Orchestra (Sonata No. 3 In F Minor, Opus 14),,,,Robert Goldsand, Piano,Interesting; the same theme as Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody; exc. perf.,,IRMS1147,33,16

2,Schumann,Etudes Symphoniques, Op. 13,,,,Myra Hess, Piano,Shows influence of Beethoven, Chopin without the frills, maybe Liszt; rhythmic motif underlies appealing chord progressions of a theme & variations piece (though it's hard to tell).,,,33,328

0,Schumann,Etudes Symphoniques, Op. 13,,The Philharmonia Orchestra,Rudolf Schwartz,Dame Myra Hess (Piano),,,,33,1410

2,Schumann,Fairy Tales, Op. 132 (Marchenerzahlungen) For Clarinet, Viola And Piano,Fanfares And Fantasy Pieces Of Schumann,,,Harris Goldsmith, Pianist; Nobuko Imai, Violist; Harold Wright, Clarinetist,Whimsically changeable in mood, with some beautiful & some serious sections.,,,33,2285

3,Schumann,Fantasy Piece, Op. 12, No. 9 (Fantasiestiick) For Piano,Fanfares And Fantasy Pieces Of Schumann,,,Harris Goldsmith, Pianist; Nobuko Imai, Violist; Harold Wright, Clarinetist,Dull.,,,33,2285

3,Schumann,Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73 (Fantasiestucke) For Clarinet And Piano,Fanfares And Fantasy Pieces Of Schumann,,,Harris Goldsmith, Pianist; Nobuko Imai, Violist; Harold Wright, Clarinetist,Didn't grab me; dull.,,,33,2285

3,Schumann,Four Marches, Op. 76 For Piano,Fanfares And Fantasy Pieces Of Schumann,,,Harris Goldsmith, Pianist; Nobuko Imai, Violist; Harold Wright, Clarinetist,Very interesting when I pay close attention, but they don't demand that I do so; non-captivating.,,,33,2285

0,Schumann,Funf Stucke,,,,Mstislav Rostropovich, Cello And Beniamin Britten, Piano?,,,,33,763

0,Schumann,Kinderscenen Op. 15,,,,Clara Haskil, Piano,,,,33,500

5,Schumann,Missa Sacra, Op. 147,,Philharmonia Vocal Ensemble and Orchestra,Roland Bader,Gertrsut STOKLASSA, Soprano; Manfred RAUCAMP, Tenor; Bernhard SCHMIEG, Ba,dull,,,33,2470

0,Schumann,Novelettes, Op. 21, Nos. 1 And 2,,Chicago Symphony Orchestra,Carlo Maria Giulini,Artur Rubinstein,,,,33,1751

0,Schumann,Novelletten Op. 21,,,,Beveridge Webster, Piano,,,,33,1178

3,Schumann,Overture To Byron's Manfred, Op. 115,,The Cleveland Orchestra,George Szell,,somewhat movie soundtrack-like; dramatic, but I found it unexciting.,,LC3612,33,149

0,Schumann,Overture, Scherzo And Finale For Orchestra, Op. 52,,Members Of The Alumni Of The National Orchestral Association,John Barnett,Rosina Lhevinne, Piano,,,,33,563

0,Schumann,Paganini,Keyboard Giants Of The Past,,,Sergei Rachmaninoff,,,,33,465

2,Schumann,Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 54,,The London Philharmonic Orchestra,Sir Adrian Boult,Shura Cherkassky, Piano,The piece itself is rambling & unfocused; to be engaging, it probably needs a lot of help in the interp, which it doesn't get here; held out to save from mold, and because the Grieg is exc and I think I'll like this piece more with repeated hearings.,,,33,2165

1,Schumann,Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 54,,The Philharmonia Orchestra,Herbert Von Karajan,Dinu Lipatti, Piano,More lushly romantic, less dramatic, more lyrical than the Grieg; it's a letdown from it, being on the same record, but it is solidly R1 in its own right. I like the themes throughout very much.,,,33,372

3,Schumann,Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 54,,Vienna Symphony,Otto Klemperer,Novaes, Piano,Just post-Beethoven, far pre-Strauss in style; only some pointless lingering romantic transitions; piano part similar to Chopin but less flambuoyant, effective, & interesting; has all the elements that should make it interesting, but it isn't; good perf.,,,33,474

3,Schumann,Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 54,,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,Rudolf Serkin, Piano,spirited, lyrical, melodic, exc. perf. Lacks Beethoven's discontinuities, thus more predictable and less interesting, but I think I'd like more of his music. (That turned out to be true.),,,33,715

0,Schumann,Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 54,,Chicago Symphony Orchestra,Carlo Maria Giulini,Artur Rubinstein,,,,33,1751

0,Schumann,Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 54,,The Philharmonia Orchestra,Rudolf Schwartz,Dame Myra Hess (Piano),,,,33,1410

3,Schumann,Piano Quartet In E Flat Major, Op. 47,,The Barchet Quartet,,Walter Bohle, Piano,rambling, melodious & unexciting. 7/10/04 I think I changed my mind about it. It's on HD. Listen again.,,,33,942

2,Schumann,Piano Quartet In E Flat Major, Op. 47,,Festival Quartet,Pfeiffer,,Very effective at a variety of moods; moves right along; has a very nice Mendelssohn-like scherzo; surprisingly good interp could probably be better.,In both pieces on this record, the strings are either out of tune with each other or are inaccurately played, which doesn't help the overall effect.,,33,378

2,Schumann,Piano Quintet,,Budapest Quartet,,Clifford Curzon, Piano,1st mvmt piano part reminds me of Hummel; if this were the only version I had, it would be R1.,,,33,2089

1,Schumann,Piano Quintet In E-Flat Major, Op. 44 (P.D.),,The Barchet Quartet,,Walter Bohle, Piano,Terrific, lively, nice themes & rhythm combinations. It's on HD, though I suspect the Bernstein eclipses it.,,,33,942

1,Schumann,Piano Quintet In E-Flat Major, Op. 44 (P.D.),,The Juilliard String Quartet,,Leonard Bernstein, Piano,Sounds quite familiar, 1st mvmt only (from PBS Rain Forest show?); the rest totally unfamiliar; imaginative, energetic rhythmic-melodic themes; exc. perf by all.,,,33,2268

1,Schumann,Piano Sonata 1 in F#m, Op. 11,,,,Gilels, Piano,Very strange, suffused with great emotional depth; beautiful but strange melodies; its counterpoint creates complex but skeletal passing chords; like a well-ordered improvisation or free association; gained interest on 2nd hearing.,Murky recording.,,33,573

3,Schumann,Pictures From Fairyland, Op. 113 (Marchenbilder) For Viola And Piano,Fanfares And Fantasy Pieces Of Schumann,,,Harris Goldsmith, Pianist; Nobuko Imai, Violist; Harold Wright, Clarinetist,Vignettes; some are engaging (meditative/mystical), others less so.,,,33,2285

0,Schumann,Promenade,Keyboard Giants Of The Past,,,Sergei Rachmaninoff,,,,33,465

4,Schumann,Prophetic Bird, Op. 82, No. 7 (Transcribed By Heifetz),Henryk Szeryng In Recital,,,Henryk Szeryng,Birdlike and boring.,,,33,347

2,Schumann,Quartet in A Major, Op. 41, No. 3,,,,,Piece sounds interesting; the sound quality is too awful to listen to.,Records #5000-5999 have arbitrary MaxIDs (no markings on the record itself) that can be changed anytime; they are in the library, and have been played on the old Victrola with steel needles.,,78,5000

0,Schumann,Replique,Keyboard Giants Of The Past,,,Sergei Rachmaninoff,,,,33,465

2,Schumann,Romance in F Sharp,,,,Rubinstein, Piano,Beautiful song similar to Schubert Impromptu Op. 90 No. 3 (I think) that Horowitz plays on #712.,,,33,514

3,Schumann,Romance, Op. 28, No. 2,Music To Remember,,,Jose Iturbi, Piano,pretty, but dull,,,33,75

3,Schumann,Scenes From Childhood (Kinderseenen), Op. 15,The Sound Of Horowitz,,,Horowitz,Pretty, gentle, simple, but they lose my interest.,,,33,712

0,Schumann,Sonata No. 2 In G Minor, Op. 22,Lazar Berman In Recital,,,Lazar Berman,,,,33,2631

0,Schumann,Songs,,,Reibold,Lehmann, Melchior, Flagstad, Vocals,,,,33,1155

0,Schumann,Spanische Liebeslieder,,,,Gold And Fizdale, Piano,,,,33,810

2,Schumann,Symphony 1 In B-Flat Major, Op. 38 (Spring),,The Cleveland Orchestra,George Szell,,effective, enjoyable.,,LC3612,33,149

3,Schumann,Symphony 2 In C Major Op 61,,Cleveland Orchestra,Szell,,a very good symphony that didn't particularly grab me this listening.,,,33,662

2,Schumann,Symphony 2 In C Major, Op. 61,,The Cleveland Orchestra,George Szell,,Very enjoyable, expressive. Exc. perf. I recognize 2nd mvmt, esp. good.,,,33,253

0,Schumann,Symphony 3 In E Flat Major Op 97 (Rhenish),,New York Philharmonic,Leonard Bernstein,,,,,33,518

2,Schumann,Symphony 3 In E-Flat Major (Rhenish),Schumann Symphony No. 3 In E-Flat Major (Rhenish),Detroit Symphony Orchestra,Paul Paray,,quite good background music; lacks memorable themes.,,,33,250

3,Schumann,Toccata,Toccatas, Vol 1,,,Sahan Arzruni, Piano,Allegro; lots of fast notes & chords create an implied melody.,,,33,2513

4,Schumann,Toccata, Op. 7,The Sound Of Horowitz,,,Horowitz,Quick rhythmic motif quickly gets boring, and towards the end unpleasant.,,,33,712

3,Schumann,Trio 1 in Dm Op 63,,Trio Di Bolzano,,,Bold, vibrant, lots of material in a too-free-association-like format that, without much repetition, gives you few signposts by which to identify or know it (a defining characteristic of romanticism?); has surprising energy for so few instruments.,Somewhat murky recording, esp. piano.,,33,806

2,Schumann,Trio 3 in Gm Op 110,,Trio Di Bolzano,,,Same description as Trio No. 1, but I found this more coherent, somewhat more interesting, and considerably more pleasant as background music; almost R1.,Somewhat murky recording, esp. piano.,,33,806

0,Schumann,Trio No. 2 In F Major Op. 80,Piano Trios,Beaux Arts Trio,,Menahem Pressler, Piano; Daniel Guilet, Violin; Bernard Greenhouse, Cello,,,,33,1543

2,Schumann,Violin Concerto In D Minor,,London Symphony Orchestra,Antal Dorati,Henryk Szeryng, Violin,Predates the Brahms cto & has similar style but is more straightforward (less roundabout/suggestive), with less fluid & melodic themes and a harder-edged violin part. old=R3.,,,33,1296

0,Schumann,Waldscenen Op. 82,,,,Clara Haskil, Piano,,,,33,500

0,Schumann Chopin Haydn Brahms Scarlatti Scriabin Moszkowski Sousa,Selections,Horowitz In Recital,,,Horowitz,,,,33,409

0,Schumann, Dvorak, Chopin, Beethoven ,Tchaikovsky,Misc. Pieces,Elman Jubilee Record, Celebrating Fifty Years,,,Mischa Elman, Violin; Joseph Seiger Piano,,,,33,180

2,Schumann-Tausig,The Smuggler (Der Contrabandiste, No. 9 Of Spanisches Liederspiel, Op. 74),The Art Of Sergei Rachmaninoff Vol.2,,,Rachmaninoff, Piano,Quick, lively, like a chase.,,CAL486,33,98

4,Scott Joplin,Treemonisha,,,,,pleasant, no worse than some gilbert & sullivan,Original Cast Recording,,33,2525

3,Scriabin,Concerto In F-Sharp Minor For Piano And Orchestra, Op. 20,,The Hamburg Symphony Orchestra,Hans Drewanz,Michael Ponti, Pianist,blah,,,33,2265

1,Scriabin,Etude In C-Sharp Minor,Op. 2, No. 1,The Sound Of Horowitz,,,Horowitz,beautiful,,,33,712

1,Scriabin,Etude In D-Sharp Minor.Op. @, No. 12,The Sound Of Horowitz,,,Horowitz,beautiful,,,33,712

5,Scriabin,Fantasia In B Minor, Op. 28,,,,Lazar Berman, Piano,Gloomy heavy-handed chords & boring,Not impressed with perf, but it's hard to tell, since I didn't like the music, either.,,33,562

3,Scriabin,Fifth Sonata, Op. 53,,,Hans Drewanz,Michael Ponti, Planist,blah, modern,,,33,2265

4,Scriabin,Nocturne, Op. 5, No. 1,David Oistrakh Encores,,,David Oistrakh; Yampolsky, Piano,Flowing but unappealing odd-intervaled melody.,,,33,1196

3,Scriabin,Nocturne, Op. 9, No. 2,,,Hans Drewanz,Michael Ponti, Planist,blah, modern,,,33,2265

1,Scriabin,Poem, Op. 32, No. 1,The Sound Of Horowitz,,,Horowitz,beautiful,,,33,712

3,Scriabin,Poeme Satanique, Op. 36,,,Hans Drewanz,Michael Ponti, Planist,blah, modern,,,33,2265

3,Scriabin,Prelude, Op. 9, No. 1,,,Hans Drewanz,Michael Ponti, Planist,blah, modern,,,33,2265

4,Scriabin,The Poem Of Ecstasy,,Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra,Zubin Mehta,,Late romantic in being an evolving musical effect more than a piece with structure; liner notes mention Wagner, Franck, and consider this one of his finest and representative works; not awful; exc. perf.,,,33,1658

3,Scriabin,Waltz, Op. 38,,,Hans Drewanz,Michael Ponti, Planist,blah, modern,,,33,2265

4,Segovia,Etude No. 2 In B Minor 'Remembranza',The Great Etudes For Guitar,,,Oscar Caceres, Guitar,,,,33,2580

0,Seiber,,Music For Voice And Guitar,,,Peter Pears And Julian Bream,,,,33,1099

5,Serocki,Sinfonietta For Two String Orchestras,Contemporary Polish Music,Warsaw National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra,Witold Rowicki,,Long meandering chromatic melodies go nowhere slowly. Unknown why he needed 2 orchestras for this.,,,33,2061

4,Sgambati,Serenata Napoletana, Op. 24, No. 2 (1:05),Heifetz,,,Heifetz, With Brooks Smith At The Piano,Romantic overemotive serenade.,,,33,199

0,Shostakovich,Concerto For Cello In E-Flat, Op. 107,First Recording,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,Mstislav Rostropovich, Cellist,,,,33,230

0,Shostakovich,Concerto Op. 99,,Leningrad Philharmonic,Mravinsky,Oistrakh, Violin,,,,33,849

4,Shostakovich,Festive Overture, Op. 96,,State Radio Orchestra Of The Ussr,Alexander Gauk,,Like music that introduces movie trailers mixed with the William Tell Overture; brisk, lively, yet boring.,,,33,1005

0,Shostakovich,Five Preludes And Fugues Op 87,,Prague Symphony Orchestra,Jiracek,S.Richter, Piano,,,,33,677

5,Shostakovich,Memorable Year 1919, Op. 89,,State Radio Orchestra Of The Ussr,Alexander Gauk,,Soundtrack for a (war?) movie; lots of action, yet still completely boring.,,,33,1005

0,Shostakovich,Piano Concerto 2 Op 101,,Prague Symphony Orchestra,Jiracek,Voskresensky, Piano,,,,33,677

2,Shostakovich,Piano Concerto 2 Op 101,,Ussr Radio Symphony Orchestra,Gauk,Shostakovich, Piano,slow dramatic, very effective,,,33,1557

0,Shostakovich,Piano Concerto Op 35,,Mgm Orchestra,Bloomfield,Pressler, Piano; Glantz, Trumpet,,,,33,1059

4,Shostakovich,Polka From 'The Golden Age',Pop-Overs,The Eastman-Rochester Pops,Frederick Fennell,,Polka satire, but not pleasant; lots of sound effects,,,33,655

3,Shostakovich,Preludes And Fugues Op 87, No. 12,,,,Dimitri Shostakovich, Piano,brooding,,,33,1045

2,Shostakovich,Preludes And Fugues Op 87, No. 14,,,,Dimitri Shostakovich, Piano,somber, foreboding,,,33,1045

2,Shostakovich,Preludes And Fugues Op 87, No. 16,,,,Dimitri Shostakovich, Piano,chromatic, pretty, interesting,,,33,1045

3,Shostakovich,Preludes And Fugues Op 87, No. 2,,,,Dimitri Shostakovich, Piano,meandering, chromatic,,,33,1045

3,Shostakovich,Preludes And Fugues Op 87, No. 3,,,,Dimitri Shostakovich, Piano,discordant, banging, seems about as cheerful as he ever gets.,,,33,1045

2,Shostakovich,Preludes And Fugues Op 87, No. 4,,,,Dimitri Shostakovich, Piano,meditative, slow,Rarities Collection,,33,1045

3,Shostakovich,Preludes And Fugues Op 87, No. 5,,,,Dimitri Shostakovich, Piano,somewhat discordant, interesting,,,33,1045

0,Shostakovich,Quartet No. 4 In D Major,,The Beethoven Quartet,Yevgeni Mravinsky,,,,,33,1552

0,Shostakovich,Quintet For Piano And Strings, Op. 57 (1940),,The Janacek Quartet,,Eva Bernathova, Pianist,,,,33,1007

0,Shostakovich,Quintet For Piano And Strings,Opus 57,,The Beethoven Quartet,,Dmitri Shostakovich, Piano,,,M-2715,33,1247

0,Shostakovich,Sonata 2 Op 64,,Mgm Orchestra,Bloomfield,Pressler, Piano; Glantz, Trumpet,,,,33,1059

0,Shostakovich,Sonata For Cello & Piano In F Major,Op 40,,,,Harvey Shapiro, Cello; Jascha Zayde, Piano,,,,33,1237

0,Shostakovich,Sonata For Cello And Piano, Op. 40,,,,Antonio Janigro, Cello; Eva Wollmann, Piano,,,,33,606

0,Shostakovich,String Quartet No. 1, Op. 49,,Guilet String Quartet,,,,,,33,889

0,Shostakovich,String Quartet No. 1, Opus @9,,The Komitas Quartet,,Dmitri Shostakovich, Piano,,,M-2715,33,1247

0,Shostakovich,String Quartet No. 4, Op. 83,,The Tschaikowsky Quartet,,Julian Sitkovetzky, 1st Violin; Anton Sharoyev, 2nd Violin; Rudolf Barshai, Viola; Yakov Slobodkin, Cello,,,,33,1006

0,Shostakovich,String Quartet No. 4, Op. 83 (1949),,The Janacek Quartet,,,,,,33,1007

0,Shostakovich,String Quartet No. 5, Op. 92,,The Beethoven Quartet,,Dmitri Tziganov, 1st Violin; Vassili Shirinsky, 2nd Violin; Vadim Borissovsky, Viola; Sergei Shirinsky, Cello,,,,33,1006

0,Shostakovich,Symphony 1 In F Major Op. 10,First Recording,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,,,,,33,230

5,Shostakovich,Symphony 1 In F Major, Op. 10 The Golden Age (Ballet Suite),,National Symphony Orchestra,Howard Mitchell,,modern, relatively unmelodic, uncaptivating,,,33,959

3,Shostakovich,Symphony 1 Op. 112,,Leningrad Symphony Orchestra,Eugene Mravinsky,,As a whole, straightforward and plodding. Loud dramatic sections connected by long meandering boring sections that are neither beautiful nor interesting.,,Mk 1580,33,1504

2,Shostakovich,Symphony 11 Op 103 (Year 1905),,Leningrad Philharmonic,Mravinsky,,slow dramatic, very effective,,,33,1557

4,Shostakovich,Symphony 2 In C, Op. 14 ('To October'),,Royal Philharmonic Orchestra And Chorus,Morton Gould,,Rises from inaudible to anarchic chaos to exaltation; seems very good & might be interesting, but doesn't have a single feature to make it worth hearing twice; as charming & appealing as a political propaganda flyer.,Record looks brand new; I don't think M listened more than once, either.,,33,1777

4,Shostakovich,Symphony 3 In E-Flat, Op. 20 ('May Day'),,Royal Philharmonic Orchestra And Chorus,Morton Gould,,A pointless exuberant careening orgy of sound effects and theme snippets that is barely a musical experience, but actually is fairly pleasant as an auditory experience, an acceptable alternative to silence.,Record looks brand new; I don't think M listened more than once, either.,,33,1777

2,Shostakovich,Symphony 4,,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,,Quite an experience, modern impressionist. Exc. performance. Notes say this is his most radical.,,,33,726

0,Shostakovich,Symphony 5 In D Major, Op. 47,,The Stadium Symphony Orchestra Of New York,Leopold Stokowski,,,,LPBR-6010,33,667

0,Shostakovich,Symphony 5 Op. 47,,The New York Philharmonic,Leonard Bernstein,,,,,33,838

0,Shostakovich,Symphony 5, Op. 47,,Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Of New York,Dimitri Mitropoulos,,,,ML4739,33,159

4,Shostakovich,Symphony 6, Op. 54,,The London Philharmonic Orchestra,Sir Adrian Boult,,Interesting liner notes compare his symphonies; sedate & slow to develop, all of side 1 sounds like an introduction - sets an eerie mood for 20 minutes; 2nd mvmt syncopated brassy jazzy, like a Russian Leonard Bernstein; even in its exciting (see memo),parts it seems plodding and thematically mundane; pleasant but boring; liner notes compare to Mendelssohn, fittingly enough.,LPBR-6007,33,752

0,Shostakovich,Symphony 7 Leningrad,,New York Philharmonic,Bernstein,,,,,33,1183

0,Shostakovich,Symphony 8 In C Minor,,Leningrad Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra,Yevgeni Mravinsky,,,,,33,1552

0,Shostakovich,Symphony 9 (1945),,Boston Symphony Orchestra,Koussevitzky,,,,,33,1400

0,Shostakovich,Symphony 9 Op 70,,London Symphony,Sargent,,,,,33,675

4,Shostakovich,Symphony 9, Op. 70,,State Radio Orchestra Of The Ussr,Alexander Gauk,,Unusually thematic for him; cheerful but lumbering, with a Prokofiev-like mocking of the listener; in places reminded me of 'I've Got Sixpence', 'We're Off To See The Wizard', and 'Peter and the Wolf', a hodge-podge; no part awful, it got boring.,,,33,1005

5,Shostakovich,Symphony No. 9 (1945),,Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra And RSFSR Russian Chorus (Director: A. Yurlov),Kiril Kondrashin,Vitaly Gromadsky (Bass),An aimless hodge-podge of bad ideas; awful.,,,33,1659

5,Shostakovich,The Execution Of Stepan Razin,,Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra And RSFSR Russian Chorus (Director: A. Yurlov),Kiril Kondrashin,Vitaly Gromadsky (Bass),Stern, severe, violent opera, as befits story of renegade Cossack; a propaganda piece, its musical effectiveness is nil.,,,33,1659

4,Shostakovich,The Fall Of Berlin (movie soundtrack),,State Radio Orchestra And Chorus Of The U.S.S.R.,Gauk,,was probably fine for the movie, but doesn't stand by itself very well; dramatic, but disjointed, boring,,,33,1309

4,Shostakovich-Glickman,Danse Fantastique No. 2 (Ascap 1:05),Heifetz,,,Heifetz, With Emanuel Bay At The Piano,,,,33,199

3,Shulman,Suite Based On American Folk Songs: Cod Liver 'Ile (ASCAP 1:12),Heifetz,,,Heifetz, With Brooks Smith At The Piano,,,,33,199

0,Sibelius,,A Concert By Andre Kostelanetz And Lily Pons,,Andre Kostelanetz,Lily Pons,,,,78,4204

0,Sibelius,Concerto In D Minor For Violin And Orchestra, Op. 47,,The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,Sir Thomas Beecham, Bart.,Isaac Stern, Violin,,,,33,393

2,Sibelius,Concerto In D Minor, Op. 47,,Chicago Symphony Orchestra,Walter Hendl,Jascha Heifetz, Violin,style somewhat similar to Brahms violin cto or an R. Strauss tone poem (same era), but thematically and harmonically more daring. Exc. perf. Heifetz style perfectly suited to it.,,,33,386

2,Sibelius,Concerto In D Minor, Op. 47, For Violin And Orchestra,,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,David Oistrakh, Violin,Impassioned, vigorous, with a combination of fire, lyricism, and slavic folk influence common to himself, Grieg, and 1 or 2 others I can't think of from that region; exc. perf. by both; clearly R1 quality.,,ML5492,33,191

0,Sibelius,Early Masterpieces,Early Masterpieces Of Sibelius,Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,Collins,,,,,33,781

3,Sibelius,Finlandia,Pop-Overs,The Eastman-Rochester Pops,Frederick Fennell,,Solemn sequential chords, then exuberant. Note: listen to symphonies 7 & 4, in that order.,,,33,655

0,Sibelius,Finlandia Tone Poem Op. 26,,Rochester Philharmonic,Bloomfield,,,,,33,568

0,Sibelius,Four Historic Scenes At The Drawbridge, Op. 66,,The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,Sir Thomas Beecham, Bart.,Isaac Stern, Violin,,,,33,393

0,Sibelius,Four Historic Scenes Festivo, Op 25,,The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,Sir Thomas Beecham, Bart.,Isaac Stern, Violin,,,,33,393

0,Sibelius,Four Historic Scenes Love Song, Op. 66,,The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,Sir Thomas Beecham, Bart.,Isaac Stern, Violin,,,,33,393

0,Sibelius,Four Historic Scenes The Chase, Op. 66,,The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,Sir Thomas Beecham, Bart.,Isaac Stern, Violin,,,,33,393

5,Sibelius,Incidental Music To Strindberg's Swanwhite,,Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra,Berglund,,Boring, slow.,,,33,2249

4,Sibelius,Kullervo Symphony, Op. 7,,Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra,Berglund,,Dramatic, dark, and Scandanavian ('icy' string harmonies); nothing in it is awful, and even the singing is ok; I found it dull, but it did hold my attention to the end; almost R3.,,,33,2249

3,Sibelius,Kuolema, Op. 44 Scene With Cranes,,Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra,Berglund,,Pretty, gentle, nebulous.,,,33,2249

3,Sibelius,Nocturne, Op. 51, No. 3 (Arranged By Michael Press),,,,Heifetz, Violin; Brooks Smith, Pianist,Pleasant, swooping. Well performed by both.,,,33,1555

0,Sibelius,On Great Lone Hills,The Beloved Choruses,The Philadelphia Orchestra; Mormon Tabernacle Choir,Eugene Ormandy; Dr. Richard P. Condie,,,,ML5364,33,45

0,Sibelius,Opera Selections,Jussi Bjoerling In Concert,,,Jussi Bjoerling,,,,33,1198

0,Sibelius,Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49,,The Halle Orchestra,Sir John Barbirolli,,,,,33,1031

0,Sibelius,Quartet In D Minor, Op. 56(Voces Intimae),,Budapest String Quartet,,,,,,33,1121

3,Sibelius,Romance In C For Strings,Romances And Serenades,The Cleveland Sinfonietta,Louis Lane,Rafael Druian, Violinist,Pleasantly (though strangely) flowing odd-intervaled semichromatic melody.,,,33,871

3,Sibelius,Six Humoresques,,Symphony Orchestra Of The Southwest German Radio, Baden-Baden,Tibor Szoke,Aaron Rosand, Violin,Lively Kreisleresque romantic, but not as unappealing as that description sounds.,,,33,1819

4,Sibelius,Songs,Tom Krause Recital,,,Tom Krause; John Williams, Guitar And Others,good voice, ok songs,,,33,958

4,Sibelius,String Quartet In D Minor Op. 56 'Voces Intimae',,The Copenhagen String Quartet,,,Modern; seemingly almost arbitrary sequences of notes (that aren't) that has a chromatic feel (but mostly isn't) played in an incongruously lyrical & dramatic manner makes for an interesting 1st mvmt, but then it gets boring; exc. perf.,,,33,1511

0,Sibelius,Symphony 1,,London Philharmonic,Anthony Collins,,,,,33,262

5,Sibelius,Symphony 1 In E Minor, Op. 39,,The Halle Orchestra,Sir John Barbirolli,,rambling melodrama, but not *bad*,,,33,921

0,Sibelius,Symphony 2 In D Major,,The London Symphony Orchestra,Anthony Collins,,,,,33,1192

0,Sibelius,Symphony 2 In D Major Opus 43,,The Detroit Symphony Orchestra,Paul Paray,,,,,33,1144

0,Sibelius,Symphony 2 In D Major, Op. 43,,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,,,,ML5207,33,187

0,Sibelius,Symphony 3,,Philharmonia Orchestra,Kletzki,Oistrakh, Violin,,,,33,1086

4,Sibelius,Symphony 4 In A Minor, Op. 63,,Philharmonia Orchestra,Herbert Von Karajan,,Long, slow, gentle non-melodic, 100% subtlety: nothing ever happens! It is objectively good if you enter its trance-like state and follow closely, but it's still boring. Considered his masterpiece, it is probably safe to conclude I don't like his music.,,,33,235

0,Sibelius,Symphony 5 In E Flat Major Op 82,,The Halle Orchestra,Sir John Barbirolli,,,,,33,1031

0,Sibelius,Symphony 5 In E Flat Major, Op. 82,,Rochester Philharmonic,Bloomfield,,,,,33,568

0,Sibelius,Symphony 6 In D Minor,,Philharmonia Orchestra,Von Karajan,,,,,33,357

0,Sibelius,Symphony 7 In C Major,,Philharmonia Orchestra,Von Karajan,,,,,33,357

4,Sibelius,Symphony 7, Op. 105,,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,,Like a long boring, meandering symphonic poem; even the exciting parts aren't exciting.,,,33,490

4,Sibelius,Tapiola,,Philharmonia Orchestra,Herbert Von Karajan,,Must be similar to the symphony, since I didn't realize it wasn't part of it.,,,33,235

3,Sibelius,The Swan Of Tuonela Op. 22,,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,David Oistrakh, Violin,Gradually building tone poem that seems pretty good, but didn't hold my attention.,,ML5492,33,191

0,Sibelius,Valse Triste,,Andre Kostelanetz And His Orchestra,Andre Kostelanetz,,,,Columbia M484,78,4160

0,Sibelius,Violin Concerto In D Minor,,Stockholm Festival Orchestra,Ehrling,Oistrakh, Violin,,,,33,1086

0,Siegmeister,Ozark Set,,Philharmonia Orchestra Of Hamburg,Walther,,,,,33,908

3,Sigismond Thalberg,'Don Pasquale' Fantasy, Op.67,The Virtuoso Piano: Music From The Golden Age Of The Keyboard,,,Earl Wild, Piano,a very good piece by any standard, that didn't move me much.,,,33,1299

0,Sigmund Romberg,The Student Prince,,The Merrill Staton Choir,Franz Allers,Roberta Peters; Jan Peerce; Giorgio Tozzi; Anita Darian Lawrence Avery,,New Orchestrations By Hershy Kay,,33,828

0,Sinding,Suite In A Minor, Op. 10,,,,Jascha Heifetz, Violinist,,,LM-1832,33,760

3,Sinding,Suite, Op. 10,,Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra,Alfred Wallenstein,Heifetz; William Kapell, Piano,Too swellingly, swoopingly melodramatic.,,Lm-2836,33,1201

0,Smetana,Choral Works,,Moravian Teachers Male Chorus,Soupal,,,,,33,412

0,Smetana,Cradle Song,,Victor Orchestra,Weissmann,Novotna, Soprano,,,Victor 11-9153,78,4113

3,Smetana,Dances From The Bartered Bride,,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,,Ordinary uninteresting boisterous comic opera.,,ML5223,33,41

0,Smetana,Ma Vlast (Excerpts),The Kubelik Legacy,Chicago Symphony Orchestra,Kubelik,,,,,33,2419

0,Smetana,Ma Vlast: My Country, Cycle Of Symphonic Poems,,Czech Philharmonic,Talich,,,2 Discs: #362 and #363,,33,362

3,Smetana,String Quartet In E Minor (From My Life),,Claremont Quartet,,,Lively; bold themes; liner notes compare to Schubert; only fair perf., all the instruments go off-pitch in the piece's best parts!,,,33,470

0,Smetana,The Bartered Bride Overture,,RCA Victor Symphony,Stokowski,,,,,33,467

0,Smetana,The Moldau,,RCA Victor Symphony,Stokowski,,,,,33,467

2,Smetana,The Moldau,Toscanini Plays Light Classics,The NBC Symphony Orchestra,Arturo Toscanini,,Ok; from beauty to action/adventure, varied.,,,33,659

2,Sor,Andante Largo, Op. 5, No. 5,The Classical Guitar,,,Julian Bream,very nice,,,33,2257

2,Sor,Estudio No. 12,The Classical Guitar,,,Julian Bream,,,,33,2257

1,Sor,Estudio No. 5,The Classical Guitar,,,Julian Bream,delicate,,,33,2257

2,Sor,Estudio No. 9,The Classical Guitar,,,Julian Bream,,,,33,2257

1,Sor,Etude In E Minor, Op. 60, No. 10,The Great Etudes For Guitar,,,Oscar Caceres, Guitar,,,,33,2580

2,Sor,Etude No. 10 In G Major,The Great Etudes For Guitar,,,Oscar Caceres, Guitar,,,,33,2580

1,Sor,Etude No. 5 In B Minor,The Great Etudes For Guitar,,,Oscar Caceres, Guitar,Familiar.,,,33,2580

1,Sor,Etude No. 6 In D Major,The Great Etudes For Guitar,,,Oscar Caceres, Guitar,,,,33,2580

3,Sor,Fantasy And Minuet,Baroque Guitar,,,Julian Bream,Subtle and pretty, but dull.,,,33,1395

2,Sor,Grand Sonata Op.25,,,,Julian Bream,Pleasant and characteristic; and longer than most of what you hear of his; but the perf lacks the focus and intensity that Segovia probably could have given it, so it winds up sounding pretty lightweight.,,,33,2466

2,Sor,Largo (From Fantasia 11),The Classical Guitar,,,Julian Bream,slow, thoughtful,,,33,2257

2,Sor,Minuetto (From Sonata, Op. 22),The Classical Guitar,,,Julian Bream,familiar,,,33,2257

2,Sor,Rondo Allegretto (From Sonata, Op. 22,The Classical Guitar,,,Julian Bream,,,,33,2257

4,Sor,Variation On A Theme By Mozart,The Romeros Play Baroque Concertos For Four Guitars And Other Works,The Romeros,,,Piece ok; didn't like interp.,Terrible recording, badly distorted.,,33,2015

4,Sousa,El Capitan March,The Sound Of Genius, Volume 2,Eastman Wind Ensemble,Fennell,,,,,33,425

0,Sousa,Sousa Marches,Sousa Marches,American Legion Band,,,,,,33,58

4,Sousa,Stars And Stripes Forever,Toscanini Plays Light Classics,The NBC Symphony Orchestra,Arturo Toscanini,,,,,33,659

2,Spike Jones,Musical Humor,Spike Jones is Murdering The Classics,Spike Jones and His City Slickers,,,Meticulously arranged and well performed, it's consistently entertaining, and some of the selections are funny.,,,33,2245

3,Spohr,Concerto 8 In A Minor, Op. 47,,RCA Victor Orchestra,Irler Solomon,Heifetz With Brooks Smith At The Piano,Classical-romantic, somewhat reminiscent of Paganini but more lyrical; not unpleasant, but uncompelling.,,,33,1215

4,Spohr,Trio In F Major,Music For Guitar And Strings,,,Abel Nagytothy-Toth, Guitar; Jerry Csaba, Violin; Janos Csaba, Viola,Simple unimaginative classical melodies; poor, irritating perf.,Poor perf.,,33,1370

4,Stan Freberg,Green Christmas,,,,Stan Freberg,Inane, almost funny,,,45,4030

4,Stan Freberg,The Meaning Of Christmas,,,,Stan Freberg,Inane, almost funny,,,45,4030

5,Steibelt,Three Bacchanales,Toy Symphonies & Other Fun,,Raymond Lewenthal, Conductor,Raymond Lewenthal, Piano,Genteel and pretty, but boring.,,,33,2510

0,Stephen Dodgson,Partita For Guitar,Virtuoso Music For Guitar,,,John Williams,,,,33,1120

0,Stephen Foster,A Commemoration Symphony,,Pittsburgh Symphony,Steinberg,,,,,33,447

4,Stephen Foster,Songs,The Songs Of Stephen Foster,The Balladeers,,Richard Crooks,Record is flat along south living room wall; rating applies to whatever track(s) I sampled.,,CAL124,33,138

3,Strauss,Burlesque In D Minor For Piano And Orchestra,,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,Rudolf Serkin, Piano,Virtuoso performance of dramatic virtuoso piece that didn't much grab me.,,,33,715

0,Strauss,Opera Selections,Jussi Bjoerling In Concert,,,Jussi Bjoerling,,,,33,1198

0,Strauss,Salome,,London Symphony,Leinsdorf,Caballe, Milnes, Lewis, Resnik, King,,,,33,1949

3,Strauss,Salome-Dance Of The Seven Veils, Op. 54,,New York Philharmonic,Dimitri Mitropoulos,,Fanciful whirling-dervishey music that is about as middle eastern as Sorcerer's Apprentice is medieval; the showy "light classics" interp is in line with the selections on the record; I suspect the Liszt and Strauss deserve better.,,ML5198,33,625

4,Strauss,Songs,Tom Krause Recital,,,Tom Krause; John Williams, Guitar And Others,good voice, ok songs,,,33,958

4,Strauss, Johann Jr.,Perpetual Motion,The Sound Of Genius, Volume 3,The Cleveland Orchestra,George Szell,,Light, quick, silly.,,,33,636

0,Strauss, Mahler,,Songs,,,Ljuba Welitsch, Vocal; Ulanowsky, Piano,,,,33,697

4,Strauss, Richard,Also Sprach Zarathustra,,Dresden State Orchestra,Rudolf Kempe,,good piece not well interpreted,,,33,2573

1,Strauss, Richard,Also Sprach Zarathustra (Op. 30),,The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,Herbert Von Karajan,Solo Violin: Willi Boskovsky,Exc conducting & perf gives every passage a precisely conceived shape and mood for which the orch adjusts its entire sound; emphasis on dissonances and the wildly changing moods; (see memo),Its one nearly-fatal flaw is too-wide volume range, making listening difficult. My Ormandy record is a laughably whitebread interpretation compared to this.,,33,296

5,Strauss, Richard,Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30,,Chicago Symphony Orchestra,Fritz Reiner,,Self-conscious, exaggerated, over-emotive interpretation ruins the piece,,,33,1554

3,Strauss, Richard,Dance Of The Seven Veils From Salome,The Definitive Piano: Famous Composers Play Their Own Music,,,Richard Strauss, Piano,weird, very interesting,From Piano Rolls,,33,475

0,Strauss, Richard,Death And Transfiguration, Op. 24,,The Cleveland Orchestra,George Szell,,,,,33,270

0,Strauss, Richard,Death And Transfiguration, Opus 24,Richard Strauss Two Tone Poems,The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra,Antal Dorati,,,,MG50202,33,702

0,Strauss, Richard,Domestic Symphony, Op. 53,,Chicago Symphony Orchestra,Fritz Reiner,,,,,33,254

0,Strauss, Richard,Don Juan,,Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,C. Krauss,,,,,33,279

0,Strauss, Richard,Don Juan, Op. 20,,The Cleveland Orchestra,George Szell,,,,,33,270

0,Strauss, Richard,Don Juan, Opus 20,Richard Strauss Two Tone Poems,The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra,Antal Dorati,,,,MG50202,33,702

0,Strauss, Richard,Don Quixote,,Cleveland Orchestra,George Szell,,,,,33,611

0,Strauss, Richard,Don Quixote,,Chicago Symphony,Reiner,Janigro, Preves, Solos,,,,33,152

5,Strauss, Richard,Don Quixote, Op. 35,,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,,boring, wandering tone poem,,,33,926

4,Strauss, Richard,Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life),,Chicago Symphony Orchestra,Fritz Reiner,,pleasant tone poem,,,33,925

0,Strauss, Richard,Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40,,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,Anshel Brusilow, Solo Violin,,,ML5649,33,396

4,Strauss, Richard,Love Scene From 'Ein Heldenleben',The Definitive Piano: Famous Composers Play Their Own Music,,,Richard Strauss, Piano,not interesting,From Piano Rolls,,33,475

0,Strauss, Richard,Peter And The Wolf,,Boston Symphony,Koussevitsky,,,,,33,309

0,Strauss, Richard,Prokofieff,,Boston Symphony,Koussevitsky,,,,,33,309

0,Strauss, Richard,Sonata For Cello & Piano In F Major,Op 6,,,,Harvey Shapiro, Cello; Jascha Zayde, Piano,,,,33,1237

4,Strauss, Richard,Sonata In E-Flat, Op. 18,,,,Heifetz With Brooks Smith At The Piano,Swelling swooping melodramatic romantic with an incongruously hard edge provided by Heifetz's violin; absentminded of its own themes (run-on).,,,33,1215

0,Strauss, Richard,Till Eulenspiegel,,Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,C. Krauss,,,,,33,279

0,Strauss, Richard,Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks,,Boston Symphony,Koussevitsky,,,,,33,309

0,Strauss, Richard,Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28,,The Cleveland Orchestra,George Szell,,,,,33,270

2,Stravinsky,Concertino For String Quartet (6:12),,The Claremont Quartet,,,Enjoyable; his pieces on this record do at least approach the quality of Rite of Spring, which his later neo-classical works do not.,,,33,1693

5,Stravinsky,Concerto For Strings In D,,The Zurich Chamber Orchestra With Winds Of Ihe Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra,Edmond De Stoutz,,Modern, almost atonal (mostly), idiosyncratic timings, stabs of sound; the (probably valid) liner note intellectual analysis of its symbolic meanings aside, it has no musical appeal.,,,33,594

3,Stravinsky,Concerto In E Flat For 15 Instruments ('Dumbarton Oaks'),,The Zurich Chamber Orchestra With Winds Of Ihe Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra,Edmond De Stoutz,,Supposedly interesting for its structure, it has enough thematic material & coherence to be somewhat pleasant.,,,33,594

0,Stravinsky,Ebony Concerto (1945) Dedicated To Woody Herman,,Woody Herman And His Orchestra,Woody Herman,,,,LPBR-6009,33,754

2,Stravinsky,Four Etudes For Orchestra,,Orchestre National De La R.T.F.,Boulez,,Impressionistic vignettes, pleasant and interesting.,,,33,1224

2,Stravinsky,Les Noces ('The Wedding'),,The Gregg Smith Singers And The Ithaca College Concert Choir, The Columbia Percussion Ensemble,Gregg Smith, Director; Robert Craft, Conductor,,Chromatic atonal rhythmic singing, shouting, shrieking in weirdly Oriental setting (quartertones) (which, however, is supposed to be Russian) sounds like a chaotic vocal arrangement of Rite Of Spring; engaging.,,,33,1587

3,Stravinsky,Mass,,Columbia Symphony Orchestra,Stravinsky,,Dissonant yet sacred-sounding church music; reasonably listenable & pleasant.,,,33,637

3,Stravinsky,Mavra Opera In One Act,,The CBC Symphony Orchestra,Igor Stravinsky, Conductor,,With lively, upbeat chromatic melodies in strange rhythms, its style is appealing, for an opera; not entirely captivating, it wears out welcome somewhat early; singers good, unaffected.,,,33,1587

0,Stravinsky,Movements For Piano And Orchestra,,Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra,Ferenc Fricsay,Margrit Weber, Piano,,,,33,1737

3,Stravinsky,Pastorale For Violin And Four Wind Instruments,Pastorales,The Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet,,,Same tune as Voice+4 with a violin instead of soprano.,,,33,1089

3,Stravinsky,Pastorale For Voice And Four Wind Instruments,Pastorales,The Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet,,,Ridiculous; the soprano sings 'Ah-ooo' to gently tooting horns.,,,33,1089

0,Stravinsky,Petrouchka Burlesque In Four Scenes (Complete Recording),,The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra,Antal Dorati,,,,,33,410

5,Stravinsky,Petrushka,,Suisse Romande,Ansermet,,Pieces of somewhat coherent themes that are, however, strung together incoherently, in short sections for dance scenes. Uninteresting and fairly unpleasant, it gets progressively worse.,,,33,579

1,Stravinsky,Pulcinella, Ballet with Song In One Act, after Pergolesi,,Columbia Symphony Orchestra,Stravinsky, Cond.,,Exc. adaptation and modernization of Pergolesi's material; even the singing is good; one passage resembles Vivaldi's Nisi Dominus; liner notes look interesting.,,,33,1368

2,Stravinsky,Rite Of Spring,,Orchestre National De La R.T.F.,Boulez,,Precise perf & crystal clear recording bring out that it is a very weird piece; to learn every note (good luck), this is the one to use, but I like other murkier ones better; this interp also makes Rite sound more like his later neoclassical (see memo),works, i.e. shocking yet clumsy, heavy-handed, pedantic, boorish, a great idea not carried out with the brilliance normally attributed to it.,,33,1224

0,Stravinsky,Symphony In Three Movements (1945),,The London Symphony Orchestra,Sir Eugene Goossens,,,,LPBR-6009,33,754

4,Stravinsky,Symphony In Three Movements (1945),Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky,Columbia Symphony Orchestra,Stravinsky,,1989: R4-symph. inspired by WW2, uninteresting. 2002: So similar to cto that I didn't notice it was a different piece.,,,33,546

5,Stravinsky,The Firebird,Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky,Columbia Symphony Orchestra,Stravinsky,,Ethereal fantasy feeling (flutes, etc.), with some intense action. Less radical than Rite of Spring and less interesting. Grows very irritating.,,,33,547

5,Stravinsky,The Firebird: Berceuse (8:0o,Heifetz,,,Heifetz, With Emanuel Bay At The Piano,,,,33,199

5,Stravinsky,The Flood,,Columbia Symphony Orchestra,Stravinsky,,Sort of a Peter and the Wolf-like production of Noah and the Ark story, that sounds a lot like Edith Sitwell, complete with inane poetry and ridiculous sound effects; seems a superb perf of an unbelievably awful conception.,,,33,637

1,Stravinsky,The Rite Of Spring (Le Sacre Du Printemps),Stravinsky Conducts,Columbia Symphony Orchestra,Stravinsky,,Best version I've found so far, with sustained intensity and urgency, with vivid imagery.,,,33,707

0,Stravinsky,The Rite Of Spring (Le Sacre Du Printemps),The Rite Of Spring (Le Sacre Du Printemps),Paris Conservatoire Orchestra,Pierre Monteux,,,,LM2085,33,120

4,Stravinsky,Three Pieces For String Quartet (7:09),,The Claremont Quartet,,,Very similar style to the Webern; similar mood & rhythms to Rite of Spring, scaled down to quartet; interesting and very good, but barely musical; why would anyone listen to it for enjoyment?,,,33,1693

0,Stravinsky,Three Scenes From 'Petrouchka',,,,Gina Bachauer, Pianist,,,,33,845

4,Stravinsky,Violin Concerto In D (1931),Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky,Columbia Symphony Orchestra,Stravinsky,Isaac Stern,1989: R2-unconventional, very interesting, well played. 2002: Strange, modern, chromatic, almost atonal, jerky, meandering, and evocative of nothing; not completely unpleasant as background music; for something 'like' this, Ravel's is better.,,,33,546

4,Suk,Song Of Love, Op. 7, No. 1,David Oistrakh Encores,,,David Oistrakh; Yampolsky, Piano,Simple but unappealing romantic melody.,,,33,1196

0,Suk,Symphony In C Minor Op 27 (Asrael) Angel Of Death,,Czech Philharmonic,Talich,,,,,33,455

0,Sullivan,Cox & Box,,Royal Philharmonic,Nash,D'oyly Carte,,,,33,2623

0,Sullivan,The Zoo,,Royal Philharmonic,Nash,D'oyly Carte,,,,33,2623

2,Suppe,Light Cavalry,,London Philharmonic,Stein,,Enjoyable and entertaining; light; famous theme,,,33,597

3,Suppe,Overture: Light Cavalry,Suppe Overtures,London Philharmonic Orchestra,Solti,,Its Bear Went Over the Mountain theme is good for a chuckle, which is more than the rest of it is good for; an over the top imitation of Beethoven's Wellington?,,,33,557

4,Suppe,Overture: Morning Noon and Night in Vienna,Suppe Overtures,London Philharmonic Orchestra,Solti,,It at least sounds original; I doubt Vienna was ever this loud and crashing, or exciting, at any time of day.,,,33,557

5,Suppe,Overture: Pique Dame,Suppe Overtures,London Philharmonic Orchestra,Solti,,Similar clash of irritatingly incompatible (and plagiarized) styles, none well-done; absurdly over the top perf.,,,33,557

5,Suppe,Overture: Poet and Peasant,Suppe Overtures,London Philharmonic Orchestra,Solti,,Sappy, then loud and irritating. A mix of awful charicatures of Offenbach, Strauss, and Rossini; I think the idea is they don't get along; well, they don't.,,,33,557

2,Suppe,Poet And Peasant,,London Philharmonic,Stein,,Entertaining & very good; wide variety of moods, dramatic,,,33,597

0,Svendsen,Carnival At Paris, Etc.,,Royal Opera House Orchestra,Hollingsworth,,,,,33,909

3,Szymanowski,The Fountain of Arethusa,David Oistrakh Encores,,,David Oistrakh; Yampolsky, Piano,Other-worldly & chromatic; effective but unpleasant.,,,33,1196