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RE: Selected New Releases This Week

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In Reply to: RE: Selected New Releases This Week posted by Chris from Lafayette on June 14, 2024 at 02:03:25

Been listening to the Brahms string quintets and sextets recently on older Hyperion recordings. Just wonderful stuff.

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Yes! I used to have that Hyperion recording of the Sextets - Chris from Lafayette 11:18:16 06/16/24 (4)
. . . with the Raphael Ensemble. I even gave a copy as a gift one time, I was so enthusiastic about it!

I had the original incarnation, rather than this one.
- RE: Yes! I used to have that Hyperion recording of the Sextets - pbarach 13:03:08 06/16/24 (3)
  The Alexander String Quartet (and associates) produced a wonderful set of the Brahms string quintets and sextets for their label Foghorn, and in fine stereo (sorry, Chris!).
  
  I "learned" the first sextet from sitting in while Mischa Schneider coached some excellent students in the piece. Then I got the 1952 recording with Stern, (A.) Schneider, Casals et al. Still may favorite recording, but the sound is dim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EymEs1x6c4Q
  - 1952 recording - Kal Rubinson 14:34:00 06/16/24 (2)
    I discovered the sextets (actually only the first one) when I saw the Jeanne Moreau film, The Lovers, in 1958. It was a slow film but the central love scene was accompanied by the most heavenly (and heavingly) passionate music that had ever heard. I eagerly waited for the credits to find that it was, indeed, the Andante from the first sextet from this very Casals Festival recording.
    
    Of course, I bought it but, after a few years I searched for a more modern recording. None were as satisfying and were rejected until I figured out that what made the this recording uniquely intimate and personal was the accompaniment of Casals' quiet humming. Then I was able to move on but, regardless of the humming, this recording remains unique.
    - "The Lovers" - pbarach 11:31:18 06/17/24 (1)
      The Louis Malle film "The Lovers" was the subject of a famous First Amendment case about alleged obscenity that ended in a Supreme Court verdict ("I know it when I see it") favorable to the theater owner. The theater, which used to show "art" (i.e., foreign) movies, is now a Christian church.
      A couple of months ago, someone rented the theater for a lecture recital on the Goldberg Variations.
      Jacobellis v. Ohio (Open in New Window)
      Edits: 06/17/24 06/17/24
      - That came from Ohio. - Kal Rubinson 12:12:56 06/17/24 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: "The Lovers" posted by pbarach on June 17, 2024 at 11:31:18
        
        We saw it in NY in 1959.

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