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With all due respect I'll pass on this. I can wait for the chandos rufinatscha

No need for cds I've downloaded the whole group into my ancient mp3 player and I've just gotten to symphony# 27. Its been a great day of listening.
Thanks again for the url.

What a treasure trove of music! I am enjoying the 5th symphony as I write this, an impressive piece. Thank you for the url

Actually the Berwald 2 violin concerto can be downloaded in the US via the EU server - I've just done so.

I had been thinking if availing myself of he 50% discount to acquire the Rufinatscha CD's . After reading this thread, however, I think I will pass. I can wait until the Chandos Rufinatscha series comes out and get it from more reliable sources.

A shame...

For those who haven't already found it, new to the IMSLP recordings section:

http://www.imslp.org/wiki/String_Quartet,_Op.16_No.1_%28Gouvy,_Louis_Th%C3%A9odore%29

Enjoy!

For those interested, a performance of Charles Villiers Stanford's 1897 Third String Quartet has been uploaded to the IMSLP at.

http://imslp.org/wiki/String_Quartet_No.3,_Op.64_%28Stanford,_Charles_Villiers%29
Enjoy!

"I don't think we should avoid being critical; the crucial thing, as I said before, is to support whatever we might say with facts rather than bare assertions and to conduct the conversation with civility and respect - and a little humility. "

The intelligent criticism that takes place on this site is actually part of what I value.  It just seems to me that there is no point to a thread  that seems to exist solely to denigrate.   The reality is that given the cost to bring any music performance to publication, were the music truly dreadful, you most likely wouldnt even be hearing it.

An another lifetime far far away I had as part of one of my post graduate assignments the duty of transcribing to score from photocopies of the parts of an 18th century symphony.  I have mercifully forgotten the name of the composer but I vividly remember a score that was chock full of (in terms of the 18th century) formulaic music ineptly handled and uninteresting scored - truly a justly neglected non-masterpiece!.

I think back (not very fondly BTW) to that symphony as I read this thread, and after having listened to excerpts where available of some of the proposed "bad" scores, I would respectfully submit that as bad as some of you may think that your anointed choices for bad music are, there exists a vast trove of truly unworthy music moldering in the libraries of the world in MS that you have been spared from because the programmers of the new have better taste than you think.

SO be thankful and lets find something else to discuss!

the alla italia movement of the busoni piano concerto is as riotous as they come!

Not to be forgotten are the orchestral works of William Henry Fry. I particularly like his "Santa Claus" symphony, in spite of the kitschy title.

Three slow movements that have caught my ear every time I've listened to them:

The Adagio movement from Alfred Hill's Symphony #3 "Austrailia"
The Andante un poco maestoso from Edward Tubins Fourth Symphony
The Adagio from Louis Glass's 6th Symphony

There are also Johann Wilms, and C.E.F. Weyse

For those who dont need to have the physical disk, this CD is now available on iTunes for $10.99 U.S

Its being downloaded as I type this 

An unsung portion of this unsungs repertoire not to be missed are his cantatas.  My favorite among them is his 1869 cantata Kalanus Op. 48. The recording on the Kontrapunkte Label can be auditioned and purchased on iTunes.

For those wanting more, Kontrapunkte has also recorded the cantatas Comala, Psyche, Zion, Gelfion and Die Heilige Nacht.  Al of which IMHO are well worth acquiring.