Topic: Recordings That You Are Considering

[karlhenning]

Nav, I'm considering that Buxtehude harpsichord box. If I can locate it : )

[Sergeant Rock]

Nav, I'm considering that Buxtehude harpsichord box. If I can locate it : )

Completely off-topic, Karl. This thread has been commandeered by the Wagnerites. Take your Buxtehude question elsewhere 

Sarge

[karlhenning]

(* chortle *)

[Lisztianwagner]

This thread has been commandeered by the Wagnerites. Take your Buxtehude question elsewhere 

Sarge

 
Well said!

[Scots John]

Completely off-topic, Karl. This thread has been commandeered by the Wagnerites. Take your Buxtehude question elsewhere 
Sarge

You guys should be in Bayreuth circa 1876.  I collared Jules Verne, who was passing in his time machine, and consulted him on the matter.  He said he would take you all, but only if you agree to meet Ceasar Franck too.  Buxtehude didn't come into it.

[Que]

Okay, the Wagnerian stench is just too much to handle in this thread. Que, where are you?

Better? 

Q

PS Wagnerians: the discussion has been transferred HERE.

[Opus106]

Better? 

Q

 

On hindsight: I just realised that I now have a post in the Wagner thread.

[Jeffrey Smith]

Okay, back to the thread duty:

Worth getting?  I obviously don't need any more recordings of M2, but is there anything in this performance that would make me want to get it?

[trung224]

  Has anyone know about this recording

  I have the Klemperer-Barenboim and Colin Davis-Arrau, but I'm really curious

[mc ukrneal]

I seem to remember this Gluck being well regarded, but cannot seem to find a reference. Any thoughts?

[Opus106]

I seem to remember this Gluck being well regarded, but cannot seem to find a reference. Any thoughts?

It popped up on the SDCB thread, and some Baroque opera fans made hay while the Sun shone (at Amazon UK), so to speak.

[mc ukrneal]

It popped up on the SDCB thread, and some Baroque opera fans made hay while the Sun shone (at Amazon UK), so to speak.

Ah - I see it. Yes - it is still the same price, which is where I must have seen it and put on my wishlist. I couldn't remember how it got there! Thanks! If anyone else wants to comment, still welcomed!

[jlaurson]

I seem to remember this Gluck being well regarded, but cannot seem to find a reference. Any thoughts?


C.W.R.v. Gluck,
Jacobs et al.
HMU

It's absolutely fantastic. Really lively, really theatrical (in the best way), dramatic and yet with gaiety.
Made the BIG mistake of listening to that right before hearing it in S'burg with Muti... whose homogenized "Gluck-as-too-early-Mozart" approach was thus rendered even more unlisteneable than it would be on its own. Too high a standard, that Jacobs, to live up to. (My second favorite, but separated by a good margin, is incidentally a very early Karajan recording from Salzburg. Totally different, but also compelling in its way.)

[nesf]

I need recommendations for melancholic music along the lines of Elgar's Cello Concerto, Shostakovich's Piano Quintet, Prokofiev's 7th and so on.

[North Star]

I need recommendations for melancholic music along the lines of Elgar's Cello Concerto, Shostakovich's Piano Quintet, Prokofiev's 7th and so on.

That is a very broad area, but may I suggest Sibelius & Mahler's symphonies, and Rachmaninoff's Isle of the Dead and Symphonic Dances for starters.

[nesf]

That is a very broad area, but may I suggest Sibelius & Mahler's symphonies, and Rachmaninoff's Isle of the Dead and Symphonic Dances for starters.

Thank you. And yes, I realise it's a terribly broad and general question akin to asking for happy or pleasing music.

[madaboutmahler]

That is a very broad area, but may I suggest Sibelius & Mahler's symphonies, and Rachmaninoff's Isle of the Dead and Symphonic Dances for starters.

I'll second these suggestions. Try Mahler's 6th symphony, the Rachmaninov mentioned above, Shostakovich's 5th/10th symphonies, etc... those are the recommendations I shall come up with for now.

By the way, nesf, do you know Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet? This is an absolutely amazing piece, one of my favourites. The 'Juliet's Death' finale I think is one of the most beautiful pieces ever written. Makes me cry every time I hear it... and the ballet also contains some of the most jolly music, such as the 'Morning Dance'. A masterpiece.

[North Star]

By the way, nesf, do you know Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet? This is an absolutely amazing piece, one of my favourites. The 'Juliet's Death' finale I think is one of the most beautiful pieces ever written. Makes me cry every time I hear it... and the ballet also contains some of the most jolly music, such as the 'Morning Dance'. A masterpiece.

How could I forget this

[nesf]

By the way, nesf, do you know Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet? This is an absolutely amazing piece, one of my favourites. The 'Juliet's Death' finale I think is one of the most beautiful pieces ever written. Makes me cry every time I hear it... and the ballet also contains some of the most jolly music, such as the 'Morning Dance'. A masterpiece.

Prokofiev is really interesting me at the moment so that'll be an easy purchase to make!

[madaboutmahler]

Prokofiev is really interesting me at the moment so that'll be an easy purchase to make!

nesf, I would like to highly recommend this recording to you:

Really really excellent! I'm sure you'd enjoy it!