What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Brian]

Thanks for all the various birthday wishes  ! Come on over, friends, and try some of my white chocolate chip & fudge cookies 

Happy Birthday!! 

Mine is in 9 days. 

Yeah fellow Virgos! 

Now on to an all-time personal favorite ... the Dvorak Cello Concerto.

[Brian]

Playing this again now.

[M forever]

Just listened to this:



Complete waste of time. Mediocre orchestra, conceptless conducting, badly balanced sound - the sound engineering matches the conducting well in that there is no coherent concept for either. A really superfluous product.

[Subotnick]

Morning!

My recent interest in Schubert shows no signs of abating. I am starting the day with his String Quintet In C as performed by The Lindsays.



TTFN.
Me.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

A little cheery music to celebrate my birthday!

                                                                    


                                                                         

Happy Birthday, Brian!

[val]

SCRIABIN:   Symphony n. 2 / Poem of Ecstasy          / Russian State Orchestra, Svetlanov


Superb versions of both works, intense, deeply engaged.

I prefer the First Symphony to the 2nd (I think that the central movement of the Second is too long and diffuse and the Finale not very inspired) but the work has some beautiful moments, in special the first two movements.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

For those interested: Franz Schmidt, Symphony No 4 (Zubin Mehta/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)


http://rapidshare.com/files/139952716/Franz_Schmidt_-_Symphony_No_4__Mehta_.rar

[springrite]

Yeah fellow Virgos! 

Virgos of the World, unite!!!


Now listening: Berg Violin Concerto, Mutter, Chung, Stern versions

[karlhenning]

You're right. But you understood what I meant anyway. 

I'm sure I didn't 

[karlhenning]

Happy birthday, Brian!

[orbital]

[ChamberNut]

Good morning 

Last night, listened to:

Mahler

Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Resurrection

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Klaus Tennstedt

Edith Mathis, soprano
Doris Soffel, mezzo-soprano
London Philharmonic Choir

Made a great impression on me, when in the past it left me cold.  I was very much moved by this symphony. 

[ChamberNut]

Mahler

Symphony No. 4 in G

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Klaus Tennstedt

Lucia Popp, soprano

[ChamberNut]

Franck

String Quartet in D major

Fitzwilliam Quartet
Decca

[mahler10th]

Mahler

Symphony No. 4 in G

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Klaus Tennstedt

Lucia Popp, soprano

Tennstedt is my favourite Mahler for sheer brilliance and emotion and force.  I like other interpretations for different reasons.  I am very glad indeed that you're enjoying Tennstedt's Mahler, he has given me hours and hours of sheer magic.   

[Keemun]

Schmidt: Symphony No. 4 (Mehta/VPO) 

[Kullervo]

I'm sure I didn't 

Would you prefer "sublime"? 

Listening: Mozart SQs 14, 15 (Mosaïques)

[ChamberNut]

Would you prefer "sublime"? 

My favorite! 

[ChamberNut]

Tennstedt is my favourite Mahler for sheer brilliance and emotion and force.  I like other interpretations for different reasons.  I am very glad indeed that you're enjoying Tennstedt's Mahler, he has given me hours and hours of sheer magic.   

It's taken awhile with Mahler, but also very rewarding.  The same goes with Bruckner and Wagner, although it didn't taken as much time with them.   

[karlhenning]

Well, sublime and melismatic are . . . strikingly unrelated adjectives  0:)