What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Philoctetes]

Arrau
Liszt's 12 Transcendental Etudes
Liszt's 2 Piano Concertos, with Davis and the LSO
Liszt's 3 Concert Etudes

Cooper
Schubert's Piano Sonatas D894 and D958
Schubert's 6 Moments Musicaux D780
Schubert's 16 Deutsche Tanze D783
Schubert's 4 Impromptus D935

Uchida's Perspectives

[Coopmv]

I own all Sakari's Sibelius series and they're all still sealed in cellophane. I need to listen to these!

I have some Sakari's Sibelius, though not the complete series.
Here is one of my favorites by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra with Jukka-Pekka Saraste on the now defunct Finlandia label, which was bought out and completely destroyed by those bozos at WarnerMusic who know little about classical music marketing ...

[Scarpia]

Hmm; is this a reversal, Scarps?—

I still find passages interesting.  But it didn't hold together in my mind after listening to the long second movement.  Maybe more exposure will make a difference, but this music strikes me as Prokofiev trying to be harsh so they will be impressed with him in Stravinsky's Paris.

[karlhenning]

More exposure may do it; my own admiration for this symphony is deep.

[karlhenning]

Maiden-Listen Mondays! (this recording):

Сергей Сергеевич [Sergei Sergeyevich]
Symphony № 3 in c minor, Opus 44 (1924-25)
National Orchestra of the O.R.T.F.
Martinon

[Harry]

This CD is impressive as a musical statement, and as recording. His music is colorful in a bold way, and it will dazzle your ears into submission. Very well played, with 3 different orchestras.   

[Coopmv]

Just realized I still have 3 early music CD's that are unplayed.  Now playing this CD for a first listen ...

[Scarpia]

More exposure may do it; my own admiration for this symphony is deep.

My opinion may change when I've had time to listen to a different recording.  Jarvi's efforts suffer from the typical problem (for me) of Chandos sound from the 80's, they only bloom when the orchestra is playing full tilt.  Any time the orchestra is playing less than fff it sounds distant and excessively reverberant.

[karlhenning]

My opinion may change when I've had time to listen to a different recording.  Jarvi's efforts suffer from the typical problem (for me) of Chandos sound from the 80's, they only bloom when the orchestra is playing full tilt.  Any time the orchestra is playing less than fff it sounds distant and excessively reverberant.

Ah, yes; I'd forgotten that you were working with the Järvi set here!

[karlhenning]

Maiden-Listen Mondays!

Hindemith
Ludus tonalis (1942)
Bernard Roberts

[Brahmsian]

Borodin

String Quartet No. 1 in A major
String Quartet No. 2 in D major

Haydn Quartet, Budapest
Naxos

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD7 from this set for a first listen ...

[DavidRoss]

Now listening to my favorite disc from this set:

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the one with 5, 7, the wonderful little Scene with Cranes, and the best performance of Nightride and Sunrise that I've heard.  Our often abrasive but always interesting old friend--known here as "m" and "m forever"--urged me to hear this but I was reluctant to take the plunge, since I generally don't care for Rattle's way with music I love, did not like his insipid Sibelius 5 with the Philharmonia, and never cared for this particular work.

Then one morning on my way in to work, cruising in my old Camaro through the lovely fields and orchards of the lower Sacramento valley, watching the clouds hanging over the Vaca mountains before me, Capital public radio's then-new morning DJ, Kent Teeters, played Rattle's Nightride and Sunrise.   I was spellbound.  When I arrived at the plant I parked outside my office and sat in the car listening to the rest of the piece before going in.  And when I arrived home that night, one of the first things I did was to order the CD (the single disc) from Amazon.  And when it arrived I discovered that I liked the accompanying 5th and 7th well enough to order the complete CBSO cycle--which I regard far more favorably than many more highly praised and often recommended cycles.

Did success spoil Simon Rattle? 

[DavidRoss]

My opinion may change when I've had time to listen to a different recording.  Jarvi's efforts suffer from the typical problem (for me) of Chandos sound from the 80's, they only bloom when the orchestra is playing full tilt.  Any time the orchestra is playing less than fff it sounds distant and excessively reverberant.

Ah, yes; I'd forgotten that you were working with the Järvi set here!

This (Proky's 3rd) is one of those that I've enjoyed quite a bit on Gergiev's LSO set, a cycle that doesn't seem to get much traction around here but which is, if not the bee's knees, at least the bee's ankles to my ears.   

Think I'll queue it up for a spin after Sunrise. 

[karlhenning]

This (Proky's 3rd) is one of those that I've enjoyed quite a bit on Gergiev's LSO set, a cycle that doesn't seem to get much traction around here but which is, if not the bee's knees, at least the bee's ankles to my ears.   

Think I'll queue it up for a spin after Sunrise. 

I've got Gergiev's account of The Fiery Angel, on whose material the Third is based . . . so perhaps that extra affinity is the key.

Separately . . . .

. . . Did success spoil Simon Rattle? 

Maybe, though it is a sad notion to contemplate!

[Harry]

In my opinion, when I play Jarvi's Chandos recordings with the Prokofiev's symphonies, the sound of the eighties is top of the bill, a open lucid, sound picture, with a enormous front to back image, in which every detail how small can be heard. If it sounds less than that on your equipment, call your local hifi dealer, I am sure he can fix the problem if you want to invest. This is based on personal experience, hearing these recordings on many different hifi sets. 

[Scarpia]

This (Proky's 3rd) is one of those that I've enjoyed quite a bit on Gergiev's LSO set, a cycle that doesn't seem to get much traction around here but which is, if not the bee's knees, at least the bee's ankles to my ears.   

I have the Gergiev cycle, and I am starting to regret picking the Jarvi as my first tour through the Prokofiev symphonies.  I think I will jump ship and continue with Gergiev or Ozawa.  I also have a Chailly/Concertgebouw 3rd somewhere.

[SonicMan46]

Have that in HM's budget re-issue format, and like it a lot.  But you've reminded me that it's been a while since I've listened to it.

Yes, I've always enjoyed Lubin in this Mozart repertoire - have the Piano Trios, also w/ some of the same group - 

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD5 from this set for a first listen.  I am just amazed at the sound quality of this remastered set and what a great price I paid for it at MDT.  This set is much more expensive on this side of the pond.  The performance was also first rate IMO ...

[George]

Chopin
4 Ballades
Arrau
1953
Mono
Arrau Heritage

Better performances than his remakes from the seventies, which I don't like very much. These Ballades sound younger and more alive. Too bad they are OOP.