What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Karl Henning]

Lemme know yer thoughts, please! (I mean, when it's played through, naturalmente.)

[Sergeant Rock]

Lemme know yer thoughts, please! (I mean, when it's played through, naturalmente.)

The first movement is beautifully done: hushed, intense, one of the best I've ever heard. The Allegro seems paced just right. The Presto disappointed. Didn't seem manic enough. Too serious? I'm repeating the two fast movements to see if the last movement works better on second hearing.

The overall sound is brilliant. Very "live" and detailed. Feels like you are in the hall. Maybe the best sound this symphony has ever gotten.

Sarge

[Ataraxia]

 
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[Karl Henning]

Very interesting, thanks, Sarge!

Dave, I've got that one at home, but I've not listened to it in . . . maybe a decade.  The Harnoncourt I've listened to recently, though, is a beauty.

[Ataraxia]

Dave, I've got that one at home, but I've not listened to it in . . . maybe a decade. 

A decade? 

[Karl Henning]

I really think it might be . . . .

[Sergeant Rock]

Haydn Missa in angustiis D minor "Nelson Mass" Harnoncourt conducting the Concentus Musicus Wien




Sarge

[Karl Henning]

I just love reading Arnold Schoenberg Choir on that cover, Sarge! : )

[TheGSMoeller]

[Karl Henning]

Mahler in the morning . . .

Mahler
Symphony № 5
Wiener Philharmoniker
Lenny
Frankfurt-am-Main, Alte Oper ix.1987

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[North Star]

Mahler in the morning . . .

Thread duty:
Bartók
Sonata for 2 Pianos & Percussion, Sz. 110
Argerich; Freire; Sadlo; Guggeis
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[mahler10th]

Bruckner
Symphony 0 - Nulte - Nothing - Zero - Bugger all - zilch - absoloute reality
Chailly
RCO

Aye, very good.

[TheGSMoeller]

Bruckner
Symphony 0 - Nulte - Nothing - Zero - Bugger all - zilch - absoloute reality
Chailly
RCO

Aye, very good.

Best title for a Bruckner symphony I've seen, even better than the "Saucy Maid"

[Ataraxia]

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Didn't get to finish this one.

[Lisztianwagner]

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No.2

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[Karl Henning]

 Quote from: MN Dave on Today at 10:39:40 AM

Didn't get to finish this one.

 
One of the reasons I listen to that suite so seldom is, once I get started, I really do not want to tear away before the end.  For a piece that isn't any actual symphony, it still has that integrity and center of gravity.

[Karl Henning]

Mahler in the morning . . .

Mahler
Symphony № 5
Wiener Philharmoniker
Lenny
Frankfurt-am-Main, Alte Oper ix.1987

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Not at all surprisingly, an exquisitely poignant Adagietto . . . the sort of piece which could convert anyone into a Mahlerian.

[Opus106]

For Kimi's return home.

http://www.youtube.com/v/wHKSUFDuipU

[Opus106]

[The Planets] still has that [...] center of gravity.

Intended?

[Sergeant Rock]

I just love reading Arnold Schoenberg Choir on that cover, Sarge! : )

Haydn, Wien, Schoenberg...250 years of Viennese tradition on the cover.

Sarge