What are you listening to now?

[Ken B]

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Like it so far but the acoustic is a bit cavernous.

4 now. I have only heard 2 or 3 other 4s: Gergiev and Jarvi that I can recall. Very different feeling here so far.

[mahler10th]

Great idea, Brian!
Thread duty...

Ferlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Immerseel - Anima Eterna

Was surprised to see Gramophone rec this as their top choice for fantastique recordings. It's one that had a terrible first impression on me but has now become one of my absolute favorites.

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Damned interesting.  It did nothing for me either, so much so that I sent it to a fellow GMG'er in disappointment.     What did you find that made you like it more than ever?   Maybe I missed something...  On now, Peterson Berger,Symphony 1...

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[Harry]

Damned interesting.  It did nothing for me either, so much so that I sent it to a fellow GMG'er in disappointment.     What did you find that made you like it more than ever?   Maybe I missed something...  On now, Peterson Berger,Symphony 1...

I enjoyed it greatly and still do my friend!

[Que]

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[mahler10th]

I enjoyed it greatly and still do my friend!

You were welcome Harry, just took me about 4.7 light years to send the damn thing to you in the end.    

[TheGSMoeller]

Damned interesting.  It did nothing for me either, so much so that I sent it to a fellow GMG'er in disappointment.     What did you find that made you like it more than ever?   Maybe I missed something... 

Hi, John,

I think I became so adapted to performances that reached for a style of intensity that included break-neck speeds and dynamics to blow the roofs off, I wanted to hear conductors and orchestras build on this. Who could out-intensify the other performances, who could hold the final C chord the longest (I still get chills from the CSO/Solti's 70s recording and how the tuba reverbs over the orchestra)
But I realized that my approach while searching wasn't treating the music fairly. It took a few listens with Immerseel/Anima but I eventually came to find a warmth and beauty in their fantastique that was quite remarkable, very similar with the recent Ticciati/SCO release. The reduced forces take nothing away from the intensity or excitement. And I also now find the piano in place of the bells in March to create a much creepier atmosphere.

[Papy Oli]

Hello All,

Making a start to the Hogwood / Haydn set received earlier today.

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No.1,2,4,5.

[Papy Oli]

And from another arrival this week:

Mahler - Symphony No.10 (Andante/Adagio)
Kubelik / BRSO

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[Lisztianwagner]

Samuel Barber
Violin Concerto

[EigenUser]

Ligeti "Hamburg" Horn Concerto!
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[TheGSMoeller]

For the evening.
A gift from my brother who knew Thomas Hooten back at Rice. Hooten is the principal trumpet of the LA Phil and here performs pieces by Honegger, Bohme, Bitsch, Rachmaninoff, Desenclos and Downie.

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

Great idea, Brian!
Thread duty...

Ferlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Immerseel - Anima Eterna

Was surprised to see Gramophone rec this as their top choice for fantastique recordings. It's one that had a terrible first impression on me but has now become one of my absolute favorites.

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The cover alone is fantastique and sheer inspired genius!

[Mirror Image]

Without counting Copland's Lincoln Portrait I listened to yesterday evening. Ah, you and your precious Barber!

Samuel Barber
Adagio for strings

https://www.youtube.com/v/BGMwNe9WWmE

Is Adagio for Strings the only Barber work you know, Ilaria? He wrote a lot of great music besides the Adagio.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

And, more significantly, Giordano Bruno recommends it too.

[Ken B]

Who is Giordano Bruno?

As far as Hurwitz goes I was tweaking Jeff and John. Though I am aware of the possibility that Hurwitz is a pseudonym they use to write reviews under .... 

[amw]

For the evening.
A gift from my brother who knew Thomas Hooten back at Rice. Hooten is the principal trumpet of the LA Phil and here performs pieces by Honegger, Bohme, Bitsch, Rachmaninoff, Desenclos and Downie.

Hooten is a good name for a trumpet player.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



A new acquisition. Listening to Ballad of the Gnomes. This is a completely new work to me. Freakin' awesome!

[Tom 1960]

Discs 1 and 2

[Bogey]

From 1954, but a slice of Op. 6 composed in less than a month in 1739:

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Who is Giordano Bruno?

He's one of those "reviewer types" on Amazon who likes to lay on the hyperbole, and who's always one step ahead of the proverbial pack.  

Here's his Amazon history.