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Moonfish

#24920
May 31, 2014, 04:25:59 PM
Quote from: amw on May 31, 2014, 04:04:14 PM
I like everything about their Op. 132 apart from the Heiliger Dankgesang—a totally valid interpretation, but I suppose my tastes run more towards the likes of the Belcea Quartet in that movement >.>.

Best Scherzo on the market though.

I'm checking out this one now:


I haven't listened to that one for a while. I am really starting to like the Hagen Quartett. It was their rendition of Schumann's Piano Quintet that made me pay attention to their ensemble.
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Anna Lappé

Moonfish

#24921
May 31, 2014, 04:28:19 PM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on May 31, 2014, 03:51:17 PM
I hadn't looked at the Amazon page before but seeing that one of the reviewers is Santa Fe Listener it doesn't surprise me that his view would be opposite ours. I generally regard him as one of those "reverse barometer" types on Amazon and can pretty much count on not seeing anything eye-to-eye with him. ;D

That is good to know as he has written lots of reviews. Still, it always good to debate musical impressions!   ;)
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Anna Lappé

Moonfish

#24922
May 31, 2014, 04:32:28 PM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on May 31, 2014, 03:54:16 PM
Yes, I have that one too and agree it's marvelous!

My goodness! I have never heard that opera!  :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[   I need a French opera phase!   >:D
"Every time you spend money you are casting a vote for the kind of world you want...."
Anna Lappé

Sadko

#24923
May 31, 2014, 04:39:14 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on May 31, 2014, 04:32:28 PM
My goodness! I have never heard that opera!  :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[   I need a French opera phase!   >:D

It's my favourite Berlioz opera. I like Markevich's recording:

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amw

#24924
May 31, 2014, 04:46:49 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on May 31, 2014, 04:25:59 PM
I haven't listened to that one for a while. I am really starting to like the Hagen Quartett. It was their rendition of Schumann's Piano Quintet that made me pay attention to their ensemble.

It is one of the best-integrated Op. 130/133's I've heard in a while—perhaps the Petersen Quartet comes close. Excellent Cavatina as well. Amazon reviewers predictably disagree.

TheGSMoeller

#24925
May 31, 2014, 04:55:03 PM
Quartet No. 4 in D Major. Started with Vol I not realizing that it wasn't in chronological order, but I'm enjoying this a good bit. Very nice balance and playing from the group, will be exploring the Eder's whole set thanks to the friendliest CD shop in Winnipeg!  8)

Moonfish

#24926
May 31, 2014, 05:05:52 PM
Quote from: Sadko on May 31, 2014, 04:39:14 PM
It's my favourite Berlioz opera. I like Markevich's recording:

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Thanks Sadko! So many different versions of Berlioz's opera!!!    ??? ??? ???
"Every time you spend money you are casting a vote for the kind of world you want...."
Anna Lappé

Dancing Divertimentian

#24927
May 31, 2014, 05:06:22 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on May 31, 2014, 04:32:28 PM
My goodness! I have never heard that opera!  :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[   I need a French opera phase!   >:D

Yes, Damnation is an awesome piece, but it's actually not an opera. Berlioz dubbed it a "dramatic legend" and it's intended for the concert hall, not the theater.

Leave it to those romantics to muddy the waters. :)


Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

Moonfish

#24928
May 31, 2014, 05:07:56 PM
Quote from: amw on May 31, 2014, 04:46:49 PM
It is one of the best-integrated Op. 130/133's I've heard in a while—perhaps the Petersen Quartet comes close. Excellent Cavatina as well. Amazon reviewers predictably disagree.

I will try to give it a spin soon.  :)    Funny how the reviewers disagree. Perhaps the Hagen Quartett has an opposition group? Generally it seems as if most reviewers tend to give five stars to almost everything...    ???
"Every time you spend money you are casting a vote for the kind of world you want...."
Anna Lappé

Moonfish

#24929
May 31, 2014, 05:08:40 PM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on May 31, 2014, 05:06:22 PM
Yes, Damnation is an awesome piece, but it's actually not an opera. Berlioz dubbed it a "dramatic legend" and it's intended for the concert hall, not the theater.

Leave it to those romantics to muddy the waters. :)

Hmm, kind of like an opera tone poem then....  ;D ;D
"Every time you spend money you are casting a vote for the kind of world you want...."
Anna Lappé

Dancing Divertimentian

#24930
May 31, 2014, 05:12:22 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on May 31, 2014, 05:08:40 PM
Hmm, kind of like an opera tone poem then....  ;D ;D

That about sums it up. :) The working subtitle for the piece was "concert opera"!




Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

EigenUser

#24931
May 31, 2014, 05:35:09 PM
Earlier I was listening to Ockeghem and my neighbors were probably thinking that I was opening a church. Now I'm listening to Ligeti's "Atmospheres". God knows what they're thinking.

I think that Ockeghem is giving me a greater appreciation for "Atmospheres". It's still far from my favorite Ligeti, though.

By the way, nice job Ken! I think that you predicted my early music phase a few weeks ago.
Beethoven's Op. 133 -- A fugue so bad that even Beethoven himself called it "Grosse".

Sadko

#24932
May 31, 2014, 05:40:04 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on May 31, 2014, 05:05:52 PM
Thanks Sadko! So many different versions of Berlioz's opera!!!

Currently I have these:

- Markevitch 24.9.1959
- Israel PhO, Bertini
- RSO Paris, Fournet 1943
- Rubio, Verreau, Roux, Markevitch [my recommendation out of these]

I have listened to a few more, but I'm not sure which.

listener

#24933
May 31, 2014, 07:12:08 PM
A French evening:
BOËLY: Fantasia on «Judex crederis» op.38/4
César-August FRANCK: Andantino    Pièce Symphonique,  Sortie in F, Offertoire for a Midnight Mass
Jean-Hubert-Joseph FRANCK: Sicilienne et orage, op. 40
LEFEBURE-WELY: Bolero de Concert in g op.106  Scène Pastorale
Marie-Louise Jaquet-Langlais, organ (Orléans Cathedral, 1880 Cavaillé-Coll, restored in 1979 by Haerpfer-Erman)
An organ program that resembles the Beethoven 6th Symphony with pastoral scenes and a thunderstorm
on vinyl, but sounds good and set of good notes with it.
PIERNÉ: Piano Concerto in c op.12, Poème symphonique in d op. 37,  Fantaisie-Ballet in Bb op. 8,  Scherzo-Caprice in D, op.25
Stephen Coombs, piano   BBC Scottish S.O.    Ronald Corp, cond.
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Moonfish

#24934
May 31, 2014, 07:15:40 PM Last Edit: May 31, 2014, 07:23:43 PM by Moonfish
CPE Bach: The Complete Works for Piano Solo    Markovina 
I have really enjoyed Markovina's performances! Great music making!

CD 24 from:

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It has been a great journey - 2 cds to go!
"Every time you spend money you are casting a vote for the kind of world you want...."
Anna Lappé

Mirror Image

#24935
May 31, 2014, 09:56:11 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on May 31, 2014, 12:47:36 PM
Elgar: Sea Pictures      Baker/London SO/Barbirolli
Elgar: Cello Concerto     Du Pre/London SO/Barbirolli

Hauntingly beautiful!

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Pounds the table! Sea Pictures is divine. None better than Baker/Barbirolli.

Mandryka

#24936
May 31, 2014, 11:46:42 PM Last Edit: May 31, 2014, 11:48:47 PM by Mandryka


David Arden plays Galina Ustvolskaya's sequence of 12 preludes, one of my favourite pieces of Russian music. David Arden's performance is the one the composer liked most, and I can hear why. I'm enjoying what he does much more than I've ever enjoyed Sabine Liebner in these preludes.

How unfortunate that Ustvolskaya isn't featured on the CD cover - she needed a better PR agent. Anyway, I don't suppose that matters much these days.
Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen

amw

#24937
June 01, 2014, 02:21:52 AM




send help. i'm stuck

Wanderer

#24938
June 01, 2014, 02:27:31 AM Last Edit: June 01, 2014, 03:19:16 AM by Wanderer
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Quote from: listener on May 30, 2014, 01:23:10 AM
...and time for Marc-André Hamelin at Wigmore Hall with: BEETHOVEN-ALKAN  Piano Concerto no.3 - 1st mvt, CHOPIN-BALAKIREV Piano Concerto 1 -2nd mvt., ALKAN: Trois Grandes Études for the hands separately and together, BUSONI: Sonatina 6 (Carmen) and MEDTNER Danza Festiva

Always a favorite!

Papy Oli

#24939
June 01, 2014, 03:37:04 AM
Good morning all  :)

Revisiting Brendel's Haydn... to ascertain whether this is sufficient for my needs or if I actually need a full sonata cycle to complement it  :blank:

Olivier
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