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Todd

#38140
January 17, 2015, 04:21:27 PM
Quote from: André on January 17, 2015, 04:08:11 PMThe Rosary sonatas are magnificent works




Of that there is no doubt.
The universe is change; life is opinion. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

People would rather believe than know - E.O. Wilson

Propaganda death ensemble - Tom Araya

Bogey

#38141
January 17, 2015, 04:25:27 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on January 17, 2015, 12:12:07 PM
Schumann: String Quartet Op 41.1                   Végh Quartet
Schumann: Piano Quintet Op 44                   R. Serkin/Végh Quartet
(recorded at the Prades Festival, Dec 6, 1956)

The ensemble's performance of Op 44 is magical!

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Top shelf stuff!
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Moonfish

#38142
January 17, 2015, 04:35:45 PM Last Edit: January 17, 2015, 07:29:34 PM by Moonfish
Vaughan Williams:
Norfolk Rhapsody No 1          London PO/Haitink
The Lark Ascending            Chang/LPO/Haitink

The Lark Ascending has always been one of my favorite pieces evoking images of soaring landscapes and sky. Chang played it beautifully!

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Moonfish

#38143
January 17, 2015, 04:36:38 PM
Quote from: Bogey on January 17, 2015, 04:25:27 PM
Top shelf stuff!
Yes, somehow time slows down and only the music exists....
"Every time you spend money you are casting a vote for the kind of world you want...."
Anna Lappé

kishnevi

#38144
January 17, 2015, 05:18:52 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on January 17, 2015, 04:35:45 PM
Vaughan Williams:
Norfolk Rhapsody No 1          London PO/Haitink
The Lark Ascending            Chang/LPO/Haitink

The Lark Ascending has always been one of my favorite pieces evoking images of soaring landscapes and sky. Chung played it beautifully!

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SynVaughnicity!

CD1 Symphony 1 Sea Symphony
CD2 Norfolk Rhapsody 1 Tallis Fantasia Symphony 2 London Symphony

Mirror Image

#38145
January 17, 2015, 07:15:51 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on January 17, 2015, 04:35:45 PM
Vaughan Williams:
Norfolk Rhapsody No 1          London PO/Haitink
The Lark Ascending            Chang/LPO/Haitink

The Lark Ascending has always been one of my favorite pieces evoking images of soaring landscapes and sky. Chung played it beautifully!

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Nice! My favorite The Lark Ascending performance is Michael Davis with Bryden Thomson conducting the LSO on Chandos. Pure magic! Every nuance is brought to fore in this performance. Another favorite is Hugh Bean with Adrian Boult. Classic!

Moonfish

#38146
January 17, 2015, 07:20:19 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 17, 2015, 07:15:51 PM
Nice! My favorite The Lark Ascending performance is Michael Davis with Bryden Thomson conducting the LSO on Chandos. Pure magic! Every nuance is brought to fore in this performance. Another favorite is Hugh Bean with Adrian Boult. Classic!

Yes, the Bean/Boult recording definitely has an amazing reputation. I am not at all familiar with the Davis/Thomson. What is your opinion of Hahn's performance of The Lark Ascending?
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Moonfish

#38147
January 17, 2015, 07:21:02 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on January 17, 2015, 05:18:52 PM
SynVaughnicity!

CD1 Symphony 1 Sea Symphony
CD2 Norfolk Rhapsody 1 Tallis Fantasia Symphony 2 London Symphony

It is a RVW virus!!!!   ??? ??? ::)
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Anna Lappé

Ken B

#38148
January 17, 2015, 07:27:53 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on January 17, 2015, 07:21:02 PM
It is a RVW virus!!!!   ??? ??? ::)

A benign infection, but a risk factor for the debilitating Elgar virus, so be careful out there.

Moonfish

#38149
January 17, 2015, 07:28:09 PM
Holst: The Planets        Ambrosian Singers/New Philharmonia O/Boult  (1966)

Stellar performance! Similar power as his 1945 recording but the sound is obviously immensely better.



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Daverz

#38150
January 17, 2015, 07:35:03 PM Last Edit: January 17, 2015, 07:39:13 PM by Daverz
Quote from: Moonfish on January 17, 2015, 07:21:02 PM
It is a RVW virus!!!!   ??? ??? ::)

Must have got me, too.  Earlier I was listening to the Symphony No. 6

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Now: Schumann, Piano Trio 1

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Mirror Image

#38151
January 17, 2015, 07:38:32 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on January 17, 2015, 07:20:19 PM
Yes, the Bean/Boult recording definitely has an amazing reputation. I am not at all familiar with the Davis/Thomson. What is your opinion of Hahn's performance of The Lark Ascending?

Hahn's performance is flawless but the recording is marred by Colin Davis' insistent mumbling and grunting. Another Lark performance I like is Kennedy/Rattle.

HIPster

#38152
January 17, 2015, 08:05:55 PM
Quote from: Gordo on January 17, 2015, 03:33:53 PM
Personally, I prefer Glen Wilson to both of them.

I love his ascetic approach, so clean, almost Cartesian; but even so, full of attention to details and sensuality as coming from the sound itself. 

Some days ago, I listened to the "Glosas" (including all the Cabezón clan) and it's a superb disk, even more immediately appealing than the previous "Complete Tientos and Diferencias." :)

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Coolness. . .   8)

Excellent reviews, Gordo.
Wise words from Que:

Never waste a good reason for a purchase....  ;)

Mirror Image

#38153
January 17, 2015, 08:22:26 PM
Now:



Listening to Suite for Orchestra 'The B's'. Great stuff.

Artem

#38154
January 17, 2015, 08:32:48 PM
Not an easy listening.

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Moonfish

#38155
January 17, 2015, 10:31:19 PM
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 5          London PO/Haitink

I couldn't resist the symphony. I have always liked RVW's 5th, but this time I sensed a greater depth and warmth within it than in previous listening sessions. I tend to enjoy the more pastoral side of RVW and the 5th fits the bill.

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Mandryka

#38156
January 18, 2015, 12:31:20 AM Last Edit: January 18, 2015, 12:56:39 AM by Mandryka
Quote from: Gordo on January 17, 2015, 03:33:53 PM
Personally, I prefer Glen Wilson to both of them.

I love his ascetic approach, so clean, almost Cartesian; but even so, full of attention to details and sensuality as coming from the sound itself. 

Some days ago, I listened to the "Glosas" (including all the Cabezón clan) and it's a superb disk, even more immediately appealing than the previous "Complete Tientos and Diferencias." :)



:)

Two sides of Spain. Erdas -- languid in the sunshine, theme tune from The Deer Hunter,  Sangrila and tapas on the beach, siesta. Wilson -- Carmen, flamenco, duende, macho, fight outside a bar in Magaluf, corrida.

There's a thing called Malheur me bat. It's amusing to just listen to how Erdas reacts to being beaten down by bad luck (she weeps) and how Wilson reacts (he rails, and then something else, I can't find the word, in the second half.)

Erdas is helped by ravishing sound, and Wilson is hindered by the opposite.

I like the idea of a cartesian interpretation, like logical and getting down to the essence of the music, getting rid of anything dubious. But I'm not sure it makes sense really.
Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen

The new erato

#38157
January 18, 2015, 12:39:08 AM Last Edit: January 18, 2015, 01:08:28 AM by The new erato
Some odds and ends by Respighi:

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As with much Respighi very enjoyable and occasionally very beautiful without reaching very much further than that. Fine recording too.

listener

#38158
January 18, 2015, 01:04:47 AM
If that rain continues, I will not go out and will listen to
PALESTRINA: The 'Pope Marcellus' Mass,  Missa Brevis
Kong's College Choir, Cambridge   David Willcocks, cond.
4 BACH Cantatas  BWV.107-110:  Was willst du dich betrüben, Es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe, Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben!  User Mund sei voll Lachens  (that's a cheery one for today)
from the Telefuinken series with Harnoncourt and Leonhardt
TISHCHENKO: Concerto for Cello, winds, percussion and organ
Rostropovich, cello      winds of the Leningrad Philharmonic
SHOSTAKOVICH:  Piano Trio no.2 in e
Rostropovich, cello  Vaiman, violin    Serebryakov, piano
GINASTERA: Pampeana  no.3 (Pastoral Sinfonica)
KHACHATURIAN::  Dance Suite
Warsaw Philharmonic    Donn Laurence Mills, cond.
"Keep your hand on the throttle and your eye on the rail as you walk through life's pathway."

Que

#38159
January 18, 2015, 01:53:15 AM
Got out of bed rather late today - some morning listening:



Disc 6: Music for a Reformed Church

Harry revisited this set a while ago - excellent idea! :)
It has been reissued, so if looking for a good deal, get that one - but the cover is not as nice as previously:
http://www.amazon.com/Tallis-Complete-Chapelle-Du-Roi/dp/B005JWXA1K/

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