What are you listening to now?

[Moonfish]

Sibelius: Symphony No 7       Pittsburgh SO/Maazel

Enjoyed Maazel's rendition of the 7th much more than the 4th....

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[Mirror Image]

Ahh, I have never heard Abbado's Strauss? Is his performance riveting?

It's quite good, Peter. I wouldn't say it's on par with my favorites in these works: HvK, Kempe, or Reiner, but these are still quite energetic readings. I would say Tod und Verklärung is the best performance here. I've heard better Don Juan and Till Eulenspiegel performances. I don't think Abbado is quite a natural in Strauss, but these aren't bad performances or I wasn't disappointed. Perhaps I will warm up to them in time.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Song of Summer. Fantastic work and performance.

[Mandryka]

Sergio Vartolo plays Frescobaldi's capricci. This is my favourite harpsichord recording of Capricci, which are Frescobaldi's greatest achievement. I like it most because of the vision: for Vartolo these are songs without words, madrigals without words. Rubato and phrasing as eloquent as a singer's.  The courage of the rhetorical vision is astonishing and life enhancing: Vartolo pauses the music, rests, to allow ideas to percolate into the lister's soul, just as an orator would pause to enabe a listener to digest his thoughts. From the point of technique it's a miracle of flexibility - natural organic rubato held together by an inexorable forward motion. Vartolo's sense of the pulse of the music is peerless. The music never wonders despite the tempi and the rests and the agogics: Vartolo takes you by the hand and leads you to the end.

I believe this is one of the greatest harpsichord recordings ever made - same league as Leonhardt's Teldec Froberger or Egarr's second recording of Louis Couperin.

[The new erato]

Yes, Gal's Symphony No. 2 is quite good indeed. I love that Adagio movement.

I've replayed that movement several times.

[Harry]

I've replayed that movement several times.

As I will do, when I come to the second symphony.

[Que]

I believe this is one of the greatest harpsichord recordings ever made - same league as Leonhardt's Teldec Froberger or Egarr's second recording of Louis Couperin.

This must you cup of tea then!   

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Let me know if you would be in for a cheap copy in excellent condition...

Q

[Que]

Morning listening is disc 3 of this set:

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I don't know if Harry would need any reassurance on my view of this set, but this sounds really excellent.

Q

[Harry]

Morning listening is disc 3 of this set:

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I don't know if Harry would need any reassurance on my view of this set, but this sounds really excellent.

Q

I need to hear that my recommendation was a good one.............

[EigenUser]

TD Brahms 2 and 3, Klemps
Old friends these, and top notch.

Time for payback (for incessantly calling La Mer 'boring').

Brahms 2.

Saw it live once.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz <--- (me)

[Madiel]

Introducing myself to the Oboe Concerto today.

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The extremely moody opening is certainly ear-catching.

[prémont]

Sergio Vartolo plays Frescobaldi's capricci. This is my favourite harpsichord recording of Capricci, which are Frescobaldi's greatest achievement. I like it most because of the vision: for Vartolo these are songs without words, madrigals without words. Rubato and phrasing as eloquent as a singer's.  The courage of the rhetorical vision is astonishing and life enhancing: Vartolo pauses the music, rests, to allow ideas to percolate into the lister's soul, just as an orator would pause to enabe a listener to digest his thoughts. From the point of technique it's a miracle of flexibility - natural organic rubato held together by an inexorable forward motion. Vartolo's sense of the pulse of the music is peerless. The music never wonders despite the tempi and the rests and the agogics: Vartolo takes you by the hand and leads you to the end.

In contrast to Que I am one of those finding Vartolos rhetorical approach to Frescobaldi very convincing, but generally I prefer some more momentum.

I believe this is one of the greatest harpsichord recordings ever made - same league as Leonhardt's Teldec Froberger

Don´t you mean his first Froberger CD for DHM (ca 1965) ??

[Madiel]

Introducing myself to String Quartet No.21 (the 1st Prussian).

Simply glorious.

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[Wanderer]

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A superb supplement to their celebrated symphony cycle; these renditions are truly electrifying. And at last, I've found an interpretation of Die Weihe des Hauses that's as good as (if not better than) the Abbado/BPO.

[Madiel]

I ended up giving myself a string quartet concert for the evening.

Mozart No.21 with the Alban Bergs, as previously mentioned.

Brahms No.2 with the Melos Quartet

Shostakovich No.6 with the Fitzwilliams.

Highly enjoyable stuff all round!

[ritter]

Yesterday, from the new Boulez /  Domaine Musical set on Accord:


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CD 5, with Stravinsky's Concertino for 12 instruments, the Symphonies for wind instruments and Renard (all under Boulez), the 3 Pieces for clarinet (Guy Deplus), the 3 Pieces for string quartet (the Parennin), and Agon (under Rosbaud).

I've owned these recordings for years, but hadn't listened to them for quite a while. The music and the performances are nothing short of miraculous...great, great music and music-making! 

[Karl Henning]

Yesterday, from the new Boulez /  Domaine Musical set on Accord:


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CD 5, with Stravinsky's Concertino for 12 instruments, the Symphonies for wind instruments and Renard (all under Boulez), the 3 Pieces for clarinet (Guy Deplus), the 3 Pieces for string quartet (the Parennin), and Agon (under Rosbaud).

I've owned these recordings for years, but hadn't listened to them for quite a while. The music and the performances are nothing short of miraculous...great, great music and music-making! 

Good stuff, indeed!

[Drasko]

[EigenUser]

Shostakovich SQs 4, 6, and 7.
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[Pat B]

Ligeti: Cello Concerto (Queyras, Boulez). First listen.

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Hmmm.