What are you listening to now?

[Moonfish]

Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette  Op.17  (excerpts)
- Grande fete chez Capulet
- La reine Mab
- Scene d'amour
- Roméo au tombeau des Capulets

Berliner Philharmoniker/Maazel     [1957]

Excellent!

[Mirror Image]

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique         London SO/Boulez

A revisit to one of my favorites to increase my Berlioz dosage! Boulez's performance definitely puts this recording at the top of the game. Warm, vivid and electrical soundscapes! Yay!

My thoughts as well. Excellent performance.

[Todd]

A little Ligeti.

[Ken B]

Mozart, PC 20
Kirshnereit, Bamberg, Beerman
From the Arte Nova box

[Moonfish]

Berlioz:
Harold en Italie              Primrose
Les nuits d'été                Victoria de los Angeles

Boston SO/Munch

Victoria de los Angeles' voice is charming!

[Ken B]

Berlioz:
Harold en Italie              Primrose
Les nuits d'été                Victoria de los Angeles

Boston SO/Munch

Victoria de los Angeles' voice is charming!

Ever heard the Ozawa R&J on Dg?

[Moonfish]

Ever heard the Ozawa R&J on Dg?

Not yet! I did like the Maazel performance earlier today. Is the Ozawa an epic performance? Is it in the Ozawa DG compilation you purchased?   

No, I see that it isn't. An OOP recording but with a Japanese re-release?

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[Mirror Image]

Tired of seeing all the French music being played here. It's time to give this board a cold breeze from the North -



Listening to Nykken. Remarkable work and performance.

[Moonfish]

Tired of seeing all the French music being played here. It's time to give this board a cold breeze from the North -

Ça te changera les idées...   

[Mirror Image]

Ça te changera les idées...   

Det tror jag inte!

[Ken B]

Not yet! I did like the Maazel performance earlier today. Is the Ozawa an epic performance? Is it in the Ozawa DG compilation you purchased?   

No, I see that it isn't. An OOP recording but with a Japanese re-release?

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It is not in the box I purchased, alas. I had it in high school, and it's excellent.

[Ken B]

Mozart, PC 20
Kirshnereit, Bamberg, Beerman
From the Arte Nova box

An interesting performance. Very lively, less smokily romantic. Not a top choice but good.

Now 21, a piece I know backwards (possibly the piece I have heard most often). Again an interesting performance, quite excellent. It has a lot of drive and momentum.

Nearing the end of my traversal of this box, which I give high marks.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



A new acquisition. Listening to Maskarade Overture. Riveting!

[Moonfish]

Det tror jag inte!

0:)

[Moonfish]

Vivaldi: Bassoon Concertos             Daniel Smith/English Chamber O/Ledger

[The new erato]

Tired of seeing all the French music being played here. It's time to give this board a cold breeze from the North -

9 degrees centigrade in Tveitt's home county today. Brrrr..........!

[Karl Henning]

Good question, and one I can't answer right now. I think I've only listened to the cycle once before and have very little memory beyond the fact it's sonically a wonderland. The recent explosion in interest (in the Shosty thread) has me listening once again.

Sarge

I appreciate that, and am patient for whenever you feel you may have an answer 

[Karl Henning]

Thus it is written! I listened to Szell and it is good.

Splendid, and yes, it is 

[Karl Henning]

Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust                      Graham/Moser/van Dam/Orchestre et Chœur de l'Opéra de Lyon/Nagano

As an auditory atmosphere while reading Berlioz's memoirs...   

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Don't be afraid to go back and focus full attention on this;  marvelous piece, through and through!

[San Antone]

Bad cover; good playing.