What are you listening to now?

[DavidRoss]

I have her with Gardiner, David.  Are you familiar with that recording and if so, how do they compare?

Sorry, Bill, I don't have Gardiner so couldn't say.

Bach - Mass In B Minor (Minkowski) CD 1 from this set (Kyrie and Gloria):

Winner!

May have to revisit Pierlot's Magnificat later on in the day today.  That recording affected me deeply on a first listen yesterday. . .

I'd like to hear that one. How does this youtube one compare, or is the CD a recording of the same performance?
http://www.youtube.com/v/kFd3WAUXc5Q

[Bogey]

From the big box.  Splendid playing of third rate music.

Top shelf, Todd.

[Rinaldo]

Hey, did you know that Bang on a Can has a webstore where you can stream whole releases for free?



I guess you did, but I did not and now I feel like I just walked into paradise.

[Lisztianwagner]

I'm sorry... I had gotten the impression, for better or worse, fair or unfair, that you were a staunch, immune-to-reason-or-rationale, nuance-free Karajan-fan at all, indeed any cost.

If that isn't in fact so, I apologize and I shall look more carefully to pick up on the signals you send through your posts and comments and restrain from repeating the above remark uncritically.

Cheers.

P.S. We are all partial, to some degrees and well of not thinking that we are immune to at least some partiality.

Ok. That's true I'm a huge Karajan fan, he is my favourite conductor and that I think his recordings are absolutely brilliant, beautifully expressive and powerfully thrilling; but it doesn't mean I'm always partial and deaf to Karajan's defects, like, for example, polishing up a bit too much the performances, especially those ones of the contemporary composers, to keep their beauty and their harmony, sacrificing the passion and the rawness (like in Stravinsky, Nielsen No.4, some parts of Bizet's Carmen, Strauss' Egyptian March). I always try to be as objective as possible.

[Lisztianwagner]

Now:

Richard Wagner
Der fliegende Holländer

Andris Nelsons
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

[TheGSMoeller]

Hey, did you know that Bang on a Can has a webstore where you can stream whole releases for free?



I guess you did, but I did not and now I feel like I just walked into paradise.

You listen to anything and everything by David Lang. One of best still writing music today.

[Rinaldo]

You listen to anything and everything by David Lang. One of best still writing music today.

Men is amazing.

Now onto another first listen:

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Midway through, deep in awe.

[Geo Dude]

Bach - Mass In B Minor (Minkowski) CD 1 from this set (Kyrie and Gloria):

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May have to revisit Pierlot's Magnificat later on in the day today.  That recording affected me deeply on a first listen yesterday. . .

Oooh, I wasn't aware that Minkowski had recorded the Mass.  That one is wishlisted for future reference.

[Karl Henning]

Top shelf, Todd.

Aye, I don't feel that the Vivaldi sonatas are third-rate music . . . heck, maybe Todd was being wry.

[Bogey]

Aye, I don't feel that the Vivaldi sonatas are third-rate music . . . heck, maybe Todd was being wry.

One of my favorite "V" discs on the shelf, Karl.

[jochanaan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=1AwFutIcnrULeonard Bernstein leading the Vienna Philharmonic in Mahler 3, about (I guess) the 1980s.

[Todd]

Eine Alpensinfonie

[Bogey]

Nice spring evening here in the Denver area.  Thanks to Todd,piping this out to the back porch while we dine:

[DavidRoss]

Via Mog:



And loving it! Into the cart it goes!

[HIPster]

V for Vivaldi!

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I like Zefiro's performance here quite a lot!

Pairs nicely with this Nero D'Avola in my glass. . .

Cheers!

[Gold Knight]

Anton Bruckner--Symphony No.0 in D Minor {1869 Version}, performed by the Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra under Roberto Paternostro.
Ludwig Van Beethoven--Symphony No.1 in C Major, Op.21 and Symphony No.6 in F Major, Op.68 {"Pastoral"}. Both symphonies feature Maestro Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra.

[Que]

fresh from BRO, though I already listened to it once while still on vacation in the US.

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Picked this from the various options available (all at BRO, amazingly) - quite happy with the choice.

Oh, these works are actually for two organs, though the booklet explains that for practical purposes they would have been performed on harpsichords and might have been written for a special chamber organ with two vis-a-vis manuals. Anyway, it works absolutely great on harpsichords! I guess you guys probably remember that I dote on double harpsichord stuff.

Q

[Sergeant Rock]

Bax Symphony #1 E flat, Thomson conducting the LPO




Sarge

[madaboutmahler]

Good afternoon, all!

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The 9th symphony. Have always loved this piece.

Please sign up for the Strauss Blind Comparison lightening round by the way if you wish! Likely to only take 40 minutes of your time, and it's such a beautiful miniature!

[North Star]

first listens (these performances)

Bartók: Mandarin
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7*

Chailly & Berlin RSO / RCO*

From here:
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V for Vivaldi!

I like Zefiro's performance here quite a lot!

Pairs nicely with this Nero D'Avola in my glass. . .

Cheers!

That's a great disc of Vivaldi, HIPster!