What are you listening to now?

[Karl Henning]

With thanks to Mahlerian.

http://www.youtube.com/v/pl1oL-ybIPU

[Mahlerian]

With thanks to Mahlerian.

http://www.youtube.com/v/pl1oL-ybIPU

Your thoughts on the work?  Even among his didactic pieces, I prefer the Suite for Strings, which has more charm, but I don't hate anything Schoenberg composed.

[Karl Henning]

Your thoughts on the work?

I like it, I should think it a fun piece to play.

[Karl Henning]

http://www.youtube.com/v/Qu3uZ4Yurvc

[Ken B]

ZOWIE

Somebody posted Book 1 of the Walcha Archiv recording of the WTC on YouTube.

Ooooo. And Book II is there as well.

I wore that out on vinyl. The Penguin dissed it as "pedantic". I bought everything they called pedantic!

I need to get better headphones at work ...

[aligreto]

Brahms: Symphony No. 2 [Toscanini]....





This is a terrific performance, powerful and lyrical. It will not be to everyone's liking however due to the old, mono recording but the performance, for me, more than compensates for this.

[aligreto]

More Beecham on now! Beecham's Beethoven recordings are amongst my favourite recordings of this composer. For someone who professed to dislike Beethoven he conducted him allot. I will listen to his Seventh later,and verify for myself whether it sounds like "a lot of yaks jumping about"?!!

I had nor heard that one before 

[André]

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2017/05/norman-ludvig-1831-1885-symphony-no-1-3.html?spref=tw

His music is to a certain extent melodious, albeit not very inventive.

I have his sesond symphony and like it very much. Very pleasant (as well as his Songs), but I agree it is not from a very strong musical personality.



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A very songful interpretation. Beautiful sound.

[Spineur]

CD 4,5,6 Two centuries of operas: from Rameau to Strauss with some Wagner.  There are excerpts from the german and the french version of Salomé and the contrast is huge

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[Que]

Starting with this set.
After Harry ordered  a dozen sets at bargain price at jpc for his musical friends, luckily there was a copy left for me.... 

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Disc 1 has Malcom Wilson, Tom Beghin and David Breitman playing sonatas nos. 1-3 on instruments after Anton Walter 1795.

Packing is and old fashioned "brick", though thankfully the damage to my shelf space is limited by the use of five slim double cases. Super thick booklet though...
Anyway, early days yet but the sound of a proper period instrument is to me always a huge advantage - I can't help myself.... 
So...this is actually my 1st cycle on period instruments...  Due to the fact Paul Komen never finished his cycle for Globe, that I have mixed feelings on Ronald Brautigam and I would have to sell my car to order the Astrée set by Paul Badura-Skoda from Japan  (though I might do that one day....)

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2002/Jan02/Beethoven_sonatas_claves.htm

Q

[cilgwyn]

I'm listening to the first cd of this 3 cd set of Beecham conducting Mozart Symphonies. I love  the vigour,elegance and warmth of these performances. Good mono sound too from these transfers. Add a little bass from the remote. A lovely set. I've had hours of pleasure from it. One of Beecham's best if you like Mozart and Beecham! 

[Maestro267]

Holst: Choral Symphony
Palmer (soprano), London Philharmonic Choir
London PO/Boult

I have to say, the Scherzo of this (setting Keats' Fancy and Folly's Song) reminds me of that part of Carmina Burana that goes "Bibit hera, bibit herus/Bibit miles, bibit clerus..." and so on.

[André]

The programme is very well tailored to present the roles of Roméo, Marguerite, Faust, Werther and Charlotte in a digest form. It is very well sung by two francophone singers. Jobin doesn't break a sweat with the leaps in his arias. What's missing then, is not vocal security, but dramatic intensity. Kolassi is no great shakes as a diseuse. Callas outsings and outpoints her at every turn in the big arias. In their very different ways, Danco and Crespin had more allure too.  Similarly, Kraus and Vanzo bring a striking ring to their declamation and grace in the arias, whereas Jobin is content to display his usual unsubtle, charmless, bovine tenor tones.

Buy this for a very good, but not quite distinctive recital of favourite French opera scenes/arias.

[Todd]

It's been a long while. 

[Spineur]

[Pat B]

So...this is actually my 1st cycle on period instruments...  Due to the fact Paul Komen never finished his cycle for Globe, that I have mixed feelings on Ronald Brautigam and I would have to sell my car to order the Astrée set by Paul Badura-Skoda from Japan  (though I might do that one day....)

I hope you enjoy it. Keep us posted.

It's a bummer that Komen stopped.

Badura-Skoda is on spotify, which may help you decide whether you'd prefer your car.

I am getting close to having all 32 on fortepiano by various artists.

[nodogen]

Schubert
String Quartets
Melos Quartet

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[SimonNZ]

ZOWIE

Somebody posted Book 1 of the Walcha Archiv recording of the WTC on YouTube.

Ooooo. And Book II is there as well.

I wore that out on vinyl. The Penguin dissed it as "pedantic". I bought everything they called pedantic!

I need to get better headphones at work ...

Walcha's EMI recording of the WTC from twelve years earlier is one of my favorites. Can't remember the Archiv as well, but might take this as a prompt to give it a play later today.

now:



Beethoven's Cello Sonatas Op.5 - Alberto Kanji, cello, Liliane Kans, fortepiano

edit: an absolutely superb disc, possibly the best performance I've heard of these works

[André]

Classically shaped, sensitive and perfectly balanced reading from Skrowaczewski and his Saarland forces.

[Wakefield]

Starting with this set.
After Harry ordered  a dozen sets at bargain price at jpc for his musical friends, luckily there was a copy left for me.... 

[asin]B0000266YE[/asin]
Disc 1 has Malcom Wilson, Tom Beghin and David Breitman playing sonatas nos. 1-3 on instruments after Anton Walter 1795.

Packing is and old fashioned "brick", though thankfully the damage to my shelf space is limited by the use of five slim double cases. Super thick booklet though...
Anyway, early days yet but the sound of a proper period instrument is to me always a huge advantage - I can't help myself.... 
So...this is actually my 1st cycle on period instruments...  Due to the fact Paul Komen never finished his cycle for Globe, that I have mixed feelings on Ronald Brautigam and I would have to sell my car to order the Astrée set by Paul Badura-Skoda from Japan  (though I might do that one day....)

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2002/Jan02/Beethoven_sonatas_claves.htm

Q

Indeed, around five or more years ago, I sold my own car to purchase this Claves set!!! (fake comment, I have never driven, and I will never do...).

To celebrate this purchase, I will listen to some Beethoven, too:

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