What are you listening to now?

[NikF]

....and you certainly appear to have the "gift of the gab" too   
You know, if the Brexit thing gets a bit rough on you guys, there is a nice, fun loving, relatively empty island off your west coast where you just might fit in 

Yes, I'm kind of aware of that and it's certainly a nice ability to possess and one that I've benefited from greatly. 

And I meant to add in my previous post that having bought a CD by Seóirse Bodley it helped reveal the existence of the 'Marco Polo Irish Composer Series' and so there's lots more there for me to explore. Having said that, I was hugely impressed by what I heard an 'American Classics' Naxos disc - the third symphony of Ned Rorem. Generally speaking, it's a real pleasure to be finding these composers.

[Karl Henning]

Interesting comment Karl. I find that a lot with the "older guys" which is why I constantly dig into my vinyl vault - just to hear those "different" interpretations.

I enjoyed the Scène aux champs very well, lovely sound, very sensitive ensemble.  The Marche au supplice, though, was brash in tone, and the sound stage was on the shallow end.

[aligreto]

JS Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 BWV 1052 played by Leonhardt....

[aligreto]

Well, but I think Carmen was rather too sassy for any veil.

Yes, perhaps so 

[aligreto]

Yes, Ashkenazy's recordings are passionate ones. They're in fact the only recordings I know (picked them up years ago, possibly it was a Penguin Guide recommendation), but I've no real desire to look for others. Certainly 1, 2 and 4 all have some blazing moments. And most reviews of the cycle indicate I've got a pretty good one!

I presume that you have the companion set to complete the cycle?

[aligreto]

Yes, I'm kind of aware of that and it's certainly a nice ability to possess and one that I've benefited from greatly. 

And I meant to add in my previous post that having bought a CD by Seóirse Bodley it helped reveal the existence of the 'Marco Polo Irish Composer Series' and so there's lots more there for me to explore. Having said that, I was hugely impressed by what I heard an 'American Classics' Naxos disc - the third symphony of Ned Rorem. Generally speaking, it's a real pleasure to be finding these composers.

Oh, good for you; that  'Marco Polo Irish Composer Series' has some good stuff in there and it will not take you too long to make your way through it if that is your intention as there are not too many of them 

[aligreto]

I enjoyed the Scène aux champs very well, lovely sound, very sensitive ensemble.  The Marche au supplice, though, was brash in tone, and the sound stage was on the shallow end.

Ah, if only we had today's recording technology back then.

[marvinbrown]

  Last night after work:

  Vol. 40 of the Complete Mozart Edition 1990-1991: Le Nozze di Figaro:

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  Davis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in this wonderful recording.

  marvin

[Madiel]

I presume that you have the companion set to complete the cycle?

Yes.

[Mirror Image]

Earlier today: Sibelius 1st

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The more I listen to this symphony, the more I love it. Commentary to the effect that it's not yet the "true" Sibelius does the work a great disservice I think. To me it's as fine a 1st as any.

Yep, that's a good symphony for sure. One of the better first symphonies I've heard.

[Karl Henning]

Ah, if only we had today's recording technology back then.

No worries, we've got it today 

[Florestan]

Ultra-Romantic music, full of passion, yearning and pain. Me loves it.

[Sergeant Rock]

Mahler Symphony No.3, Bychkov conducting the WDRSO Köln




Sarge

[Brian]

Mahler Symphony No.3, Bychkov conducting the WDRSO Köln




Sarge

That one looks good - how is it?

I'm on Bruckner and Barenboim today.

4/8 - Chicago
9 - new Staatskapelle

[Mister Sharpe]

One of my favorite Delius works, but one even his fans might miss, the Sonata in One Movement for Cello & Piano from 1916.  As Arthur Hutchings, no mean judge himself, put it: "whether people choose to recognize the fact or not, this work is a masterpiece, almost flawless in its perfection." [from the insert]

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[Mister Sharpe]

I too always liked Ashkenazy's Sibelius 1 & 2. I always found that they emphasise the drama in those works. These are beautiful recordings made in a lovely warm acoustic.

+1 (but to be taken cum grano salis as I'm keen on Ashkenazy as a rule)

[André]

Ultra-Romantic music, full of passion, yearning and pain. Me loves it.

+2 (it's a 2-disc set  ).  One of the best collections of chamber music I know. Amazing stuff indeed.

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Very nice. The violoncelle d'amour is a reconstructed instrument, sort of a 'light' cello.

[Mister Sharpe]

Ultra-Romantic music, full of passion, yearning and pain. Me loves it.

Good grief, what a cover!  What's it a detail of?

[Karl Henning]

Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique, Op.14
SFSO
Monteux
Recorded 15 Apr 1945

[Florestan]

Good grief, what a cover!  What's it a detail of?

http://www.bertc.com/subfour/g57/levy-dhurmer.htm