What are you listening to now?

[Mahlerian]

And again:

https://www.youtube.com/v/x025Jli-rbA

Aw, I'm flattered.

[Karl Henning]

You're fluttered? 

[SurprisedByBeauty]

Candidate for Top 10 Ugliest Covers?

I think so.


#morninglistening to #Schubert, almost: #Saxophone improvisations on Die #Winterreise. Int... http://ift.tt/2nW3KTq

[Drasko]

Candidate for Top 10 Ugliest Covers?

Wow! Just ... wow! 




Act III

[Spineur]

I dont think there is anybody else here listening to Vaclav Tomasek.  A Czech composer, born two decade before Schubert and outlived him by the same amount.  The song cycle here, quite reminiscent of Schubert's is really lovely.  I will be getting the new Supraphon release of this composer when it becomes available

[SurprisedByBeauty]

Wow! Just ... wow! 

I quipped initially that it must have been done by the girlfriend of one of the artists.

Then I asked. It was made by the girlfriend of one of the artists! 

[Todd]

Disc three, the first and second string quartets from Brahms.  I bought the set for the Schumann but the Brahms ain't none too shabby.  The same traits inform the first two quartets that informed the other discs.  An excellent all-rounder.  Maybe not Budapest Quartet good here, but that's a tall order.

[Harry]

I dont think there is anybody else here listening to Vaclav Tomasek. 

In that you are mistaken. 

[aligreto]

Brahms: Symphony No. 3 [Mackerras]....





This is grand, sweeping performance. The brass sounds great throughout.

[aligreto]

Looks interesting Toccata&Fugue

TD: disc 2



Lots of musical inventivness.  I will pursue my Caldara exploration

Excellent. I look forward to some recommendations 

[aligreto]

Atterberg: Symphony for strings, op. 53

Camerata Nordica, Ulf Wallin

What a beautiful work! It's like the 'Cinderella' among his symphonies.

That is a recent purchase of mine. It is in the listening queue, possibly tonight 

[aligreto]

And again:

https://www.youtube.com/v/x025Jli-rbA

Aw, I'm flattered.

I like that piece 

[Karl Henning]

I quipped initially that it must have been done by the girlfriend of one of the artists.

Then I asked. It was made by the girlfriend of one of the artists! 

You're clairvoyant!

[Karl Henning]

I like that piece 

Good!  I do, too (which is why I went back to listen again)  0:)

[Spineur]

Véronique Gens has a new album coming on the alpha label in june entitled "Visions"

[Drasko]

I quipped initially that it must have been done by the girlfriend of one of the artists.

Then I asked. It was made by the girlfriend of one of the artists! 

Nepotism, guarantee of quality since Borgias.

[Que]

Love that! 

Q

[aligreto]

Boccherini: Cello Concertos Nos. 7 & 8 [played by Bronzi]....

[Mahlerian]

I like that piece 

Many thanks to you as well.

[Todd]

Alexander Uninsky won the second International Chopin Competition, so one would hope he knows how to play Chopin.  On the evidence of this set of Mazurkas, he does, but the results are a bit mixed.  The first thing of note is that Uninsky likes to play fast, perhaps too fast at times, especially in the earlier works.  There also seems to be something of a recording date effect, whereby the 1959-61 recordings tend to be faster than the 1971 recordings.  The playing is quite literal much of the time, and while there is some personal rubato, this is not a set for people who like highly individual playing.  To be sure, some of the later, more famous Mazurkas sound quite good, and Uninsky's rare and discreet vocalization seems to indicate the ones he really likes.  The Berceuse is lovely but quick, and the Impromptus are just way too fast for my taste.