What are you listening to now?

[Karl Henning]

Cheers, Karlo!

And now, also for the first time:

Schubert, arr. Koechlin
Wandererfantasie, D.760

[asin]B07574QX4Y[/asin]

[North Star]

Cheers, Karlo!

And now, also for the first time:

Schubert, arr. Koechlin
Wandererfantasie, D.760

I don't think I listened to that one earlier, so might as well give it a go now.

[Judith]

Over the last two days been listening to

Sibelius Symphony no 6
Sir John Barbirolli
Halle Orchestra

from Sibelius Box Set

Twitter recommendation and I was impressed. 


Bruckner Symphony no 9
Riccardo Muti
Chicago Symphony Orchestra

My favourite Bruckner Symphony


Bruckner Symphony no 1
Riccardo Chailly
German Symphony Orchestra of Berlin

from Bruckner Box Set

Another Twitter recommendation.  Challenging but feel that if I listen to it a few times, will get easier


Tchaikovsky Symphony no 3 (Polish)
Riccardo Muti
Philharmonia Orchestra

from Tchaikovsky Box Set

Although not very familiar with this symphony, heard final movement being played on radio and loved it.

[Biffo]

Thanks.  All I really now of the piece is, that together with Ledi Makbet Mtsenskovo Uyezda it drew ire in "Muddle Instead of Music."

It may, all the same, be B- or even C-grade Shostakovich.  (And I do not know any C-grade, directly  0:)  )

A few years ago I had a spell of enthusiasm for the ballets brought on by listening to the suites. I bought the complete The Limpid Stream (as above) and The Golden Age (Serebrier/RSNO - Naxos). I think both outstay their welcome as complete ballets and the suites are a better bet. I also have The Bolt as a DVD and I suspect that without the inventive visuals it would be overlong as well. I also think that musically that it is better than the other two. The Limpid Stream was a big success until it was banned. I can't remember if it was directly mentioned in 'Muddle instead of Music' or whether it was collateral damage.

[bhodges]

It's just possible that they are all at a fairly uniform, high standard.

0:)

Your thesis would be correct, sir.

--Bruce

[bhodges]

Was just listening to the same forces in the Eighth last week. Made me wish I had heard Giulini live.

--Bruce

[andolink]

Was just listening to the same forces in the Eighth last week. Made me wish I had heard Giulini live.

--Bruce

I've just lately been getting my feet wet with Bruckner symphony recordings and this is one of the 9th with Giulini from 1988, I really can't imagine could be done better.
 

[bhodges]

I've just lately been getting my feet wet with Bruckner symphony recordings and this is one of the 9th by Giulini, I really can't imagine could be done better.

Agree. It is in a class by itself. (PS, good luck with your Bruckner exploration! But if you're finding recordings like this one, you likely won't need luck.  )

--Bruce

[Traverso]

Debussy

A very fine recording and Uchida at her best.

[Karl Henning]

I don't think I listened to that one earlier, so might as well give it a go now.

It's a blast.

[North Star]

It's a blast.

Yes indeed. A previous attempt was prematurely aborted after a few bars, as I was running to Vermeulen and Schuch's recordings of the original, but the arrangement is great fun, too.

Thread-duty
Koechlin
Vers la voûte étoilée, Op. 129 (1923-33, rev. '39)
RSO Stuttgart des SWR
Holliger

[Papy Oli]

Good afternoon all.

Earlier :

Beethoven - SQ op.132 & 135 / Gewandhaus Qt

[asin]B00015T1MW[/asin]

Now :

Haydn - SQ op.50 No.3 / Festetics

[Ghost of Baron Scarpia]

That Festetic set is awesome!

Can't seem to get past Faure piano music. Barcarolles now. Beautiful tone poems. Only the first one reminds me of something a gondola pilot could sing. Have listened to he first five so far.  Stott.

[Wakefield]

Brahms: Quartet for Piano and Strings in G Minor, Op. 25
Murray Perahia
Members of the Amadeus Quartet



Maybe it's because I'm so used to it; but I consider it just perfect. 

[Wakefield]

Yes indeed. A previous attempt was prematurely aborted after a few bars, as I was running to Vermeulen and Schuch's recordings of the original, but the arrangement is great fun, too.

Thread-duty
Koechlin
Vers la voûte étoilée, Op. 129 (1923-33, rev. '39)
RSO Stuttgart des SWR
Holliger

It's funny how the names of our favorite artists come so easily to our minds. I had run to Brendel and Badura-Skoda (I think Malcolm Bilson didn't record the Wanderer, unfortunately).

[Traverso]

Bach

CD 11

[Karl Henning]

That Festetic set is awesome!

Aye, so it is.

I have the Stott/Fauré set, I need to spend time with it.

[Ghost of Baron Scarpia]

I have the Stott/Fauré set, I need to spend time with it.

This is my second time going through the Stott set. It takes time because I find my self returning to each piece multiple times.

[Cato]

A CD with an excellent idea behind it:

[asin]B00000270L[/asin]

Mehta and Company do fine with the Sibelius and the Faure suites, but with Schoenberg's tone-poem (not the easiest work to conduct, one must admit) everything seems rather lackluster.  The bite, the edginess, the terror, the mystery of everything in the music (and the story) just never seem to break out!

[Karl Henning]

Apropos, earlier today:

Fauré, arr. Koechlin
Pelléas et Mélisande, Op.80

[asin]B07574QX4Y[/asin]