What are you listening to now?

[Harry]

My second listen to this disc, and no doubt it is one of the most significant discs in La Vecchia's Naxos' series yet.

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I tried to like this music, but for now, that did not work out, I hear parts that work for me, and others not so, need more time with it.

[Wakefield]

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Is that worth adding to my already existing gaggle of Vivaldi?

It's mandatory, indeed. Superb interpretations. 

[Wanderer]

She's aging well. Still very attractive 

Or did you mean the recording? 

Sarge

No. Yes. Well, since you mentioned it... 


Listening to:
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[Que]

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Is that worth adding to my already existing gaggle of Vivaldi?

It's mandatory, indeed. Superb interpretations. 

+1   One of the rare instances I deviated from Naïve's Vivaldi Edition.

No, it's quite badly recorded. I have these couple of CDs for over ten years and when I saw this new cover I wondered if they were reissues of mine...I wanted to remember how bad they were

Do not recognise my own experience with these recordings.

Q - it's a good one! 

Thank you! Looks like fun.

Q

[TheGSMoeller]

Hamlet by Prokofiev, the three songs of Ophelia are lovely...

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[North Star]

First-listen Thursday
Copland
Appalachian Spring (original version)
Copland
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[Sadko]

Brahms

Haydn Variations, Sonata, Waltzes

Argerich/Rabinovich

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[Brian]

Celebrating the arrival of Harmonia Mundi on Naxos Music Library with an afternoon playlist!

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4. Paul Lewis; BBC Symphony, Jiri Belohlavek
Dvorak: Bagatelles. Ensemble Explorations; Frank Braley, harmonium
*Martinu: Serenade No 2. Prague Philharmonia; Jiri Belohlavek
*Martinu: Toccata e due canzoni. Cedric Tiberghien; Prague Philharmoni, Jiri Belohlavek
*Poulenc: 7 chansons. RIAS Kammerchor; Daniel Reuss

* = first listens to the music

[madaboutmahler]

Good evening, all!

More amazing Schnittke for me! The 5th symphony:

http://www.youtube.com/v/C-2U0kq6z6s

Incredible piece, am constantly being amazed by this awesome composer!

[Mandryka]

Is that worth adding to my already existing gaggle of Vivaldi?

In reference to the Lindsays playing Haydn, have you ever heard this set?
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The sound is fine. The one to get is the one with op 20/4, which is really inspired. The rest are ok but not very memorable - at least I don't remember anything specially interesting.

I'm listening to op 18/3 here, I like it more than I can ever remember liking op 18/ 3 before, it's a great performance

[kishnevi]

No, it's quite badly recorded. I have these couple of CDs for over ten years and when I saw this new cover I wondered if they were reissues of mine...I wanted to remember how bad they were. A mixture of R.Wallfisch, H.Schiff and Coin should do for the cello concertos...Actually Dieltiens' cello sonatas are quite good for RV 40, 43 & 46. If you haven't heard them I recommend that recording.

Thanks.  I have, IIRC,  Coin, Bylsma, and Harnoy, but not Wallfisch for the Vivaldi.
But you've been outvoted by Gordon and Que.

No, I don't frequently listen to Haydn's SQs and my choices are established for the ones I do. How live is this, environment, sound and audience wise?

It's been quite a while since I've listened to anything from this set--usually now I reach for PI (London Haydn Quartet or Quatour Mosaiques) or the Jerusalem Quartet,  but this was the set that made me interested in Haydn's quartets: my previous venture in that category being a deadly boring Op. 76 from the Kodaly Quartet.  The only noise I recall is some applause at the end of some quartets,  and since I don't mind applause,  that didn't bother me in the least.   Sonics were acceptable, but probably not spectacular.   I've never heard any of the performances in the ASV series, so I don't know how they compare to the performances here.  (In fact,  I don't think I have anything else from the Lindsays.)   The best term for this set is probably "well done anthology of best known quartets".

Ah, I thought Jeffrey was recommending it

Not precisely recommending it--but I thought if you liked the Lindsays in Haydn, you might be interested in it, if you didn't already have it.  To the best of my knowlege, it's available only as a set of 4 CDs, not as individual releases.

[Mandryka]

Ah, I thought Jeffrey was recommending it

Oh

[haydnguy]

+1   One of the rare instances I deviated from Naïve's Vivaldi Edition.


Do not recognise my own experience with these recordings.


Thank you! Looks like fun.

Q

I'm sorry to interrupt the ongoing conversation but I was wondering if Que (or someone else) could tell me where I might go to find that collection so far. Preferably in the order it was recorded.

Much appreciated

EDIT: if too much trouble I will hunt it down. I have gogle too. 

[kyjo]

Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Ovchinnikov Symphonies 1 & 2. Great stuff.

I thought you'd like 'em, Sarge! I'm anxious to give Symphony no. 2 a listen......

[kyjo]

First-listen Thursday

Martinů
Špalíček, H.214
Jílek
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Awesome, Karlo! Such an imaginative and colorful ballet. What are your thoughts on it?

[kyjo]

This.

Incredible disc, John! Enescu's music is really underrated. Have you heard his Symphony no. 3? It's an outright masterpiece IMO. Stunning music from start to finish.

[TheGSMoeller]

Watching my son play on the beach and listening to quartet No.12 Op. 96, American. The Lento is the perfect soundtrack for this, melts my heart and puts a smile on my face simultaneously. Took too long to become familiar with this piece...

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[kyjo]

Hartmann
Symphony No. 1 (Essay Towards a Requiem, after Whitman)
Doris Soffel (alto), Fritz Rieger & BRSO

A powerful, moving work no doubt. What are your impressions of it, Karlo?

[North Star]

Awesome, Karlo! Such an imaginative and colorful ballet. What are your thoughts on it?

Imaginative and colourful indeed! I certainly enjoyed it. I particularly like the use of the piano.

Thread duty; another first listen:

Schnittke
Piano Quintet
http://www.youtube.com/v/zfsQX6BF5J0

[kishnevi]

which collection? Naïve? There is a special page for that here

or you can simply type 'Naive Vivaldi' in the Amazon search box.  IMO, there's not a bad performance in the lot.

It turns out that he doesn't either. Poor  recording

Only if you're fixated on the sonics of a recording (and even then it's not really a bad one).  Their absence from my CD player is not a reflection of poor quality on the part of the Lindsays, but a change in preference on my part in favor of PI performances.