What are you listening to now?

[Sergeant Rock]

Beethoven String Quartet A minor op.132 played by the Emerson Quartet




Sarge

[Lisztianwagner]

I hadn't listened to this for many, many years...of course, with this pianist, conductor and orchestra, you wouldn't expect anything short of an excellent performance...and yet, I got the impression that the success is Pollini's (whose playing I found impeccable) rather than Abbado's (who seems not to be able to keep his cool in some passages). Not that this concerto must be arid (in the Brendel / Kubelik fashion--also on DG), but this perhaps was overly "emotional"..no, "emotional" is not the right word, "excessive" perhaps? But these are very subjective impressions of mine, so do take them with a pinch of salt

I see, thank you for the feedback!

[HIPster]

Knaifel - Svete Tikhly:
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Nicely atmospheric music for the start of the evening. . .

[Todd]

Disc 7.  As with prior discs, some top flight Mozart.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Symphony No. 2. Awesome!

[kishnevi]

Apart from the ghastly soprano, all is well.



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Harry is in complete agreement.
http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2014/01/van-gilse-jan-1881-1944-symphony-no-3.html
  I wasn't too impressed by the first CPO CD of his symphonies, and I probably won't be able to get around that soprano,  so I doubt I'll get this one.  Rontgen, on the other hand....

Thread duty:
Haydn: Symphonies 52 in c minor and 42 in D major
CD 16 of the DRD/Stuttgart Cube.

[Sadko]

Bach

The Art of Fugue

Sergey Dizhur (organ)

[The new erato]

Harry is in complete agreement.

That may not be accidental.

  I wasn't too impressed by the first CPO CD of his symphonies, and I probably won't be able to get around that soprano,  so I doubt I'll get this one.  Rontgen, on the other hand....

We're in total agreement. The music on the first disc in the series was pretty mediocre and put me off exploring van Gilse further, while every disc I've heard of Rontgen have been a positive experience.

[Harry]

That may not be accidental.
We're in total agreement. The music on the first disc in the series was pretty mediocre and put me off exploring van Gilse further, while every disc I've heard of Rontgen have been a positive experience.

I would like to take issue over the the first two Symphonies, mediocre is a harsh term for music that is essentially well written. It may not be everyones cup of tea, but he is highly regarded in the Netherlands as well as Germany. And I liked them. However the third I would like to label, too much Strauss and almost no van Gilse. Close to mediocre.
In as far as Rontgen goes, I have the Symphonies 6/5/19 on my playing list today, with a Tenor in the fifth Symphony, and Consensus Vocalis in the sixth Symphony.
For me thats a dangerous proposition.

[The new erato]

For me thats a dangerous proposition.

:-)

I would like to take issue over the the first two Symphonies, mediocre is a harsh term for music that is essentially well written. It may not be everyones cup of tea, but he is highly regarded in the Netherlands as well as Germany. And I liked them.

It was well written indeed, but for me totally lacked any individual "spark" that convinced me they were written by a composer with something on his mind. Nothing wrong in that, but listening to them gave me absolutely nothing. To exceed mediocrity one needs to have mor than an ability to write well, but that may of course be a matter of definition....But for med: life's too short etc...

[Willow Pattern]

Todays listening:

The work Drumming from this set (the highlight of the day, what an outstanding work!):



This new Disc:



This Disc:

[listener]

while others rise, on the opposite side of the world
MOZART: Piano Concertos 22 in E^b K.482 and 23 in a K.488
Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano   English Baroque Soloists    John Eliot Gardner, cond.
Once you get used to the horns the rest falls into place and is quite enjoyable
and Fantasias of Orlando GIBBONS  played by Fretwork, with a couple of organ pieces and "The Cries of London" done by Red Byrd
(reminds me to listen to Koechlin's Jungle Book again

[Harry]

This is really very good, in fact is even better as that.

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[The new erato]

This is really very good, in fact is even better as that.

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On this we are in total agreement!

[Harry]

On this we are in total agreement!

Did you also hear the first volume in the CPO series?

[The new erato]

Did you also hear the first volume in the CPO series?

No. But I plan to buy more Graener and that series (as well as cpo's Adriessen series) are on my list.

[Harry]

Really excellent, despite a few lapses.


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[Willow Pattern]

Listening to this set again (Disc 1) - love it! so relaxing 0:):

[Que]

I couldn't resist reaching next for what I suspected would be the major attraction of this set, or at least this recording with music by John Bull was the one I was most curious about:

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Q

[Harry]

First listen. Bought in 2012.


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