What are you listening to now?

[Pat B]

I just think they are completely out-of-synch, out of balance (soloist, conductor and orchestra).  Their timing is just really off.  Feels like they were all hung over from partying the night before.     Anyways, just my opinion.  As I mentioned, I am a fan of all three (Argerich, Harnoncourt, COE), so it was a big disappointment for me. 

Hmm. I enjoyed it. I didn't notice those problems. Maybe Argerich pushed forward a bit in the finale, but I've heard much worse in that regard. It did strike me as a love-it-or-hate-it performance, so I'm not surprised that somebody hates it.

I bought the disc more for Kremer's half, which I haven't listened to yet.

Thread duty: Mozart: Divertimento K.334 (L'Archibudelli). It's one of the few Archibudelli discs that I wasn't seeking out, but I am glad to have found it at a local store. The music is more substantial than I expected.

[Moonfish]

Beethoven: String Quartets  Op 127 & 132        Hagen Quartett

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[TheGSMoeller]

New music from composer David Lang featuring Anonymous 4.

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[Dancing Divertimentian]

Beethoven: String Quartets  Op 127 & 132        Hagen Quartett

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Great recording.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Wonderful.



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[TheGSMoeller]

Wonderful.



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I highly agree, DD. The best Damnation I've heard.

[Todd]

It's been a few years since I touched this set, but I had a hankerin' for some Schumann, namely Kreisleriana.

[Wakefield]

Claude Debussy:

Préludes
Alexei Lubimov, pianos
Premier Livre (1925 Bechstein)
Deuxième Libre (1913 Steinway)

Trois Nocturnes [Transcription pour 2 pianos 4 mains par Maurice Ravel (1909)]
Alexei Lubimov (Steinway)
Alexei Zuev (Bechstein)

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune [Transcription pour deux pianos par Claude Debussy (1895)]
Alexei Zuev (Steinway)
Alexei Lubimov (Bechstein)

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Wonderful set. Both performance and recording are exemplary.

From the booklet:

I decided to record the two volumes of Préludes on two different pianos: a 1925 Bechstein (clear, sharply etched, translucent and light, even in complex textures) and a Steinway from 1913 (divinely soft in pianissimo, resonant and marvellously suitable for unexpected colours).

-- Alexei Lubimov

[Moonfish]

Great recording.

I agree. In particular I enjoyed op 132. It was interesting to read the reviews on Amazon as (to my surprise) most of them were quite negative. I can see their point of view, but it also proves that the enjoyment of music is very subjective.  I think I will listen to the Budapest Q next to refresh my memory of what they did w/ 132..   

[Lisztianwagner]

First listen to this piece, as well as to this composer:

Walter Piston
Violin Concerto No.1

https://www.youtube.com/v/o_td9gP4jFc

[king ubu]

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Krips Conducts Mozart - The Great Symphonies / CD 6

Symphonies No. 40 g minor (KV 550), No. 32 g major (KV 318) & No. 38 d major (KV 504) "Prague"

Concertgebouw Orchestra/Josef Krips (rec. 1972/73)

[EigenUser]

First listen to this piece, as well as to this composer:

Walter Piston
Violin Concerto No.1

https://www.youtube.com/v/o_td9gP4jFc

Great piece!

[Lisztianwagner]

Great piece!

Yes, it was terribly good, I enjoyed it very much!

[king ubu]

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Desmarest - Grands Motets Lorrains (Les Arts Florissants/William Christie)

My latest Christie disc ... quite a fan of the chap!

[Brahmsian]

Hmm. I enjoyed it. I didn't notice those problems. Maybe Argerich pushed forward a bit in the finale, but I've heard much worse in that regard. It did strike me as a love-it-or-hate-it performance, so I'm not surprised that somebody hates it.

I bought the disc more for Kremer's half, which I haven't listened to yet.

Hi Pat, well, it is just me that does not enjoy or appreciate the Argerich/Harnoncourt/COE.  The reviews on it all seem pretty positive.

I really hope you enjoy the Kremer Violin Concerto performance as much as I do!   

[king ubu]

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Sally Matthews - Songs: Schubert, Strauss, Poulenc, Bachelet

EMI 2004, w/Malcolm Martineau (p)

[andolink]

Antonio Brioschi: Six Symphonies (1740-1744)
Atalanta Fugiens/Vanni Moretto

Charles Koechlin: Piano Quintet, Op. 80; String Quartet No. 3, Op. 72
Sarah Lavaud, piano
Antigone Quartet

Charles Koechlin: Vers la voûte étoilée op. 129
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart/Heinz Holliger

[SonicMan46]

Well, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra came up yesterday in this thread (just received a Fux CD w/ the group performing) - SO, for Saturday morning, I decided to re-listen to several of my other recordings w/ the same orchestra - Dave

 

[listener]

Light music for Saturday:
DONOSTIA:  Piano Music
21 Basque Preludes  and 7 other short pieces
Jordi Masó, piano
Variations, Passacaglias and Chaconnes for guitar by BACH, SOR, WEISS, DE FOSSA
and BOGDANOVIC, KASHKIN, OBROVSKA, played by
Alice Artzt
and another volume in the Johann STRAUSS series

[Todd]

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Some Chopin and Schumann.