What are you listening to now?

[Karl Henning]

Via Crucis

This (is this very strange?) was one of my first Liszt discs, and it remains one of my favorites.

[Sergeant Rock]

Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3, Glenn Gould, piano, Karajan conducting the Berlin Phil




Sarge

[Karl Henning]

Wow.

Much as I enjoy (a) those samples and (b) her account of the ДШ Op.87, I must (re-)visit the Années I've already got, first 

[jlaurson]

Some chamber music:

 

 

Good choices! I can't get enough of Titz, myself. [Link is safe for work]

[Karl Henning]

[Link is safe for work]

Under the circs, well advised 

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

So looking forward to this disk et c'est presque une catastrophe.  The violist is sadly not up to the level of playing required in these works.   
Dunno if I'm gonna get through it...

[asin] B000092R3D[/asin]

[San Antone]

I like how she sandwiched the Liszt B Minor Sonata between the Berg Sonata and Bartok Romanian Folk Dances, although, the latter seem almost an afterthought after the other two.

[San Antone]

[Brian]

Mirror Image is a good influence. Or a bad influence, if this cycle stinks. I'm starting with No. 1 and moving on from there.

[Sergeant Rock]

Now:

I've been listening to this, off and on, in the car the last few days. I need to sit down with Madetoja and give him a proper listen.



Sarge

[Brian]

Mirror Image is a good influence. Or a bad influence, if this cycle stinks. I'm starting with No. 1 and moving on from there.

Shockingly sloppy orchestral playing in the first movement. It wasn't enough for me to turn it off, and the slow movement's better, but that was definitely at the "how did they allow this to reach CD?" level.

Oh. Scherzo just started and the timpanist bungled his rhythm. Again, how did they not re-record these sections?!

The main plus to this recording is the very good transparency - lots of inner voices to be heard.

[Christo]

I've been listening to this, off and on, in the car the last few days. I need to sit down with Madetoja and give him a proper listen.

Sarge

Confessing here that I like Madetoja's symphonies even more than those by Sibelius, will only further harm my reputation. Yet I do. 

[Karl Henning]

Not having heard Madetoja's, I don't have an opinion prejudicial to your esteemed self.

But . . . your opinion may possibly disincline me to bother with Madetoja 

[Christo]

Not having heard Madetoja's, I don't have an opinion prejudicial to your esteemed self.

But . . . your opinion may possibly disincline me to bother with Madetoja 

That's what I suggested. 

[Karl Henning]

None dare call it obsession:

Liszt
Sonata in b minor, S.178 (1852-53)
Argerich

[asin]B001BWQVSG[/asin]

[San Antone]

None dare call it obsession:

Liszt
Sonata in b minor, S.178 (1852-53)
Argerich

[asin]B001BWQVSG[/asin]

Hear, hear!

I plan on listening to at least parts to as many recordings I can find through a combination of Spotify, YouTube, other streaming sources, my own collection and a number of new purchases.  Although Clara Schumann never played the work (and was quite dismissive of it, despite it being dedicated to her husband, but delivered after he was committed) - just about every other pianist has.

Now in the batter's box

[Todd]

[San Antone]

Wanderer Fantasie

[Sergeant Rock]

Haydn String Quartet B flat op.71/1 played by the Auryn Quartet




Sarge

[Karl Henning]

None dare call it obsession:

Liszt
Sonata in b minor, S.178 (1852-53)
Argerich

[asin]B001BWQVSG[/asin]

There is a fiery intensity Argerich brings to the piece which is exhilarating.  Very different from Hamelin, who is also fabulously convincing in the piece.  Both marvelously good performances, and providing yet another illustration of why Music is not a horse race.