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aligreto

#49560
July 25, 2015, 12:54:50 AM
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 / Bruggen....





This is a well paced and unsentimental version but which still has the required Mozartian lilt. It is a strong and assertive performance.

Moonfish

#49561
July 25, 2015, 01:34:48 AM
Quote from: aligreto on July 25, 2015, 12:51:44 AM
Do you like that performance?

Not really. It turned out to be a bit of a disappointment. The recording seems to be well regarded so I had high expectations.  Somehow the soundscape did not quite click with me. In terms of Markevitch I definitely prefer his earlier version (below) with the Berliner Philharmoniker even though it is a mono recording. It has much more magic within the performance!  :)

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Que

#49562
July 25, 2015, 02:39:16 AM
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Sergeant Rock

#49563
July 25, 2015, 03:04:36 AM
Fartein Valen Symphony No.4 op.43, Eggen conducting the Stavanger SO




Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

amw

#49564
July 25, 2015, 03:24:18 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 25, 2015, 03:04:36 AM
Fartein Valen Symphony No.4 op.43, Eggen conducting the Stavanger SO
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Op. 94 no. 3

prémont

#49565
July 25, 2015, 03:49:36 AM
Quote from: Gordo on July 24, 2015, 10:37:12 AM
BTW, Andre, if you're considering a survey through old pioneering recordings, I think Susan Lautenbacher (1962) is mandatory:

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Very good sound quality and available via streaming.  :)

There are many fine recordings of this work. My actual favorite is - as I have written before - Alice Pierot on Alpha. But I fully agree that Susanne Lautenbacher' s version, HIP or not, is mandatory for musical reasons.
Reality trumps our fantasy far beyond imagination.

Sergeant Rock

#49566
July 25, 2015, 04:01:16 AM
Valen Piano Concerto op.44




Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

André

#49567
July 25, 2015, 04:20:54 AM
Thanks for the Biber recommendations ! Once my Visa is cleared I will indulge in the Sepec and Lautenbacher recordings !

Sarge, what do you make of Fartein Valen ? I find it so arid... :(

Sergeant Rock

#49568
July 25, 2015, 04:32:13 AM
Quote from: André on July 25, 2015, 04:20:54 AM

Sarge, what do you make of Fartein Valen ? I find it so arid... :(

When listening to Valen, I stay hydrated with a bottle of cool water I keep beside me. In that way I have no problem with his music ;)  Have you tried the Piano Concerto? It's his attempt to be Mozartian, and I think it works.

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Sergeant Rock

#49569
July 25, 2015, 04:34:15 AM
Shostakovich String Quartet No.7 F sharp minor played by the Rubio




Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

aligreto

#49570
July 25, 2015, 04:57:23 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on July 25, 2015, 01:34:48 AM
Not really. It turned out to be a bit of a disappointment. The recording seems to be well regarded so I had high expectations.  Somehow the soundscape did not quite click with me. In terms of Markevitch I definitely prefer his earlier version (below) with the Berliner Philharmoniker even though it is a mono recording. It has much more magic within the performance!  :)



I must try to get a listen to that version so.

Harry

#49571
July 25, 2015, 05:02:04 AM
Good afternoon all.
Recent acquisition, first listen.
I am getting more and more involved with this composer.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2015/07/recent-acquisition-boccherini-luigi_25.html?spref=tw
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

aligreto

#49572
July 25, 2015, 05:07:34 AM
Seán Ó Riada: Mise Éire....





Sergeant Rock

#49573
July 25, 2015, 05:15:42 AM
Haydn String Quartet F major op.77/2 played by L'Archibudelli




Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Que

#49574
July 25, 2015, 05:31:15 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on July 25, 2015, 01:34:48 AM
Not really. It turned out to be a bit of a disappointment. The recording seems to be well regarded so I had high expectations.  Somehow the soundscape did not quite click with me. In terms of Markevitch I definitely prefer his earlier version (below) with the Berliner Philharmoniker even though it is a mono recording. It has much more magic within the performance!  :)



I quite agree! :)

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Que

#49575
July 25, 2015, 05:33:41 AM
Thread duty:



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Camphy

#49576
July 25, 2015, 06:03:57 AM


Nielsen, Maskarade: Overture, Cockerel's Dance/Sir Oluf He Rides/Rhapsody Overture: An imaginary journey to the Faroe Islands/Pan and Syrinx/Helios Overture

ZauberdrachenNr.7

#49577
July 25, 2015, 06:09:50 AM
Hey, I can listen to these with the Sarge, maybe he'll offer me a cool drink :

Jaakko Keskinen

#49578
July 25, 2015, 06:11:02 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 25, 2015, 05:15:42 AM
Haydn String Quartet F major op.77/2 played by L'Archibudelli




Sarge
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A great quartet. My favorite one is probably "Sunrise" quartet. Among Papa's greatest achievements.
"Javert, though frightful, had nothing ignoble about him. Probity, sincerity, candor, conviction, the sense of duty, are things which may become hideous when wrongly directed; but which, even when hideous, remain grand."

- Victor Hugo

ritter

#49579
July 25, 2015, 06:13:55 AM
In the height of scorching summer in Madrid, first listen to Springtime in Funen  ;). The title of the piece had always seemed very appealing, but Nielsen is only a recent discovery for me (thanks mainly to his keen proselitizers here on GMG  ;D) . I enjoyed the symphonies (the Inextiguishable and the Expansiva), I liked the Clarinet concerto very much, and found Maskerade rather cute. In this case, though, I must admit that even if I recognize a master composer's touch, I don't really like these pieces  (I've listened to Hymnus amoris as well). Purely a matter of personal taste, I suppose....  ::)

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