What are you listening to now?

[aligreto]

Finishing this CD with Zigeunerlieder Op. 103....





Not something that everyone would be interested in for sure but I really like it I must say. The singing is of a high quality and is also beautifully sensitive.

[aligreto]

Good stuff mate - im glad you enjoyed the box . Im starting to get into live performances more the last couple of years - these ones sound very good to me. The only downside to live records I think is noise from the audience but there has been none of that in this box as far as I can tell.

As far as I can remember all of the performances are "clean" in that regard except for the obvious applause at the end of each performance.
Continued enjoyment 

[Mookalafalas]

Dug up a copy of this after hearing  Ms. Haendel praised here at GMG.   I'm glad I did.

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[Wanderer]

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[Madiel]

Finishing this CD with Zigeunerlieder Op. 103....





Not something that everyone would be interested in for sure but I really like it I must say. The singing is of a high quality and is also beautifully sensitive.

How odd. I was looking at that album today.

[Madiel]

Now:



Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
The Wild Dove, Op. 110

Excellently performed from Harnoncourt and the Concertgebouw.

Not exactly "following in your footsteps" as I had already planned to listen to it today, but currently enjoying the same 7th. Only mine looks like this:

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Not exactly "following in your footsteps" as I had already planned to listen to it today, but currently enjoying the same 7th. Only mine looks like this:

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Very nice, orfeo. My dad owns that set, too. I do have one comment and that's I never understood why these labels, like Warner or Decca, give Symphonies 7-8 the title of 'The Great Symphonies'. Surely, the 6th or 5th are worthy of such praise, too?

[Madiel]

Very nice, orfeo. My dad owns that set, too. I do have one comment and that's I never understood why these labels, like Warner or Decca, give Symphonies 7-8 the title of 'The Great Symphonies'. Surely, the 6th or 5th are worthy of such praise, too?

Well, the idea that Dvorak gets greater as he goes is not exactly a new creation of record companies. It seems standard practice to fawn over no.9, and then usually people will treat 7 to 9 as the best, and then sometimes 6 gets a look-in because heck, it was the first one that got published, and then sometimes 5 gets added because it was published eventually...

Bear in mind that Harnoncourt recorded 7 to 9 in that series, so he didn't go any further back either (though weirdly he did do the much earlier Piano Concerto).

And it's not just symphonies. The same thing happens with Dvorak's chamber music, and the concertos, and would probably happen with his other works if they were better known. I read something the other day to the effect that he's one composer where people consistently think (or assume) that later is better.

And not, I have to say, entirely without reason, although I think the point where he gets good is much earlier than many people explore. Somewhere on this forum I even coined the term "Burghauser limit", defined as the lowest Burghauser number one is prepared to listen to. I need to revisit string quartets 6, 5 and 4 (in that order) to see what I think of them.

[Karl Henning]

This boxset just arrived today - have been looking forward to sinking my teeth into this one.
Listening to Disc 1 as I type - I love Emerson Quartet. This set will not disappoint I think.

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[Karl Henning]

That was a relatively recent purchase for me. I enjoyed all of the performances; I found them to be very lyrical. I also liked the fact that they were live performances.

Splendid!

[Karl Henning]

And not, I have to say, entirely without reason, although I think the point where he gets good is much earlier than many people explore. Somewhere on this forum I even coined the term "Burghauser limit", defined as the lowest Burghauser number one is prepared to listen to. I need to revisit string quartets 6, 5 and 4 (in that order) to see what I think of them.

We might even call it the "Mozart limit" 

Seriously:  lowest-numbered Mozart symphony to which one deliberately returns . . . .

[Karl Henning]

We might even call it the "Mozart limit" 

Seriously:  lowest-numbered Mozart symphony to which one deliberately returns . . . .

This method is only technically subverted by the misleadingly-numerated symphonies n^os. 42-56  0:)

[Madiel]

This method is only technically subverted by the misleadingly-numerated symphonies n^os. 42-56  0:)

If you use K. numbers you'll be fine.

[Madiel]

Now streaming (and also some last night):

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Various reviews have persuaded me that this set from Brilliant is the set to try, over the Suprahon and Naxos rivals. For one thing it's pretty safe to say it has the best sound, and the reviews I've spotted have been consistently positive, saying that the performances are overall the equal of the other sets, sometimes better.

I've been browsing it by... Burghauser number. Currently trying the Silhouettes (B.98).

[Florestan]

Just finished this:



Four Songs op.15
Three Songs from Peer Gynt op. 23
Six Songs on Poems by Holger Drachmann op. 49
Six Songs on Poems by Vilhelm Krah op. 60

First volume in a series of seven. Splendid, musically, performance-wise and sonically. The booklet includes the original poems as well as  full English and German translations. Highly recommended for lovers of Lieder.

I can hardly wait listening to the next volume --- scheduled for tonight.

[Madiel]

String Quartet No.9

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A work that has gradually risen up the Shostakovich rankings for me over time. Best of all is the closing Allegro, and it certainly doesn't hurt that it's by far the longest movement.

[Maestro267]

Brian: Symphony No. 2 in E minor
Moscow SO/Rowe

[amw]

A work that has gradually risen up the Shostakovich rankings for me over time. Best of all is the closing Allegro, and it certainly doesn't hurt that it's by far the longest movement.

One of my favourites as well, and also one that has gradually risen up....


Also I'm listening to Mahler 5 (Bernstein, Sony) and I think I can kind of put my finger on why I've been so much less enthusiastic about music lately: it's difficult for me to find anything that equals in emotional intensity all the, uh, falling in love I've been doing over the past month+.   

[aligreto]

Dvorak: Water Goblin and Noonday Witch [Kubelik]....

[aligreto]

How odd. I was looking at that album today.

Fate and destiny; you need to own it