What are you listening to now?

[Brahmsian]

I think it may have been Ray who commended this (recording) to me, and it is a beauty.

Definitely not me. I'm not a fan of Wand's Bruckner.  The one I recommended to you Karl was the 7th by Giulini/Vienna Phil.

[Brian]

[aligreto]

Finishing off this set with the second LP which contains Sonatas 4-6 and Concertos 4-6

[NikF]

Schumann: Fantasia, Op. 17 - Pollini.

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[Brian]

Every year or so I try listening to this symphony to find out if I've stopped hating it yet. Last year I got halfway through the second movement before surrendering...let's see how this year goes.

[Brian]

Every year or so I try listening to this symphony to find out if I've stopped hating it yet. Last year I got halfway through the second movement before surrendering...let's see how this year goes.

I'm at 5:30 in the scherzo and starting to get bored... oh good it's trio time! Fingers crossed

[Karl Henning]

I'm at 5:30 in the scherzo and starting to get bored... oh good it's trio time! Fingers crossed

You've tried various performances, I'm guessing?

-- Anyway, it was years before I warmed to the Mahler symphonies, so it would not become me to begrudge you space and time 

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[ritter]

Listening to this rarity, which arrived today in the post:


This 1962 recording was only trasferred to CD a cuple of months ago, by the CLASSICA magazine in France.

[Ken B]

You've tried various performances, I'm guessing?

-- Anyway, it was years before I warmed to the Mahler symphonies, so it would not become me to begrudge you space and time 

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It shames me to say it, but it took me several years of trying to like Dumbarton Oaks. I knew I should like it. I plugged away until it clicked. It's now one of my top three Stravinkys, has been for decades.

[Brian]

You've tried various performances, I'm guessing?

-- Anyway, it was years before I warmed to the Mahler symphonies, so it would not become me to begrudge you space and time 

Managed to finish listening this time!

I love and always have loved the adagietto; this time the first movement was OK too, and the trio of III, but parts of II and V kinda bored me, honestly. So, still not a favorite.

But something good has come out of this, which is that I've spent the rest of the afternoon on Alessandro Scarlatti, Vivaldi, and now a composer new to me named Carissimi.

[Spineur]

Unwinding a hot (temperature) week
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[aligreto]

Larsson: The Winter's Tale....

[Mandryka]

A recording of Bob van Asperen playing  in Antwerp's instrument museum. Some of the music is very obscure and interesting. A fantasy by someone called Abraham van den Kerchoven caught my attention. If anyone knows any other keyboard music by him please let me know.

The whole CD  is Asperen at his best: full of freedom, full of life, wonderful tones, great textures.

[ritter]

After those very early Mozart concertos, now (spurred by the topic started by Spineur on French operas by non-French composers), this tragédie lyrique:


Magnifique! 

[Autumn Leaves]

Now playing:



Symphony #2

[Autumn Leaves]

Now playing:



Symphony #6, "Tragic"
Had'nt listened to this version in a long time - quite thrilling.



Symphony #6

I'll make this my last post - I will just be listening to more Mahler for the rest of the day.

[Kontrapunctus]

This set arrived today. I started with Chopin's Scherzos. I can see why he's so polarizing! Many would find his "take no prisoners" approach to be too impetuous. Parts of the left hand sections are definitely hammered out more than by any other pianist I've heard. Time will tell if he's too impetuous, but I like a lot of intensity, so I'll see how these do over time. All 3 discs derive from live concerts in Moscow, and they cheer him to the rafters! Very good sound.

[Todd]

Way too reverberant a recording - one must turn the wick up much more than preferred - Irina Georgieva plays Schumann's Kinderszenen and Kreisleriana and Ravel's Gaspard very well, but it is hard to hear her shading and dynamic control to best effect.  The Schumann is better than the Ravel, but I suspect both would be better in person than here.  Mr Buchbinder's praise for his former student seems well placed.  Perhaps she can lay down some Mozart or Beethoven.  I shan't object.

[Ken B]

Dvorak, 8 and 9
Kubelik, the famous DG recording.

[Mirror Image]

Definitely not me. I'm not a fan of Wand's Bruckner.  The one I recommended to you Karl was the 7th by Giulini/Vienna Phil.

Out of my own curiosity, what is it about Wand's Bruckner that you don't like, Ray?