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j winter

#15260
April 20, 2020, 06:50:38 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 20, 2020, 02:22:53 PM
Glad you enjoyed it, J. I think Papy and I are the only Mahler/Maazel enthusiasts here. Be sure to check out Maazel and Battle's ravishing Fourth. To die for.

Sarge

Will do; I greatly enjoyed the 2nd, and am thinking I will work my way through the rest of the box over the next week or so.  One advantage of working from home, I'm getting a lot more quality listening time these days....
The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils.
The motions of his spirit are dull as night,
And his affections dark as Erebus.
Let no such man be trusted.

-- William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

j winter

#15261
April 20, 2020, 06:58:32 PM
Quote from: André on April 20, 2020, 01:38:12 PM
Among the various Klemperer Warner boxes (Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, Bach/Haydn, Sacred Music, Romantic Symphonies, Concertos) the Mozart offering is the most illuminating and a definite keeper. The Romantic Symphonies box is excellent, too. There are gems in all the other boxes, but they rub shoulders with duds or very controversial interpretations.

Thanks for that, I will definitely give some of the other boxes a look....
The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils.
The motions of his spirit are dull as night,
And his affections dark as Erebus.
Let no such man be trusted.

-- William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

vandermolen

#15262
April 20, 2020, 09:37:58 PM Last Edit: April 20, 2020, 10:38:03 PM by vandermolen
Quote from: André on April 20, 2020, 05:50:45 PM


Big-boned readings of these big-gestured works. I love it.
+1

TD

Tchaikovsky B
Symphony No.1

Now on to the atmospheric 'The Murmuring Forest'
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Madiel

#15263
April 20, 2020, 10:05:15 PM
Vivaldi has become one of my standards for music-while-working-from-home.



I've made myself a rule of 1 Hyperion sacred music album (I own the box) after every 5 Naive Vivaldi Edition albums streamed. Not least because it's too long since I've listened to the Hyperion ones properly. They're definitely a little cooler in temperament than the typically Italian forces on Naive, but there are many fine things.
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Irons

#15264
April 20, 2020, 11:15:00 PM
Ravel/Debussy: Piano Trios.

Stunning. Sonics are the best in my admittedly not large CD collection.

You must have a very good opinion of yourself to write a symphony - John Ireland.

I opened the door people rushed through and I was left holding the knob - Bo Diddley.

Que

#15265
April 20, 2020, 11:34:14 PM
Morning listening:



Q

Madiel

#15266
April 20, 2020, 11:36:05 PM
Haydn Symphonies in C: Numbers 2, 32 and 37 (from the first sub-volume of this box).

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Harry

#15267
April 20, 2020, 11:55:20 PM
Quote from: Que on April 20, 2020, 11:34:14 PM
Morning listening:



Q

Good morning Que :laugh:

I would be interested in what you think about this recording.
I have several recordings by this ensemble which I like.
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.

Que

#15268
April 21, 2020, 12:32:40 AM
Quote from: "Harry" on April 20, 2020, 11:55:20 PM
Good morning Que :laugh:

Morning!

I would be interested in what you think about this recording.
I have several recordings by this ensemble which I like.

I'm a fan as well, and this is definitely one of their very best, Harry.  :)
I also like the way it is recorded. Strongly recommended!

Q

Papy Oli

#15269
April 21, 2020, 12:36:40 AM
Good morning all,

Some Malcolm Arnold to start the day - first listen to his brass music :

Brass Quintet No.1
Brass Quintet No.2
Little Suite No.1 for Brass
Little Suite No.2 for Brass
Fantasy for Brass Band
Olivier

Tsaraslondon

#15270
April 21, 2020, 01:18:53 AM


Gardiner's second recording of Monteverdi's Vespers was recorded live in the Basilica di San Marco, Venice and has a splendid theatricality about. Probably not to everyone's taste, but I really like it.

\"A beautiful voice is not enough.\" Maria Callas

Biffo

#15271
April 21, 2020, 02:56:51 AM
Bloch: Four Episodes - Soloists of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Dalia Atlas - an entertaining work though I found the Pastoral rather lugubrious.

Maestro267

#15272
April 21, 2020, 03:00:47 AM
Suk: Praga
Czech PO/Pesek

Madiel

#15273
April 21, 2020, 03:45:47 AM
Trying Nielsen by Bostock. Curious because it ends up being the most complete set of Nielsen's orchestral works. Though the first album doesn't have anything remotely rare. It's symphonies 2 & 5.

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Carlo Gesualdo

#15274
April 21, 2020, 03:53:04 AM
Archiv Produktion
Gombert \ willaert
AVE REGINA


''excellent LP whit various Franco-Flemish of respective era''

10/10

Madiel

#15275
April 21, 2020, 04:31:09 AM
Quote from: Madiel on April 21, 2020, 03:45:47 AM
Trying Nielsen by Bostock. Curious because it ends up being the most complete set of Nielsen's orchestral works. Though the first album doesn't have anything remotely rare. It's symphonies 2 & 5.



At the end of Symphony 2, I switched this album off, and went and got my CD of Michael Schønwandt conducting the same work.



Which confirmed my reactions to Bostock. The inner movements just lack character, because (like far too many people), Bostock thinks that "Nielsen" is code for barrelling along at all times no matter what the context. Nielsen's astonishing capacity for momentum gets translated into an idea that everything must be at full tilt. The reason Schønwandt's performances are so good is because he allows light and shade. The music breathes. Too many conductors think that Nielsen is inherently short of breath.
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aligreto

#15276
April 21, 2020, 04:38:11 AM
Chominciamento di gioia [Ensemble Unicorn]





Major hat tip to Jeffrey

aligreto

#15277
April 21, 2020, 04:38:51 AM
Quote from: Tsaraslondon on April 21, 2020, 01:18:53 AM


Gardiner's second recording of Monteverdi's Vespers was recorded live in the Basilica di San Marco, Venice and has a splendid theatricality about. Probably not to everyone's taste, but I really like it.

I really like that one.

Traverso

#15278
April 21, 2020, 05:09:27 AM
Songs from Varanasi

Girija Devi

Karl Henning

#15279
April 21, 2020, 05:13:30 AM
Quote from: Madiel on April 20, 2020, 10:05:15 PM
Vivaldi has become one of my standards for music-while-working-from-home.

Not without reason.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot
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