What are you listening 2 now?

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NP:

Khachaturian
Piano Concerto in D-flat
Dora Serviarian-Kuhn, piano
Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra
Loris Tjeknavorian

[vandermolen]

That's a good one, Jeffrey. I like De Preist's other Shostakovich recordings, too. I haven't heard them in ages, though.

I found it a gripping performance John. I also like the recordings of the 11th Symphony from Lazarev, Karabits and Berglund. Of course the Kondrashin is a classic performance as well as being the first one that I knew on LP. I actually bought it at a Soviet exhibition in London!

[Brahmsian]

I found it a gripping performance John. I also like the recordings of the 11th Symphony from Lazarev, Karabits and Berglund. Of course the Kondrashin is a classic performance as well as being the first one that I knew on LP. I actually bought it at a Soviet exhibition in London!

Which Karabits Symphony 11 recording, Jeffrey?

I have a live recording of Karabits Shostakovich 11th that came with a BBC magazine that I quite enjoy!

[Spotted Horses]

NP:

Prokofiev
Symphony No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 131
Scottish National Orchestra
Järvi

Perhaps THE all-time great worst Prokofiev cycle!

I fixed what I can only assume is a typo or autocorrect accident.

[Brahmsian]

I fixed what I can only assume is a typo or autocorrect accident.

I think we need Sarge's cannon. 

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I found it a gripping performance John. I also like the recordings of the 11th Symphony from Lazarev, Karabits and Berglund. Of course the Kondrashin is a classic performance as well as being the first one that I knew on LP. I actually bought it at a Soviet exhibition in London!

Don't forget about Haitink! Wow...smoking performance! Very cool about the Kondrashin. Of course, you can't go wrong with his Shostakovich.

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I think we need Sarge's cannon. 

Indeed! But I know Järvi has his detractors. I've always liked his conducting.

[vers la flamme]

I like ambient music - aside from classical listening, I like a fair bit of shoegaze and atmospheric black metal/funeral doom that can have this sort of quality.

You and I would get along 

For what it's worth, Feldman is one of my favorite composers. I discovered his music last year and it's a full blown obsession.

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I like ambient music - aside from classical listening, I like a fair bit of shoegaze and atmospheric black metal/funeral doom that can have this sort of quality. I enjoy Philip Glass a great deal, too. Repetitive minimalism has some real attractions. As I say, maybe I just need to listen more. I think my confusion or disappointment was more that I expected something different. I'm nothing if not tenacious, but there are probably other priorities for me before Feldman. Who knows?

Composers like Mahler, Strauss, Shostakovich and Sibelius appeal to me more than Feldman ever will, but I do enjoy his music on occasion. I can't share your fondness for Glass however. I created a meme that I'm rather proud of:

[classicalgeek]

I fixed what I can only assume is a typo or autocorrect accident.

Well? Who do **you** like in the Prokofiev symphonies? 

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Well? Who do **you** like in the Prokofiev symphonies? 

Probably the boring, diluted Ozawa Berliner cycle.

[Karl Henning]

Probably the boring, diluted Ozawa Berliner cycle.

Them's fightin' woids!

[classicalgeek]

Shostakovich: Symphony No.11 'The Year 1905':

Excellent choice! I 'imprinted' on this recording so I'm always happy to see it. I think I read a positive review in Fanfare Magazine in about 1992, and then-teenage me was obsessed with Shostakovich, so I had to have it! Apparently, DePreist also recorded it with the Oregon Symphony, also with Delos. Interesting.

TD: 
Wagner: The Ring: An Orchestral Adventure
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Järvi
(on Spotify)



Thus concludes my survey of Järvi/Wagner/de Vlieger. The Ring is full of glorious music that never disappoints.

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Them's fightin' woids!

Bring it on, Henny!

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

You are familiar with Bram Beekman ? 

Yes I love his Bach disc sets!

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

NP:

Chávez
Sinfonia India
New York Phil.
Bernstein

I listened to the recording yesterday and today!

NP:

Khachaturian
Piano Concerto in D-flat
Dora Serviarian-Kuhn, piano
Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra
Loris Tjeknavorian

Lovely disc!

[Daverz]

Composers like Mahler, Strauss, Shostakovich and Sibelius appeal to me more than Feldman ever will, but I do enjoy his music on occasion. I can't share your fondness for Glass however. I created a meme that I'm rather proud of:

Hur, hur, hur. 

[Spotted Horses]

Well? Who do **you** like in the Prokofiev symphonies? 

Kitajenko and Rostropovich. I also found Gergiev and Ozawa disappointing.

[Brahmsian]

Composers like Mahler, Strauss, Shostakovich and Sibelius appeal to me more than Feldman ever will, but I do enjoy his music on occasion. I can't share your fondness for Glass however. I created a meme that I'm rather proud of:

Well, you never know, John. You may yet still someday become a Glass fan. If you haven't got rid of your Glass recordings (if you have any), history shows that you should do well to hang on to them. 

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I listened to the recording yesterday and today!



Lovely disc!