What are you listening 2 now?

[Brian]

Started reading "War and Peace," so I figure why not read it with the musical setting of another sprawling, glittering Russian romantic masterpiece - Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty." Previn/LSO

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Started reading "War and Peace," so I figure why not read it with the musical setting of another sprawling, glittering Russian romantic masterpiece - Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty." Previn/LSO

Smart thinking there Brian!   

[Mahlerian]

Started reading "War and Peace," so I figure why not read it with the musical setting of another sprawling, glittering Russian romantic masterpiece - Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty." Previn/LSO

I loved reading War and Peace; I hope you enjoy!

[Que]

Looks good!
I have to review discographies. Knew of the big Cardinall's Musick Byrd series on Hyperion, but not of the ASV/Gaudeamus recordings.

They switched labels halfway through, which makes the possible prospect of a boxset doubtful...

http://www.cardinallsmusick.com/cardinalls/william-byrd

Q

[Mirror Image]

Symphony No. 2 in E minor, "The Bell"



Damn! I had forgot just how awesome this symphony is --- scorching performance, too.

[SurprisedByBeauty]

My Bach set has a different cover (purchased ages ago):
 

And good to hear from you again too!   

PD

A slightly (some say vastly) better mastering, the version you have, actually!

TD:



#morninglistening to the #Beethoven #symphonies w/
@maestroTrevino
& #malmösymfoniorkester on
@OndineRecords


: http://a-fwd.to/1isPSJ1

[Christo]

Symphony No. 2 in E minor, "The Bell"



Damn! I had forgot just how awesome this symphony is --- scorching performance, too.

'Discovered' it only during the last weeks, thanks to CPO being richly available on JPC.de. Also a fine version, the Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie under one Frank Beerman:

[Christo]

It's just a Zoltán Kodály Summer evening:

[Mirror Image]

'Discovered' it only during the last weeks, thanks to CPO being richly available on JPC.de. Also a fine version, the Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie under one Frank Beerman:

Very cool, Johan. I need to check that CPO recording out as well. I might spring for it next, actually. Have you heard any other performances of it? I know many people, Jeffrey included, said their favorite performance is Järvi on Chandos, but, honestly, I'm quite thrilled with the Tjeknavorian.

[JBS]

A slightly (some say vastly) better mastering, the version you have, actually!

TD:



#morninglistening to the #Beethoven #symphonies w/
@maestroTrevino
& #malmösymfoniorkester on
@OndineRecords


: http://a-fwd.to/1isPSJ1

My copy of Milstein is part of this. I assume it's whichever is the most recent mastering.
[asin]B07MBHPL42[/asin]

I have that Beethoven set en route to me.

TD
RVW
Symphony Number 5
Three Portraits from the England of Elizabeth
Concerto for Bass Tuba
Previn/LSO

[Mirror Image]

Playing this yet again:

Symphony No. 2 in E minor, "The Bell"



Unfortunately, The Battle of Stalingrad Suite is heavily glitched on this recording I bought, but that's okay as I got a full refund for this disc. The 2nd symphony plays through just fine. I was worried that the recording I received yesterday of Khachaturian Gayne Suite No. 2 and The Valencian Widow Suite wouldn't play for me had suffered that notorious 'CD rot' that was prevalent on these earlier ASV recordings, but it played through fine with no problems.

[Christo]

Very cool, Johan. I need to check that CPO recording out as well. I might spring for it next, actually. Have you heard any other performances of it? I know many people, Jeffrey included, said their favorite performance is Järvi on Chandos, but, honestly, I'm quite thrilled with the Tjeknavorian.

Tjeknavorian is always idiomatic in Khatchaturian, I believe you blindfolded. No, don't know other recordings yet, 'discovered' the piece only thanks to this cd - which is quite superb IMO. I think I always hesitated because of its 'Soviet realism' reputation but I cannot find any blame in it now that I finally have it. Feel inclined to play a lot more Khatchaturian now (didn't listen to him for years). 

[Mirror Image]

Tjeknavorian is always idiomatic in Khatchaturian, I believe you blindfolded. No, don't know other recordings yet, 'discovered' the piece only thanks to this cd - which is quite superb IMO. I think I always hesitated because of its 'Soviet realism' reputation but I cannot find any blame in it now that I finally have it. Feel inclined to play a lot more Khatchaturian now (didn't listen to him for years). 

Yes, I feel that Khachaturian's reputation has suffered these days as many listeners seem put off by his music or view it superficial somehow. Anyway, I think they're full of it. I love this music! The glittering orchestration, the exotic melodies, the propulsive rhythms...it's all just fantastic stuff. I neglected this music for far too long. I had only a slight familiarity with it (mainly the ballet suites that most people know, the VC, and the 2nd symphony).

[Pohjolas Daughter]

A slightly (some say vastly) better mastering, the version you have, actually!

TD:



#morninglistening to the #Beethoven #symphonies w/
@maestroTrevino
& #malmösymfoniorkester on
@OndineRecords


: http://a-fwd.to/1isPSJ1

How did I manage to get so lucky?    

I've heard of Robert Trevino before but don't recall hearing any of his recordings?  How are you finding his Beethoven?

PD

It's just a Zoltán Kodály Summer evening:

Go for it Christo!  Perhaps his Sonata for Solo Cello tomorrow?   

PD

[Mirror Image]

Has anyone else here have playability problems with any of ASV's CDs, especially the ones from the early 90s? I'm just curious. This apparently has been quite an issue for the label early on. Man, I wish Capriccio would get ahold of these recordings and reissue them in a box set like they did with those Korngold recordings on ASV.

[Christo]

PDGo for it Christo!  Perhaps his Sonata for Solo Cello tomorrow?   

PD

OK, promise! 

[SurprisedByBeauty]

My copy of Milstein is part of this. I assume it's whichever is the most recent mastering.
[asin]B07MBHPL42[/asin]

I have that Beethoven set en route to me.

I don't know which mastering that is... but if it's the last -- and the last is the DG Originals one... then it should be notably harsher than the earlier one.
Either are still enjoyable, I find... it's my more audiophile friends who really goated me into getting the earlier version, too. Partly why I didn't mind, I suppose, is that I like the angular approach of Milstein's... and that kind of is seconded by the harsher/digital-ish sound of the Originals-remastering.



TD:



#morninglistening to #ilCantoDellaSirena w/#aCorteMusical & #RogérioGonçalves on #PANclassics /
@Note_1


: http://a-fwd.to/3hm01su

Has anyone else here have playability problems with any of ASV's CDs, especially the ones from the early 90s? I'm just curious. This apparently has been quite an issue for the label early on. Man, I wish Capriccio would get ahold of these recordings and reissue them in a box set like they did with those Korngold recordings on ASV.

Give me a list of the ones you think should be re-issued and I'll pass it on.

I've heard of Robert Trevino before but don't recall hearing any of his recordings?  How are you finding his Beethoven?

Haven't listened to enough of it, often enough to come up with any particular finding. Listening to Fischer Adam's, too, and Haselboeck's... Will report back.

[Irons]

Lilburn: 3 Symphonies.

A storming CD! An elephant in the room named Sibelius, but this did not detract from my enjoyment of the 1st Symphony. A magnificent sweep to the work from first to last.

The 2nd is finer as less outside influences and more the personal voice of Douglas Lilburn and his homeland.

The 3rd is not as immediately accessible but I have a feeling this work will grow on me. A similar reaction to first hearing of Nielsen's 6th - Hello what do we have here? Nielsen's masterpiece and Lilburn's 3rd are not alike, I'm not saying that for a moment, but something, a pythonesque humour, linked the works in my head for some reason subjectively. Anyway, a great CD and excellent recording too.

[Mirror Image]

Give me a list of the ones you think should be re-issued and I'll pass it on.

Thanks, Jens. I'd love to see a set of the Khachaturian Tjeknavorian recordings, but I won't hold my breath.

[Mahlerian]

Ligeti: Two Studies for Organ
Zsigmond Szathmáry


I don't even know how to get some of the sounds out of the organ that Ligeti does here. Very otherworldly.

Schoenberg: Piano Concerto Op. 42
Peter Serkin, London Symphony Orchestra, cond. Boulez


That C major/E minor polychord at the end is a really Stravinskian gesture somehow, though the particular expressive cast of the work itself is Viennese to the core.

Takemitsu: Toward the Sea II for alto flute, harp, and string orchestra
Patrick Gallois, Fabrice Pierre, BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Davis


I think of the three versions of this piece, this one is the least successful. There's just not much for the strings to do, and it works better as a chamber duo.