What are you listening 2 now?

[Sergeant Rock]

Wondering what the gong is for behind him?  Perhaps a bit of a joke--

Hurwitz is a percussionist. In a previous review he demonstrated the tam-tam, how it should sound, damning recordings that underplayed it. Someone mentioned in the comments that it made a good and appropriate backdrop to his videos. Since then it's become a semi-permanent fixture.

Sarge

[Traverso]

Ravel

Gaspard de la Nuit

[aligreto]

Beethoven: Christ on the Mount of Olives [Spering]





There is a very fine sense of drama and tension in this performance. There is great playing from the orchestra and the vocalists are wonderful. Musically I find it a nod back in the direction of Haydn/Mozart.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Hurwitz is a percussionist. In a previous review he demonstrated the tam-tam, how it should sound, damning recordings that underplayed it. Someone mentioned in the comments that it made a good and appropriate backdrop to his videos. Since then it's become a semi-permanent fixture.

Sarge

Oh, neat!  Thanks for the explanation Sarge.   

PD

[aligreto]

https://www.youtube.com/v/pzs95_Qj9lk

Saint Tam-Tam

Yes, something along those lines had crossed my mind 

[Sergeant Rock]

Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1, Zimerman conducting from the keyboard

https://www.youtube.com/v/S1Iv2JJc-Qc


Sarge

[Traverso]

Schumann & Saint-Saens

Carnaval,op.9
piano concerto No.5
Orchestre Lamoureux

[Madiel]

Hurwitz is a percussionist.

Well that would explain a lot of comments in his reviews over the years. He gets mightily annoyed when key moments of percussive impact in pieces don't come through.

[vers la flamme]

Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.4 in E-flat major, the "Romantic". Daniel Barenboim, Berlin Philharmonic

Only fitting that this entry in Barenboim's series should be Earth. The 4th is Bruckner at his most "traditional", though it is still deeply Brucknerian, and arguably his most wholly successful. In any case, I'm not sure whether it is still my favorite, but it's definitely the symphony that hooked me on Bruckner (this time, last year) and I will likely always retain a special admiration for it. This is a good recording, a good, mainstream antidote to the (great, but quite slow) Celibidache/Munich recording of the same symphony I listened to recently. Barenboim is a skilled Brucknerian. I'm happy to have this set for reference for all of these symphonies, even if each recording is not necessarily my favorite.

[Papy Oli]

Franz Krommer - Symphonies No.1-2-3

1 & 2 so far. Really enjoyable. Perfect for an easy Sunday, in a very good way, that is.

Love that cover as well. Hat tip to Brian for mentioning this CD in the Purchases thread.

[aligreto]

Bruckner: Mass No. 1 [Jochum] 





Jochum is a favoured interpreter of Bruckner for me and he does not disappoint here. The presentation is radiant overall. The vocals, both solo and choral, are wonderful as is the instrumental playing. The inherent power and subtleties, drama and tension of the work are very well presented and the music flows effortlessly. This is a work that I would definitely like to hear live.

[Todd]

Op 12.

[Que]

From the pile with "used" bargains:



Quite a treat, I must say! 

Q

[Que]

Not sure how you and those recordings get along, but that set most certainly gets my vote.

Q

[Karl Henning]

Perhaps a bit of a joke--I thought of a silly program that was on the air in the States during the 1970's called The Gong Show in which contestants had a short amount of time to do their act; if the audience didn't boo them, I think that they then went onto the next round?  If they didn't pass the muster though, they were 'gonged' and removed from the stage.

Best,

PD

p.s.  Dave,  If I'm in the mood to listen to Elgar, I admit, I'll normally gravitate towards his violin or cello concerto rather than his symphonies.  Do you like any of his chamber music?  I am fond of it myself.   

I remember the Gong Show ... was thinking the other day (for no apparent reason) of Gene Gene the Dancing Machine

My entrée to the Elgar Violin Sonata was, I turned pages for the accompanist, when Nigel Kennedy came to play a recital at UVa.  Loved it from the get-go

[Mahlerian]

Elgar: Sea Pictures
Sarah Connolly, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, cond. Wright

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1, Zimerman conducting from the keyboard

https://www.youtube.com/v/S1Iv2JJc-Qc


Sarge

+1

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Op 12.

I've been meaning to buy this album for a while now...someday!

PD

[Pohjolas Daughter]

I remember the Gong Show ... was thinking the other day (for no apparent reason) of Gene Gene the Dancing Machine

My entrée to the Elgar Violin Sonata was, I turned pages for the accompanist, when Nigel Kennedy came to play a recital at UVa.  Loved it from the get-go

My, my!  Did you get a chance to talk with Mr. Kennedy?   

PD

[Papy Oli]

First listen to Biber's Rosary Sonatas.