What are you listening 2 now?

[Mandryka]

Wonder why this never made it to CD.

It came out at precisely the time when the market was moving from LPs to CDs. There were quite a few recordings which missed the boat for that reason. When Philips were putting together their Great Pianists of the Twentieth Century series I believe that they asked Zimerman if they could include it, but he refused. I know someone who said he spent hours on the phone to him trying to twist his arm, but no way.

I've been listening to it all day. It is a very classical conception of the music. What I mean is that it is poised, balanced and elegant vision of Chopin.  Quite a contrast from Cziffra in the same music, which I was listening to a yesterday.

[Mirror Image]

I've got more recordings than I know what to do with now. 6 or 7 I think by my last count, which is a ton considering I don't listen to the work frequently. I do want that Kubelík Audite one with Baker and Kmentt though...

The Baker/Kmentt/Kubelik would be a fine addition to your collection for sure. So are still addicted to the M8? I remember for time you were posting the cover image for Solti's 8th like every other day. You do remind me I need to give this performance a listen. I know it's highly regarded, but in my Solti/CSO traversal of Mahler's symphonies, I'm up to the 5th right now. I could always break the order.

P.S. I could probably listen to Das Lied every day, but, if this were the case, I'd always feel guilty about neglecting other works from Mahler and not to mention other composers. That's how much I love this work.

[André]

One of the better releases in the Winberg/Naxos series. The trumpet concerto's performance here rivals that of the dedicatee, Timofeï Dokshitzer. It's an enigmatic work, my own personal favourite from that composer. In the finale the quizzical quotes (from Mendelssohn, Rimsky, Stravinsky and Bizet) by the soloist over menacing double bass drones give it an eerie, disturbing feel.

The symphony is not a wartime effort. It dates from 1984. Along with nos 17 and 19, it is a reflection on the ravages and calamities brought by wars. It's a large-scale, brooding work, 3 of its movements setting verses from soviet poets, some hymn-like, some perky. No triumph there.

[Tsaraslondon]

Not my desert island choice, but a remarkable performance all the same. I have to say I was deeply impressed with the Minton/Rollo/Solti recording I listened to a few nights ago. Of course, my desert island choice is the Baker/King/Haitink. There's nothing like it.

I think you mean Kollo, not Rollo which I only know as a tasty chocolate and caramel sweet. 

I haven't heard the Solti, but I'm not really a fan. I used to have a box set of his versions of the Mahler 5,6 and 7 on LP, but never bothered to get them on CD.

I also had the Baker/King/Haitink DLVDE on LP and there's no doubting it's a great performance. I just feel that Baker, caught live, is even more moving (I actually heard her do it live twice). I do like the added frisson a live performance can give and there really is no need to make any allowances for the sound on this live Kubelik performance. I think Kmentt is very fine too. He doesn't quite have Wunderlich's beauty of tone (who does?) but he is otherwise excellent.

[Biffo]

I think you mean Kollo, not Rollo which I only know as a tasty chocolate and caramel sweet. 

I haven't heard the Solti, but I'm not really a fan. I used to have a box set of his versions of the Mahler 5,6 and 7 on LP, but never bothered to get them on CD.

I also had the Baker/King/Haitink DLVDE on LP and there's no doubting it's a great performance. I just feel that Baker, caught live, is even more moving (I actually heard her do it live twice). I do like the added frisson a live performance can give and there really is no need to make any allowances for the sound on this live Kubelik performance. I think Kmentt is very fine too. He doesn't quite have Wunderlich's beauty of tone (who does?) but he is otherwise excellent.

I think you are confusing the first Duke of Normandy with a tasty caramel and chocolate sweet

[Mandryka]

It came out at precisely the time when the market was moving from LPs to CDs. There were quite a few recordings which missed the boat for that reason. When Philips were putting together their Great Pianists of the Twentieth Century series I believe that they asked Zimerman if they could include it, but he refused. I know someone who said he spent hours on the phone to him trying to twist his arm, but no way.

I've been listening to it all day. It is a very classical conception of the music. What I mean is that it is poised, balanced and elegant vision of Chopin.  Quite a contrast from Cziffra in the same music, which I was listening to a yesterday.

I was wrong about this. It came about five years before that transition to CD. I wonder if he just refused to give permission for a cd to be released.

[Tsaraslondon]

I think you are confusing the first Duke of Normandy with a tasty caramel and chocolate sweet

My mistake. The sweet only has one l as in Rolo.



On the other hand I had no idea the Duke of Normandy had made a recording of DLVDE with Solti. 

[vers la flamme]

Why not?



Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde. Janet Baker, James King, Bernard Haitink, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Been meaning to listen to this recording since news broke of Haitink's passing but never got around to it. Today seems a fine day for it...

@MI, yes, still obsessed with the 8th, though I haven't listened to it this past week. Maybe later today...  The Solti recording is excellent, but I also really like the Bernstein/London, the Haitink/RCO, and the Tennstedt/LPO Live. There are several others I would like to hear too.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Hindemith: Violin Concerto. André Gertler, Ancerl/CPO.

[Mirror Image]

I think you mean Kollo, not Rollo which I only know as a tasty chocolate and caramel sweet. 

I haven't heard the Solti, but I'm not really a fan. I used to have a box set of his versions of the Mahler 5,6 and 7 on LP, but never bothered to get them on CD.

I also had the Baker/King/Haitink DLVDE on LP and there's no doubting it's a great performance. I just feel that Baker, caught live, is even more moving (I actually heard her do it live twice). I do like the added frisson a live performance can give and there really is no need to make any allowances for the sound on this live Kubelik performance. I think Kmentt is very fine too. He doesn't quite have Wunderlich's beauty of tone (who does?) but he is otherwise excellent.

Hah! Now that was a typo that worked well.

[Mirror Image]

Why not?



Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde. Janet Baker, James King, Bernard Haitink, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Been meaning to listen to this recording since news broke of Haitink's passing but never got around to it. Today seems a fine day for it...

@MI, yes, still obsessed with the 8th, though I haven't listened to it this past week. Maybe later today...  The Solti recording is excellent, but I also really like the Bernstein/London, the Haitink/RCO, and the Tennstedt/LPO Live. There are several others I would like to hear too.

Why not, indeed.

[Papy Oli]

Shostakovich - Violin Concerto No.1 (Vengerov)

[Mirror Image]

Shostakovich - Violin Concerto No.1 (Vengerov)

Pounds the table! First-class performance.

[Papy Oli]

Pounds the table! First-class performance.

It is a first listen, it has its moments but it is err...challenging, quite shrieking 

Still, part of my getting accustomed to Shostakovich 

[Traverso]

Mozart

After so many years still great fun to listen to these recordings with Boskovsky

Divertimenti  in F KV247

Serenade KV 320 "Posthorn"

[SonicMan46]

Well, I decided to just put on a relaxing Spotify playlist:

Piccinini, Alessandro (1556-1638) - Lute Music on a variety of historic instruments and with the performers below. Short Wiki article w/ brief summary below.  Dave

Piccinini was born in Bologna into a musical family. He is best known for his two volumes of lute music: Intavolatura di Liuto et di Chitarrone, libro primo (Bologna, 1623) and Intavolaturo di Liuto (Bologna, 1639), the latter published posthumously by his son Leonardo Maria Piccinini. The 1623 collection is of particular importance because of Piccinini's lengthy preface, which includes a detailed manual on performance, as well as claims to have invented the archlute (Piccinini also made important modifications to the chitarrone). Piccinini concentrated on toccatas, courantes and galliards, as well as different kinds of variations. No other works by Piccinini are known. (Source)

     

[ritter]

Some not so unknown Richard Strauss: symphonic music from the operas Die Frau ohne Schatten, Die Liebe der Danae, and Die Ägyptische Helena. Karl Anton Rickenbacher conducts the Bamberger Symphoniker.

CD 6 of this set:



That intermezzo from At III of Danae is quite something. Late, autumnal R. Strauss at the top of his game. 

[Mirror Image]

Some not so unknown Richard Strauss: symphonic music from the operas Die Frau ohne Schatten, Die Liebe der Danae, and Die Ägyptische Helena. Karl Anton Rickenbacher conducts the Bamberger Symphoniker.

CD 6 of this set:



That intermezzo from At III of Danae is quite something. Late, autumnal R. Strauss at the top of his game. 

Pounds the table! That is quite a good box set, Rafael. And a good afternoon/evening to you.

[Mirror Image]

It is a first listen, it has its moments but it is err...challenging, quite shrieking 

Still, part of my getting accustomed to Shostakovich 

I never felt challenged by Shostakovich, but this is probably because I cut my teeth with the 20th Century Classics early on.

[Karl Henning]

CD 3:

LvB

String Quartet № 13 in B^b, Op. 130