What are you listening 2 now?

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Bach


Vol.9

So far I am very satisfied with the recording quality of these Kooiman recordings, there is always something that leaves something to be desired.
I remember how great the differences can be in perception, such as in the Weinberger recordings. Some people, for example, find the Messiaen Latry recordings the absolute top, however impressive they are, they are not my preference. Living room conditions are incomparably different from the concert hall or church. Recordings are prepared for living room use through all sorts of tricks. I wish Rübsam had chosen other organs in his Philips recordings. Sometimes due to the zeal of the organist the tempo is too high and we benefit more from a somewhat calmer approach that allows us to follow what is implied in the musical notation. An approach such as Beekman that appeals to me very much but also makes me long for a more temperamental approach without losing oneself in tempo and then we arrive at Kooiman.
All we have to do is to have a lot of performances in our house.
Sometimes Walcha has my preference in a piece globally, but I would like a different articulation.
There will always be something to be desired.
The most beautiful performance is the one I hear in my head and that too is subject to change.
It is not the organ that is central here, but the entire conception of the piece in terms of character and emotional depiction applies to that extent.

The kooiman sounds very good with my vacuum tube amps (I have 5 tube amps). 
The sound quality of the Weinberger set varies, but some of his performances and organ sound are very good.
The Walcha and Beekman are very good imo.
I assume you like the Wiersma set as well.

[Mirror Image]

Morton Gould as a conductor - let alone composer! - is seriously underated

I think so, too!

[André]

Before heading off to work:

Dvořák
The Wood Dove, Op. 110
Czech PO
Zdeněk Chalabala



One of the great Dvořák recordings of the symphonic poems. It actually sounds pretty good, too, given its vintage. This is apparently the only CD issue of these Chalabala performances and it's OOP. I bought it last year (I believe) off of Discogs from someone in Poland. Glad to own it.

Indeed. The best Water Goblin in my book. Those czech trumpets are just blood-curdling.

[Mirror Image]

Indeed. The best Water Goblin in my book. Those czech trumpets are just blood-curdling.

Absolutely!

[Spotted Horses]

As I said, you're not the only one with this issue and it's never been fixed and has affected every reissue as well.

I see what you mean, every issue, not every track. So far only one track. Fingers crossed for disc 3. The music and performances are certainly worthwhile listening.

I ripped the CDs and don't seem to have them anymore. Unfortunately I didn't save the log file, which would have told me if there were any read errors. Alas, no one has it for download, which eliminates the possibility of downloading the affected track to see if it is a pressing issue or a recording/mastering issue.

[Mirror Image]

I see what you mean, every issue, not every track. So far only one track. Fingers crossed for disc 3. The music and performances are certainly worthwhile listening.

Indeed. I wish some enterprising quartet would record these works. Where are you Emperor Quartet or Maggini Quartet?

[Traverso]

The kooiman sounds very good with my vacuum tube amps (I have 5 tube amps). 
The sound quality of the Weinberger set varies, but some of his performances and organ sound are very good.
The Walcha and Beekman are very good imo.
I assume you like the Wiersma set as well.

I sure do,to the Weinberger recordings I will listen tomorrow.Do you have the Beekman recordings or only partly from YouTube?

[VonStupp]

Symphonic Psalms and Prayers

Tenebrae, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Nigel Short

I remember this having a rather lovely performance of Schoenberg's Friede auf Erden.

VS

[Karl Henning]

Before heading off to work:

Dvořák
The Wood Dove, Op. 110
Czech PO
Zdeněk Chalabala



One of the great Dvořák recordings of the symphonic poems. It actually sounds pretty good, too, given its vintage. This is apparently the only CD issue of these Chalabala performances and it's OOP. I bought it last year (I believe) off of Discogs from someone in Poland. Glad to own it.

Have a good day!

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

I sure do,to the Weinberger recordings I will listent tomorrow.Do you have the Beekman recordings or only partly from YouTube?

I frequently listen to the Beekman recordings on YT. The guy uploads other interesting recordings as well.

[Traverso]

Mozart


CD 3

[Mirror Image]

Have a good day!

Thanks, Karl! You, too, my friend.

[Traverso]

I frequently listen to the Beekman recordings on YT. The guy uploads other interesting recordings as well.

Do you have a preference for Beekman or Kooiman on what basis, except recording quality or choice of organ, but only their artistic view.

[Mandryka]

I last listened to this in 2010. I thought it was not very good, despite the reputation of the singer. I remember saying to someone that he sounds as though he is thinking more about what he's going to have for lunch than the poems and the music.

And yet . . .

. . . and yet, this after it sounds like the greatest lieder recording ever made.

Go figure.

[Mirror Image]

ripped the CDs and don't seem to have them anymore. Unfortunately I didn't save the log file, which would have told me if there were any read errors. Alas, no one has it for download, which eliminates the possibility of downloading the affected track to see if it is a pressing issue or a recording/mastering issue.

Through this playlist, you should be able to hear if the glitch is found in the same spot as the one you found on your CD:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_luywDRb8vBrBVECB7M87HruieVSqt0_a8

[Papy Oli]

JS Bach - Organ works CD 7 (Isoir)

[Traverso]

I last listened to this in 2010. I thought it was not very good, despite the reputation of the singer. I remember saying to someone that he sounds as though he is thinking more about what he's going to have for lunch than the poems and the music.

And yet . . .

. . . and yet, this after it sounds like the greatest lieder recording ever made.

Go figure.

It strikes me how many posts of yours are somehow related to (your and others) meals and their influence on the music 

Hotter must have a great meal or imagining to have one 

[kyjo]

Miaskovsky: Cello Sonata no.1, op.12



EDIT: I think this might be the Miaskovsky I've enjoyed most thus far. As always I'm a sucker for chamber music.

The two cello sonatas (esp. the second) and SQ no. 13 represent Miaskovsky at his most appealing and inspired, IMHO. That said, I do enjoy some of his symphonies (principally nos. 6, 24, and 25), but others I find almost relentlessly grey and turgid.

[kyjo]

I've seen this label applied to Juon, Medtner and Taneyev. 

Re: the "Russian Brahms"

To me, Medtner sounds nothing like Brahms. Juon and Taneyev only very occasionally do. I think such labels are pretty stupid, tbh.

[Linz]

Lorin Maazel in Bruckner Symphony No. 5 in B Flat Major