What are you listening 2 now?

[Traverso]

Shostakovich Symphonies 1 and 6 Cd1 of Ashkenazy with the Royal Phiharmonic Orchestra

I like this set 

[Mapman]

Casella: Triple Concerto Op.56 & A Notte Alta
Restani, Vagnarelli, Lukic; Conti: Filarmonica '900 del Teatro Regio di Torino

The triple concerto seems to be the more interesting of the two works, especially its beautiful slow movement. I didn't like these as much as some other Casella works (such as symphonies 2 and 3), though.

[TheGSMoeller]

Barry: The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant, Act 2 [Markson]

I didn't know this was a thing, being a fan of Fassbinder's film I'm intrigued. Whats your take on the opera?
Thanks!

[classicalgeek]

Yes, it is the Cooke! I'm liking it quite a bit, but I have a pretty wide range as far as Mahler goes. If nothing else, the recording is impressive, maybe even too wide a dynamic range. I had to turn up the opening gorgeous viola line to hear it, and then had to quiet things a notch later. But maybe a nice problem to have. 

And that is a gorgeous recording. I haven't heard everything in the box, just the Eighth.

--Bruce

Agreed, Wand's Bruckner Eight is spectacular!

TD:
Charles Tournemire
Symphony no. 5
Symphony no. 8
Orchestre Philharmonique de Liege
Pierre Bartholomee
(on Spotify)



Fine pieces that bring Roussel's symphonies to mind, although they're not quite as distinctive.

[JBS]

After reading Spotted Horse's posts about the wonderful remastering of Bernstein Mahler I, just had to give it a shot.  It really is good!  So much better than the previous releases.  I listened to the M9 which is lean and swift.  Much faster than his third recording in the DG set.  While I'm not a fan of racing through the work like that, it was great to hear the recording the way that it was meant to be heard.  BTW I hate the cover art because this is the cycle from when Bernstein was a young man, so this picture is inappropriate.



I also listened to the Barenboim Bruckner 9.  It was good, and great sonics.  Middle of the road for me.  Not amazing but not blah either.  I think this is one of those bestsellers so maybe I'm missing something.

I have the Bernstein in this format. IIRC this was the first issue of the remastering used for your set.


TD

[Karl Henning]

Love this!

[Mirror Image]

I have the Bernstein in this format. IIRC this was the first issue of the remastering used for your set.

I own these three sets of Bernstein's Mahler on Columbia (Sony):



The first set are essentially those "Bernstein Century" releases, which are earlier remasters. The Carnegie Hall box set is another remastering using DSD. The last set are derived from the Japanese SACD set, which has a completely different remastering than any of the previous iterations of this set. The Japanese SACD set (which I own as well):

[JBS]

I own these three sets of Bernstein's Mahler on Columbia (Sony):



The first set are essentially those "Bernstein Century" releases, which are earlier remasters. The Carnegie Hall box set is another remastering using DSD. The last set are derived from the Japanese SACD set, which has a completely different remastering than any of the previous iterations of this set. The Japanese SACD set (which I own as well):

Thanks, I didn't know about the Japanese remaster. Is there a big difference between it and the one I have?
[Asking as a pure intellectual question, since the Carnegie set seems good enough as it is. Altnough I do have two versions of Bernstein's DG cycle, although that's because one has the song cycles and the other doesn't.]

[Mirror Image]

Thanks, I didn't know about the Japanese remaster. Is there a big difference between it and the one I have?
[Asking as a pure intellectual question, since the Carnegie set seems good enough as it is. Altnough I do have two versions of Bernstein's DG cycle, although that's because one has the song cycles and the other doesn't.]

Honestly, I haven't done any extensive side-by-side comparisons. When I play this particular cycle I usually play this one:



This one, which again, is derived from the Japanese SACD set sounds quite fine to my ears, so this is one I ended up ripping to my SSD drive.

[Linz]

Mahler Symphony 7 Lorin Maazel

[Operafreak]

In Flanders Fields Volume 67 - Jef van Hoof- Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra Ostrava, Ivo Venkov

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde
Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Klemperer

From this Japanese Tower Records/Warner hybrid SACD set -

[Que]

Morning listening on Spotify:



PS Oh goodness, the music is alternated with recited "lessons"... blyme..

[Operafreak]

Raff: Complete Works For Cello & Piano- Christoph Croisé (cello), Oxana Shevchenko

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[Mandryka]

I didn't know this was a thing, being a fan of Fassbinder's film I'm intrigued. Whats your take on the opera?
Thanks!

I saw this opera's creation. I'm quite surprised to see a recording of it exists.

[Traverso]

Mahler


Symphony No.4


Strange that you read that Maazel has no feeling for Mahler and that his fourth is one of the best successful recordings.

There must be something wrong with me because although they deviate from the usual conceptions,I enjoy it.

[pjme]

I saw this opera's creation. I'm quite surprised to see a recording of it exists.

And now there is François Ozon's film:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/feb/11/peter-von-kant-review-francois-ozon-fassbinder-berlin-film-festival

I haven't seen it yet.

[Operafreak]

Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat/ Christopher Lee (narrator)

Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Lionel Friend

[Traverso]

Mozart


Piano Trios


CD 2 KV 442-496 & 502

[Harry]

Johann Christian Bach.
Symphonies Concertantes, Volume V.

SC in C major with Two Violins and Cello soli.
SC in D major with Two Flutes, Two Violins and Cello soli.
SC in E flat major, with Two Oboes, Two Horns, Two Violins and Cello soli.

Graham Cracknell, Peter Hanson, Violins.
Sebastian Comberti, Cello.
Rachel Brown, Flute.
Anthony Robson, Gail Hennessy, Oboes.
Roger Montgomery, Gavin Edwards, Horns.
Judith Tarling, Andrew Byrt, Violas.

The Hanover Band, Anthony Halstead.

An ongoing pleasure, and I mean the whole series. Every Baroque and early classical music lovers should have them. There is a complete set of them on CPO, for a very competitive price. I bought all of them when released.