What are you listening 2 now?

[Traverso]

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.2 in C minor, the "Resurrection". Georg Solti, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus with soloists Helen Watts and Heather Harper

I love this recording! I'm sorry to see that Jan had a less than pleasant experience with some of Solti's Mahler earlier today, and indeed his super-intense take on this composer is not always what I want to hear. But it's clicking right now.

The recordings with the London Symphony Orchestra are much better , my enthusiasm for Solti is not what it used to be.

[Traverso]

Mahler


It is my intention to listen to the ninth symphony of the two recently purchased Mahler sets. First the Boulez recording and immediately after that De Maazel recording.

[aukhawk]

I have now been listening to Glass for 45 minutes and I am still interested. What sorcery is this?

Olafsson's rendition of Etude No.6 is mesmerising.  He can also be seen playing it here on YouTube - a different (live) performance but recorded arounnd the same time I think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80-lRYAtaU0
NB sound regrettably out of sync (on my PC anyway) - sound is ahead of picture. 

[aukhawk]

Updated to Add: I've just listened to movement 1 of Suitner, Rowicki and Neumann, in rapid succession. There's a clear winner for me: Rowicki. Lovely sonics; up-tempo without sounding in a hurry, not at all muddy. Next, Neumann; Suitner sounded as if it had been recorded with a plump cushion over the microphone! If they're all like that, I fear it's a dud purchase!

If I needed more Dvorak - which emphaticaslly I do not - OK, if someone stole my entire Dvorak collection overnight and I had to start again - I'd give very serious consideration to Ivan Anguelov.  The one I've heard (the 6th) has a lightness and transparency that puts him ahead of Belohlavek, Dohnanyi and even Kertesz in my collection.


Dvorak, 9 Symphonies, Anguelov, Slovak RSO

[Operafreak]

Tippett: String Quartets Nos. 4 and 5- Heath Quartet

[Harry]

Got on it right away - browsing through this set on Spotify:

I rate this set very high, much better as the ones on CPO, which are by any standard mediocre.

[Traverso]

Mahler


Symphony No 9

[Que]

I rate this set very high, much better as the ones on CPO, which are by any standard mediocre.

Good to know! 

[Madiel]

I think I may be a fan...

[Papy Oli]

Nielsen - Symphony No.5

[Madiel]

Vagn Holmboe's Symphony No. 06 
    Owain Arwel Hughes, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

Superb: very ear-catching.

Nielsen - Symphony No.5

Great. Just when I'm trying to wind down into finally watching the last ever episode of Spiral/Engrenages, the two of you are making me think that what I really need is to pull out Holmboe and Nielsen symphonies for the first time in a while.

[prémont]

I rate this set [Pachelbel/Stella] very high, much better as the ones on CPO, which are by any standard mediocre.

Yes, much better than the CPO set. However I sometimes relisten to parts of the CPO set and now and then I find things to enjoy. Joseph Payne's set also has got its points, the many interesting organs among them.

[Operafreak]

Bach: The Art of Life- Daniil Trifonov (piano)

[Harry]

Johann Sebastian Bach.

Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord.

Elizabeth Blumenstock, Violin.
John Butt, Harpsichord. ( A instrument by John Phillips, Berkeley, modeled after an Andreas Ruckers instrument, 1646, enlarged in 1780 by Pascal Taskin.
Elisabeth Le Guin, Baroque Cello.
Steven Lehning, Viola da Gamba.

After I told Premont yesterday that I had in my possession the recording with Elizabeth Wallfisch, and Paul Nicholson on Hyperion I found out that it is not in my collection anymore, and have no idea where it is. Even more terrible it is out of print altogether, and so have no access to the audio CD's. I am dismayed about this not a little.
But I think I have at least one complete recording that might compete in this area with what is on the market. The violin is recorded to close for comfort, and it must be said the pace is fast, too fast for my taste.
On the artistic level all is well, but the tempi and close recording is off putting, at least to me. I had to put the volume much lower.
I doubt that this recording will stay in my collection.

[Harry]

Yes, much better than the CPO set. However I sometimes relisten to parts of the CPO set and now and then I find things to enjoy. Joseph Payne's set also has got its points, the many interesting organs among them.

True, and the SACD sound is also very good, but somehow it sounds at times anonymous. I have the first few volumes, but never revisited them after one listening.
And I saw that I never bought the third volume, this I have corrected, for 14,99€, which is next to nothing.

[prémont]

After I told Premont yesterday that I had in my possession the recording with Elizabeth Wallfisch, and Paul Nicholson on Hyperion I found out that it is not in my collection anymore, and have no idea where it is. Even more terrible it is out of print altogether, and so have no access to the audio CD's. I am dismayed about this not a little.

It's available as a download at Presto Classical, booklet included:

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7944670--j-s-bach-violin-sonatas

[Harry]

It's available as a download at Presto Classical.

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7944670--j-s-bach-violin-sonatas

Yes I saw this my friend, but in this case I want the CD's
I can hear them through Qobuz, and I will soon.
Thank you for alerting me.

[prémont]

Johann Sebastian Bach.

Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord.

Elizabeth Blumenstock, Violin.
John Butt, Harpsichord. ( A instrument by John Phillips, Berkeley, modeled after an Andreas Ruckers instrument, 1646, enlarged in 1780 by Pascal Taskin.
Elisabeth Le Guin, Baroque Cello.
Steven Lehning, Viola da Gamba.

But I think I have at least one complete recording that might compete in this area with what is on the market. The violin is recorded to close for comfort, and it must be said the pace is fast, too fast for my taste.
On the artistic level all is well, but the tempi and close recording is off putting, at least to me. I had to put the volume much lower.
I doubt that this recording will stay in my collection.

Yes, on the artistic level all is well, and this is why I don't cull it.

[Harry]

Yes, on the artistic level all is well, and this is why I don't cull it.

Being further on in the first CD, and at a lower sound level, I refrain from culling. When my wife entered my office she said she rather liked what she heard, so it stays by a higher decree from my spouse.

[Todd]

Mr Bohren continues on with a perfect record.