What are you listening 2 now?

Started by Gurn Blanston, September 23, 2019, 05:45:22 AM

Previous topic - Next topic

Madiel and 17 Guests are viewing this topic.

Print
Go Down Pages 1 ... 3948 3949 3950 3951 3952 ... 6685
User actions

vandermolen

#78980
October 03, 2022, 12:42:21 PM Last Edit: October 03, 2022, 12:45:47 PM by vandermolen
Quote from: Linz on October 03, 2022, 11:45:55 AM
Vaughan Williams A London Symphony and Symphony No. 8 Vernon Handley and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
I actually prefer Handley's earlier recording of A London Symphony with the LPO.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

vandermolen

#78981
October 03, 2022, 12:42:57 PM
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on October 03, 2022, 11:39:20 AM
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7

This performance is a real experience. Karajan milks each passage, each moment, each detail, all of that to maximum greatness. A supreme masterpiece that never fails to move me spiritually.


+1 Great Tapiola as well.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

foxandpeng

#78982
October 03, 2022, 12:44:58 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on October 03, 2022, 12:40:48 PM
Arguably the greatest of his symphonies - it's deeper than some of the others.
TD
Rubbra's 3rd Symphony


Rubbra's 3rd has always been my favourite in the cycle. Tuneful and immediately accessible.
"A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people ... then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbour — such is my idea of happiness"

Tolstoy

j winter

#78983
October 03, 2022, 12:52:33 PM
Some light chamber music to finish the day...



The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils.
The motions of his spirit are dull as night,
And his affections dark as Erebus.
Let no such man be trusted.

-- William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

vandermolen

#78984
October 03, 2022, 01:00:36 PM
Quote from: foxandpeng on October 03, 2022, 12:44:58 PM
Rubbra's 3rd has always been my favourite in the cycle. Tuneful and immediately accessible.
Good to know Danny. It's one that I know the least but it's a characteristically deep, reflective work. My favourites are 4,5,7 and 8.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Linz

#78985
October 03, 2022, 01:09:45 PM
Mahler Symphony No. 6 in A Minor Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Karl Henning

#78986
October 03, 2022, 02:50:24 PM
Quote from: Linz on October 03, 2022, 11:45:55 AM
Vaughan Williams A London Symphony and Symphony No. 8 Vernon Handley and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Handley's was the first RVW set I fetched in, and I still like it.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Lisztianwagner

#78987
October 03, 2022, 03:11:29 PM
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on October 03, 2022, 11:39:20 AM
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7

This performance is a real experience. Karajan milks each passage, each moment, each detail, all of that to maximum greatness. A supreme masterpiece that never fails to move me spiritually.



Great description, I completely agree! The other recordings are marvelous and splendidly performed too.
"You cannot expect the Form before the Idea, for they will come into being together." - Arnold Schönberg

Mapman

#78988
October 03, 2022, 03:43:00 PM
Maiden-Listen Monday!
Castillon: Piano Concerto
Ciccolini; Prêtre: Monte-Carlo

I just did a quick search of the forum, and found this from a couple years ago. I completely agree!

Quote from: kyjo on July 01, 2019, 08:26:13 PM
Haven't heard his Piano Quintet, but Castillon's Piano Concerto is a real beauty with the most gorgeous first movement. Perhaps the finale is a bit of a letdown (comparatively), but it's certainly a work worth hearing.

vers la flamme

#78989
October 03, 2022, 04:33:39 PM


Benjamin Britten: War Requiem, op.66. Benjamin Britten, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

Not a work I return to often, but a good one.

vers la flamme

#78990
October 03, 2022, 05:18:39 PM


Arnold Bax: Symphony No.1. David Lloyd-Jones, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Symphonic Addict

#78991
October 03, 2022, 05:29:05 PM
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on October 03, 2022, 03:11:29 PM
Great description, I completely agree! The other recordings are marvelous and splendidly performed too.

Absolutely, Karajan was in his element with Sibelius. I wish he would have recorded the first three symphonies on DG as well.
The current annihilation of a people on this planet (you know which one it is) is the most documented and at the same time the most preposterously denied.

Dry Brett Kavanaugh

#78992
October 03, 2022, 06:05:53 PM
Scriabin Opus Posthum. Lettberg.



 

JBS

#78993
October 03, 2022, 06:15:19 PM
My Presto order landed today, so first off

Quite impressed by it.
[To sort out the credits--Gerstein is the harpdichordist, DKB the orchestra for Symphony 3; CBSO is the orchestra in the Concerto and Symphony 7; Zupancic is the soloist in the Concerto.]

To be followed shortly by


Hollywood Beach Broadwalk

Karl Henning

#78994
October 03, 2022, 06:21:27 PM
Quote from: Dry Brett Kavanaugh on October 03, 2022, 06:05:53 PM
Scriabin Opus Posthum. Lettberg.



 

Very nice!
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Karl Henning

#78995
October 03, 2022, 06:35:18 PM
Quote from: JBS on October 03, 2022, 06:15:19 PM
My Presto order landed today, so first off

Quite impressed by it.
[To sort out the credits--Gerstein is the harpdichordist, DKB the orchestra for Symphony 3; CBSO is the orchestra in the Concerto and Symphony 7; Zupancic is the soloist in the Concerto.]

Nice!
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Keemun

#78996
October 03, 2022, 06:41:41 PM


Wonderfully played.
Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. - Ludwig van Beethoven

Dry Brett Kavanaugh

#78997
October 03, 2022, 06:41:49 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on October 03, 2022, 06:21:27 PM
Very nice!

Have a great week, Karl!

California and NY have decided to outlaw sales of gas-powered automobiles by 2035. I have a feeling that Massachusetts will be the next.  ;D

Symphonic Addict

#78998
October 03, 2022, 06:45:52 PM
Nielsen: Symphony No. 3

Good performance, mostly regarding brass and timpani. I'm very fond of this cycle overall.

The current annihilation of a people on this planet (you know which one it is) is the most documented and at the same time the most preposterously denied.

vers la flamme

#78999
October 03, 2022, 06:51:30 PM


Arnold Bax: Symphony No.2. David Lloyd-Jones, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Man, this stuff is good!
Print
Go Up Pages 1 ... 3948 3949 3950 3951 3952 ... 6685
User actions