What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Bogey]

[nesf]

Beethoven - String Quartet No. 3

Emerson String Quartet

[Sadko]

Tchaikovsky
Muti
Symphony Set
Symphony #5

This release...


Good.  Not heavy.  Intricate.

I know Muti's Tchailovsky is highly thought of in these parts, and I agree only to the extent of this being 'good'.  Unfortunately, for me, it lacks Tchaikovskian glory, being played too classically for my liking...but it is still good...now...where did I put the real deal, Karajans 70's Tchaikovsky..?

I also was disappointed by Muti's Tchaikovsky and got rid of this set quickly.

[PaulR]

Speaking of Shostakovich's Violin Concerto's....
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reading the reviews, it is funny that someone mentioned he didn't like the performance of the first because "It seems more like a symphony with a solo violin part, the way Khachatryan interprets it", which is basically what the first concerto really is (Although definitely not a symphony, but is a more symphonic concerto that other concertos)

[nesf]

Schubert - String Quintet in C

Lindsay Quartet & Douglas Cummings

[Karl Henning]

"Papa"
String Quartet in D, Op.76 № 5 (H.III/79)
Kuijken Quartet

[TheGSMoeller]

Graham sings Hahn, time to fall in love.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Symphony No. 4. What a wild ride! Great performance so far.

[Zizekian]

This morning I listened to Symphonies 1, 3, and 8:

[Karl Henning]

“Wolferl”
Piano Concerto  26 in D, K.537
Mitsuko Uchida, pf
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

I also was disappointed by Muti's Tchaikovsky and got rid of this set quickly.

Well, well, in my opinion, for what it is worth, Muti's set is one of the best on the market.  The passion and fire in the 4 th and 5th are unparalleled. Karajan is of a different order, different, not especially better. His approach is more suave, but appreciated by me nevertheless. I would not like to be without it.

[Mirror Image]

This morning I listened to Symphonies 1, 3, and 8:

...and?

[PaulR]

Going even further back in time!
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Tartini Concerto Grosso #5

[bhodges]

An unusual mash-up of Webern, Haydn and Schnittke works for string quartet, played by the young PUBLIQuartet, on YouTube. Interesting stuff...

From their website:

"PUBLIQuartet bridges the gap between musical eras through group improvisation. Their brand of rock-meets- jazz-meets-stylistically-crazed group composition touches on deeper connections between traditional, modern and contemporary music."

--Bruce

[Lisztianwagner]

Franz Liszt
Paino Concerto No.1

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[Mirror Image]

Franz Liszt
Paino Concerto No.1

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And?

[Sadko]

Well, well, in my opinion, for what it is worth, Muti's set is one of the best on the market.  The passion and fire in the 4 th and 5th are unparalleled. Karajan is of a different order, different, not especially better. His approach is more suave, but appreciated by me nevertheless. I would not like to be without it.

I was looking in my archive, I think I don't have a favourite set of all 6 symphonies. In my memory this one with nos. 4 - 6 is ranking very highly:

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I'm listening again after ages, to see how I find it now. (To S #4)

Edit: For me it is not easy to find Tchaikovsky symphony interpretations that are "right" for me. Often I find the playing uninvolved, mechanical, hurried, or in another way emotionally not in tune with the work.

[listener]

AURIC`:  music for the film La Belle et la bête
Moscow Symphony Orch.      Adriano
I was never a Cocteau fan and the music doesn't thrill me.
STRAVINSKY : The Rite of Spring
Ansermet and the Suisse Romande Orch.
early, mono recording which I like, but I'll replace this with the cd reissue.  The surfaces have made this copy junkable¸.  Keep a modern stereo as there aren't many works that include 2 contrabassoons and 2 bass clarinets in the orchestration

[Todd]

Sergei Babayan's Scarlatti.  One of my favorite Scarlatti recordings.  If ever his Gaspard is available at a reasonable price, I shall snap it up.  Maybe one day he will record more, too.

[Sadko]

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 4

All-Union Radio Committee Grand Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Gauk