What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Fafner]

Fritz Reiner conducts Wagner and Strauss
Die Meistersinger: Prelude To Act I
Die Meistersinger: Prelude To Act II
Die Meistersinger: Dance Of The Apprentices
Die Meistersinger: Procession Of The Meistersingers
Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Rhine Journey
Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Funeral Music
Don Juan, Op. 20


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[Sergeant Rock]

Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture
Szell - Cleveland Orchestra

Whilst relaxing in a peculiar fashion with BBC Radio 3 playing, I heard Mendelssohns Hebrides Overture played with such brilliant textures and fabulously controlled spacing that I had to turn it up to hear who was conducting and who the orchestra was.  It was an old recording, but by all the Gods it had sonic masterclass written all over it.   So whilst blubbering to myself that it was probably the most amazing Hebrides I've heard, the Radio announcer then told me it was Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra.
Wow. I'm away to find it now...

The coupled Mendelssohn Fourth is the best I've ever heard. Definitely worth seeking.

Sarge

[Lisztianwagner]

*swings the hammer*

[The new erato]

Whilst relaxing in a peculiar fashion

How do you relax in a peculiar fashion?  On the other hand; I'm not sure I want to know, so some discretion may be in order here.

[mahler10th]

How do you relax in a peculiar fashion?  On the other hand; I'm not sure I want to know, so some discretion may be in order here.

It is nice to open a post by saying something thought provoking, even if it is nonsense.   

[Sergeant Rock]

Just listened to ...

Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E flat major "Romantic" ~ Riccardo Chailly & The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

I liken listening to a Bruckner symphony to a heavy meal of meat, potatoes, lots of gravy, followed by a couple of slices of pie & ice cream. Afterwards you feel like nothing would be better that a few tremendous belches and farts.

That's a unique reaction to Bruckner. Most people, listening to his symphonies, are transported into a spiritual realm, leaving all bodily functions behind 

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Antonio Salieri Concerto for Flute and Oboe C major




Sarge

[Fëanor]

That's a unique reaction to Bruckner {i.e. a heavy meal}. Most people, listening to his symphonies, are transported into a spiritual realm, leaving all bodily functions behind 

Sarge

I dunno about unique; unusual amongst his fans I suppose.

I'm not a person of a "spiritual" sensibility. I prefer Shostakovich's analytic emotionality.

[Sergeant Rock]

Haydn Symphony #1 D major, the Hobbit Fey conducting the Heidelbergers




Sarge

[Sadko]

Mozart

Piano Sonatas KV 533, 545, 570

Claudio Arrau

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[Sergeant Rock]

Haydn Symphony #48 C major "Maria Theresia" Derek Solomons conducting L'Estro Armonico




Sarge

[The new erato]

Most people, listening to his symphonies, are transported into a spiritual realm, leaving all bodily functions behind 

Sarge

I prefer to have my bodily functions under control, particularly those behind.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

CD 10 from this set.

[Fafner]

Opera Arias (Favourite): MOZART, W.A. / ROSSINI, G. / BELLINI, V. / DONIZETTI, G. / MASSENET, J.
Elina Garanca
Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Alexandrs Vilumanis
2001

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[Wakefield]

Schubert - String Quartets 1
Auryn Quartett
CPO, 3-CD set

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CD1:
String Quartet in A Minor D. 804 "Rosamunde"
Five Minuets with Six Trios and Five German Dances with Seven Trios and a Coda D. 89

I recall I listened to this disc some five years ago and I didn't like it at all. But this time it has been different. I guess the previous time I was uncomfortable basically because of the fragile, extremely delicate tone of the first violin. Currently, on the contrary, I have felt this feature as a sort of representation of Schubert's own voice (although Schubert didn't play the violin, but the viola in his family string quartet), against the solid sound of the other instruments.

Sound quality and interpretation are top-notch.     

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

CD 11 from this set.

[Sergeant Rock]

Ravel La valse, Eduardo Mata conducting the Dallas




Sarge

[Opus106]

http://www.youtube.com/v/JKG8ZxEOdwE

Just because I read something about the prelude over here... and to mention the fact that that 'video' is nearly four-and-a-half hours long. Nothing else, really. 0:)

[kishnevi]

That's a unique reaction to Bruckner. Most people, listening to his symphonies, are transported into a spiritual realm, leaving all bodily functions behind 

Sarge

I have the feeling that Anton would have gotten a hearty laugh out of Fafner's Feanor's description.

Certainly mainly people find his symphonies to be hard to digest or else like a cheese souffle: easily overblown.

Thread duty.

CD 5 of the Menuhin "Great Violin Concertos" box

Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole
Chausson: Poeme
Orchestre Symphonique de Paris  recorded  June 20-21, 1933
Dvorak: Violin Concerto
Orchestra de las Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire recorded February 26 and 28, 1936

for all three works
Yehudi Menuhin,  violin
George Enescu, conductor

Interestingly, while it contains his "Serenade Melancolique", this set doesn't have a recording of Tchaikovksy's Violin Concerto.

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Now:

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Listening to Takemitsu's Requiem. Awesome!