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[SonicMan46]

b]The Mousetrap  Karl Henning, cl  Peter Cama-Lekx, va[/b]

. . . this time with Maria;  she likes the piece. Life is good.

Karl - I'm jealous!    I've edited nearly a dozen books & written over 200 medical articles - my wife, Susan, has never expressed that much enthusiasm for my output!     Dave  (BTW - have relistened to that piece - it is infectious, not a physician pun!  )

[M forever]

. . . this time with Maria;  she likes the piece.

Would she tell you if she didn't?

[Gustav]

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Not all of it but a good ninety minutes' worth.

I really like the way Knappertsbusch handles the chorus here, particularly the ladies chorus. After ingesting long stretches of male-dominated vocals the ladies chorus almost seems to 'float' into existence, adding luminescent contrasts against the predominantly dark (due to the men) backdrop. What a balancing act by Wagner!

[mozartsneighbor]

Vaughan Williams, Phantasy Quintet & Quartets, Naxos

[karlhenning]

Would she tell you if she didn't?

She certainly would, however diplomatically.  She did not care at all for the MIDI 'version' of the piece (some MIDI-oid snapshots she can endure better than others).  I made her promise to hold off on hating the piece, until she had heard it played by actual musicians.  Our listening last night vindicated me.

[Haffner]

Tristan und Isolde Prelude to Act 1 & to Act 3 (18'13)
Some of the most profoundest orchestral music ever written.

Hey, that looks like a good recording, James!




I really love this Bruckner 7th interpretation:

[Haffner]

She certainly would, however diplomatically.  She did not care at all for the MIDI 'version' of the piece (some MIDI-oid snapshots she can endure better than others).  I made her promise to hold off on hating the piece, until she had heard it played by actual musicians.  Our listening last night vindicated me.

I love this post! My girl does the same thing. In fact, the only time I really start to worry about her feelings on one of my pieces is when she says nothing and/or avoids the issue with admirable aplomb.

[Haffner]

Not all of it but a good ninety minutes' worth.

I really like the way Knappertsbusch handles the chorus here, particularly the ladies chorus. After ingesting long stretches of male-dominated vocals the ladies chorus almost seems to 'float' into existence, adding luminescent contrasts against the predominantly dark (due to the men) backdrop. What a balancing act by Wagner!

Good 'un! The sound of thiat recording is as good as could be expected, for the time, but the winner for me is the whole "not-afraid-to-get-the-hands-dirty" conducting. What I mean is, Knap isn't overly polite at the wrong places on this recording; he doesn't make the same mistakes that, say, Herr Karajan does in his own, classic recording of Parsifal. (It's not that I don't like the Karajan...it is Karajan, after all  . I just didn't feel the emotional connection as powerfully as in either of the Knap recordings.)

[karlhenning]

Vaughan Williams
A Pastoral Symphony
London Phil
Haitink

[ChamberNut]

Wagner

Die Walkure - Prelude and Act I

Levine
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
DG

[Harry]

Good day to you all, in between my ongoing hardships I still find some room to play some music, and this time as last time, the featured cd gives me much comfort. If you are a lover of Lute Music, this might well be a great discovery for you, as it was for me.
No complains whatsoever. 

[Kullervo]

[...] with shifting colours that reflect the composer's intense interest in Debussy's music.

Really? Is there documentation for this?

Listening: Sibelius - Pohjola's Daughter, Swan of Tuonela, etc. (Rozhdestvensky/London SO)

[karlhenning]

Hi, Harry!

[Harry]

Hi, Harry!

Hello my friend.....

[karlhenning]

Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 4
London Phil
Haitink

[ChamberNut]

Another library check-out:

Bartok

Piano Concerto No. 3

Helene Grimaud
London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez

DG

[mahler10th]

 

[karlhenning]

Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 5
London Phil
Haitink

[Kullervo]

Going to listen to the Sea Symphony from that set today, Karl.