What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Harry]

From this box, "Athalia" Part I.

This is to my liking very much.

[Keemun]

Mendelssohn

Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11
Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 107 Reformation

Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
Deutsches Symphonyie-Orchester Berlin
Decca

Ah, this was a reminder to me that the long introductory theme of the 1st movement is still one of my favorites of all music! 

Thanks for reminding me of this work, I'm listening to it now.

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 (Davis/Staatskapelle Dresden)

[karlhenning]

[jlaurson]

My first impression of this was so poor that I didn't make it past the second prelude. Today I brought it to work, knowing that I would have to hear the whole thing once it was playing and zipped inside my coat. Aside from a few inspired moments, I don't get why this has received good reviews. I haven't heard a version of the preludes that I enjoyed less.

Interesting. So far, I've LOVED, admired, and raved about every release of A.T. on Harmonia Mundi. (The ones before that are mostly Poulenc Chamber works on Naxos which I also have.)

I think his Bach recital is one of those handful of discs that will be among my life-long favorites. I accidentally reviewed it twice (once, twice) and it made top-dog on my Best of 2005. In 2006, my top choice was his recording of Chopin Waltzes, in 2007 his Couperin was among "A Few of My Favorite Things".

This Chopin disc, though, even after playing it five, six, seven times, has refused to make me rave about it... it has even refused to impart in me why it is special. Perhaps I'll get it, eventually, but so far I'm simply not responding to it. (I don't find it bad, though... just no gut-feeling about this.)

[Kullervo]

In the past few days:

Lutoslawski - Preludes and fugue for strings, paroles tisees and trois poemes d'henri Michaux (Lutos./Polish Radio) -- more excellence from the three-disc set on EMI.

Quartets by Debussy, Dutilleux and Ravel (Belcea Quartet) -- Lively, rough-and-tumble performances of the Debussy and Ravel (I don't know the Dutilleux well enough to comment on the performance), and brilliantly recorded.

[karlhenning]

Dvořák
Slavonic Dances, Opus 46
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Doráti

[karlhenning]

Dvořák
Slavonic Dances, Opus 72
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Doráti

[Kuhlau]

A clarinet concerto by Weber ... though I can't seem to find the details just now to identify which one.

FK

[karlhenning]

Dieubussy
Nocturnes pour orchestre
Cz Phil
Jean Fournet

[Peregrine]

Just sneaking in the fifth SQ before Corrie comes on...

[haydnguy]

Liszt/Cziffra

Hungarian Rhapsodies 1-9
12 Etudes

[karlhenning]

Dieubussy
La mer
Cz Phil
Jean Fournet

[Bulldog]

My first impression of this was so poor that I didn't make it past the second prelude. Today I brought it to work, knowing that I would have to hear the whole thing once it was playing and zipped inside my coat. Aside from a few inspired moments, I don't get why this has received good reviews. I haven't heard a version of the preludes that I enjoyed less.

I've heard many versions less enjoyable than Tharaud's.  Actually, "enjoyable" might not be the right word.  Tharaud's version digs into dark terrain with more foreboding than I ever heard from alternative recordings.  Whether I'll find it to stand tall in the long-run is up for grabs, but I'm currently getting quite a charge out of it.  One thing for sure - the listener needs to leave all perceptions of Op. 28 at the door in order to appreciate what Tharaud offers.
I didn't do that for the first few hearings and was also wondering why the reviews have been mostly positive.

[Peregrine]

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 1756-1791

- String Quartet No.19 in C, K.465,

'Dissonance' 26.04



FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN 1732-1809

- String Quartet in C, Op.74 No.1,

HobIII/72 (1793) 19.56

- String Quartet in G, Op.77 No.1,

HobIII/81 (1799) 20.52



FRANZ SCHUBERT 1797-1828

*String Quartet in C minor, D.703

'Quartettsatz' 8.51

[George]

I've heard many versions less enjoyable than Tharaud's.  Actually, "enjoyable" might not be the right word.  Tharaud's version digs into dark terrain with more foreboding than I ever heard from alternative recordings.  Whether I'll find it to stand tall in the long-run is up for grabs, but I'm currently getting quite a charge out of it.  One thing for sure - the listener needs to leave all perceptions of Op. 28 at the door in order to appreciate what Tharaud offers.
I didn't do that for the first few hearings and was also wondering why the reviews have been mostly positive.

I'll keep this in mind next time I try this one.

I'm curious which sets of Preludes you have enjoyed less than Theraud's. Can you tell which ones?

[Drasko]

I've heard many versions less enjoyable than Tharaud's.  Actually, "enjoyable" might not be the right word. 

I agree, liked the way he keeps the gloomy trio (2, 4, 6) unsettled, restless sounding. The 12th I found very interesting, touch quirky. Initially had feeling that he is slightly losing steam toward the end. Will definitely have to spin it again soon.

now this:

opp.118/3 76/2 and 79/2 particularly good

edit: am I the only one (of non subscribers) to find this new amazon add (with these little clouds) annoyingly slowing down loading pages?

[karlhenning]

edit: am I the only one (of non subscribers) to find this new amazon add (with these little clouds) annoyingly slowing down loading pages?

You are not alone . . . .

[George]

You are not alone . . . .

I am using Firefox with adblock, so I see no clouds.  0:)

[ezodisy]

I am using Firefox with adblock, so I see no clouds.  0:)

same, don't see it, but I certianly feel its effect with the page freezing every couple minutes

[ChamberNut]

Bach

Cantata BWV 75 Die Elenden sollen essen {The Meek Shall Eat}

Vol 1: Cantatas

Sir John Eliot Gardiner
The Monteverdi Choir
The English Baroque Soloists
SDG