What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[karlhenning]

Martinů
Esquisses de danse, H.220
Foxtrot, H.126
Giorgio Koukl

[karlhenning]

[ The Foxtrot is very ragtimey, but for all I know, that may be as it ought. ]

[jwinter]

Rachmaninov
Gavrilov/Muti
EMI

I've seen that on the shelf of my local Borders.  I'm assuming I should leave it there?  

Thread Duty:

Bruckner 4, Skrowaczewski.  Definitely one of my favorite Bruckner sets, they play with real gusto, and it's cleanly recorded so the orchestral textures come through clearer than many.  

[karlhenning]

Martinů
Puppets, Bk III, H.92
Puppets, Bk II, H.116
Puppets, Bk I, H.137
Giorgio Koukl

[Wanderer]

Trying to understand what all the fuzz is about.

Many people worship at the altar of these interpretations. I've always considered them really good but ultimately rather unsatisfying overall; lower-key than I'd usually like and certainly not the definitive, ne plus ultra renditions. I prefer more angst and forward momentum in these concertos (i.e. Pollini/Böhm or Fleischer/Szell).

[karlhenning]

The fuss must be getting moldy, if it's sporting fuzz 

[George]

I've seen that on the shelf of my local Borders.  I'm assuming I should leave it there?  

The Moments Musicaux are great but the Rach 3 is meh. I haven't heard the rest yet. I'll post my thoughts here when I do.

Thread duty (2 days late)  

Beethoven
Symphony 9
Mengelberg/Concertgebouw
50th Anniversary Box
Philips

Got to hear the first three movements on the way to work. Very good first and third movement, excellent second. I'll finish this off at lunch. Thanks for the recommendation, LL!  

[sul G]

The fuss must be getting moldy, if it's sporting fuzz

It's because Gilels is so peachy.

Many people worship at the altar of these interpretations. I've always considered them really good but ultimately rather unsatisfying overall; lower-key than I'd usually like and certainly not the definitive, ne plus ultra renditions. I prefer more angst and forward momentum in these concertos (i.e. Pollini/Böhm or Fleischer/Szell).

Hmm, I think the angst in the first concerto tends to look after itself; but the intensely, radiantly lyrical intimate moments - this is some of Brahms's best orchestration, right here, actually - is often glossed over rather. To me this stuff is the heart of the piece, and Gilels plays it better than anyone else I know.

The second concerto is really such a lucid, wise, classical joy - I'm sure there's some kind of Mozart homage at work deep inside it (M's last piano concerto is also in B flat, and also has a development section which mysteriously hones in on B minor). Gilels knows just how to rip into this piece with great physicality (I've always prefered his awesomely physical recording with Reiner for this side of things) but he makes the piece purr too. Bear in mind that this piece is - well, IMO anyway - harder than anything in Liszt, for instance, or than the Rachmaninov concertos (again IMO), and harder still because it has to sound so effortless - Gilels, to my ear, manages this supremely well.

[George]

Was it here or the old GMG where we had that swell thread on the two concerti? Someone should bump it.  I can't, I'm busy at work.  

[ChamberNut]

Dvorak

Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104

Rostropovich
Karajan
BPO
DG

[karlhenning]

Dvorak

Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104

Rostropovich
Karajan
BPO
DG

(* sips hot organic green tea *)

[Bogey]

Dvorak

Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104

Rostropovich
Karajan
BPO
DG

(*sticks head out living room window hoping for a south westerly wind*)

[ChamberNut]

(*sticks head out living room window hoping for a south westerly wind*)

0:)

*Coffee squirts through nostrils*

[springrite]

(*sticks head out living room window hoping for a south westerly wind*)

Good. It's about time for a variation on the *pound the table" response!


Now listening:

Webern: Im Sommerwind (Boulez, BPO)

[Bogey]

Good. It's about time for a variation on the *pound the table" response!

I was just tagging Karl's tea post on the previous page.  Nothing original here without his inspiration.  Kind of like Bill Conti stealing from Gustav Holst. 

Speaking of which, how is your supply of DARJEELING BADAMTAM doing, Karl?

[aquablob]

I'm busy at work.  

How lame.

(Me too )

[ChamberNut]

I was just tagging Karl's tea post on the previous page.  Nothing original here without his inspiration.  Kind of like Bill Conti stealing from Gustav Holst. 

And Tchaikovsky! 

[springrite]

I was just tagging Karl's tea post on the previous page.  Nothing original here without his inspiration.  Kind of like Bill Conti stealing from Gustav Holst. 

Speaking of which, how is your supply of DARJEELING BADAMTAM doing, Karl?

Well, I just spilled some coffee and I blamed it on the table-pounding from the other side of the planet.

[Dr. Dread]

mozart piano concertos uchida/tate

[Bogey]

Well, I just spilled some coffee and I blamed it on the table-pounding from the other side of the planet.