What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Jay F]

Too bad this set is only available in Germany ...

It's a good price, though, Stuart. http://www.amazon.de/S%C3%A4mtliche-Grossen-Werke-Klavier-Solo/dp/B001DTA8QS/ref=sr_1_14/276-5146616-8603709?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1238862110&sr=8-14

Schiff's Goldbergs and WTCs are my favorites. I might make this my birthday present.

[Coopmv]

Now playing 6 of 6 Ockeghem CD's ...

[jlaurson]

This may be a set to own since I do not have M7 or M10 (if there is one) and all my symphonies are spread across different conductors.  I think the set by Bernstein on Sony is considered the best ...

For the singing (anything with Fassbaender) and the sometimes gritty playing, this is indeed a fine set to own (and one I'd recommend above many others). There is, alas, no M10. Very few sets include that... Inbal does and Rattle (his earlier recording)... and Chailly. But, lest I be mistaken, Gielen, who has an excellent 10th, hasn't got it included on his set.

No such thing as "the best"... and although Bernstein's Sony set has many attractive features, it's not any more a contender for that elusive title than a series of other sets.

The rave about Bertini has died down a little, but along with Gielen and--still, after all these years--Kubelik, those are perhaps more recommendable, still. Bernstein DG and Sinopoli are more individualized accounts. If you like their Mahler in general, you'll find them even more enjoyable than those generalist-save recommendations. Chailly is undoubtedly the best sounding available complete set. Inbal is woefully underrated... including among much excellence one of the finest 4th there is. But that's bound to be a discussion for the Mahler thread.

More of which later this month.

[Opus106]

Bill, my wife and I are hearing a live performance of this next week, paired with a "filler" piece called the 'Ode to Joy' Symphony or something like that. 

Awesome! Let me know if you liked the filler.

It's a good price, though, Stuart. http://www.amazon.de/S%C3%A4mtliche-Grossen-Werke-Klavier-Solo/dp/B001DTA8QS/ref=sr_1_14/276-5146616-8603709?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1238862110&sr=8-14
Schiff's Goldbergs and WTCs are my favorites. I might make this my birthday present.

Good price for the set, no one disagrees with that. But it's the flat shipping rate - two-thirds of the price for the set - that is bad. Recommendations for other stores from Europe (JPC apart) with reasonable shipping (and with the set available, of course) is welcome. I'd snap that box up in a jiffy!

Thread Duty:

Well, this ought to be good.

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano sonata in E major, Op. 109
Andras Schiff

Performed at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA
30 March 2009

[Coopmv]

Now playing disc 1 of Tureck WTC ...

[Dr. Dread]

[prémont]

What do you think of this?

Even if I own the set, I have not heard it since long time ago.
I recall, that he plays with a certain "German" weight, which suits the music very well.

[Dr. Dread]

What do you think of this?

I didn't have time to listen to the whole thing, but enjoyed what I heard. I think I sensed the "weight" you mention and the acoustics seemed right to me. I will be revisiting soon.

[Coopmv]

Now playing disc 2 of Rosalyn Tureck's WTC ...

[Joe_Campbell]

Weber - Sonata in A flat, Op. 39
Alfred Brendel

[rubio]

An intense Bruckner 9 by Furtwängler/BPO (7/10-1944), but the sound leaves a lot to be desired. I just wish it could have the same audio quailty like his war-time Bruckner 5. My favourites are still Giulini/WP and Wand/Cologne RSO.

[SonicMan46]

Roslavets, Nikolay (1881-1944) - Violin Concertos w/ Alina Ibragimova & Volkov/BBC Scottish SO.

Bax, Arnold (1883-1953) - Violin Sonatas w/ Laurence Jackson & Ashley Wass - both recommendations here; first listening - 

 

[Solitary Wanderer]

Perfect start to a lovely Autumn Sunday morning  0:)

[rubio]

These are performances that goes straight home with me. I have not heard Klemperer's studio version of the 2nd, but I do prefer this live 7th to the EMI GROtC reading. Interpretation-wise it's in the same vein, but there is added warmth and sense of the occasion which really draws me in as a listener. Lovely!

[Coopmv]

Now playing disc 3 of Rosalyn Tureck's WTC set ...

[rubio]

This I can like. Hewitt manages to bring forward the tonal colours, a beautiful singing tone and dancing rhythms in this music, and I restore faith in my ability to enjoy Bach on the piano. I guess some performers could plumb deeper depths than Hewitt, but it doesn't matter. So now I will have to see if I manage to find a Well-Tempered Clavier on the piano which I can enjoy.

[Joe_Campbell]

This I can like. Hewitt manages to bring forward the tonal colours, a beautiful singing tone and dancing rhythms in this music, and I restore faith in my ability to enjoy Bach on the piano. I guess some performers could plumb deeper depths than Hewitt, but it doesn't matter. So now I will have to see if I manage to find a Well-Tempered Clavier on the piano which I can enjoy.

Look no further!
http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/al.asp?al=CDA67741/4

[haydnguy]

Roslavets, Nikolay (1881-1944) - Violin Concertos w/ Alina Ibragimova & Volkov/BBC Scottish SO.

Bax, Arnold (1883-1953) - Violin Sonatas w/ Laurence Jackson & Ashley Wass - both recommendations here; first listening - 

I love that Roslavets, SonicMan, especially number one. The Bax too, of course! 

[George]

Schubert D 664

For my upcoming review of the pianist's 4 recordings of this work.

[Coopmv]

This I can like. Hewitt manages to bring forward the tonal colours, a beautiful singing tone and dancing rhythms in this music, and I restore faith in my ability to enjoy Bach on the piano. I guess some performers could plumb deeper depths than Hewitt, but it doesn't matter. So now I will have to see if I manage to find a Well-Tempered Clavier on the piano which I can enjoy.

I am enjoying the WTC by Rosalyn Tureck in monaural sound ...  I expect to be getting the new set by Angela Hewitt and the set by Tatiana Nikolayeva.  I just do not believe there is any definitive version out there.