What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Dr. Dread]

chopin nocturnes

You think these are my favorite pieces? 

[bhodges]

http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/oDUTTRGOJdE

That was fantastic...saw it years ago but not since.  And like a lot of their material, it holds up very well. 

--Bruce

[mahler10th]

At last!!  My posts are working!
A week gone, some essential maintenance was necessary.

[mahler10th]

After which...

[karlhenning]

At last!!  My posts are working!

Excellent!

[Opus106]

Excellent!

Just like the music making I am listening to at the moment.

Franceso Maria Veracini
Sonata Prima in G minor, Op. 1 No. 1
Fabio Biondi and members of Europa Galante

P.S.: I chanced upon this a few minutes ago while surfing Amazon.com.

[karlhenning]

Hah! 

[Que]

Q

[Keemun]

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6 (Slatkin/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Live at the Proms, August 8, 2008)

[Keemun]

Stenhammar: Symphony 2 (Neeme Jarvi/Gothenburg SO)

[Catison]

Stenhammar: Symphony 2 (Neeme Jarvi/Gothenburg SO)

I love those BIS warning labels.  At least it doesn't say something like "Listening Kills!" like the cigarettes do in Europe.

[karlhenning]

WARNING: If you think genius died off in 1914, you can't handle this music

Thread duty:

Vaughan Williams
Symphony № 6
London Phil
Haitink

[George]

chopin nocturnes

You think these are my favorite pieces? 

And deservedly so. 

[DavidRoss]

Stenhammar: Symphony 2 (Neeme Jarvi/Gothenburg SO)

That's a good un.  Think I'll follow suit later as it's been awhile and this came to mind yesterday while posting elsewhere about songs of Stenhammar, Grieg, and Sibelius.  Such serendipity--it must be fate! 

[Henk]

[Solitary Wanderer]

Disc.2.  0:)

[mahler10th]

 

[Lilas Pastia]

We agree again!  

Have you heard Bernstein's Pathetique? The studio one on DG? That's another of my favorites.

Yes I did, and I agree it's a very special performance. It is somewhat let down by the acoustics, but the music-making is so powerful it's not really a factor. But it's too wayward to count as a prime recommendation. I'd say the 1964 and 1971 Karajan, the LSO Böhm (also DG) and Markevitch are more suited for that role.

For my money, russian performances like Oistrakh, Mrawinsky or Barshai (*) all have a strike against them. But the Mrawinsky and Oistrakh certainly belong with the most powerful. I haven't heard Svetlanov or Rozhdestvensky. Or Klemperer, Stokowski or Monteux for that matter. This is one of the most oft-recorded works of the classical repertoire.

(*) Mrawinsky: little tenderness in II, no joy in III. Too intimidating. Tchaikovsky's hero is crushed by a sadistic, soulless machine. Oistrakh: fallible playing and sup-par sound. But what a magnificently 'human' conception ! Barshai: distant sound and underpowered orchestra (Vancouver Symphony). But very elegant and full of individual touches.

[George]

Yes I did, and I agree it's a very special performance. It is somewhat let down by the acoustics, but the music-making is so powerful it's not really a factor. But it's too wayward to count as a prime recommendation.

I agree.

I really love this work, one of my favorite symphonies. I wrote a paper about it in college. 

[Coopmv]

JSB
French Suite № 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 815
Christiane Jaccottet, harpsichord

Great stuff.  I got mine from this set ...