What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[listener]

F. Schmidt  Der Buch mit sieben Siegeln
I'm using the old Preiser LP edition for the text.

[Bogey]

Horowitz-Solo Recordings 1928-36 (Disc 1)

[Brahmsian]

Wagner

Orchestral excerpts from The Flying Dutchman to Parsifal

Various
DG

*The one with the helicopters from Apocalpse Now for the CD cover. 

[Coopmv]

Now playing the following CD for a second listen ...

[Coopmv]

Wagner

Orchestral excerpts from The Flying Dutchman to Parsifal

Various
DG

*The one with the helicopters from Apocalpse Now for the CD cover. 

I thought that was the Ride of the Valkyries ...   

[Bogey]

Doesn't matter, Stuart.  Anyone rolling with these on a Sunday night is not to be toyed with.

[Conor71]

Liszt: Consolations - Daniel Barenboim

[Brahmsian]

I thought that was the Ride of the Valkyries ...   

That's one of the excerpts on the CD yes.  And you are right Stuart.  I'm just saying that the CD I'm listening to has those helicopters on the cover.

[Coopmv]

That's one of the excerpts on the CD yes.  And you are right Stuart.  I'm just saying that the CD I'm listening to has those helicopters on the cover.

Cool LP cover but I have never seen this recording released on CD (with the same cover) ...

[Brahmsian]

This is the one I have Stuart.

[Coopmv]

This is the one I have Stuart.

The 21st century Valkryies ride in Apache Helicopters ...   

[stlukesguild]

[Bogey]

The 21st century Valkryies ride in Apache Helicopters ...   

Now I would pay to see that version of the opera!

[Brahmsian]

Now I would pay to see that version of the opera!

As long as we keep the Viking helmets....so it will at least be semi-HIP.

[Bogey]

As long as we keep the Viking helmets....so it will at least be semi-HIP.

Choppers vs.Valkryies=Stinking cool!

[Coopmv]

Now playing this CD from my Wagner collection ...

[Brian]

Now playing this CD from my Wagner collection ...

That's a great suite of the orchestral music - arranged by Maazel himself, if I recall. Some of the "famous bits" are truncated so that there would be room for everything else, but I found it a thrilling ride. I listened to it on the night Hurricane Ike struck, at about 2am, while I watched the rain pouring and the windows flexing in the gale-force winds. There's something very Wagnerian about a front-row seat to a major hurricane.

[Coopmv]

Here are the selections on the Maazel's Wagner CD ...

[Coopmv]

That's a great suite of the orchestral music - arranged by Maazel himself, if I recall. Some of the "famous bits" are truncated so that there would be room for everything else, but I found it a thrilling ride. I listened to it on the night Hurricane Ike struck, at about 2am, while I watched the rain pouring and the windows flexing in the gale-force winds. There's something very Wagnerian about a front-row seat to a major hurricane.

The recording by Klaus Tennstedt is more satisfying in a way ...

[Brian]

The recording by Klaus Tennstedt is more satisfying in a way ...

I have a live Maazel recording from just a few years ago - in concert, broadcast on the Internet, 1 track that's about 66 minutes long.

I think my favorite Ring highlights discs are Solti's and Runnicles'. I heard a couple of Tennstedt selections on a London Philharmonic Live disc, and they were terrific; makes me want to check out that CD, too.