What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Harry]

A recommendation from Antoine, first listen.
Impressions are good, very much played ala Baroque style. It has a sort of sparseness this playing, open and lucid.
Brilliant without being overdone. Could have done with faster tempi, and more alertness from the players.
But this quietness remembering me of the emotional sound world from Bach's violin sonatas, makes me see another side of Haydn, I did not hear before.
I think this is the beginning of a very long friendship.

Sound bites.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Haydn-Violinkonzerte-H7a-Nr-1-34/hnum/7150603

[Opus106]

Super-Premier Sunday

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65
London Symphony Orchestra|Valery Gergiev

Live|27 Sept. 2009
Salle Pleyel, Paris

The one that clicked! I have only heard a couple of his other symphonies (No. 5 and No. 10), but I found this one more suited to my current tastes.

[Antoine Marchand]

I think this is the beginning of a very long friendship.

http://www.youtube.com/v/8vY-4zWKsJM



[BTW, I agree with your first impressions, Harry]

[Harry]

http://www.youtube.com/v/8vY-4zWKsJM



[BTW, I agree with your first impressions, Harry]

I do not say this often, but this is "cool".
Saw the film not too long ago, in glorious Blu-Ray.

[The new erato]

Saw the film not too long ago, in glorious Blu-Ray.

I thought it was B/W?

[Harry]

I thought it was B/W?

[Peregrine]

Disc 1:

[Harry]

Already the third Volume, of this very interesting series covering all the keyboard works on HIP instruments. This particular one is a Kirckman 1798: Collection Edwin Beunk, Enschede. A'= 430 Hz.
The first disc contains sonatas opus 11, Toccata in B flat, and the Sonatas opus 12, Nos. 1&2. The London Sonatas.
The recording is very good, the instruments sounds well, and the performance is very good too. A super bargain from Brilliant.

Some sound bites.


http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Muzio-Clementi-S%E4mtliche-Klaviersonaten-Vol-3/hnum/2535858

[Henk]

Great!

[Antoine Marchand]

Saw the film not too long ago, in glorious Blu-Ray.

I need Casablanca in Blue-ray and The Lady from Shangai, if it existed in that format. I usually don't prefer blonde girls, but the blond-haired Rita is just irresistible.     

http://www.youtube.com/v/TmVx1bCTRSc

[Harry]

I need Casablanca in Blue-ray and The Lady from Shangai, if it existed in that format. I usually don't prefer blonde girls, but the blond-haired Rita is just irresistible.     

http://www.youtube.com/v/TmVx1bCTRSc

Rita Hayworth is one of my favourite actresses from that time, and this film will be released on Blu-Ray next year Antoine, so take heart my friend. Your wish will be granted, and as a matter of fact mine too.

[Harry]

Another surprise was this excellent disc with chamber music by Friedrich Gernsheim. Surprised because this is Romantic chamber music of the highest level. Intense, melodious, well written, and full of heartfelt colours. Coupled with a supreme performance, this is the stuff what dreams are made of.
I urge you all to dip in. Its on a totally different scale as his Symphonies.
Recommended.

Some sound bites.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Friedrich-Gernsheim-Klavierquartette-Nr-1-3/hnum/7556107

[Antoine Marchand]

Rita Hayworth is one of my favourite actresses from that time, and this film will be released on Blu-Ray next year Antoine, so take heart my friend. Your wish will be granted, and as a matter of fact mine too.

Excellent news, Harry! The beauty and the brain on blu-ray.  

[Brahmsian]

The one that clicked! I have only heard a couple of his other symphonies (No. 5 and No. 10), but I found this one more suited to my current tastes.

Glad you enjoyed it Nav!  Probably one of his bleakest (in terms of mood) of his symphonies, in my opinion.

[Bogey]

A repeat:

Mahler
Symphony No. 3
Bernstein/NYPO
Sony
Recorded 1960

[Opus106]

Glad you enjoyed it Nav!  Probably one of his bleakest (in terms of mood) of his symphonies, in my opinion.

Hi! You can quite rely on C minor to deliver the goods... well, most of the time.

Thread duty:

Wolfie
Symphony in F major, K. 19a
Prague Chamber Orchestra|Charles Mackerras

[Opus106]

A repeat:

Mahler
Symphony No. 3
Bernstein/NYPO
Sony
Recorded 1960

One of the three Mahler symphonies I'm yet to listen to in their entirety (the other two being 7 and 8). Despite being in D minor, it didn't quite catch my attention the first time, which was sometime last year soon after I had discovered Mahler. Perhaps it's time for a revisit.

[Novi]

The one that clicked! I have only heard a couple of his other symphonies (No. 5 and No. 10), but I found this one more suited to my current tastes.

Hello opus! #8 was also the first one that clicked with me.

Coincidentally, I've just finished this one:



Nothing like Shostakovich on a cold, dark Sunday evening.

[springrite]

Schutz: St. Luke's Passion (Scheier, etc.)

Wonderful stuff. Took me a while to get used to what sounded like a 61 minute recitative. It did not work too well as early morning drive music. But in the evening it's much better!

[Opus106]

Hello opus! #8 was also the first one that clicked with me.

Coincidentally, I've just finished this one:



Nothing like Shostakovich on a cold, dark Sunday evening.

Ah, I see we've been listening to Shostakovich under the influence of similar weather conditions. (More chilly than cold here. And add rain into the mix.)