What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[George]

Reading the HIP Beethoven thread this afternoon inspired me to listen to one of my fave Eroicas. Faster and, perhaps, even more "impactful" than Järvi's    ;)Sarge

Jens must curse the day he revealed to us his distaste for that word. 

Me, I am listening to yet another Waldstein, this time by Hungerford. It's a dandy. 

[springrite]

Jens must curse the day he revealed to us his distaste for that word. 

Me, I am listening to yet another Waldstein, this time by Hungerford. It's a dandy. 

The Hungerford is my second favorite, right behind Gilels LIVE.

Now listening:
Brahms Cello Sonatas (Ma, Ax --must be the shortest combined last names for a duo)

[George]

The Hungerford is my second favorite, right behind Gilels LIVE.

Is that the live one on Brlliant Classics, in the green box?

[Keemun]

Beethoven
Symphony No. 5
Harnoncourt
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Live: Styriarte, June 22, 2007

[Opus106]

Maiden Listen Monday -- or at least I think so.

Franz Joseph Haydn
Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons), Hob. XXI: 3

Matthew Rose(b), James Ghilchrist(t), Lucy Crowe(s)
Monteverdi Choir|Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner

Live|15 October 2009
Carnegie Hall, New York City

Re-discovering my love for Classical vocal/choral works. It's been a while since I listened to Mozart's Requiem or a mass or the odd opera aria, but this work sounds wonderful. (It's recorded by a member of the audience, incessant coughing at a particularly beautiful moment in the Spring and all, but the music comes through fairly well.) I found it rather heavy-going trying to take in the first 10 minutes of Mahler's 8th, but with nearly eighty minutes left of this work of over two hours, I'm rearing to go. (Just taking a break now, after the Summer. )

[springrite]

Is that the live one on Brlliant Classics, in the green box?

No, it is the one coupled with Liszt B minor.

[karlhenning]

Carter
Clarinet Concerto (1996)
Michael Collins, cl
London Sinfonietta
Ollie Knussen

[jlaurson]

This is very mildly off topic, but I'd like to take advantage from the high frequency of posters:

Anyone have questions they ever wanted to ask Jean-Guihen Queyras??

[jlaurson]

Reading the HIP Beethoven thread this afternoon inspired me to listen to one of my fave Eroicas. Faster and, perhaps, even more [censored] than Järvi's   

Nobody think I'm not making mental notes!

[karlhenning]

This is very mildly off topic, but I'd like to take advantage from the high frequency of posters:

Anyone have questions they ever wanted to ask Jean-Guihen Queyras??

Would he be interested in a score for cello ensemble in four parts?

[springrite]

This is very mildly off topic, but I'd like to take advantage from the high frequency of posters:

Anyone have questions they ever wanted to ask Jean-Guihen Queyras??

Well, I just added his Bach suites recording in my BRO shopping cart, although I am not firm about buying it yet. Still wondering...

[Brian]

Anyone have questions they ever wanted to ask Jean-Guihen Queyras??

Boy oh boy, what a great cellist. Maybe my favorite living cellist. I don't know if I actually have any questions for him right now, though. Dang!

[jlaurson]

Well, I just added his Bach suites recording in my BRO shopping cart, although I am not firm about buying it yet. Still wondering...

You absolutely must. http://www.weta.org/fmblog/?p=260

[Keemun]

[karlhenning]

Again:

Carter
Clarinet Concerto (1996)
Michael Collins, cl
London Sinfonietta
Ollie Knussen

[Harry]

Alexander Borodin.
Complete Chamber Music, Disc II.
Serenata alla Spagnola for String Quartet.
String Quartet No. 2 in D.
String Quintet in F minor.
Moscow String Quartet.
Alexander Mndoiantz, Piano, Alexander Gotthelf, Cello. ( String Quintet)

Absolutely sublime, well performed with just the right tempi, and not overly romantic.

[George]

No, it is the one coupled with Liszt B minor.

So the other Brilliant Box? The blue one?

[springrite]

So the other Brilliant Box? The blue one?

No, it is a single CD,  from an obscure label I can't remember. (Roudolfe?)

[Drasko]

That would be 1966 Aix-en-Provence recital on Music & Arts.

[Lethevich]

As awful as might be expected. No matter the rhetoric about the organ being an entire orchestra in itself, this transcription can't even balance simple harmonies effectively, let alone include the diversity of texture and dynamics required. Just a curious download, fortunately, so no money lost