What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Que]

Returning to a favourite of mine - the strong, quirky rhythms tend to stick in your mind. Recommended if you're into Scarlatti, Soler, etc.



Q

[val]

MOZART:    Piano Concerto 19 & 20           
/ Christian Zacharias, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra  (2008)

A new interpretation of this Concertos by Zacharias. Very nice, elegant, but also superficial. In the Allegretto of the K 459 we are far from the emotion of Serkin/Szell, Haskil/Fricsay or Perahia. And in the first movement of the K 466 I miss the superb tension of Serkin/Szell.

[Franco]

Shostakovich: Violin Concerto #1 in A Minor, Op. 99
David Oistrakh, Mitropoulos, New York Philharmonic



The Cello Concerto with Rostropovich & Ormandy will follow.

I love these recordings.

[Harry]

First listen.

From this box CD 10.




Bach.
Solo Cello suites, 2/3/6.

Hidemi Suzuki, Cello.

Wonderfully restrained. Reminded me often of the music of Marais, funny enough.

[SonicMan46]

Stimulated by the discussion in the Haydn Symphony Thread on 'period instruments' offerings - listening to Kuijken - now see on Amazon that the second single-disc package is being offered as a 'double' at just $6 or so - may increase my PI collection! 


 

[Lethevich]

A bonus to collecting Kuijken's Haydn with the twofers instead of the 5 disc box is that his 5th disc is made into a third twofer by the addition of the otherwise unavailable sinfonia concertante and violin concertos by Elizabeth Wallfisch - really nice performances of those pieces and well worth having.

[Bulldog]

First listen.

From this box CD 10.




Bach.
Solo Cello suites, 2/3/6.

Hidemi Suzuki, Cello.

Wonderfully restrained. Reminded me often of the music of Marais, funny enough.

Glad you're enjoying the performances, but I find them overly restrained.

[Franco]

Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57
Sviatoslav Richter & the Borodin String Quartet



A phenomenal work!  And this is a great recording of it.

[DavidW]

Stimulated by the discussion in the Haydn Symphony Thread on 'period instruments' offerings - listening to Kuijken - now see on Amazon that the second single-disc package is being offered as a 'double' at just $6 or so - may increase my PI collection! 


 

I have the paris symphonies set Dave, and they are superb.

[SonicMan46]

I have the paris symphonies set Dave, and they are superb.

Hi David - agree!  Got the other twofer on my Amazon list at the moment - these are just so inexpensive! 

Now this has stimulated my interest - starting in on the Concerto Köln 6-CD box w/ Eberl - 

 

[mahler10th]

Bought this about four weeks ago.
I'm not surprised I bought it.
It is so good I might buy it again.

[Harry]

First listen.

From this box CD 11.




Barroco Espanol, Volume II.
"Ay Amor", Zarzuelas.
Antonio de Literes, Sebastian Duron, and Anonymous around 1700.

Martha Almajano, Soprano
Al Ayre Espanol, Eduardo Lopez Banjo.

Absolutely  delightful music making.

[Wanderer]

[Wanderer]

Järvi's Schmidt First is fantastic...amazing how much the Detroit Symphony sounds like a central European band. In the Schmidt Second and Third I think Luisi clips the competition do to his more measured approach (works especially well in the Second). Mehta still owns the Fourth but Welser-Möst is damn good too while Luisi's Fourth is more emotionally restrained, making it a good choice when you don't feel like committing suicide but just want a pleasant listen.

Sarge

Thanks for the summary. 
The lack of any fillers in the (full-priced) Luisi issues of symphonies nos. 2-4 has so far prevented me from investigating them further.

[Que]

Q

[Todd]

Enjoyed a second run-through of Zoltan Kocsis conducting Schoenberg's take on Pelleas und Melisande and Edgard Varese's Ameriques.  Excellent, energetic playing, and firm control from Kocsis.  Live sound is natural in perspective, and not overly detailed, and so clean that one can play it so loud that one cannot hear one's wife talking.  (I would never advocate listening so loud on purpose.)

[Papy Oli]

good evening all 

working my way through this cycle :



No.6

[Harry]

From the well known box by now.

CD 12.

The Violoncello in the 17th Century.

Composers: Girolamo Frescobaldi, Domenico Gabrielli, Giuseppe Maria Jacchini, Giovanni Battista Degli Antonii.

Anner Bylsma, Lidewy Scheifes, Violoncello.
Bob van Asperen, Organ and Harpsichord.
Recorded 1989.

I had this CD is my collection for quite a while, and forgot how beautiful it is. The performance takes my breath away, and the music keeps me on the edge of my seat. their is a stillness in the music, that might seem for a few being bereft of emotions, but in fact is a door to understand the true meaning behind the notes.

[Marc]

Rákóczi March by Liszt.

From this one:



Magnificent recording sound!
(Even in stereo, music for two ears.)
Gues I'll stay awake for a while now!

[Marc]

And now: Gillian Weir plays Bach in Leipzig.



Not entirely convincing IMO, with f.i. a rushed BWV 652 (Komm, heiliger Geist), also the recording sound is a bit diffuse.