What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Sergeant Rock]

Beethoven, op.106, Hammerklavier




Sarge

[Opus106]

Beethoven, op.106, Hammerklavier

Sarge

Have the same on my mind... just deciding on which performance to play.

[bhodges]

Last night, an excellent concert by the Ensemble ACJW, conducted by John Adams:

Adams: Son of Chamber Symphony
Stravinsky: Concerto for Piano and Winds
Andriessen: De Staat

Enjoyed it all, but the Andriessen was a gas--minimal, hyperactive, loud.

--Bruce

[Sergeant Rock]

Have the same on my mind... just deciding on which performance to play.

What choices do you have? I'm fairly limited but I'm happy with them all...yes, even Gould 

POLLINI
ROSEN
GOULD
ARAU
SOLOMON
GILELS


Sarge

[Antoine Marchand]

On www.newolde.com about that recording:

"Cavina's L'Orfeo may be the finest recording to date of a Monteverdi opera."

I supposse "Mr. NewOlde" -like any one else- is entitled for his own opinions. 

Do you have heard that version, Erato?

I don't consider it a bad version at all and it's better than Alessandrini for example. But I miss more energy and expressiveness... There are no those moments larger than life, like when Emma Kirkby sings "Dal mio Permesso amato" in the Rogers/Medlam version. That genuine ancient emotion of the "first" opera, when the world saw this new art for the very first time. But maybe it's just me.     

[Opus106]

What choices do you have? I'm fairly limited but I'm happy with them all...yes, even Gould 

POLLINI
ROSEN
GOULD
ARAU
SOLOMON
GILELS


Sarge

Listening to the "Chopiniana" (III movt.) by Pollini. Apparently, this is not the DG recording. Other options were Gulda (Brilliant) and Kempff ('36 - his first recording of the work, or so I was told).

[karlhenning]

Last night, an excellent concert by the Ensemble ACJW, conducted by John Adams:

Adams: Son of Chamber Symphony
Stravinsky: Concerto for Piano and Winds
Andriessen: De Staat

Enjoyed it all, but the Andriessen was a gas--minimal, hyperactive, loud.

--Bruce

One of my very favorite Andriessen scores, Bruce!

[bhodges]

One of my very favorite Andriessen scores, Bruce!

Oh, do elaborate--this was my first hearing.  Loved it, but it's a whale of a piece to grasp at one sitting.  The ACJW players did a brilliant job with it, including the two outstanding electric guitarists.

--Bruce

[Sergeant Rock]

Listening to the "Chopiniana" (III movt.) by Pollini. Apparently, this is not the DG recording. Other options were Gulda (Brilliant) and Kempff ('36 - his first recording of the work, or so I was told).

Gulda! I have that box too, and Barenboim and Annie Fischer's cycles which I forgot to mention also. The box sets I keep in a different section of my data base...just to keep myself confused 

Thread duty: now listening to Nielsen's G minor



Sarge

[Opus106]

Gulda! I have that box too

I was actually a bit surprised not seeing that on the list.

(It's amazing how Beethoven brings in this chorale-like part out of nowhere amidst the structured madness, and as easily returns to the madness within no time.)

[Sergeant Rock]

I was actually a bit surprised not seeing that on the list.

Yes, it's a forum requirement for membership, isn't it, that one must own the Gulda box 

Sarge

[Opus106]

Yes, it's a forum requirement for membership, isn't it, that one must own the Gulda box 
Sarge

Nah... it's just that you don't generally miss out on the big-name performances in Beethoven, Wagner and Mahler... and Bruckner, and Sibelius, and Strauss, and....

[listener]

MOZART   Symphony 41,   Divertimento in D, K.131
     Royal Philharmonic O.    BEECHAM!
JOSTEN   Concerto Sacro I - II  for string orch. and piano  (David del Tredici, piano)
     American Symphony O.,  Stokowski      new-to-me disc as of a couple of days ago
OFFENBACH Croquefer ou Le dernier des Paladins
     pick-up ensemble?   recorded in Paris 1981      does have the complete text

[The new erato]

I supposse "Mr. NewOlde" -like any one else- is entitled for his own opinions. 

Do you have heard that version, Erato?

No - but I have it and plan to.

[The new erato]

Rochbergs 3rd. Confusing stuff. A mighty Beethovenian variaton movement smack bang in the middle....

[The new erato]

The English Suites from this. Fresh, sprightly and life enhancing

[SonicMan46]

Susan (i.e. Harpo) and I are on a 5-night vacation to Kiawah Island & Charleston (South Carolina, USA) - but yesterday I received 9 CDs in the mail! YIPES - so had to bring some along - carry a lot of electronics 'on the road', including an old IBM laptop w/ Ubuntu installed - 'wireless' provided in our beautiful little condo on the backwater lagoon on the island - I'm expecting Elmo Lincoln to appear from the trees any moment! 

But from BRO I ordered the Bach Partitas w/ Weiss (a recent Fanfare or ARG recommendation) - had to add a few so selected the ones below - first experience w/ Du Caurroy and an absolutely wonderful recording w/ a mixture (hence the name) of instrumental & vocal secular/sacred works - the instruments are reconstructions of Renaissance recorders - just beautiful! 

Du Caurroy, Eustache (1549-1609) - Les Meslanges, i.e. a 'mixture' of compositions, which were selected from a Paris publication of 1610 by Ballard - performed by Doulce Memoire & Denis Raisin Dadre - probably my first exposure to this group - for me, a definite find!

Beethoven, LV - Clarinet Works w/ a groups of performers not known to me - modern instruments, but quite enjoyable, esp. for the BRO price!

 

[Antoine Marchand]

CD1: Piano Concertos No. 1 & 3

[Coopmv]

The English Suites from this. Fresh, sprightly and life enhancing

I just finished the first 2 CD's from this set the other day.

[Antoine Marchand]

Susan (i.e. Harpo) and I are on a 5-night vacation to Kiawah Island & Charleston (South Carolina, USA) - but yesterday I received 9 CDs in the mail! YIPES - so had to bring some along - carry a lot of electronics 'on the road', including an old IBM laptop w/ Ubuntu installed - 'wireless' provided in our beautiful little condo on the backwater lagoon on the island - I'm expecting Elmo Lincoln to appear from the trees any moment! 
Beethoven, LV - Clarinet Works w/ a groups of performers not known to me - modern instruments, but quite enjoyable, esp. for the BRO price!
...

Enjoy your vacation, Susan and Dave! That "beautiful little condo on the backwater lagoon on the island" doesn't sound bad at all. 

Dave: I have some old discs of Perl, Manno & Schiefen, recorded during the nineties. When they were younger they recorded a good amount of music for Arte Nova and they are generally quite good. Anyway, I collected those discs for a sort of "Chauvinism" because Alfredo Perl is a Chilean pianist. I even own his complete Beethoven's piano sonatas recorded on the same label.