What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Coopmv]

Played this twofer earlier today while I telecommuted ...

[Conor71]

A Mozart kind of Morning :

[SonicMan46]

Played this twofer earlier today while I telecommuted ...

Stuart - LOL! 

I own that recording - GREAT!  But, were you listening to Farr in one ear while 'telecommuting' in the other ear? Dave 

[Coopmv]

Stuart - LOL! 

I own that recording - GREAT!  But, were you listening to Farr in one ear while 'telecommuting' in the other ear? Dave 

Dave,

The twofer was the filler set in my last order with Presto Classics when I picked up a few BC and Naxos Historical titles ...

[Antoine Marchand]

Niklas Eklund is the damn king of the trumpet! Even playing a modern instrument, accompanied by a modern ensemble.

[listener]

lp   Scottish Folk-Songs  arranged by
HAYDN & BEETHOVEN
Janet Baker  with Yehudi Menuhin, violin      George Malcolm, harpsichord    Ross Pople, cello
cd  STORACE  Selva di Varie Compositioni....  Venice, 1644
Rinaldo Alessandrini, harpsichord   "tuned in meantone temperament with absolutely just major thirds"

[jlaurson]

I'm giving Mahler's 8th another try, this time with a new recording. I hope this one is the breakthrough and I finally enjoy this work.

Don't hold your breath. I find that the singular weak-spot in Boulez' otherwise superlative M-cycle.

Lookig forward to his M 7 in Amsterdam in February. (Just back from M 5 with Gatti, which wasn't bad, either.)

[mc ukrneal]

I'd forgotten about this disc and just came across it in the library. Thoroughly enjoyable music!

[Keemun]

Don't hold your breath. I find that the singular weak-spot in Boulez' otherwise superlative M-cycle.

I don't blame Boulez, but after listening to it I still think there is too much singing for this to properly be called a symphony.

Thread duty:

Bruckner
Symphony No. 1
Jochum
Staatskapelle Dresden

[Franco]

Mozart: Piano Sonatas
Christoph Eschenbach

Yesterday I listened to much of the Ronald Brautigam Complete Mozart Piano Sonatas on a fortepiano and today I am listening to the same music performed by Christoph Eschenbach on a modern piano.

After spending a considerable time listening to music written by Haydn and Mozart on fortepiano both solo, chamber and concerti - I have finally decided that while I enjoy the fortepiano in chamber works (keyboard trios) more than either solo or orchestral settings, I still prefer the modern piano overall.

According to my tastes, the music loses much of its warmth and expressive dynamic appeal when played on the more historically accurate, but less sonically pleasing (to me), instrument.  This is not to say that my fortepiano recordings will gather dust, just that I probably won't be buying many, if any, more in addition to the ones I already own.

[karlhenning]

I don't blame Boulez, but after listening to it I still think there is too much singing for this to properly be called a symphony.

Part I rankles me too much, and on more than one level.  But Part II is magnificent.

[Lethevich]

[Harry]

This is by all means a remarkable disc, its is extremely well played and imbued with a genuine sense of honest music making. Its almost the best interpretation I heard of this work. State of the art recording. All in all it leaves nothing to be desired.

[Harry]

I heard some remarks of this composer on this forum, of being a middle of the road figure. Well, today I have listened to it twice over, because, I found it to be quite a find! Herschel is not in need in standing in the shadow of Mozart, he can rub shoulders with him, on a equal footing. Every piece on this disc is a genuine gem, well written, full of infectious melodies that invite re listening. Its a excellent performance one of the best in this series, and very well recorded too. For the bargain price it is a must, but I would have gladly paid full price for it.

[Sergeant Rock]

I don't blame Boulez, but after listening to it I still think there is too much singing for this to properly be called a symphony.

If it helps, don't think of it as a symphony. Think of it as a monster motet (part I) followed by Mahler's only opera, an opera based on Goethe's Faust. 

But seriously, the title of the work isn't what really bothers you. It's the fact that it's a vocal work. I suspect you don't own many opera or choral recordings? Lieder? If you don't appreciate the human voice, and the massed human voice, there is no way you'll ever come to appreciate this symphony. I applaud you for trying though.

Sarge

[bhodges]

Think of it as a monster motet (part I) followed by Mahler's only opera, an opera based on Goethe's Faust. 

That's great; somehow I hadn't thought of "monster motet" for Part I.  Could be very persuasive to some.

--Bruce

[Harry]

A remarkable female composer, with a very interesting background, to much to write down, but I insert a link in which she is described in quite a extensive way, so I keep to this CD released by Marco Polo, in 1991. All the works on this CD are well written, melodious, and inventive. I enjoyed the Overture for a Comedy very much, witty with a lot of winks to English composers. The recording is good, lucid, but at times you hear the low budget in microphones that can barely cope with the input. wouldn't want to be without this disc though.

http://www.musicologie.org/Biographies/h/holmes_augusta.html

[Harry]

Another disc that crossed my path today, and a fine one too. I have listened to the Grand Trio by Carl Loewe, that made quite a impression on me, in the sense that there is some excellent writing for all instruments, and a emotional surge to it, that reminded me of Brahms. But Loewe has its own identity, in that he is more lighthearted and light footed.
The performance is spot on, as is the recording.

[Keemun]

If it helps, don't think of it as a symphony. Think of it as a monster motet (part I) followed by Mahler's only opera, an opera based on Goethe's Faust. 

But seriously, the title of the work isn't what really bothers you. It's the fact that it's a vocal work. I suspect you don't own many opera or choral recordings? Lieder? If you don't appreciate the human voice, and the massed human voice, there is no way you'll ever come to appreciate this symphony. I applaud you for trying though.

Sarge

If I thought of it that way I'd probably never have tried listening to it in the first place.   I don't like listening to opera (I only like opera when the visual elements and English subtitles are present).  I do really like some vocal works, such as Brahms' German Requiem and Bach's Mass in B minor.  I won't claim to be an expert, or even a well-informed amateur, in musicology, but I do find it annoying that this work was titled as a symphony.  I think your description is much more accurate.

Part I rankles me too much, and on more than one level.  But Part II is magnificent.

I did find some promise in Part II and in the future I will likely skip Part I altogether.

[pi2000]

Cerquetti-Nabucco