What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Bogey]

Oh, I really love it Bill.  It has some shortcomings, but overall, a tremendous set! 

Noted my friends.

[Conor71]

[Disc 1]
Villa-Lobos: Piano Trio No. 1, W 42
Villa-Lobos: Piano Trio No. 3, W 142
[Disc 6]
Villa-Lobos: String Quartet No. 4, W 129
Villa-Lobos: String Quartet No. 9, W 457
Villa-Lobos: String Quartet No. 11, W 481

[Disc 2]
Rossini: Maometto II - Overture
Rossini: Ricciardo E Zoraide - Overture
Rossini: Sinfonia Al Convetello - Overture
Rossini: Sinfonia Di Bologna - Overture
Rossini: Semiramide - Overture
Rossini: Il Viaggio A Reims - Overture
Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia - Overture
Rossini: L' Italiana In Algeri - Overture

Finished listeing to the Villa-Lobos set: excellent works and recordings! - I really enjoyed this cycle and hope to return to it often.
First listen to the Rossini overtures - I have had this set for a couple of months and just gotten around to listening to it as I have been focusing on Chamber Music .

[Bogey]

Playing the Vox 6th.....very nice so far.

[Novi]

Beethoven, LV - Symphonies w/ Mackerras + Scottish CO & Philharmonia Orch - OH VEY!  Do I need another Beethoven cycle; well in honor of the late Sir Charles (own his first cycle, too) - just getting started w/ the first disc - superb performances, and for 'live recordings' not a peep of audience noise!  Me thinks that this will be an enjoyable listening experience - 

Ha! I went to some of these and there was a crying baby up in the gods where I was for the Eroica. Boy, did it make me grumpy. I'm surprised you can't hear me glaring accusingly around.

Thread duty:



The 5th from this set. Pretty awesome fugue in the last movement and got a bit teary with the falling sevenths in the second. I like this one.

[Brahmsian]

SCHUMANN

This wonderful set!

[jhar26]

I watched a concert on MediciTV. Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Ion Marin with Renée Fleming as soloist from the Waldbuhne Berlin 27 june 2010. Renée sings arias from Dvorak, Smetana, Strauss (including the last scene from Capriccio), Puccini and Leoncavallo. Inbetween there's orchestral work from Mussorgsky, Khachatourian, Wagner, Elgar, Tchaikovsky, Dinicu and Lincke's "Berliner Luft" WITH VUVUZELA's!  Good mix of serious and "let's have some fun" type of material. Fleming is in glorious voice and changes dress three times and looks stunning in each.

For those not familiar with MediciTV, here's the link. You can watch this concert (and several others) for free, all you need to do is register. For 7 Euros per month you can watch all they have to offer, which is quite a lot and they add new things all the time.

http://www.medici.tv/#/movie/13802/

[Conor71]

SCHUMANN

This wonderful set!

Cool, going to play this too as I just got the set recently! .
Now playing:

[Disc 1]
Schumann: Piano Quintet In Eb Major, Op. 44
Schumann: Piano Quartet In Eb Major, Op. 47
Schumann: Piano Trio No. 1 In D Minor, Op. 63
[Disc 2]
Schumann: Piano Trio No. 2 In F Major, Op. 80
Schumann: Piano Trio No. 3 In G Minor, Op. 110

[listener]

from the BACH family box:
J.S. BACH   Suites 1 & 2     English Chamber Orchestra    Leppard

JANACEK   Opera Scenes   Cunning Little Vixen   finale
Jenufa    Kostelnitschka's aria  (Act 2), Jenufa's Prayer
3 Scenes from the Makropulos Affair
various soloists, orchestras and conductors on a vintage mono only Supraphon LP
CANTELOUBE   Songs of the Auvergne   vol.2      Victoria de los Angeles

[Mirror Image]

Now:

[otare]

I'm starting the day with the first CD from this marvelous set:



It might seem excessive to collect the whole series, but I have not been disappointed yet. I'm a bit of a completist, and the thought of having all the music by a composer appeals to me.



Only 3 more boxes to go 

[Que]

A warm welcome to the forum, otare!
You'll find there a more of your fellow countrymen here.

Back again to this set:



Read my comments HERE.

Q

[Que]

http://www.youtube.com/v/DQDETXVW8p4

This may sound silly, by when I am in a good mood and want to hear some fun music - this it!   Love that tangent piano. 

Q

[Harry]

Rameau.

Suites from Platee and Dardanus.
Philharmonic Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan.
CD 39, from the Harmonia Mundi box.

Delightful performances, well recorded and imbued with enthusiasm that works on my mood in a good way. 

[Harry]

A warm welcome to the forum, otare!
You'll find there a more of your fellow countrymen here.

Back again to this set:



Read my comments HERE.

Q

I told you it was a good performance, not in such eloquent words, but still.....

[Harry]

I'm starting the day with the first CD from this marvelous set:



It might seem excessive to collect the whole series, but I have not been disappointed yet. I'm a bit of a completist, and the thought of having all the music by a composer appeals to me.



Only 3 more boxes to go 

On all accounts this is a very good set, a bit expensive but well worth your money.

[Que]

I told you it was a good performance, not in such eloquent words, but still.....

And you were absolutely right! And three cheers for jpc!

Q

[Wanderer]

Although I consider Brautigam a superb Beethoven interpreter, I have so far avoided his Beethoven sonata cycle on BIS as I'm not quite fond of the sound of fortepianos. For these concerto recordings he opts for a modern instrument; the renditions are exquisite, with palpable excitement, beautiful tone and phrasing and an intoxicating sense of occasion. Superb accompaniment from the Norrköping SO and Andrew Parrott.

[Harry]

Although I consider Brautigam a superb Beethoven interpreter, I have so far avoided his Beethoven sonata cycle on BIS as I'm not quite fond of the sound of fortepianos. For these concerto recordings he opts for a modern instrument; the renditions are exquisite, with palpable excitement, beautiful tone and phrasing and an intoxicating sense of occasion. Superb accompaniment from the Norrköping SO and Andrew Parrott.

Tasos my dear friend, you are a welcome but rarely seen guest on these pages.

[Harry]

Jean Philippe Rameau.

Pygmalion.

John Elwes, Mieke van der Sluis, Francois vanhecke, Rachel Yakar.
Choir of the Chapelle Royale, Paris.
La Petite Bande, Gustav Leonhardt.
CD 40 from the Harmonia Mundi box containing 50 cd's.

A very fine rendition, well sung and performed, a real pleaser.

[Wanderer]

Tasos my dear friend, you are a welcome but rarely seen guest on these pages.

Hiya, Harry! 
Work (and summer activities) have gotten the best part of me these past weeks. So much music and so little time to write about it!