What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Bogey]

Beethoven Quintet Op. 29 and Septet Op. 20 ASMF Chamber Ensemble (Chandos)

[Novi]

Just finished listening to Masur's Prom performance of Bruckner 7 on the radio. Not very good, I'm afraid.

[pjme]

Charles Koechlin : Ballade op.50 for piano and orchestra ( 1911-1915)
Bruno Rigutto / Monte Carlo Phil.O. / Alexandre Myrat

A lovely ( ca 20 mins) work . Very romantic in its evocation of the Night and Woods ( at first Koechlin had thought of "Scènes de la forêt" as a possible title).
The work is cast in seven continuous movements ,it reaches a climax in the 6tyh movement , then ebbs away in meditative, mysterious sounds.

Peter

[Papy Oli]

The Last movement of Mahler's 3rd Symphony - Haitink/Concertgebouw

[sidoze]

beethoven sym 5 - boulez

rite of spring - markevitch '59

[Solitary Wanderer]

[Solitary Wanderer]

Yesterday afternoon:



Violin concerto

&



En Saga & #5

[Papy Oli]

The Last movement of Mahler's 3rd Symphony - Haitink/Concertgebouw

I carried on to "Das Klagende Lied" that is also on the same CD set, but i have one question. At 2'12 off the 4th "movement" (5th track off the 2nd CD), the sound of the brass section suddendly sounds very muffled, like played from very far away, then the singers are back in front, with the orchestra still muffled, then at 3'15 or so, the orchestra comes back to "normal" level... 

Could someone who owns that CD shed some light on this please ? is it a recording default ? or an actual wanted effect ?

Thank you.



PS : that also happened on track 7.... now i am worried 

[Lilas Pastia]

Henryk Melcer's Piano Concerto (1895). A virtuoso work with lots of bravura piano writing, but also some truly succulent themes and an excellent treatment of the musical material. I've listened to this a few times lately and it grows on me each time.

[LaciDeeLeBlanc]

Eine Alpensinfonie - Richard Strauss as recorded by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir George Solti

[Soundproof]

Anne Sofie von Otter and Barbara Hendricks keeping me smiling. Gardiner conducting the Berlioz version of Gluck's Orphée & Eurydice.

[Choo Choo]

Stravinsky Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments

Thomas Jensen conducting the Danish NRSO with Herman Koppel at the keyboard, in a distant-sounding, mono recording from 1957 which manages nonetheless to convey strongly an elemental quality in the music.

[not edward]

Bruckner 4 (BPO/Jochum). Been a while since I spent time with this set (or this symphony, for that matter).

[Solitary Wanderer]

Violin concerto

[Solitary Wanderer]

En Saga & #5

[Mozart]

Eroica...what a downer the 2nd mov, specially after the 1st.

[Don]

The Goldberg Variations on fortepiano; might be the first recording ever on fortepiano.  The artist is Walter Riemer and the label is NF-Audio.  Don't mind saying that Mr. Riemer plays exceptionally well.

[pjme]

Stravinsky Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments

Thomas Jensen conducting the Danish NRSO with Herman Koppel at the keyboard, in a distant-sounding, mono recording from 1957 which manages nonetheless to convey strongly an elemental quality in the music.

I agree. I bought that Da Capo set for the Jolivet concerto. inspite of the technical flaws, it demonstrates Koppel 's artistry very well : apart from the Stravinsky concerto, he plays Bartok's first and his own concerto nr 3.

[Que]

Find myself suddenly drawn to Mozart again.



Q

[Harry]

Hans Pfitzner.

SQ opus 13 & 50.

Franz Schubert Quartet.

What music can do to men is amazing. amazing in the sense, that it can change your perception on many things in life.
Pfitzner does do that exactly to me. The emotional content is on par with Pettersson, as is the quality of his music.
But the SQ did the slaughtering. Meine Herren, this is potent stuff. The man is a genius.
The performance and sound are awesome.