What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[AndyD.]

Morning, Andy and k a rl!

Flagstad...incredible. You be JAH-min'!

[George]

Flagstad...incredible. You be JAH-min'!

All for under $10 new yesterday. Had a Borders coupon. 

[AndyD.]

All for under $10 new yesterday. Had a Borders coupon. 

$10.00 ? You really are jammin'.

With the Bartok Concerto, it really is a Metal morning! That Bartok piece from the Shining...CREEPY.

[George]

$10.00 ? You really are jammin'.

With the Bartok Concerto, it really is a Metal morning! That Bartok piece from the Shining...CREEPY.

You're gonna love the quartets. Which set(s) did you decide on?

[karlhenning]

Good morning, lads!

Chopin
Etudes, Opus 10
Garrick Ohlsson

[The new erato]

Walter Frye from the Hilliards.

[AndyD.]

You're gonna love the quartets. Which set(s) did you decide on?

For now the Emersons. I had to go with the first cd issue of their set (I think it's 1988), just for financial restrictions.

I am putting off the Serkin LvB PS's for now, for similar reasons. I'll be happily dipping into the score next month, very excited to get this:



And a used edition of this SQ score book:




For now: Bartok String Quartet no. 5 (sampling the Vermeer on youtube)

[George]

For now the Emersons. I had to go with the first cd issue of their set (I think it's 1988), just for financial restrictions.

FWIW, more often than not, I find myself preferring the sound on original issues of CDs.

Haven't heard the Emersons. I own the Digital Julliard, the Vegh, the Hungarian and Takacs. The last two are my current favorites. I bet you'd love the Takacs. Check PM.

[SonicMan46]

Good Sunday morn to all from the Carolina Piedmont! 

A couple of new additions - recommendations from the recent issue of the American Record Guide, and maybe from Harry, too, especially the CPO disc?  Both composers 'new' to me - 

Molino, Francesco (1775-1847) - Chamber Works, Flute, Violin, & Guitar w/ Serenade a trois, a PI group - Italian guitarist who migrated to Paris and was quite successful - these are just delightful works w/ all instruments up front!

Gatti, Luigi (1740-1817) - Chamber Music w/ Calamus Ensemble on modern instruments - basically 2 works on the disc (63" total), i.e. Nonet & Sextet w/ a lot of WIND support!

 

[Scarpia]

Disc 2 from this set:


Disc 2 is a reproduction of an lp recorded in 1965, it contains the Chopin 3rd Sonata, Polonaise No 6, a few Mazurkas and Polonaise Fantasia.

Fiery playing, sometimes failing to get across some of the subtlety, but always exciting.  The finale of the Sonata is particularly thrilling, as well as the Heroic Polonaise.  The third movement of the Sonata is not as "transcendent" as in some performances. 

An odd bit of trivia about this recording is that a basically identical program was recorded by EMI just before this one was recorded.  EMI was preparing to release it when it was pointed out that Argerich was an exclusive DG artist (she had signed a contract and made a recording with them in 1960) so the EMI recording sat in the can for 40 years before it was released a few years ago.  I haven't heard the EMI recording, but it was produced by Grubb and knowing his work I don't doubt that it sounds better than the DG release. 

[Mirror Image]

Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; Hungarian Sketches (Reiner, CSO)

BartokBartokBartok MORE!

Rock on Metal Man! 

Bartok is one of my absolute favorite composers of all-time. There's such beauty in his music as well as a snarling under bite that just gets a hold of you and doesn't let go.

That Reiner recording is the first Bartok recording I heard and it was all that was needed to fuel the fire.

Have you checked out Solti's, Fischer's, and Boulez's Bartok recordings yet? If you haven't, you're in for a bold new adventure.

[AndyD.]

Rock on Metal Man! 

Bartok is one of my absolute favorite composers of all-time. There's such beauty in his music as well as a snarling under bite that just gets a hold of you and doesn't let go.

That Reiner recording is the first Bartok recording I heard and it was all that was needed to fuel the fire.

Have you checked out Solti's, Fischer's, and Boulez's Bartok recordings yet? If you haven't, you're in for a bold new adventure.

No, but you've definitely got me eager, thanks!

Ligeti, String Quartet #1 (Arditti youtube video sample)

[George]

No, but you've definitely got me eager, thanks!

Ligeti, String Quartet #1 (Arditti youtube video sample)

#2 is up there (same composer and performers) and well worth a listen as well. 

[AndyD.]

#2 is up there (same composer and performers) and well worth a listen as well. 

I'm so there, dude. Ligeti rocks!

[listener]

PADEREWSKI    Symphony in b minor "Polonia"     2nd hearing of a relatively new disc of a work I doubt I would ever hear live.   It requires organ, tonitruon (thunder sheet) and three sarrusophones.   There's a 2-bar quotation on the Polish National Anthem in various places, but that I don't know and can't find.
BEETHOVEN via LISZT   Symphony no.3  "Eroica" 
Cyprien Katsaris, piano

[Coopmv]

Morning, Andy and k a rl!

George,

I did not know you are into Wagner music ...

[George]

George,

I did not know you are into Wagner music ...

My man Andy thinks so highly of him that I had to try him out. 

[Coopmv]

My man Andy thinks so highly of him that I had to try him out. 

I have many Wagner recordings but not this particular one ...

[George]

I have many Wagner recordings but not this particular one ...

Everywhere I have read that this is the best performance of that work.

[AndyD.]

Everywhere I have read that this is the best performance of that work.

That is a great recording. Kirsten Flagstad is a force of nature. Though she's not quite the metal mammoth that a Ludwig or Nilsson is, she probably has a more sweeter tone. In fact, she has an overall more gorgeous quality to her voice, in my opinion. To pair her with Solti is a literally affirming experience. And she certainly has some lung power when need be. I just hear more of a sweet thang in her overall tone. Might just be me.

You know, as far as Das Rheingold goes, I think that might just be the best; for mono, the Krauss is terrific, and the Karajan is often really exquisite (in a less powerful way).