What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Sergeant Rock]

Listening to Moeran, including the Violin Concerto and Lonely Waters.




Sarge

[Lethevich]

Lonely Waters has such a gorgeous Delian thing going on, I must relisten to that disc...

[jlaurson]

I am also listening to ... quartets?

...no harm in calling the quartet version of the seven last words "quartets", I suppose.

I am also listening to some Haydn:
IMHO the best Haydn recorded by the Mosaïques. 

I question the "H" in the above statement (not the one in 'ayd_n)... 
And I'd hate to see the QM's work in Haydn reduced to the bloody Seven Last Words.


Thread Duty:


G. Rossini
Stabat Mater
Netrebko - DiDonato - Brownlee - D'Arcangelo
Pappano / Santa Cecilia
EMI

Rather unpleasant, actually. Netrebko is not efficiently utilized on CD, Brownlee's consta-vibrato is annoying, even D'Arcangelo is shrill. DiDonato can't make up for that. And the mixing of voices/orchestra isn't my cup of tea, either.

Doesn't make Giulini or Kertesz budge in my estimation.

[Antoine Marchand]

 

[Fëanor]

Happy 102nd birthday, Mr. Carter!!

In honor of the occassion I'm listen to this great composition, great performance, great sound ...
Elliott Carter: Symphonia: Sum Fluxae Pretium Spei ~ Oliver Knussen / BBC Symphony

...

[mc ukrneal]

I couldn't help myself - it's just so freaking good...

[Antoine Marchand]

I couldn't help myself - it's just so freaking good...

... totally agreed. 

That disc was included in the Chandos anniversary box set.

[Sergeant Rock]

Listening to my favorite Elgar disc (probably a favorite of a great many Elgarians); starting with Sea Pictures.




Sarge

[Keemun]

Good morning. 

Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5
Muti
Philharmonia Orchestra

[AndyD.]

Listening to my favorite Elgar disc (probably a favorite of a great many Elgarians); starting with Sea Pictures.




Sarge

That was the first cd I listened to after watching the movie "Hilary and Jackie".

Been listening a lot to the Emersons' "Bach Fugues" cd.

[Brian]

DVORAK | String Quartet No 1
Stamitz Quartet

Put this on immediately after the Razumovsky set and was really, really surprised. I'd never heard this Dvorak work before, but it inhabits exactly the same sound world as the Razumovsky three: it almost could be Op 59 No 4. The slow movement is especially striking in this regard - compare to Beethoven's 59/1 or 59/3. I wrote half an essay over the summer arguing that the main influence on Dvorak's symphonies was Beethoven, not Brahms, and now it looks like the quartets might tell a very similar story. One of the most fascinating listening sessions I've had in a while.

BTW this piece is absolutely not the type of "meandering early piece" I expected - it's terrific!

[Keemun]

Sibelius
Violin Concerto
Christian Ferras, violin
Karajan
BPO

[Brian]

DVORAK | String Quartet No 1
Stamitz Quartet

Put this on immediately after the Razumovsky set and was really, really surprised. I'd never heard this Dvorak work before, but it inhabits exactly the same sound world as the Razumovsky three: it almost could be Op 59 No 4. The slow movement is especially striking in this regard - compare to Beethoven's 59/1 or 59/3. I wrote half an essay over the summer arguing that the main influence on Dvorak's symphonies was Beethoven, not Brahms, and now it looks like the quartets might tell a very similar story. One of the most fascinating listening sessions I've had in a while.

BTW this piece is absolutely not the type of "meandering early piece" I expected - it's terrific!

Okay, the finale could have been trimmed down a good bit, but its thematic material was nevertheless reminiscent of Beethoven, as were the first three movements. Again, I'll say, a fascinating work!

[Antoine Marchand]

DVORAK | String Quartet No 1
Stamitz Quartet

Put this on immediately after the Razumovsky set and was really, really surprised. I'd never heard this Dvorak work before, but it inhabits exactly the same sound world as the Razumovsky three: it almost could be Op 59 No 4. The slow movement is especially striking in this regard - compare to Beethoven's 59/1 or 59/3. I wrote half an essay over the summer arguing that the main influence on Dvorak's symphonies was Beethoven, not Brahms, and now it looks like the quartets might tell a very similar story. One of the most fascinating listening sessions I've had in a while.

BTW this piece is absolutely not the type of "meandering early piece" I expected - it's terrific!

I believe that impression is stressed because Dvorak seems more fluent and his compositions more idiomatic for that medium; the Brahms quartets, on the other hand, always seem a bit unbalanced and structurally problematic. Anyway, I really love the Brahms string quartets, too.

Do you like the Stamitz Quartet? That box set on Brilliant looks enticing.

[Antoine Marchand]

CD1: Sonatas No 1-4

I am enjoying this set more than I enjoyed it the first time.

HERE a slightly hyperbolic, but anyway useful review. 

[springrite]

Hindemith Viola Sonatas (complete) Kashkasian & Levin (ECM)

Great great stuff!

[PaulR]

One of the Mahler symphonies that I enjoy

[DavidRoss]

Earlier this morning: Mahler 9 (Rattie/BP) and Elgar Enigma Variations (Lennie/BBC).

[Antoine Marchand]

... having only previously heard their "American" quartet, which I would rank last in my collection after Pavel Haas, Vlach, and Panocha.

That's interesting. The Panocha is universally praised, but I have never been completely happy with their interpretations. It's a weird mix between certain lack of individuality of the different voices and the sound quality. But probably it's just me.

[Sergeant Rock]

Bach Cantata  BWV61 "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland"




Sarge