What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Opus106]

Friday is the 24th!

[karlhenning]

Good morning, Karl!  How is "The Pulse"?

Cool, and rocking, Bill!

[SonicMan46]

Mozart, WA - Piano Concertos w/ Barenboim - finishing up this superb box set; have not looked at the 'bonus' DVD - purchased from BRO (Berkshire Record Outlet) for $29; just checked and no longer available at the moment - bet some more GMGers paid a visit and bought out their stock!

Villa-Lobos, Heitor - Bachianas Brasileiras - 3 discs worth yesterday - just a single disc left of the solo guitar works; for those who want to acquire some of this composer's best orchestral writing, then this box is an excellent place to find both these works and the complete Choros - highly recommended! 


 

[Harry]

Disc III from this fine box.

Containing:

Sonata for Cello solo and BC in B flat major, in E flat major, in F major, in C minor, in G minor.
Fugue for 2 Cellos in F major, in A major, in B flat major.

Anner Bijlsma, Kenneth Slowik, Cellos.
Bob van Asperen, Fortepiano.
Recorded in 1993.

[Sergeant Rock]

Mozart, WA - Piano Concertos w/ Barenboim - finishing up this superb box set; have not looked at the 'bonus' DVD

I think you'll enjoy the DVD, Dave. A rare glimpse of Solti the pianist 


Up now, the Schönberg op.24.




Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Friday is the 24th!

You're right. I could not play Schönberg on the 24th. Mrs. Rock reserves that day for holiday music, heavy on Bach and Battle (her magnificent Christmas album with Slatkin).

Sarge

[Mirror Image]

Villa-Lobos, Heitor - Bachianas Brasileiras - 3 discs worth yesterday - just a single disc left of the solo guitar works; for those who want to acquire some of this composer's best orchestral writing, then this box is an excellent place to find both these works and the complete Choros - highly recommended! 


 

I knew you would enjoy the set since you said you enjoyed VL's music. Glad you're enjoying the music. The music gets better and better on repeated listens.

[springrite]

Karl Halle: Complete Published Piano Works (Glemser)

Reminds me of Mendelssohn. Quite enjoyable stuff!

[Coopmv]

Now:


Going to revisit a seldom heard orchestral work called Sadko. I love this work.

How do you like the set by Evgeny Svetlanov?  I have heard about him but do not own any of his recordings ...

[Lethevich]

Tournemire Symphony #3 "Moscow 1913"

Ditto!

[karlhenning]

You're right. I could not play Schönberg on the 24th.

But I just may, Sarge! : )

[bhodges]

Last night, this incredible concert, easily one of the best of the year.  When Rattle is "on," he is about as good as it gets, and you could see in the faces of the young ensemble how much they enjoyed working with him. 

Tetzlaff and Hannigan were both extraordinary.  I've heard Tetzlaff do the Ligeti live before, and he's just getting better and better in it.  And Hannigan, who almost stole the show in last spring's Le Grand Macabre with the New York Philharmonic, was even more uninhibited here.

Ensemble ACJW
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor
Christian Tetzlaff, Violin
Barbara Hannigan, Soprano

Rameau: Suite from Les Boréades
Ligeti: Violin Concerto
Ligeti: Mysteries of the Macabre
R. Strauss: Metamorphosen: A Study for 23 Strings

--Bruce

[Sergeant Rock]

Ditto!

Thanks for recommendation, Lethe. It was love at first listen...and just the type of music I needed to hear at that particular point today. I predict I'll be returning to it often.

Sarge

[Harry]

Second run for this disc, a clear favorite with me

[karlhenning]

Partly in solidarity with Sarge, partly because 'tis true: Every day is a good day for this piece, in my book.

Schoenberg
Serenade, Opus 24 (1923)
Members of the Ensemble InterContemporain
John Shirley-Quirk, bass-baritone
Boulez

[Bogey]

Love the two cello concerti, Bill! And good morning!

The Symphony No. 1 under Ormandy worked out pretty nicely as well, Karl.

[karlhenning]

Partly in solidarity with Sarge, partly because 'tis true: Every day is a good day for this piece, in my book.

Schoenberg
Serenade, Opus 24 (1923)
Members of the Ensemble InterContemporain
John Shirley-Quirk, bass-baritone
Boulez

The Tanzscene, particularly, never fails to charm me anew whenever I revisit this piece!

[karlhenning]

The Symphony No. 1 under Ormandy worked out pretty nicely as well, Karl.

His and Nielsen's must be my very favorite first symphonies, Bill.

[karlhenning]

The Tanzscene, particularly, never fails to charm me anew whenever I revisit this piece!

Man, exactly the same comment for Lied (ohne Worte)!

[Opus106]

Partly in solidarity with Sarge, partly because 'tis true: Every day is a good day for this piece, in my book.

Schoenberg
Serenade, Opus 24 (1923)
Members of the Ensemble InterContemporain
John Shirley-Quirk, bass-baritone
Boulez

Now, there's a quirky name!