What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD3 from this set for a first listen ...

[bhodges]

Forget the (mediocre) pianism: the main attraction here is a HILARIOUSLY idiotic booklet essay by Valery Afanassiev, in which the apparently mentally malfunctioning pianist fails to mention all but one of the works at hand, offers us an elaborate argument proving that "heimlich" is "more uncanny than" "unheimlich," keenly points out that great authors have individual voices and that Leonardo is a unique painter, and praises Brahms' late works when in fact the Brahms being played are Hungarian Dances. A fascinating train wreck on paper!

Brian, the above really made me laugh.  Sounds like a great read!  (Too bad the disc sounds not worth investigating, despite the humor included...)

Listening to pianist Andrew Rangell in this program:

Haydn: Variations in F minor
Bizet: Variations Chromatiques (de concert)
Nielsen: Chaconne
Brahms: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 21
Schubert: Variations on a Theme from "Rosamunde"

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--Bruce

[Sergeant Rock]

Bruckner Symphony #4 (first version), Norrington conducting the RSO Stuttgart




Sarge

[Henk]

Carter - Cello Concerto

This music is very well crafted, but it leaves me pretty cold however.

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Donatoni - Algo IV; Poll; Refrain IV, About

Awesome music. After some listening, I always was enthousiastic, but I'm even more now. This music is about something (in contrast to Carter's). One can get the impression it's music as theatre, but it isn't. It's rather about some experience or character of nature (as culture).

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[SonicMan46]

Now, I have little solo organ in my collection, but one must have at least 'some amount' of Papa Bach on the instrument, so just received this BRO bargain, i.e. 6-CD set w/ Koopman for $12!  There is a LONG thread on JS Bach's organ works and Koopman seems to receive mixed reviews, but so far I'm pleased w/ the first discs - 

[Coopmv]

Now, I have little solo organ in my collection, but one must have at least 'some amount' of Papa Bach on the instrument, so just received this BRO bargain, i.e. 6-CD set w/ Koopman for $12!  There is a LONG thread on JS Bach's organ works and Koopman seems to receive mixed reviews, but so far I'm pleased w/ the first discs - 

How is this BC set related to the following set, which I bought last year and is still in the cellophane ...

[jlaurson]

Late, but here it is anyway: the Best Recordings of 2010 "Almost List". Stupendous rejects, if you will.
Ionarts:
Best Recordings of 2010 - "Almost List"
http://bit.ly/h4PQyh
From Bach to Titz, from Norrington to Rousset.



W.G. Mozart (1756 – 1791),
String Quintets
Quatuor Talich
Calliope (3CDs)

Dry sound, glorious performances.

[SonicMan46]

How is this BC set related to the following set, which I bought last year and is still in the cellophane ...

Stuart - I'm assuming that the 6-CD box is just a subset from your larger 16-disc collection, but maybe the 'Bach organ' experts will have to 'chime in' - I did check Amazon USA before ordering and the half dozen discs were enough for me, but now I see that Amazon has your box for $12 (but not in stock at the moment) - would have likely gone w/ that deal if available to me at the time!  Dave 

[jlaurson]

Stuart - I'm assuming that the 6-CD box is just a subset from your larger 16-disc collection...

The performances are not the same. I hope you enjoy yours; myself, I find the Warner/Das Alte Werk set  (the big box) to be top-of-the-line; the re-releases in the Brilliant set (originally on... oh, one of the real Bach-organ nuts can fill in where my mind blanks right now... Novalis?) are not quite my cup of tea. (I find them just a little boring.)
The $12,- for the set seems a clear mistake; but it's soooooo worth it if they will honor their mistake, later... so perhaps get an order in, anyway?


J.S. Bach
Complete Organ Works
(and a few chorales for juxtaposition)
Ton Koopman
Warner

[Sergeant Rock]

Late, but here it is anyway: the Best Recordings of 2010 "Almost List". Stupendous rejects, if you will.
Ionarts:
Best Recordings of 2010 - "Almost List"
http://bit.ly/h4PQyh
From Bach to Titz, from Norrington to Rousset.

Good to see Norrington's Bruckner 6 on the list...a performance I didn't expect to like but which totally bowled me over. Just listened to his Bruckner Fourth for the first time: fucking unbelievable (in a good way  )


Sarge

[Brian]

Hey Sarge, speaking of Norrington's Bruckner, here's a quote from a conversation we had about Sir Roger's Seventh this summer:

We should send a copy to John just to see what his avatar would look like   

Sarge

[Brian]

Okay, now I'm listening to Norrington's Bruckner Fourth! Two minutes in, and I've never enjoyed this symphony this much.

[Coopmv]

Stuart - I'm assuming that the 6-CD box is just a subset from your larger 16-disc collection, but maybe the 'Bach organ' experts will have to 'chime in' - I did check Amazon USA before ordering and the half dozen discs were enough for me, but now I see that Amazon has your box for $12 (but not in stock at the moment) - would have likely gone w/ that deal if available to me at the time!  Dave 

Amazon has been pullinq quite a few of these tricks lately such as offering the $100 Annie Fischer's Beethoven Sonatas set at some unbelievable price and yet the set was not even in stock ...

[Brian]

Okay, now I'm listening to Norrington's Bruckner Fourth! Two minutes in, and I've never enjoyed this symphony this much.

My pleasure is already becoming slightly guilty. Four minutes in and I can tell this performance is just silly, and over-the-top. I haven't listened to Bruckner's Fourth in over a year (zero successful attempts in 2010) but my instincts are all saying "This is 50% awesome and 50% nutrageous!"

[Sergeant Rock]

Okay, now I'm listening to Norrington's Bruckner Fourth! Two minutes in, and I've never enjoyed this symphony this much.

Ah, you're ahead of me. I remembered this

I agree with you that No 4 is boring, boring, boring.

and was going to suggest you try Norrington. It's the first version, the version that bombed at the first performance...and I can see why. It's incredibly original...too original for the staid Vienna crowd. I can understand them fleeing the hall...and I can also understand why Mahler and company gave it a standing ovation.

Sarge

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD3 - T3 and T4 plus Romeo and Juliet from this set for a first listen ...

[Sergeant Rock]

My pleasure is already becoming slightly guilty. Four minutes in and I can tell this performance is just silly, and over-the-top. I haven't listened to Bruckner's Fourth in over a year (zero successful attempts in 2010) but my instincts are all saying "This is 50% awesome and 50% nutrageous!"

Yeah, this isn't the Bruckner we know, or think we know: the shy pious peasant in the organ loft. But maybe this was the real Bruckner before his critics (and friends) beat him into submission.

Sarge

[Brian]

I can also understand why Mahler and company gave it a standing ovation.

Sarge

Yeah, this is right up Mahler's alley. Especially this galloping brass-mad performance!


At your new post: hmmm - interesting food for thought. Norrington does make an interesting case for that, because this is exuberant Bruckner, wearing a brightly-colored suit. Not the monk I always imagine when I listen to the hour-long cathedral epics!


Pictured: Celi's Bruckner v Norrington's Bruckner

 

[jlaurson]

Yeah, this isn't the Bruckner we know, or think we know: the shy pious peasant in the organ loft. But maybe this was the real Bruckner before his critics (and friends) beat him into submission.

Sarge

Hmmm.. hearing that, I'll forget my own Norrington Bruckner 4th experience (live, with the 'wrong' orchestra), and have my Stuttgart cat get right onto that!

[SonicMan46]

The performances are not the same. I hope you enjoy yours; myself, I find the Warner/Das Alte Werk set  (the big box) to be top-of-the-line; the re-releases in the Brilliant set (originally on... oh, one of the real Bach-organ nuts can fill in where my mind blanks right now... Novalis?) are not quite my cup of tea. (I find them just a little boring.)
The $12,- for the set seems a clear mistake; but it's soooooo worth it if they will honor their mistake, later... so perhaps get an order in, anyway?

Jens - thanks for the clarification - I might just put in an Amazon order for the bigger box - can't real lose?  Dave