What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Brian]

Ives, Charles - Symphonies et al w/ Litton & Dallas SO - on 2 separate Hyperion discs; always fun to listen to his first symphony from his student days followed immediately by the 4th one! My second listening to these works - Litton & the Texans are just superb and the sound is glorious; live recordings but virtually no audience noise! - excellent review from MusicWeb HERE - 

Heh, I just walked by a memorial to William Booth yesterday, right in front of my local grocery! I must have strolled by it a dozen+ times by now, and used the bus stop a few times even, but for some reason, this time the coin dropped and I thought "General William Booth Enters Into Heaven!"

[Sadko]

Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar (USSR SO, Svetlanov)

[Conor71]

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7

A couple of brief Symphonies! .

[The Diner]

Frescobaldi - Leonhardt

[Sadko]

A concert recording of:

Sergey Slonimsky: Master i Margarita (Morozov, Managarova et al., Jurowski)

A chamber opera after Bulgakov.

There is a whole website about this great work by Bulgakov:

http://www.masterandmargarita.eu

[karlhenning]

Игорь Фëдорович [Igor Fyodorovich]
Symphonies of Wind Instruments (original version)
Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Boulez

[Brahmsian]

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What is it with Muti?  His style is very Classical, he's really missing something with his 'gentle' Tchaikovsky.
Rating:  6/10   

  Rating: 6/10 9/10  There, fixed. 

[DavidRoss]

Handel: Concerto Grosso No. 11 in A major Opus 6/11 HWV 329 - Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor

[mahler10th]

  Rating: 6/10 9/10  There, fixed. 

Muti is too smooth for me.  Tempting Tchaikovsky treacle treats made by Muti don't work for me.  I think, when performing Tchaikovsky, one should bring it on!

Thread duty :  Uh, eh....nothing, I just wanted to say the above...

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Good morning all.
Haven't posted for a wee while because...well, becuase I have nothing interesting to say at the moment.
Listening to...
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What is it with Muti?  His style is very Classical, he's really missing something with his 'gentle' Tchaikovsky.
Rating:  6/10   

Gentle, me thinks not dear John. Maybe you are in need of a wee little dram of disproportionate calibre. ? Lets say barrel strength 90%?

[karlhenning]

Is that the one coupled with the Symphony of Psalms and Symphony in Three Movements?  If so, I have been, listening to it again and liking it quite bit. 

Some reviewers have complained about how he does the Sym of Psalms, especially the more lyrical passages, e.g. "Alleluia" - but I don't find anything in Boulez's interpretation that is so objectionable as to detract from the whole of the experience.

Yes, and I went ahead and listened to both those Symphonies, as well.  Fantastic disc!

[Keemun]

  Rating: 6/10 9/10  There, fixed. 

Agreed! 

Now:

Bruckner
Symphony No. 4
Karajan
BPO

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[DavidRoss]

Karajan Bruckner box

Wow!  That set looks like a steal.  I'm not usually a Karajan fan, nor a huge Bruckner lover, but I'm a great fan of Karajan's Bruckner!  Tempting, even though I already have a few of the singles....

Think I'll put on ... this:

[Brian]

Muti is too smooth for me.  Tempting Tchaikovsky treacle treats made by Muti don't work for me.  I think, when performing Tchaikovsky, one should bring it on!

Thread duty :  Uh, eh....nothing, I just wanted to say the above...

I totally sympathize with you, John. Muti is nice, and his 4th is really good, but the last two symphonies are dignified and restrained, not the Tchaikovsky I want. Mravinsky, Gatti, Jansons, Pappano... not so much Muti.

[Brahmsian]

I totally sympathize with you, John. Muti is nice, and his 4th is really good, but the last two symphonies are dignified and restrained, not the Tchaikovsky I want. Mravinsky, Gatti, Jansons, Pappano... not so much Muti.

This is the beauty and reason for different performances.  I, Todd and Harry (PIT himself! ) and I'm sure others totally dig Muti's Tchaikovsky, while you, John and I'm sure many others don't like his style.

I happen to think the performances are very passionate, and red blooded Tchaikovsky.  To each their own, as they say.     

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

I totally sympathize with you, John. Muti is nice, and his 4th is really good, but the last two symphonies are dignified and restrained, not the Tchaikovsky I want. Mravinsky, Gatti, Jansons, Pappano... not so much Muti.

And I totally disagree, O, the beauty in that.!

[not edward]

A comparison of extremes in Shostakovich's last symphony: Cleveland/Sanderling and Moscow/Kondrashin.

Both remarkable performances in their own way.

Now on to Kondrashin's 14th as well.

[ibanezmonster]

Now I think I'm ready to progress to the Beethoven violin sonatas. There are only 10, so this will be a much easier task than becoming familiar with his 32 piano sonatas. I will be listening to these over and over again for probably a few weeks and then move on to more Beethoven.

[Sadko]

First:

Prokofiev: The Gambler (Bolshoi O, Lazarev)

then switched to:

Stravinsky: Jeu de cartes (Volkov)

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[The new erato]

A comparison of extremes in Shostakovich's last symphony: Cleveland/Sanderling and Moscow/Kondrashin.

Both remarkable performances in their own way.

Now on to Kondrashin's 14th as well.

I fear for your health my friend. Please report back that you're safe and sound.