What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[karlhenning]

Always a fun piece to revisit:

Martinů
Fantaisie, H.301 (ondes Martenot, oboe & pf quintet)
Jacques Tchamkerten, ondes Martenot
Soloists of the Luxembourg Phil
(Composed 1944 in Ridgefield, Connecticut)

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[North Star]

Josef Suk and Alfred Holecek playing Dvorak's Sonatina for violin

(not this album, but the same picture - the pieces are Dvorak's Sonata, Sonatina and Romantic Pieces)

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From this viewpoint, maybe you should consider this set:

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Jean-Yves Thibaudet ranks very high in my preferences (his set is excellent), but he is, say, more "conventional" than Reinbert de Leeuw, who, for instance, prefers slower tempi, sometimes even defiantly slow.

Thanks for the suggestion, tonito.

[North Star]

Nagano's Stravinsky
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[Brian]

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Hey Sarge, if I'm totally in love with this set (as I should be!), then what recordings do I need to seek out for the later London symphonies that Szell didn't record (100-103)?

[Papy Oli]

Good evening all 

some works I haven't listened to in ages :

Handel
Water Music - Suite in F
Water Music - Suite in D
Music for Royal Fireworks

London Classical Players / Roger Norrington

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD21 from the following set for a first listen ...

[jwinter]

My all-time fave Schubert recording... (which is also in the box shown below)
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Mendelssohn's 3rd from...
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Eroica from...
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[jwinter]

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Hey Sarge, if I'm totally in love with this set (as I should be!), then what recordings do I need to seek out for the later London symphonies that Szell didn't record (100-103)?

1000% agreed on the Szell.  You might try Jochum's London set; or for my money, I'm partial to Scherchen for swift big band Haydn, though the 50s sound is not great (which might mean that the Amazon MP3 version could be a decent option, as the extended frequencies have already been chopped off for your convenience  )...
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[Brahmsian]

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112 "The Year 1917"  "To the Memory of Lenin"


Barshai
WDR Sinfornieorchester

Brilliant Classics

[Papy Oli]

Elgar - Pomp & Circumstance Marches
Solti / LPO / Decca

[Coopmv]

Jumping straight to CD4 from the following set, which arrived a few months ago for a first listen ...



The Pomp and Circumstance Marches are also available on the following LP, which was the first classical recording I bought while still in high school.

[not edward]

This one:

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Time for a volte-face on the merits of Polyansky vs. Rozhdestvensky here. I'd preferred Polyansky for a long time, but coming back to this reading after a while away, there's something about the way Rozhdestvensky emphasises the incredible sparseness of the slow movement that I find makes it even more disturbing than in Polyansky--music on the very edge of nothingness.

[Daverz]

.Hey Sarge, if I'm totally in love with this set (as I should be!), then what recordings do I need to seek out for the later London symphonies that Szell didn't record (100-103)?

I'd suggest the Bernstein set.

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD2 from the following set for a first listen.  The first track "Swedish Rhapsody No. 1" so far is quite nice.  Symphony No. 2 makes up the rest of the CD.

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SCHUMANN   Symphony no. 2   Overture, Scherzo & Finale
Berlin S.O.    / Karajan
CHOPIN Barcarolle op. 60   3 Nouvelles Études o. op,  Boléro op. 19
Fantaisie in f op. 49,    Berceuse op. 57,   Tarantelle op. 43
Artur Rubinstein

[KeithW]

Missa Assumpta est Maria in Caelum - Tallis Scholars and Palestrina
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[Sergeant Rock]

Now:

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Listening to Symphony No. 9 "From the New World". Classic performance.

Classic indeed...I first heard it at my high school girlfriend's house in 1966. Still a favorite even if she isn't 

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

I'd suggest the Bernstein set.

I relunctantly (only because I think Szell and Cleveland are inimitable in Haydn) agree with Daverz. It's more "big band" than Szell (Szell was a pioneer in playing classical era works with a reduced orchestra) but there is a similarity in approach, a similarity in tempos.

The conductor who has impressed me the most in Haydn (after Szell) is Norrington...but I assume you followed the debate we had about his Stuttgart performances. You should know by now if Norrington appeals.

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

I'm not sure this is the proper thread for this, but does anyone have any recommendations for Satie's solo piano music? Thanks in advance.

I've heard nearly all of the Satie sets. The one I give my highest recommendation to is Aldo.

I have Thibaudet, Ciccolini and Leeuw. Probably the best overall, considering sensitive interpretation plus sonics, is Thibaudet. It's the one I feel most comfortable recommending; the one that won't disappoint.

However, Leeuw is so deeply personal and strange, it has become my favorite (when I play it for friends they seem puzzled though  ) If you can find Luke's thoughts on the set, read.

Ciccolini...well, without a shred of evidence or anything to rationally support my opinion, I believe Satie would endorse it completely. It just seems right....straightforward, unpretentious, and right.

MI, buy all three 

Sarge