What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[wilhelm]

[Harry]

I like better wilhelm, instead of "sir"

Thanks

Sir Wilhelm then?

[George]

Sir Wilhelm then?

Nearly fell off my chair, Harry!! 

[Harry]

Nearly fell off my chair, Harry!! 

Well I had to laugh quite hard myself you know.......

[Lady Chatterley]

Reicha Quintet in F for Oboe and Strings Opus 107,Allegri SQ.

[Scriptavolant]

Ives, Symphony No. 1

[George]

Op. 95 and Op. 18/6

Marvelous!! 

[Keemun]

Prompted by the Mendelssohn's symphonies thread...

[Kullervo]

Sibelius

Symphony No. 6 (Karajan/Berlin)

Pohjola's Daughter, Night Ride and Sunrise, Lemminkäinen Suite (N. Järvi/Göteborgs)

[Harry]

Sibelius

Symphony No. 6 (Karajan/Berlin)

Pohjola's Daughter, Night Ride and Sunrise, Lemminkäinen Suite (N. Järvi/Göteborgs)

The Karajan is a no brainer.
And my friend did the cd's arrive yet?

[Peregrine]

Gob-smacked by this, it's incredible:

[Mark]

Gob-smacked by this, it's incredible:

Old recording? What's the sound quality like?

[Peregrine]

Old recording? What's the sound quality like?

1958.

Put aside your historical recording fear (not that it should bother you with this, it's balanced quite far forward and a little 'boxy', but nothing to worry about...), the intensity, virtuosity and musicianship combine to give quite an overwhelming performance.

I only came to this work via Ehnes a couple of weeks ago, this is leagues above. I don't wanna' 'diss' (I'm not talking Norfolk here!) Ehnes, he's an excellent violinist, but this is something else...

Will seek out that Rabin EMI box immediately!!!

[Kullervo]

It's not a condition!

(Synaesthete here. And you'd be surprised about how observable it is when a composer/performer/artist is a synaesthete, to another synaesthete of similar "type". )

Sometimes I am tempted to call the way I picture chords and certain combinations of instruments synaesthetic, but I don't think it's palpable enough, and I don't feel any reason to put a name to it. Synaesthesia seems to be something particularly attractive to have, like "Look at me, I am so sensitive."  I know a few people who claim to possess it, but I suspect they are lying.

[wilhelm]

[Kullervo]

Sometimes I am tempted to call the way I picture chords and certain combinations of instruments synaesthetic, but I don't think it's palpable enough, and I don't feel any reason to put a name to it. Synaesthesia seems to be something particularly attractive to have, like "Look at me, I am so sensitive."  I know a few people who claim to possess it, but I suspect they are lying.

Also, I should probably make it clear that I don't think you are lying, Renfield.

I am listening to Milhaud - Six petites symphonies, L'homme et son désir, Piano Concerto No. 2 and Suite cisalpine (Kontarsky/Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg)

[orbital]

I know a few people who claim to possess it, but I suspect they are lying.

So you will not believe me when I say I can touch my mp3's 

Listening to
MAx Reger - The Nuns

[Kullervo]

So you will not believe me when I say I can touch my mp3's 

"I feel the secrets that you keep (dunk, da-dunk) when I touch your mp3s"

[SonicMan46]

Small package -     today from Caiman - 6 CDs - this afternoon, 2 CDs on the player:

Albinoni, Tomaso - Trio Sonatas, Op. 1 w/ Parnassi musici - all period instruments (violins, cello, & harpsichord/organ) - twelve trios (full 78 mins) - CPO quality - love this group! 

Telemann, GP - Trio Sonatas - same group above + bassoon on 2 works; mostly TWV 42 - love these recordings, also - nice combo of discs! 

 

[Brian]

Small package -     today from Caiman - 6 CDs - this afternoon, 2 CDs on the player:

I wish my "small packages" were that size!