What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[MN Dave]

Chopin: Sonata 2

Brailowsky

[Peregrine]

Having just said that, the moment when the agitated theme returns after that dreamy second subject in the first movement just came through the headphones with such force it actually made me physical startle!

That's 'cause you're a big girls blouse....

Joking aside, have been thinking about getting hold of those Tchaikovsky discs for a while, so do keep me informed of your thoughts!

[Mark]

The second movement was a lot quicker than I'm used to, and it was harder to follow its natural rhythm when it first kicked in.

[ChamberNut]

Beethoven - Cello Sonata No. 4 in C, Op. 102/1

du Pre and Barenboim - EMI Classics (live recording)

The performances are great.......unfortunately this live recording has the added bonus of a 90+ man in the background hacking up a lung at various points during the recording.     (insert coughing emoticon here)

[karlhenning]

Handel
Messiah, Parts II & III
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
Sir Andrew Davis

[gmstudio]

This one's really hitting me pretty hard.  Szell's last recorded performance...liner notes say he barely moved at all on the podium during the final two movements of the Sibelius...he died two months later.

[Klassikal]

Umberto Giordano - Andrea Chenier - Come un bel di Maggio - Franco Corelli

[not edward]

Prokofiev sonatas 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9, as played by Bernd Glemser on Naxos. I'm rather partial to these mostly understated performances.

Maybe I should get him in the remaining volume, though I find it hard to imagine anyone beating Richter in 2, 7 and 8.

[gmstudio]

Finally got this after hearing about it a few weeks ago here...

I have to say I have some mixed feelings on it:


On the positive side, I really like Rattle's tempos, particularly in the 4th movement. It's one of the few times that Beethoven's abrupt tempo changes and stops and starts have actually made sense to me.  Secondly, I think this is the finest chorus I've heard in this piece. Really, it's for the chorus that I will return to this recording again in the future.

On the negative, though...I think the male soloists kill this performance...Hampson's tempos are in complete disagreement w/ Rattle, and Kurt Streit hardly ever seems at ease with the score...it's almost as if he's taking the written part as merely a suggestion. And finally, that piccolo...yikes. I think that's why the cover of the CD is what it is: he's thinking "Why did I ever start sleeping with the pic player? Now I have to feature that damn thing all the time..."

[Que]

                 ~ ordres 15 & 16 ~

Q

[FideLeo]

(SACD version)

An altogether smoother alternative to Biondi! 

[wintersway]

Good morning/day to all! 

[Bogey]

Good morning.

[gmstudio]

Morning all...



Am I correct in assuming this was Lenny's last peformance of this piece?

[MN Dave]

Morning all...



Am I correct in assuming this was Lenny's last peformance of this piece?

I assume so.

[not edward]

[MN Dave]

How is that, Edward?

[karlhenning]

Copland
William the Youngster
St Louis Symphony
Slatikin

Because it suits a wintry Boston morning, somehow.

Good morning, all!

[Kullervo]

Yesterday: Milhaud - L'homme et son desir, six little symphonies, etc. (Milhaud, Orch. Radio Lux., et. al.)

[not edward]

How is that, Edward?

I think the interpretations are particularly fine, especially op 109 and 111. Solomon may underplay the drama in these pieces a bit much for some, but his contrapuntal clarity and superb legato playing make the slow movements (at least for me) a profoundly moving experience.