What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Bogey]

This week's cantatas from my favorite radio program of Sacred Classics:

Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata #141 "Das ist je gewisslich wahr"
Alsfelder Vokalensemble / Wolfgang Helbich
Henning Voss, alto
Henning Kaiser, tenor
Ralf Grobe, bass
CPO 999985 

I guess this one was actually Telemann's doing, but was thought to be Bach....the performance here was not to my liking either way.


Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio: Jauchzet, frohlocket BWV 248
Staatskapelle Dresden / Peter Schreier
Leipzig Radio Choir
Philips 9949 

This last one was a bit "rich" for me.  They would work well for a Haydn Mass, but for a Bach Cantata they were just too much.

Last weeks cantata which I failed to mention was:

Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata #70 "Wachet! Betet! Betet! Wachet!" BWV 70
Bach Collegium Stuttgart / Helmut Rilling
Gachinger Cantorei Stuttgart
Hanssler 92022

My failure to mention it was probably due to the fact that I did not think it worth mentioning.  Two weeks in a row without being wow'ed...but that is what makes listening each week so much fun, you just do not know what you are going to get.

[Que]

Q

[karlhenning]

disc 2 of the 1987 Nikolayeva recording of the Shostakovich Opus 87 (so, B Major through B-Flat Minor)

[rubio]

Hogwood's Messiah I find just wonderful; especially the singing is just superb with soloists like Emma Kirkby and David Thomas. The choir is just silky/velvety and the orchestral contribution makes the performance very exciting. When I hear this CDI realize that I probably was bored from time to time when listening to Christie. I think Hogwood is my preferred version so far. Next up is Koopman .

[not edward]

Music and performances to get the blood going on a cold, snowed-in Sunday.

[karlhenning]

The Messiah highlights disc that is at the MFA gift shop is London Phil Chorus, London Phil & Jn Alldis.  The choruses are nice enough;  I may not abide the bass solo, though:  his tempi are laden, and his performances so labored as almost to be parodies of Handel.

[Peregrine]

[Bogey]

Hogwood's Messiah I find just wonderful; especially the singing is just superb with soloists like Emma Kirkby and David Thomas. The choir is just silky/velvety and the orchestral contribution makes the performance very exciting. When I hear this CDI realize that I probably was bored from time to time when listening to Christie. I think Hogwood is my preferred version so far. Next up is Koopman .

Nice.

[Harry]

Q

If you don't like it Que my friend, you may send it to me!

[Harry]

Hogwood's Messiah I find just wonderful; especially the singing is just superb with soloists like Emma Kirkby and David Thomas. The choir is just silky/velvety and the orchestral contribution makes the performance very exciting. When I hear this CDI realize that I probably was bored from time to time when listening to Christie. I think Hogwood is my preferred version so far. Next up is Koopman .

You know Rubio...you made me very happy.....
We both like Emma.

[Harry]

Nice.

Not nice Bill, spectacular is the right word..............

[Wanderer]

How do you like it?

Listening to:

Zemlinsky: Eine florentinische Tragödie (Chailly).

Schreker: Die Gezeichneten (Nagano).

[Mark]

Q

The more I hear Vanska's cycle, the more convinced I become that this is how I want my Sibelius symphonies to be played.

[Peregrine]

How do you like it?

First listen, but not overly impressed. Hankering after Richter or Gilels. Not sure of the timings, but it all feels like a bit of rush...

I'll listen again some time and see how I feel...

[rubio]

A nice disc followed the last BBC Music Magazine . Bach Cantata BWV 110 + some other short works performed by Gardiner/Monteveridi Choir.

[sidoze]

Sounds interesting. Is it the full work or the same cut version that Gilels uses? (Never heard Pletnev, fwiw.)

It's the full work I believe. But I wouldn't know for sure -- I try to avoid the piece. The quality of the playing shines through however.

[Peregrine]

[Mark]

My addiction to Brahms' A German Requiem (which is, of course, second only to my fixation with Rachmaninov's All-night Vigil ), has led me to this:



I'll post my thoughts once I've heard it all the way through.

[Bogey]

A requiem...sounds good to me for some early evening, Sunday listening.  But I will go with this one Mark:

[Mark]

A requiem...sounds good to me for some early evening, Sunday listening.  But I will go with this one Mark:

Looks like a great choice, Bill.

I'm liking the The Sixteen in the Brahms. Superb singing ... but my ears are having to work hard to adjust to the piano accompaniment as opposed to the more usual orchestral one.