What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[rubio]

Inspired by the recent Prokofiev violin concerto thread.

[toledobass]

Still stuck in Chicago.  Hopefully departing in an hour.  They keep moving my gate around.  In the meantime I'm listening to Boulez conduct his Livre pour Cordes.

Wish me luck,

Allan

[Harry]

Still stuck in Chicago.  Hopefully departing in an hour.  They keep moving my gate around.  In the meantime I'm listening to Boulez conduct his Livre pour Cordes.

Wish me luck,

Allan

I will! Remember that airport very well, been there a couple of times, also stuck....between flights.

[toledobass]

It's working Harry!!!!

After posting another delay, our inbound aircraft will be actually be arriving a little earlier than anticipated, meaning the delay isn't going to be as long.  We get to leave a tad earlier, but still late.

Carter String Quartet 1 Arditti

Allan

[bassio]

Bach - Brandenburg Concertos

Savall, Lamon, etc.

[Haffner]

Been busy recording music, but I finally checked out the music of Anton Bruckner today. His 3rd symphony (Naxos recording) and I am certainly impressed.

[bhodges]

Britten: Peter Grimes, Act III (Colin Davis/ROH Covent Garden)
Jean-Claude Risset: Variants (Mari Kimura) - For violin and signal processing--dazzling!

--Bruce

[Brian]

Tonight's playlist as I fill out a take-home examination:

BERLIOZ | Symphonie fantastique
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Roger Norrington
DVORAK | Symphony No 9
Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard
TCHAIKOVSKY | Souvenir d'un lieu cher (<- current listening!)
Vadim Gluzman, violin; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton
BRAHMS | Symphonies Nos 2 and 3
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Marek Janowski
SMETANA | Ma Vlast
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit

[ChamberNut]

Been busy recording music, but I finally checked out the music of Anton Bruckner today. His 3rd symphony (Naxos recording) and I am certainly impressed.

That's a good sign Andy, if the 3rd Symphony of Bruckner is your first exposure and you're impressed.     His 3rd isn't the most accessible for most people when first experiencing Bruckner.

[ChamberNut]

A really excellent record that has given me lots of pleasure since it arrived 3 weeks ago (my 4th playthrough). But after this listen it will go to my alphabetical library from my "current listening" pile.

Post nr 1000. The disc is worth it.

I'd be extremely interested in getting this one into my collection.

[Brian]

Tonight's playlist as I fill out a take-home examination:

BERLIOZ | Symphonie fantastique
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Roger Norrington
DVORAK | Symphony No 9
Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard
TCHAIKOVSKY | Souvenir d'un lieu cher (<- current listening!)
Vadim Gluzman, violin; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton
BRAHMS | Symphonies Nos 2 and 3
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Marek Janowski
SMETANA | Ma Vlast
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit

Correction; as it is 11:10 PM, I've just finished the Brahms, and want to go to sleep, the Smetana shall be delayed for another day.

[Bonehelm]

The VC for now. Oistrakh's intonation is always dead on, phrasing always expressive, bowing always confident...

[Harry]

Starting with this on the early Monday morning.
This composer is a very interesting proposition, due to his nearness in idiom to Brahms, and more than matching in the sense of his passion. Just hear the first movement of the Trio No. 1 Allegro, that bursts with thunderous moments, quite overwhelming.

Goodmorning all.

[Harry]

Handel.
Belsazar.
Oratorio in three acts for soloists, Choir, and Orchestra.
Sung in German.

Peter Schreier, Tenor.
Renate Frank Reinecke, Soprano.
Ute Trekel Burckhardt, Alto.
Gisela Pohl, alto.
Hermann Christian Polster, Bass.
Joachim Vogt, Tenor.
Gunther Beyer, Bass.
Berliner Singakademie & Kammerorchester Berlin/dietrich Knothe.
Recorded in 1976, by Edel Classics.

So far so good................ I mean the overture, as soon as Renate Frank Reinecke begins to sing all hell breaks loose, her voice as flat as a pancake, with as much feelings for the words, as a frog has for Shakespeare. Furthermore the instrumental accompaniment is one long legato, again with as much diversity in it as in the character of Rocky Balboa.....
Refusal Bin......

[Harry]

Handel

Solomon.
Justino Diaz.
Sheila Armstrong.
Robert Tear.
Michael Rippon.
Felicity Palmer.
Amor Artis Chorale, English Chamber Orchestra/Johannes Somary.

Full texts provided!
No recording dates.

The overture begins well in a good tempi but I dread what is coming, allthough the Choir intro is not bad, and the orchestra plays well.
The performance has no character at all, its again rather flat, and although I like the singing of Sheila Armstrong, still its not enough to keep this.
Refusal Bin.

[Harry]

Handel

Acis and Galatea.

Julianne Baird.
Frederick Urrey.
David Price.
Kevin Deas.
Ama Deus Ensemble/Valentin Radu.
Recorded in 1996, by Vox Classics USA.
No text provided.

The recording sounds just fine, very authentic. Lets see what comes next!
Julianne Baird has a strange wobble in her voice, which is a funny sort of vibrato, and that irritates me, so...
Refusal Bin.

[val]

MOZART:    Symphonies 39, 40, 41            / Chicago Orchestra, Fritz Reiner

Reiner is powerful, very dynamic, with extraordinary moments. But sometimes he seems too massive - Introduction of the First movement of the 39 - and doesn't express the same emotion of Bruno Walter recordings, made at that same time with the NYP.
Even so, a very beautiful CD.

[Harry]

Faramondo.
D'Anna Fortunato.
Julianne Baird.
Drew Minter.
Jennifer Lane.
Mary Ann Callahan.
Peter Castaldi.
Lorie Gratis.
Mark Singer.
Brewer Chamber Orchestra/Rudolph Palmer.

Recorded in 1996 by Vox Classics USA.


Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh, no thank you.
Refusal Bin.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

David Shire, Return to Oz (soundtrack)

I think this is an absolute classic. Inventive and moving.

[Harry]

Handel

Judas Maccabaeus.
Heather Harper.
Helen Watts.
Alexander Young.
John Shirley Quirk.
Enmglish Chamber Orchestra,
Amor Artis Chorale,
Wandsworth School Boys Choir
Conducted by Johannes Somary.
Recording dates unknown.
Full text provided.

This is a very old fashioned performance, with slow tempi, and massive choral singing.
It is really not good at all.
Why company invest in mediocre recordings is a riddle for me.
I love the music however.
Refusal Bin.