What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[rubio]

It really is atmospheric this music from Alfven. Especially the first Rhapsody (Midsummer Vigil) is beautiful. The third Rahpsody (Dalecarlian Rhapsody) I also liked a lot. I general, how does Jarvi's performances compare to Westergard in this music?

[Peregrine]

[Wanderer]

[Henk]

Very good!

[Opus106]

HIP Mendelssohn, probably for the first time.

Symphony No.4
OAE/McKerras

[Peregrine]

[Que]

Mengelberg's style suits Tchaikovsky very well for my taste. Has anybody here heard his performances of the 4th and 6th symphony?

Thought so myself - Tchaikovsky & Mengelberg is an excellent combination. Better IMO than Koussevitsky or Stokowski. The 4th and the 6th are great as well.

Q

[rubio]

Thought so myself - Tchaikovsky & Mengelberg is an excellent combination. Better IMO than Koussevitsky or Stokowski. The 4th and the 6th are great as well.

Q

Which transfers do you have of the 4th and 6th, Que? The Music and Arts set?

[Henk]

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Morning, all!

Tippett, Triple Concerto (for Violin, Viola, Cello) (Tippett - BBC Philharmonic/Nimbus)

Ravishingly beautiful work (but not in a singalong way). Wonderful sonorities.

[springrite]

No music for 4 days as I go on lecturing in Inner Monglolia and a couple of other places. Finally got back and I put a CD on within the first minute. It happens to be:

Tuur: Cello Concerto

To be followed by:
Brahms and Mahler: Piano Quartets

[val]

SHOSTAKOVICH:     Piano Concerto n. 1 / Concertino / Piano Quintet

/ Martha Argerich, Lugano Festival 2006  (EMI)


The version of the first concerto is the best I heard with the remarkable trumpet of Sergei Nakariakov.

The Quintet, with Argerich, Capuçon, Maisky and others is very good, but I prefer the version of Richter and the Borodin Quartet, more powerful and intense.

[Renfield]

Bruckner: Symphony No. 9, from the Jochum/Dresden Staatskapelle cycle on EMI.

Even though I don't often revisit Jochum's Bruckner (in either of its integral incarnations), I have to say this is quite good.

[Harry]

This one again, find it to be a very entertaining cd, with music well above the usual level of excellence.
Good morning to you all!

[Harry]

A composer about whom I have written a lot, and find his music akin, to my temperament and inclination.
His orchestral writing is flawless, and his emotions somber and deep, tragic and tormented, a lonely soul amidst the turmoil of life.

[wintersway]

Good morning/day to all!

[Harry]

Good morning/day to all!

WW, that is one of my most loved recording from 2007.
Enjoy.

[karlhenning]

Good morning, all!

Last night:

Pyotr Ilyich
Violin Concerto, Opus 35 In D Major
Nigel Kennedy
London Philharmonic
Okko Kamu

This morning:

Elgar
Violin Concerto, Opus 61 in B Minor
Nigel Kennedy
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle

[karlhenning]

Holst
The Planets, Opus 32
Philharmonia Orchestra
Simon Rattle

[Que]

Which transfers do you have of the 4th and 6th, Que? The Music and Arts set?

Pearl for the 4th & 5th. But I have my eye on the Opus Kura issues, seem to me the best option these days. On line samples sounded like the usual Opus Kura excellence. The Pearl transfers are good but dated.
I avoid buying M&A : not bad, but not entirely satisfactory either - at least in my experience so far. Too much tinkering for my taste. And not always good (original) source material.



5th, 2nd mvt:
[mp3=200,20,0,left]http://www.opuskura.com/Disk1/013.mp3[/mp3]
6th, 1st mvt:
[mp3=200,20,0,left]http://www.opuskura.com/Disk1/012.mp3[/mp3]

Q