What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[SonicMan46]

Smetana, Bedrich (1824-1884) - Orchestral Works w/ Kuchar & the Janacek PO on a great bargain 3-CD set from Brilliant - just completed the first CD, Ma Vlast (i.e. 'My Country', one of my favorites, esp. the Moldau), and looking forward to the remaining two - check out the Fanfare Review, if interested - 

[karlhenning]

Rakhmaninov
Fourth Concerto in G Minor, Opus 43
Howard Shelley, pf
SNO
Bryden Thomson

[Wanderer]

A very good morning to everyone! 

Listening to Beethoven's piano concerto no.2 and various Schubert pieces played by Kapell.

Rakhmaninov
Fourth Concerto in G Minor, Opus 43
Howard Shelley, pf
SNO
Bryden Thomson

My favourite from the bunch. How do you like this performance, Karl?

[Florestan]

Good morning everyone!

Schubert

Piano Sonatas D959 & D784

Radu Lupu

They should rather be called "Soul Sonatas"...

[M forever]

Rakhmaninov
Fourth Concerto in G Minor, Opus 43
Howard Shelley, pf
SNO
Bryden Thomson

The correct spelling of this composer's name is "Rachmaninoff".

[Florestan]

What's in a name? That which we call a Rach
By any other name would sound as sweet.

[eyeresist]

Рахманинов

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Myaskovsky, Sixth Symphony (Kondrashin/Melodiya)

Again. Terrific.

[Harry]

Good morning my friends, hope you are all well?!

This morning against the grain of my normal listening habits, (LOL), I start with Alwyn, a composer I admired for a long time, and of which came a Naxos cd a day ago, delivered by my favorite post woman, who was glad that the package for me was small.
In my view, and by what I hear I would say, that this can be a clear recommendation. Not only are the recordings sound wise very good, but the performance is very much in line with the musical entity Alwyn is. Very detailed, well attached to the sound world Alwyn creates, small particles of energy like the bubbly in champagne, crash with effervescent colors, in my hearing utensils.
Engineer Phil Rowlands made it into a feast.

So love the artwork, "The Blessed Damozel by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

[val]

LALO:    Symphonie Espagnole                   / Repin, LSO, Nagano

This is a soloist version. The recording is focused in the sublime sound of Repin, his elegance - his style reminds me of Francescatti -even if Repin shows no problems in changing the tempo and the phrasing. Nagano just follows the soloist.
This version has not the cohesion of Stern/Ormandy or its balance. But for those who love violin it provides an half an hour of deep and pure beauty.

[Harry]

Again a first for me, these recordings coming from Marco Polo, and now released on Naxos. The music was vaguely known to me, by a earlier release from orchestral works, that made at the time quite a impression, but dwindled to the background, due to a avalanche of cd's. It is now somewhat quieter, so I have some time to explore this composer. First impression is, dreamy, mystical, broad dramatic gestures, huge sweeps of warm sound, eerie at times, but always melodious. Is it well played? Well I don't know, can I compare?
The recording is decent, but lacks power, you have to turn the volume quite a bit up. The playing lacks a certain refinement, it seems as it is somewhat uninterestingly played, not exactly knowing where to go with this one. But that may be a temporary thing, due to the fact that I am not really into this composer too much.
But I love the music!

[wintersway]

Good morning/day to all! TGIF!

[71 dB]

I have been listening to:

Shostakovich - Violin Concertos 1 & 2 - Andrew Davis
Rameau - Dardanus - Minkowski
Handel - Saul - Martini
Rameau - Castor et Pollux - Farncombe

[Philoctetes]

Exactly - I said all! From Satie's most rarified late period, the only things he wrote that are stylistically comparable with Socrate.

I prefer his highly stylized boredom. Though, in the end, I'll take what I can get.

[karlhenning]

The correct spelling of this composer's name is "Rachmaninoff".

Ah, yes; has The New Grove's replied to your concern yet?

[karlhenning]

I have been listening to:

Shostakovich - Violin Concertos 1 & 2 - Andrew Davis

Sitkovetsky the soloist? Very nice recordings, Poju.

[ChamberNut]

Vaughn Williams

Phantasy Quintet

String Quartet No. 1 in G minor

String Quartet No. 2 in A minor (For Jean On Her Birthday)

Maggini Quartet
Garfield jackson, viola II
Naxos

[Sergeant Rock]

Satie, five Nocturnes (enough, Luke?)




Sarge

[karlhenning]

I didn't notice as I was reading it, but in his two-volume biography of Igor Fyodorovich, Stephen Walsh uses the spelling Rachmaninov.

[Sergeant Rock]

Schubert, Sonata in A major, D.664




Sarge