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George

#44020
March 30, 2009, 06:14:04 AM
Quote from: Bogey on March 30, 2009, 06:12:35 AM
The first disc was fabulous.  Do you have it or the second set?

I have neither. I am still firmly stuck in piano obsession mode.  8)

Bogey

#44021
March 30, 2009, 06:23:23 AM
Quote from: George on March 30, 2009, 06:14:04 AM
I have neither. I am still firmly stuck in piano obsession mode.  8)

If you are referring to solo piano, there is this on disc 7 ;D, and now listening:

Bach
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2:
Prelude and Fugue no 5 in D major, BWV 874
Prelude and Fugue no 14 in F sharp minor, BWV 883
Prelude and Fugue no 15 in G major, BWV 884
Prelude and Fugue no 24 in B minor, BWV 893
Performer:  Mieczyslaw Horszowski (Piano)
Date of Recording: 1956
Venue: Live  Prades, France
Label: Music & Arts
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Keemun

#44022
March 30, 2009, 06:25:09 AM
Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. - Ludwig van Beethoven

George

#44023
March 30, 2009, 06:27:14 AM
Quote from: Bogey on March 30, 2009, 06:23:23 AM
If you are referring to solo piano, there is this on disc 7 ;D, and now listening:

Cool.

In didn't mean solo piano exclusively. Perhaps I should have said pianist mode, that would have been more accurate.

Sergeant Rock

#44024
March 30, 2009, 06:27:27 AM Last Edit: March 30, 2009, 06:31:34 AM by Sergeant Rock
Listened to Judd's Titan. I enjoyed it even more than I expected. Yes, the Klezmer music is seriously underplayed (the percussion buried in the mix) but it has a unique, ghostly quality that is haunting, and quite beautiful. Perhaps not what Mahler intended but an interesting take on this familiar music.

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Harry

#44025
March 30, 2009, 06:28:32 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on March 30, 2009, 04:20:24 AM
Sergei Sergeyevich
Evgeny Onegin, melodrama in 16 scenes, Opus 71
Premiere complete recording



He Karl, do us all a pleasure and name the composers, your penchant for Russian pronounced names starts to irritate me. Off course I could ignore your postings, but by Jove you post almost every farth. :)

Sergeant Rock

#44026
March 30, 2009, 06:30:53 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on March 30, 2009, 06:12:54 AM
Or Boulez. (Fulfilling your prediction, Sarge.  ;D )

;D :D ;D  Boulez's Titan I don't own yet. I'm still debating whether to pick up the rest of his cycle singly, or wait for the inevitable box set (I need 1, 5, 7, 8, 9 and Das Lied).

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

jlaurson

#44027
March 30, 2009, 06:34:54 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 30, 2009, 06:30:53 AM
;D :D ;D  Boulez's Titan I don't own yet. I'm still debating whether to pick up the rest of his cycle singly, or wait for the inevitable box set (I need 1, 5, 7, 8, 9 and Das Lied).

I'm lacking "Das Lied"... 1, 5, 7 are just about mandatory, 9 is very good... only 8 is a dud. (But a good dud, at least.)

Since Boulez offers no fillers like Chailly and Gielen, one might as well wait for the box which will be inevitable (if you can shake off the other copies while they are still catching a fair price)... although it might take a year or two for it to appear.

Bogey

#44028
March 30, 2009, 06:36:08 AM
Quote from: George on March 30, 2009, 06:27:14 AM
Cool.

In didn't mean solo piano exclusively. Perhaps I should have said pianist mode, that would have been more accurate.



You know, that I know, that you knew, what I knew you meant.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

DavidRoss

#44029
March 30, 2009, 06:44:26 AM Last Edit: March 30, 2009, 06:58:43 AM by DavidRoss
Quote from: jlaurson on March 30, 2009, 06:34:54 AM
I'm lacking "Das Lied"... 
Then you're in for a treat, at least if you like Urmana in this as much as I do.

Now playing: Beethoven, Violin Sonata no.5 in F major op.24, aka Spring, Dumay/Pires
"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

"The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money." ~Margaret Thatcher

Bogey

#44030
March 30, 2009, 07:11:59 AM Last Edit: March 30, 2009, 07:14:17 AM by Bogey
Beethoven
Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in D major, Op. 12 no 1
Performer:  William Kapell (Piano), Arthur Grumiaux (Violin)
Date of Recording: 06/20/1953
Venue:  Live  Prades, France
Label: Music & Arts

Wow, David....that is twice I have crossed paths with members this mornign without intent.  Better go check those planets.  ;D
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Sergeant Rock

#44031
March 30, 2009, 07:13:21 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on March 30, 2009, 06:34:54 AM
I'm lacking "Das Lied"... 1, 5, 7 are just about mandatory, 9 is very good... only 8 is a dud. (But a good dud, at least.)

I heard the live performance in Berlin (during the 2007 Easter Mahler cycle) that preceded the studio recording. Those who've heard both agree the live event was better.

QuoteSince Boulez offers no fillers like Chailly and Gielen, one might as well wait for the box which will be inevitable (if you can shake off the other copies while they are still catching a fair price)... although it might take a year or two for it to appear.

Good advice. I'd already decided to buy the Gielen singles for that very reason.

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

DavidRoss

#44032
March 30, 2009, 07:22:55 AM
Quote from: Bogey on March 30, 2009, 07:11:59 AM
Wow, David....that is twice I have crossed paths with members this mornign without intent.  Better go check those planets.  ;D
Perhaps you should buy a lottery ticket today, Bill.  ;)
"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

"The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money." ~Margaret Thatcher

ChamberNut

#44034
March 30, 2009, 07:25:25 AM
Wagner

Siegfried - Act III

Reiner Goldberg - Siegfried
James Morris - Der Wanderer
Birgitta Svenden - Erda
Hildegard Behrens - Brunnhilde

James Levine
Met Opera Orchestra and Chorus
DG

Kullervo

#44035
March 30, 2009, 07:52:15 AM


(Syms. 3 and 4)


ChamberNut

#44036
March 30, 2009, 08:51:34 AM
Listening to all the Razumovsky's today, anyone wanna join me?  0:)

Beethoven

String Quartets in F major, E minor and C major, Op. 59

Quartetto Italiano
Philips

George

#44037
March 30, 2009, 08:55:50 AM
Prokofiev
Piano Concerto 1, Romeo and Juliet
Andrei Gavrilov
GPOTTC

jhar26

#44038
March 30, 2009, 09:05:14 AM
Martha doesn't signal when the orchestra comes in, she's just pursing her lips.

karlhenning

#44039
March 30, 2009, 09:24:01 AM
Quote from: Bogey on March 30, 2009, 04:31:05 AM
Saw this on the purchase thread, Karl.  Your thoughts please when you get a chance.  Usually the Chandos label comes through.

Prokofiev & Pushkin, and on a drizzly cold Boston day . . . magical, Bill!
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