What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[ChamberNut]

Bruckner

String Quintet in F major

Raphael Quartet
Prunella Pacey, viola II
Globe Records

[karlhenning]

Now finally playing CD2 from this set.  CD1 is quite good.

Had you known the Vespers earlier?

[karlhenning]

Mind you, I love Nielsen [...] [Langgaard's] music is staunchly tonal yet utterly unpredictable. I love both composers . . . .

Quoted, because I can sign on here, too.

[karlhenning]

Bartok

String Quartet No. 1

Emerson SQ
DG

(* sips some hot tea *)

[karlhenning]

Pyotr Ilyich
Symphony № 3 in D Major, Opus 29 Polish
LSO
Markevich

[mahler10th]

Whilst about to tune in to the FA Cup final between Chelsea  and  Everton   , I am listening to this:

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD1 from this set, which arrived from MDT last week ...

[Coopmv]

Whilst about to tune in to the FA Cup final between Chelsea  and  Everton   , I am listening to this:

Wonder if Szell/LSO did a better job than Karajan/BPO on this work.  I thought the latter performance was horrible.  Karajan/BPO just could not do Handel ...

[SonicMan46]

Debussy - Piano Orchestrations w/ Yoav Talmi & Quebec SO - for me a recommendation from Brian w/ support by others - I usually have not gotten into transcriptions that much, but these are beautifully orchestrated & performed (and of course music by Debussy!) - 

Thomas Tallis - Brilliant Box w/ Alistair Dixon & Chapelle du Roi - now listenting to CD3, Music for Queen Mary - 

 

[George]

Anda's Davidsbündlertänze 0:)

Hi Novi!

How is that set? Is it consistent?

I've only heard Andas Bartok and Mozart concertos, both of which I love.

[Coopmv]

Hi Novi!

How is that set? Is it consistent?

I've only heard Andas Bartok and Mozart concertos, both of which I love.

This Mozart PC set I got a few months ago is wonderful ...

[karlhenning]

Schumann
Cello Concerto in A Minor, Opus 129
(orch. Shostakovich, Opus 125)
Aleksandr Ivashkin, vc
Russian State Symphony
Polyansky

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD2 from this set.  CD1 is excellent with both wonderful choral and solo performance ...

[karlhenning]

Carter
Rhapsodic Musings for solo violin (2000)
Fujiko Imajashi

[jlaurson]

Hi Jens,

I haven't heard the complete stereo set, as I only have the disc with the stereo recordings of the popular sonatas...

Those are not actually from his stereo-SET, they were recorded in-between... when DG quickly needed the famous sonatas in stereo. I think they were their third (DGG's) stereo recording (or at any rate a very early one... after Fricsay's LvB9th....

and the two-fer of his stereo late sonatas...

...but those are. Kempff doesn't exactly tower over the late(r) sonatas. He's most notably great in the stuff that often falls by the wayside with other pianists, though.

and he couldn't bear to think that this was how I was first hearing Beethoven.

Very sympathetic streak in your friend. I can empathize. 

I recently found the Kempff mono set for $52 on amazon.usa from importcds and thought I'd try it out again. So far I am really liking what I hear! 

Great price, by all means. I am listening to it today... Disc 4 not my favorite (except for op.27/1 (not "2"), which is fab)... but otherwise I'm very happy with it all.

That said, I'm a Backhaus-man. Understatement as a weapon. 

[George]

Those are not actually from his stereo-SET, they were recorded in-between... when DG quickly needed the famous sonatas in stereo. I think they were their third (DGG's) stereo recording (or at any rate a very early one... after Fricsay's LvB9th....

Very interesting. Are you referring to the DG Originals CD? The one with Pathetique, Mooonlight, Appassionata and Waldstein? I just realized that I have one more Kempff DG CD, it has the Pathetique and the Moonlight (and the Pastorale and Op. 78) as well:



This one has the same timings and dates as the popular sonatas CD that I have:



Is that the CD that you are referring to?

...but those are. Kempff doesn't exactly tower over the late(r) sonatas. He's most notably great in the stuff that often falls by the wayside with other pianists, though.

I think his Op. 110 is great from that stereo set! BTW, my 2-fer of the late works is also from 1965, so I am guessing that was when the set was recorded?

I also wonder how many from that second set have been released individually, as I love to complete my stereo set without buying the whole thing.

That said, I'm a Backhaus-man. Understatement as a weapon.  

Oh yes, side by side I prefer Backhaus's style to Kempff's. The thing I like about Kempff is that he has a very unique, subjective approach to the sonatas. At first I didn't want to "go to him" but I have found that doing so brings rich rewards.

[jlaurson]

Is that the CD that you are referring to?

Yes.

I also wonder how many from that second set have been released individually, as I love to complete my stereo set without buying the whole thing.

Relying on my memory and experience, that twofer is about it, as far as CDs are concerned. There were/are two Galleria releases with more "famous" sonatas. Those MIGHT be identical to the ones in the stereo-set, but I can't tell you for sure. Now that the stereo set is so inexpensive in its new re-release, going individually would be more expensive, I reckon. (And thanks to the overview, always easy find the link.  )

I'm ripping the two Kempffs onto my xternal HD for more convenient side-by-side testing right now. (Although that way of following Beethoven sonatas can get quite tiresome and I'm not sure if the results resemble realistic listening experience.)

[karlhenning]

Haydn
Symphony № 13 in D Major
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
Adám Fischer

[Coopmv]

Haydn
Symphony № 13 in D Major
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
Adám Fischer

Great performance.  I bought all the volumes on Nimbus a few years ago, though they are now available on BC ...

[bhodges]

Haydn: Symphony No. 101, "The Clock" (Harnoncourt/Concertgebouw) - I have most in this Harnoncourt series and like them all.  In this one, the vivacious playing and superb sound sell me immediately.

--Bruce