What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[RussellG]

I marginally prefer Harnoncourt on Teldec for mid/late Mozart symphonies, although the Telarc discs sound better.  However the old Szell analog recordings on Sony sound as good as the Telarcs and top both cycles for performance IMO.

[Opus106]

"In 1804, the London Gentleman's Magazine announced, prematurely as it turned out, the death of Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). A French Masonic lodge, La Parfaite Estime de la Société Olympique (The True Measure of Masonic Society) commissioned the Florence-born, Paris-based composer Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842) to write a memorial cantata in Haydn's honor..." (from the booklet).

How did that ever happen?! I hope Haydn didn't pull a Gulda. 

Thread Duty:

Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in D major, Op. 18 No. 3
Alban Berg Quartet

[knight66]

...an absorbing, stunning and magisterial Bruckner 7th: Celibidache

Mike

[Dr. Dread]

Hi, gals and fellas!

[knight66]

Definitely to be listened to rather than watched. As usual, she looks like she is having her entrails pulled through her bum.

Mike

[Dr. Dread]

Definitely to be listened to rather than watched. As usual, she looks like she is having her entrails pulled through her bum.

Mike

Nice image, sir! 

Oh, I'm listening to the Emperor.

[Valentino]

They look like an old married couple (well, she's probably his second wife, they married when he was 50 and she 25) out on a little too long autumnal Sunday walk.

How's the Emperor?

[Dr. Dread]

They look like an old married couple (well, she's probably his second wife, they married when he was 50 and she 25) out on a little too long autumnal Sunday walk.

How's the Emperor?

I like her Beethoven.

Many people will tell you I don't know what I'm talking about.



[Or maybe I just like Beethoven.]

[owlice]

Nothing wrong with liking Beethoven, Dave!

In addition to the hum of the tall child's computer and the bird songs coming through the open patio door, I am listening to:

Arthur Foote chamber music volume 2 on Naxos
Piano Quartet in C major, Op. 23
Nocturne and Scherzo for Flute and String Quartet
String Quartet #1 in G minor

The Nocturne is a much-favored work for me, the musical equivalent of comfort food.

[The new erato]

Beautiful and well sung.

[jlaurson]

Reger (Bach-Busoni), Piano Concerto (PC after BWV 1052)
Michael Korstick / Munich RSO / Schirmer
cpo

Long? Yes. But quite appealing, actually. Dare i say: bubbly, in Korstick's hands.

[The new erato]

Reger (Bach-Busoni), Piano Concerto (PC after BWV 1052)
Michael Korstick / Munich RSO / Schirmer
cpo

Long? Yes. But quite appealing, actually. Dare i say: bubbly, in Korstick's hands.

Thank you. This is nearing the top of my soon to buy lists (notice the plural     )

[Bogey]

Dukas
L'Apprenti Sorcier
Stokowski/Philadelphia
Pearl
Recorded 1937

[knight66]

A magical performance, Humperdink Hansel and Gretel; the old Karajan one with Schwartzkopf and Grummer. It still sounds fresh, what sweep the entire piece is given.

Mike

[Dr. Dread]

Some Brahms from this.

[Bogey]

Mussorgsky-Stokowski
Night on Bare Mountain
Stokowski/Philadelphia
Pearl
Recorded 1940

This is the one orchestrated by Stokowski and was used in Disney's Fantasia.

[knight66]

Does it also have a chorus in it? it is a long time since I saw the film, but recall some singing in it and a segue to Ave Maria, which I imagine is not on your disc.

Mike

[SonicMan46]

Debussy - Preludes - some comparison listening this fine morn between my 'older' disc w/ Walter Gieseking from the 1950s (mono recordings, but re-mastered beautifully) vs. my 'new' recording w/ Jean-Efflam Bavouzet from 2006 - both can be highly recommended in these works! 

 

[Bogey]

Does it also have a chorus in it? it is a long time since I saw the film, but recall some singing in it and a segue to Ave Maria, which I imagine is not on your disc.

Mike

No, my recording does not include the Schubert's Ave Maria at the end, Mike.  My soundtrack, of course, does.  But, since you mentioned it, I just popped in the dvd to catch it.  Here is a bit of trivia on it:


Originally the plan was for the procession to enter an actual church, and there are numerous concept drawings of gothic architecture, stained glass windows, and actual statues of the Virgin Mary as can be seen on the Fantasia Anthology bonus disc. Ultimately, this ending was deemed too overtly religious by Walt, and he opted for a more natural setting instead. However, the forest design in the segment still mimics that of a cathedral with an overtly gothic motif.



The final scene to be shot (the long multiplane pan in the Ave Maria sequence) was completed, developed, printed, and rushed via airplane to New York that same day, where it was spliced into the film a mere four hours before showtime. Primarily because of the amount of audio equipment required and the time necessary to make the installation, the full-length Fantasound version of Fantasia was only shown at 12 theatres, and only 16 Fantasound-equipped prints were ever made.

I do not have the double dvd as we tired of buying the new and improved versions of Disney films that seem to keep coming out.  The Schubert piece is extraordinary on the film and worth a look though.

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD2 from this set of 8.  CD2 includes the last of the six Brandenburg Concertos and Concerto for Flute, Violin, Harpsichord, Stings and Basso Continuo plus the first two of the Orchestral Suites ...