What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Fëanor]

Creating space and light in a grey and drab afternoon:

Nice.  I love Rothko Chapel.

[George]

Scriabin
Preludes
Sofronitsky
Brilliant Classics

[Brian]

Nice.  I love Rothko Chapel.

I do too. But the Rothko Chapel I love is the building several miles from here ... have never heard the music 

[haydnguy]

[Harry]

Replay

[Franco]

Barber: Antony & Cleopatra



Spoleto Festival Orchestra

[Keemun]

Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 2
Murray Perahia, piano
Zubin Mehta
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

[Harry]

 

[Drasko]

Getting into the mood for the return of Wallander tonight:

Whose Wallander? Did Branagh make more than initial three or the new film in Swedish Yellow bird series?

[Que]

Listening to Tchaikovsky's Second and Third Quartets, just to hear what soulless crap sounds like 



Sarge

Oh wow, Sarge. I seem to have my moods!

Anyway, let me add that I like their earlier recording on EMI very much.

Q

[George]

Since I am fresh out of soulless crap  , more from this:


Scriabin
Preludes
Sofronitsky
Brilliant Classics

[Drasko]

Krister Henriksson's.  Enough interest was raised by the Branagh versions that the BBC showed some of the Swedish episodes, which became the runaway hit of the season.  So (starting tonight) they're showing the whole of Series 1.

I've seen first 13 episodes/films with Henriksson. Liked it, more straight detective stories with less open displays of existential angst than with Branagh. Less fancy cinematography also, thankfully.

Now I'm trying to track down nine films made by Swedish television, with Rolf Lassgård as Wallander, bit difficult to find, especially with subtitles. These are adaptations of original novels (like Branagh's) while Henriksson series are directly scripted by Mankell.

[The new erato]

Now I'm trying to track down nine films made by Swedish television, with Rolf Lassgård as Wallander, bit difficult to find, especially with subtitles. These are adaptations of original novels (like Branagh's) while Henriksson series are directly scripted by Mankell.

And they are better as well. Lassgård is the "true" Wallander for us who have devoured the books as they were released.

[Sergeant Rock]

Oh wow, Sarge. I seem to have my moods!

Anyway, let me add that I like their earlier recording on EMI very much.
Q

I hadn't listened to these perfornances for quite some time (years probably) so your "comment" grabbed my attention. Listening this afternoon, I didn't think they were so bad. I enjoyed the performances actually although the sound is a bit gritty (snyprr may have mentioned that too). I have nothing to compare them to though. I'll take your word that the earlier cycle is superior.

Sarge

[mahler10th]

Try the recordings made by John Gardiner, and on a equal footing the recordings by David Zinman, you will be in for a pleasant surprise John, and welcome back.
Where the hell have you been?

Harry, I got the Gardiner about a month ago, and it is SPARKLING.  He does Schumann with what must be a greater understanding...and also the audio sounds crisper.
I have been away dealing with health and childcare issues, and I've been quite down and unable to muster up the delight of communicating.  
Nice to see the banter hasn't stopped.
Meanwhile, here is a Digital remastering diamond - recorded in November 1959, this Bruno Walter portrayal of Bruckners 9th is outstanding, flawless and...er...jolly good too.

[Keemun]

[The new erato]

Recently received from Hyperions please buy me. I have other recordings of these works (which I haven't listened to for a while), and my initial comments is that this is a fine disc, without (IIRC correctly) quite Bernstein's wild abandon in no 2.

[Brian]

KOPYLOV | Symphony in C minor
Unknown orchestra
Unknown conductor

If you have information regarding the performers in this recording (it's NOT the ASV album), please let me know.

[Que]

Nocturnes

Q

[bhodges]

Phil Kline: John the Revelator (Lionheart / Ethel) - Lionheart is a six-voice choir (male) based in NYC, and Ethel is a string quartet that usually plays amplified, for which Kline has created a modern mass.  The first and last sections are Northport and Wondrous Love, which Kline adapted from the Sacred Harp.

First Things First (Nadia Sirota, viola / Clarice Jensen, cello / Chiara String Quartet) - Interesting program from this young violist of music written since 2003 by a trio of young composers: Nico Muhly, Marcos Balter and Judd Greenstein.

--Bruce