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Coopmv

#55580
October 08, 2009, 05:07:14 PM
Quote from: Bogey on October 07, 2009, 07:11:51 PM


Four complete spins today.  Possibly the Mahler breakthrough I have been hoping for.

Bill, does this version by HvK make the Mahler tough nut any easier to crack?     ;D

Coopmv

#55581
October 08, 2009, 05:19:36 PM
Now playing CD1 from this set, which arrived yesterday.  It is a very interesting recording with the tried and true Peter Schreier at the baton.  Beautiful singing with excellent orchestral performance even if it is non-HIP ...

Here is the cast.

Lucia Popp - soprano   
Carolyn Watkinson – alto
Eberhard Buchner - tenor
Siegfried Lorenz - baritone   
Theo Adam - bass   

Leipzig Radio Chorus
New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

Brian

#55582
October 08, 2009, 05:21:33 PM
My roommate and I are catching some studying-with-Ludwig time.

BEETHOVEN | Symphony No 3
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner

This is my 5th listen to Eroica in the last 24 hours ... (the first 4 listens were all Swedish Chamber Orchestra and Thomas Dausgaard).

Brian

#55583
October 08, 2009, 06:11:21 PM


BEETHOVEN | Piano Concerto No 4
Boris Berezovsky, piano
Swedish Chamber Orchestra Orebro
Thomas Dausgaard

Simax needs to finish this complete Beethoven orchestral music series as fast as it can, and then issue the whole shabang in a box set. I would willingly starve myself for a month to gather enough spare change to buy that set ... the level of excellence throughout this series is just beyond belief.

karlhenning

#55584
October 08, 2009, 06:13:07 PM
Quote from: Brian on October 08, 2009, 10:39:04 AM
JANACEK | Sinfonietta
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Karel Ancerl

Far and away the most-played piece of music in my iTunes library. I listen to the Ancerl Sinfonietta approximately once every two weeks (it's been 15 days), so by December 17 this recording will have been listened to twice as many times as my second-most-played track.  8)

Perfectly right; I really ought to load that baby in.

Bogey

#55585
October 08, 2009, 06:14:55 PM
Thanks for the Mahler listening encouragement gents.  I tried Lenny's 7th today, but was not able to give it the attention I should have.  That will have to wait until next Wednesday when multiple, uninterrupted spins can take place.  Therefore I am returning to the 9th below tomorrow as it is calling me during most of my waking moments.  



PS
Ray, I added your Mahlerite below my avatar.  I will try to live up to this honor. ;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

Coopmv

#55586
October 08, 2009, 06:29:54 PM
Now playing CD2 from this set ...


Conor71

#55587
October 08, 2009, 06:52:23 PM
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 - Jarvi/SNO

Brian

#55588
October 08, 2009, 08:41:30 PM
Complete Rundown/Recap of the Brian-and-His-Roommate Library Study Room Beethoven Blast-o-Thon!

BEETHOVEN | Symphony No. 3
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner

BEETHOVEN | Piano Concerto No. 4
Boris Berezovsky, piano
Swedish Chamber Orchestra Orebro
Thomas Dausgaard

BEETHOVEN | Piano Concerto No. 6 (arr. of Violin Concerto)
Boris Berezovsky, piano
Swedish Chamber Orchestra Orebro
Thomas Dausgaard

BEETHOVEN | Leonore No. 3 and Egmont Overtures
Swedish Chamber Orchestra Orebro
Thomas Dausgaard

BEETHOVEN | Symphony No. 7
Swedish Chamber Orchestra Orebro
Thomas Dausgaard

STUPENDOUS! First note to last!

CD

#55589
October 08, 2009, 08:59:18 PM
Sibelius - En Saga, Op. 9 (Järvi, Goteborgs Symfoniker)

CD

#55590
October 08, 2009, 09:27:43 PM
Ravel - Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé (Sarah Walker, Nash Ensemble)
Janáček - Pohádka for Cello and Piano (Christopher van Kampen, Paul Crossley)

The new erato

#55591
October 09, 2009, 12:15:55 AM Last Edit: October 09, 2009, 03:41:09 AM by erato
Quote from: Brian on October 08, 2009, 08:41:30 PM
Complete Rundown/Recap of the Brian-and-His-Roommate Library Study Room Beethoven Blast-o-Thon!

BEETHOVEN | Symphony No. 3
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner

BEETHOVEN | Piano Concerto No. 4
Boris Berezovsky, piano
Swedish Chamber Orchestra Orebro
Thomas Dausgaard

BEETHOVEN | Piano Concerto No. 6 (arr. of Violin Concerto)
Boris Berezovsky, piano
Swedish Chamber Orchestra Orebro
Thomas Dausgaard

BEETHOVEN | Leonore No. 3 and Egmont Overtures
Swedish Chamber Orchestra Orebro
Thomas Dausgaard

BEETHOVEN | Symphony No. 7
Swedish Chamber Orchestra Orebro
Thomas Dausgaard

STUPENDOUS! First note to last!
They are currenly giving away the Vanska/Minnesota cycle on BIS, 5 hybrid SACDs at around 19£ on mdt. The single disc I have (which includes nr 8 ) have impressed me greatly, at this price I'll go for the complete package whether I need another Beethoven cycle or not.

Bogey

#55593
October 09, 2009, 03:32:29 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 08, 2009, 04:33:02 AM
Glad you like it, Bill. That is one helluva performance. I hope it does lead to a general Mahler breakthrough but if not, well, you'll always have M9  :)

Sarge

;)
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

Bogey

#55594
October 09, 2009, 03:33:16 AM
Quote from: Dan on October 09, 2009, 03:24:23 AM


My intro to Chopin....great recordings there, Dan.
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

#55595
October 09, 2009, 04:15:01 AM
Janáček Sinfonietta, Szell and his Clevelanders, a performance I've lived with and loved since I was 17.




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"

Sergeant Rock

#55596
October 09, 2009, 04:16:15 AM
Quote from: Bogey on October 09, 2009, 03:32:29 AM
;)

I knew you'd get the allusion  ;D

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"

WI Dan

#55597
October 09, 2009, 04:18:46 AM
Quote from: Bogey on October 09, 2009, 03:33:16 AM
My intro to Chopin....great recordings there, Dan.

Good morning, Bogey.
Yes, ... some beautiful tunes. 

Harry

#55598
October 09, 2009, 04:41:21 AM
Symphony No. 7 & 8, plus the Corolian overture, opus 62.

ChamberNut

#55599
October 09, 2009, 04:46:50 AM
Quote from: Bogey on October 08, 2009, 06:14:55 PM
Thanks for the Mahler listening encouragement gents.  I tried Lenny's 7th today, but was not able to give it the attention I should have.  That will have to wait until next Wednesday when multiple, uninterrupted spins can take place.  Therefore I am returning to the 9th below tomorrow as it is calling me during most of my waking moments.  



PS
Ray, I added your Mahlerite below my avatar.  I will try to live up to this honor. ;D  

;D  Nice!  Don't worry about the 7th, I'm still not really keen on that one yet.  :)
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