What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Bogey]

Back to back to back to back listenings of:



Enjoyed throughout.

[George]

Back to back to back to back listenings of:



Enjoyed throughout.

...and everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the moon...

[classicalmusicfan]

Guitar Recital: Kaltcheva, Magdalena - Sonatas
LEO BROUWER / DOMENICO SCARLATTI / JOHANN KASPAR MERTZ / NICOLO PAGANINI / ROLAND DYENS



*Keyboard Sonata in A major, K.208/L.238/P.315 (arr. for guitar)
*Keyboard Sonata in A minor, K.149/L.93/P.241 (arr. for guitar)
*Keyboard Sonata in G major, K.14/L.387/P.70 (arr. for guitar)

[MN Dave]

BRUCKNER
Symphony 8: 3rd movement
Berlin/Maazel

[Bogey]

...and everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the moon...

[Brian]

Brahms Complete Works - Brilliant Classics

BRAHMS | 16 Waltzes, Op. 39
Karin Lechner, piano

Big-boned performances, in reverberant sound, of the kind of delightful little trifles I had no idea that Brahms wrote. Already this box set is repaying its value in spades!

[Lilas Pastia]

Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle, and Stabat Mater. Marcus Creed, various soloists.



The Petite Messe responds to Marcus Creed's treatment very well. The Stabat Mater comes as quite a schock, though. HIP to the hilt, with explosive brass and timpani. It's all quite raucous in sound, but chorus and soloists are wonderfully italianate. As different as could be from the equally wonderful Fricsay version (with Maria Stader and Ernst Haefliger).  Rossini with a good dose of wasabi !

[MN Dave]

Already this box set is repaying its value in spades!

Good news!

Thread duty:

BRUCKNER
Symphony 7: 2nd movement
Berlin/Karajan

[Bogey]

Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle, and Stabat Mater. Marcus Creed, various soloists.


The Petite Messe responds to Marcus Creed's treatment very well. The Stabat Mater comes as quite a schock, though. HIP to the hilt, with explosive brass and timpani. It's all quite raucous in sound, but chorus and soloists are wonderfully italianate. As different as could be from the equally wonderful Fricsay version (with Maria Stader and Ernst Haefliger).  Rossini with a good dose of wasabi !

Do have a less potent at points Rossini Stabat Mater that you might rec., Andre?

[MN Dave]

[George]

Chopin
Polonaise Fantasie
Arrau
Philips
7 CD Chopin Set

[Conor71]

Webern: Passacaglia, Op. 1

[Coopmv]

This maybe? http://www.russiandvd.com/store/product.asp?sku=37422&genreid=

I know a UK e-tailer carries this CD set.

[MN Dave]

BEETHOVEN
Sonata No. 18 in E Flat Major
Fliter

[Coopmv]

Interesting cover art by you both. 

I just purchased a large size flatbed scanner to import the cover art from many of the LPs I'm digitizing and their art is hard to find on the Internet (or sometimes includes malware in the images).  I am still learning how to do simple things with the images, but I also have hundreds of cassette tapes, with no cover art. 

Last night I grabbed the two tapes of the Makropulos Case and scanned the actual cassette insert with my handwritten scrawl - and was pleased with using that, in its combo low/hi-tech manifestation.  But will soon tire of that and want to do something more imaginative with the covers.

What graphics editing software do you recommend?

There are scanners out there now that can do 12X12 that do not cost thousands of dollars?

[Coopmv]

I'm slowly picking my way through this set:



and an extremely fine set of performances of mostly very fine, and unknown, works it is. Today, disc 15, the Rebelo. Doesn't mean I've heard all, I pick at random.

Erato,  You are not alone.  My set is still in its cellophane, sitting on my desk for the past week or so.  I have to decide whether to first play the Versailles 200, which arrived from Presto Classic on Monday ...

[Coopmv]

That means you say "B is for Biscuits, that's good enough for me......"   

Biscuits tend to refer to doggie treats here in the US.  I give my 3 doxies IAM Biscuits everyday ...

[Coopmv]

Chopin
Polonaise Fantasie
Arrau
Philips
7 CD Chopin Set

Great set?

[Air]

Webern: Passacaglia, Op. 1

Great Op. 1, I'll admit.  I'm a huge fan of early Webern (not so much late) 

Thread Duty:

Bela Bartok
Piano Concerto No. 3
Martha Argerich

I love this work so much.  So sunny, so lyrical, yet still insanely percussive.

[Lilas Pastia]

Do have a less potent at points Rossini Stabat Mater that you might rec., Andre?

Don't mistake me, it's hugely enjoyable. But if you want to revel in the operatic feel this works has sometimes been damned with, the Decca under Kertesz is hard to beat: fantastic soloists - and this is a VERY vocal score. If you're willing to try it, the Fricsay is available for download for 1 euro. Very clear and solid mono sound. American record guide enthuses no end over it - well, not exactly: the review is about the same forces' contemporaneous live version on Testament. But do try the Stabat Mater. If you want to dip your big toe, try Youtube extracts - there are plenty. It will help you figure out which approach works best for you!