What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Que]

Surprisingly, I received a compliment from an attractive female supervisor from another department who stopped by my department's office today. I was so surprised that I didn't know what to say.

Seems you have a good thing going there, George...




Stefan Johannes Bleicher plays the organ of the Klosterkirche in Weißenau, built by Johann Nepomuk Holzhey in 1784-87.

A Premont recommendation.

Q

[Wanderer]

"Concerto" for solo piano in G sharp minor (Which is to say: "Études dans tous les tons mineurs Nos. 8-10" -- how many are there, anyway? min. 12?)

There are 12. Four of them (Nos. 4-7) comprise the symphony, the next three the concerto for solo piano and there's also an Overture (No.11); the others go by the exuberant names of Comme le vent, En rythme molossique, Scherzo diabolico and Le festin d'Esope (a variation set).

[abidoful]

The "legendary" Oistrakh Trio (a ten disc-set) including most of the core-pieces of the repertory as well as absolutely wonderful performances such rarer trios as  CHOPIN and RACHMANINOV!
-The Trios of Chopin, Glinka, Smetana, Tchaikovsky, Taneyev, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Ravel and Shebalin
-Both of the Trios of Schubert and Mendelssohn
-Two Trios of Haydn, Beethoven and Dvorak
-One Trio of both Schumann & Brahms

As an "extra" the Triple Concerto of Beethoven.

[Christo]

                       

[George]

Seems you have a good thing going there, George...

Yes, I just hope the opportunity presents itself again.

[Bogey]

I am at work, so I can't tell as the volume is low.

Surprisingly, I received a compliment from an attractive female supervisor from another department who stopped by my department's office today. I was so surprised that I didn't know what to say.  Usually people make fun of my classical music at work when they hear it.

Now you have to have it playing all the time, or she will write it off as a fluke.  Keep the classical spinning, buddy!

[mc ukrneal]

Dvorak Piano Trios (played by the Suk Trio). Picked this up some time ago, but never found the right chance/mood to listen. These are fabulous! Why'd I wait so long!! 

[George]

Now you have to have it playing all the time, or she will write it off as a fluke.  Keep the classical spinning, buddy!

Indeed. 

[Keemun]

His recorded version of 8 apparently is not highly thought of.  I don't have it, although I have his 4, 5, and 9, and the newish one of 1 and 15.  But if you don't like 4,5, and 10, you simply may not be a Shostakovich kind of person.    My personal favorites of all the symphonies are 4, 8 and 11, followed by 5, 7, and 10;  the recordings I most esteem are the ones Rostropovich did with the LSO (on LSO Live)--5, 8 and 11.  It was in fact Rostropovich's 8 that turned me on to Shostakovich.

Thanks for the input.   I obviously have nothing to compare this recording to, but I will keep in mind that there may be better interpretations of this work.  I suspect that I may not be a Shostakovich symphony kind of person.  I do like a few of his other works.

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[Bogey]

Dvorak Piano Trios (played by the Suk Trio). Picked this up some time ago, but never found the right chance/mood to listen. These are fabulous! Why'd I wait so long!! 

I will have to give my Beaux Arts set a spin......

Is this the only set you have at this time?  Anyone have the Beaux and the Suk?

[MN Dave]

[mc ukrneal]

I will have to give my Beaux Arts set a spin......

Is this the only set you have at this time?  Anyone have the Beaux and the Suk?

Yes - don't know any others. Maybe someone else can provide a comparison.

[Sergeant Rock]

Listening to RVW's quirky little Eighth.




Sarge

[karlhenning]

I love the Eighth!

[karlhenning]

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Dallapiccola
Tartiniana
Due pezzi
Piccola musica notturna
BBC Phil
Noseda

Dallapiccola – Tartiniana; Due Pezzi; Variazioni per orchestra; Piccola musica notturna; Frammenti sinfonici dal balle

[Keemun]

Mahler
Symphony No. 9
Ancerl
Czech PO

[Elgarian]

If there's an Immerseel Fan Club I'd be tempted to join it. Just listening now to the Polovtsian dances, and revelling in the near-vibrato-less strings and the raunchy, scrunchy brass. Rock ON, Jos!

[Scarpia]

If there's an Immerseel Fan Club I'd be tempted to join it. Just listening now to the Polovtsian dances, and revelling in the near-vibrato-less strings and the raunchy, scrunchy brass. Rock ON, Jos!

You mean he's using that schtick in Rimsky-Korsakov?  This Immerseem really is a one-trick pony, it would seem.   

[Opus106]

You mean he's using that schtick in Rimsky-Korsakov? This Immerseem really is a one-trick pony, it would seem.   

I have him in Ravel.

[Elgarian]

You mean he's using that schtick in Rimsky-Korsakov?  This Immerseem really is a one-trick pony, it would seem.   

Two things - first, listen to it yourself. It is very, very convincing! Second, he has a little essay in the booklet explaining his approach.  If Anima Eterna's tendency is to play with less vibrato than is normal in modern practice, that doesn't make it a mere gimmick. It's just one example of how they're re-examining our continuing projection of modern orchestral practices into the past. But above all, it's the listening experience that has to persuade. This is terrific music-making, in my book. I don't say that this is the only way to listen to Scheherezade, but it hasn't sounded so much fun for years.