What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Sergeant Rock]

And hence . . . Thread duty:

RVW
Symphony № 8
London Phil
Haitink

Excellent 

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Maiden voyage:




Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

I'm still feeding my late-Romantic craving. 

Schmidt
Symphony No. 1
Neeme Jarvi
Detroit Symphony Orchestra

The best Schmidt First...and I've heard 'em all 

Sarge

[George]

Maiden voyage:

Sarge

Though I love that album, that should really be posted in our non-classical thread. 

[Sergeant Rock]

Though I love that album, that should really be posted in our non-classical thread. 

I think it has a place, too, in the Diner's Worst looking CD/LP artwork thread    It would make a great poster for a horror film about a psychotic conductor who sadistically mind-controls an unwilling violinist.

Sarge

[Harry]

It's worthy of your interest Karl.

Harry, do you have this one?


It came in the same parcel and I'm listening to it now, fascinated.

Both Scheherezade and Symphonie Fantastique were among the very first few pieces of classical music I 'discovered' at the age of sixteen, and I'd have thought the odds were rather against rediscovering such well-known old favourites now, 40-odd years on. But this Berlioz promises to make me listen anew just as much as the Rimski-Korsakov. It's really quite exhilarating!

Its on my list, and I will order it soon.

[prémont]

Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf.

The performance is good to very good, but there where some odd things going on, when recorded.

Oh my boy, maybe the conductor (a certain Georg Ratzinger) had some other activities going on at the same time.

[SonicMan46]

Bacewicz, Grazyna  (1909-1969) - String Orchestra Music w/ Ronald Corp & New London Orch - these two discs are my first exposure to this Polish violinist/composer - the string music is quite enjoyable; Violin Concertos w/ Joanna Kurkowicz coming up next!   

 

[Keemun]

The best Schmidt First...and I've heard 'em all 

Sarge

It's good to know that I have the best. 

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Thread duty:

Tchaikovsky
Complete Works for Violin and Piano
Oleg Kagan, violin
Vassili Lobanov, piano

[greg]

Listening to this was one incredibly odd experience. That's all I can say about it. If you want to trip your brains out, go ahead an listen. 

[George]

Listening to this was one incredibly odd experience. That's all I can say about it. If you want to trip your brains out, go ahead an listen. 

Say's Beethoven is a fun ride, too! 

[greg]

Does he do 4-hand arrangement of the symphonies? That'd be fun.


Prokofiev: War and Peace (Bertini, Paris Opera)

I watched 40 minutes of this and don't think I could endure another nearly 3 hours. Even the music isn't interesting enough to listen to that long, and this is Prokofiev!

Is this even worth finishing if I don't like the first 40 minutes? I've never read War and Peace, so I thought maybe this opera would serve as a kind of cliff notes or introduction. But this beginning that I saw was painfully boring and dumb. I thought the story would be something epic and thought-provoking- not a silly soap opera with silly characters. Is this Prokofiev's fault? I don't know what to think...  Does it get better?...

[Coopmv]

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

Many of the more attractive ladies are also more cultured as well ...

[listener]

ALKAN  not piano music    Sonate de concert for cello and piano  op. 47
                                       Grand duo concertante  for violin and piano  op. 31

YSAŸE    Poèmes for violin and orchestra
          Poème élégiaque    Chant d'hiver        Andante     Extase      Exil            Au rouet

[Daverz]

Prokofiev: War and Peace (Bertini, Paris Opera)

Does it get better?...

Try the War half.  Me, I have problems making it through just about any opera DVD.

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD2 from this set, which arrived last week ...

[greg]

Try the War half.  Me, I have problems making it through just about any opera DVD.

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD2 from this set, which arrived last week ...

A very fascinating 2-CD set.  It was interesting to hear how the legendary Casals coached the Marlboro Festival Orchestra during the rehearsal of some of the Brandenburg Concertos ...

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Prokofiev: War and Peace (Bertini, Paris Opera)

I watched 40 minutes of this and don't think I could endure another nearly 3 hours. Even the music isn't interesting enough to listen to that long, and this is Prokofiev!

Is this even worth finishing if I don't like the first 40 minutes? I've never read War and Peace, so I thought maybe this opera would serve as a kind of cliff notes or introduction. But this beginning that I saw was painfully boring and dumb. I thought the story would be something epic and thought-provoking- not a silly soap opera with silly characters. Is this Prokofiev's fault? I don't know what to think...  Does it get better?...

Well, that's sad to hear that your War and Peace experience isn't panning out. Personally I love the piece and find it one of Prokofiev's greatest achievements.

All I can say is perhaps something is wrong with the production you're watching (though I haven't seen it) because Gergiev on Philips makes this music absolutely come to life.

You might try that recording if you're interested.

[Que]

Another run of this, good morning!



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

A Premont recommendation.

Q