What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Brahmsian]

Now playing CD2 from this set ...

Excellent Stuart!  The Resurrection Symphony!! 

[Bogey]

[Bogey]

the work was inspired by Aztec & Maya mythology ... its some artifact derived from that.

Thanks!

[Bogey]

Now:



Probably my favorite LvB disc that I own.

[SonicMan46]

Two discs in and so far---if you can live with the "Surprise" Symphony REALLY surprising you---very much recommended. MM's aggressive, completely propulsive style... take-no-prisoner-and-have-fun-while-doing-it-approach.

Jens - like Sarge, I'm interested in a HIP version of the London Symphonies - but was curious w/ the description on the cover art about 'Live....' - are these indeed played in front of an audience and is there constant applause - just a negative for me - thanks for any info - Dave 

[Drasko]

Anything in th text about the mask on the front, James?

Gold funerary mask - Quimbaya, AD 600-1100 - From Colombia - Height: 11.5 cm
This funerary mask, cast in the classic form of the Quimbaya style, represents a person with filed teeth and wearing a nose ornament. In common with many Quimbaya figures in gold, the eyes on this mask appear closed. This may be used as a visual device to give the idea that the gaze is not directed outward to the visible world, but rather focused on the spirit realm and the sources of natural inspiration.
British Museum Collection

[SonicMan46]

Gold funerary mask - Quimbaya, AD 600-1100 - From Colombia - Height: 11.5 cm
This funerary mask, cast in the classic form of the Quimbaya style, represents a person with filed teeth and wearing a nose ornament. In common with many Quimbaya figures in gold, the eyes on this mask appear closed. This may be used as a visual device to give the idea that the gaze is not directed outward to the visible world, but rather focused on the spirit realm and the sources of natural inspiration.  British Museum Collection

Milos - BOY, that pic brings back some memories for me; in the mid-80s, my colleague and I were invited to give a series of lectures in Colombia (i.e. South America, not the capital of South Carolina!  ) - we arrived a few days early of the weekend lectures in Bogotá, and during those few days we visited the famous Gold Museum there - the most famous part of the collection was stored in a gigantic safe which was opened periodically for the visitors - wish I had some pics, but the experience was magnificent walking into that 'special' Pre-Columbian world - as Bob Hope would say - thanks for the memories!  Dave 

[Coopmv]

Excellent Stuart!  The Resurrection Symphony!! 

Despite this being a budget set from EMI, the SQ is quite good.  The performance was excellent, as the late Klaus Tennstedt was an expert interpreter of Mahler symphonies.

[Antoine Marchand]

It's curious, George. I searched that set among my discs because the last Friday I saw a new version of the piano trios (Ma/Ax/Perlman). I was tempted; but during the weekend I recalled one of your old posts, about to enjoy what we have... 

Now if I could only inspire myself to do the same...

I resisted a whole week... 

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD1 - English Suites from this 6-CD set, which arrived during the week ...

[Bogey]

Gold funerary mask - Quimbaya, AD 600-1100 - From Colombia - Height: 11.5 cm
This funerary mask, cast in the classic form of the Quimbaya style, represents a person with filed teeth and wearing a nose ornament. In common with many Quimbaya figures in gold, the eyes on this mask appear closed. This may be used as a visual device to give the idea that the gaze is not directed outward to the visible world, but rather focused on the spirit realm and the sources of natural inspiration.
British Museum Collection

Miloš coming through large yet again.  Thanks!

[Coopmv]

Now playing this CD, which arrived a few days ago from MDT ...

[Bogey]

1951

[greg]

BOOMSHAKALAKA!

[Antoine Marchand]

Horowitz was one of the first pianists to regularly programme Scarlatti's sonatas, usually at the beginning of a recital. These performances, part of Sony's Horowitz Edition, highlight the quirkiness of the music and use the piano's full resources to produce textures beyond the scope of the harpsichord.

... and certainly beyond the scope of the composer, too.

[listener]

an LP mixture
ROSENBERG Organ Works 
Toccata, aria patorale, ciaconna (1952);   Fantasia e fuga (1941); LoverGud i himmelsjöd from the cantata 'Hymnus'  (1966);  Prelude & fugue  (1948)
Alf Linder  at Oscarskyrkan, Stockholm

C.P.E. BACH Double Concerto for Harpsichord and Hammerflügel (Fortepiano)
J. Christian BACH  Sinfonia Concertante for oboe and cello
Wm. Friedemann BACH  Double Concerto for 2 Harpsichords
Leonhardt-Consort,  Concentus Musicus Wien  (period instruments, tuning a half-tone under normal)
Refreshing sounds!

ARENSKY   Violin Concerto
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Concert Fantasy for Violin and Orch  (16 bar cut at "F")
WIENIAWSKI Concert Polonaise for Violin and Orch
Aaron Rosand,   Radio Luxembourg Orch.       Louis de Froment

[Antoine Marchand]

Fuck no.

I remember... You're the same guy who thinks Bach was wrong when he wrote for the harpsichord... I recognized the same subtle logic in your last "argument".

[kishnevi]

Helmut Muller Bruhl and the Cologne Chamber Orchestra seem to be among the very few large ensemble that can do baroque music right.

They also fulfill the orchestral duties on Naxos' box of the Complete Haydn Concertos  that I've finally finished giving a first time listen (the Complete Masses and that Gardiner Bach set sort of got in the way)--in general, uniformly good.

Thread duty (just finished):
Chopin Ballades and Scherzos Rubinstein (1959 recording)

[Antoine Marchand]

Dude lol, it's a bonafide classic - and unmistakably Scarlatti ...

I don't doubt it. Horowitz is one of my favorite pianists. Besides, I have and enjoy that recording. Even its booklet has a Horowitz's quotation about Scarlatti that I always enjoy to recall:

Horowitz continued: "As a composer, he comes from nowhere. His freshness and unbelievable daring in the use of harmony and rhythm make him one of the most original composers of his century. He is a master of what we might call grosse Kleinkunst (great art in the smaller forms)". And smiling wistfully he interjected in typically Horowitzian humor, "which is, of course, preferable to kleine Grosskunst (inferior art in the larger forms)".     

[jlaurson]

Jens - like Sarge, I'm interested in a HIP version of the London Symphonies - but was curious w/ the description on the cover art about 'Live....' - are these indeed played in front of an audience and is there constant applause - just a negative for me - thanks for any info - Dave 

No... no applause. Not like the DRD set on Sony. And I noticed that it was live only during that moment in the Surprise Symphony where their reaction of, well, surprise, is inevitably part of the recording.