What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Conor71]

Dvorak: String Quartet No. 3

[Sid]

Handel: The Messiah (highlights)
Scholars Baroque Ensemble
(Naxos)

I'm looking forward to going to a concert of The Messiah here in Sydney on the weekend. This is close to the original Dublin version, with only 20 musicians in all. But gosh, they do make a big sound! My favourite part (amongst many favourite bits!) is "The Trumpet Shall Sound." Love that bass solo accompanied by the trumpet (but here cornets are used) & all the embellishments. As a teenager 20 years ago, this work didn't interest me much, but as I have gotten older I now appreciate it much more. It's one of my favourite choral works now, which is not surprising, because it's one of Handel's best...

[Coopmv]

Johann SCHOBERT c.1740 - 1767  (the one who did from eating poisonous mushrooms)
Piano Quartets in f, op. 7/2, in E^b, op. 14/1
Piano Trios in B^b, op. 16/1, in F, op. 16/4
Violin Sonatas  in d, op. 14/4, in A, op. 14/5
Ensemble 413      Chiara Bianchini - violin 1, Véronique Méjean, violin 2
Philipp Bosbach, cello      Luciano Sgrizzi, piano (Fritz, 1820)

I almost confused him with the more famous one who died from syphilis ...   

[Coopmv]

As if you are willing to share Miss Chung. 

And your collection of CD's on Benno (correct?) is just as awesome, George.  Unlike my collection, which is spread across 4 rooms since I do not have enough available wall space in my living room or my listening room.     

[Coopmv]

On that side of the room, yes, Wagner rules    But on the opposite side Mahler, Bruckner and Sibelius hold top spot.






Sarge

Are some of these DVD's or are they just optical illusions?

[Coopmv]

Thanks for the vid; I hadn't heard Hogwood in this before. "For Unto Us" is one of my favorite bits of Handel. Love it. What I don't love--and this perfomance confirms it--are trebles and male altos. I'll stick with Davis, Richter, Solti, Beecham and Butt (Dunedin Consort).

Sarge

Hogwood apparently recorded the Messiah with the same cast twice.  The first one was for the original LP release in the late 70's, which was subsequently remastered to CD.  The second one was for the DVD, which was shot in the Westminster Abbey between the early and mid 80's.  I have all three media in my collection ...   

[SonicMan46]

I almost confused him with the more famous one who died from syphilis ...   

Stuart - yes, I remember that story - own 2 discs of this composer's music on ASV - actually, the story is even more gruesome - look @ the quote below from a Wiki article on him - now I must asked despite the date differences if you are referring to Franz; of course, back then syphilis was a dreadful killer and of course w/ the medical knowledge of the times mimicked many other disease which were unclear as to their cause of death - always interesting to figure out what may have killed these composers at those times (of course Wolfie is always a fascination for me as a physician) - Dave   

Schobert died in Paris, along with his wife, one of their children, a maidservant and four acquaintances, after insisting that certain poisonous mushrooms were edible.

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD3, the last CD from this Handel opera for a first listen.  The Canadian soprano Karina Gauvin was fabulous ...

[Bogey]

This one:

That is the complete effort we have on the shelf....wonderful effort.

[Antoine Marchand]

That was only one Messiah highlight (but a fine one).  In recent years I've most enjoyed the set from Boston Baroque, but Hogwood's is also excellent.

That Hogwood is excellent indeed. I have seen well recommended the Boston Baroque version -which is not always the case with that ensemble-, but I already have five versions of this work, probably too much for my limited interest in Handel.

In general, I like his small instrumental output more than his vocal music; especially his trio sonatas, some of them not unworthy of Bach. 

[MN Dave]

[George]

And your collection of CD's on Benno (correct?) is just as awesome, George. 

Thanks. It's not Bennos, just regular elfa shelves from The Container Store:

[Bogey]

Thanks. It's not Bennos, just regular elfa shelves from The Container Store:

4th shelf up from the bottom is the one that caught my eye.

[DavidW]

Hope y'all don't get earthquakes!

[George]

4th shelf up from the bottom is the one that caught my eye.

[greg]

I don't get it... what's so special about the 4th shelf? I'm trying to see something, but I don't see anything.

[George]

I don't get it... what's so special about the 4th shelf? I'm trying to see something, but I don't see anything.

He sees the Pearl CD spines, yellow and white. 

[Bogey]

He sees the Pearl CD spines, yellow and white. 

That, and the Historical Naxos lot to the left with some smatterings throughout, I believe.

[George]

That, and the Historical Naxos lot to the left, I believe.

Yep, good eyes, Bill. 

[Bogey]

Yep, good eyes, Bill.