What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[mahler10th]

I have been trying many different flavours of Stravinsky.  The Abbado set with the LSO seems to work best for me.  Markevitch 1959 recording of the 'rite' also gets it for me.  Stravinsky was a bloody brilliant composer - he shaped sounds that were like direct hits on consciousness, and it is not possible for me to...welll...go for a cup of coffee or anything when Stravinsky plays.  His musical language is sometimes a punch in the face, but that is necessary for me to maintain sensibility when listening. 

[Henk]

@Henk: Hummel is great, isn't it? Quite dense with musical content after a rather Italianette composer such as Clementi.

I'm definitely going to listen to Hummel more. I only have two recordings works of him though.

Clementi was rather just a dull listening, I read he had influence on Beethoven, I listened it in that perspective. Not really "italian" sounding to me.

Henk

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[Scarpia]

I have been trying many different flavours of Stravinsky.  The Abbado set with the LSO seems to work best for me.  Markevitch 1959 recording of the 'rite' also gets it for me.  Stravinsky was a bloody brilliant composer - he shaped sounds that were like direct hits on consciousness, and it is not possible for me to...welll...go for a cup of coffee or anything when Stravinsky plays.  His musical language is sometimes a punch in the face, but that is necessary for me to maintain sensibility when listening. 

That Markevitch recording is extraordinary!

[karlhenning]

Holmboe
String Quartets N^os. 17, 19 & 20
Kontra Quartet

[Lethevich]

I'll bite:
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Earlier it was:
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Another of Amazon's charmingly bizarre user reviews for the latter.

[mc ukrneal]

Another of Amazon's charmingly bizarre user reviews for the latter.

Good for a laugh that review! But I don't know how you listen to that disc. You are stronger than I am!

[karlhenning]

I'll bite:  

I've gone ahead and sprung for the quartet reissue box (O thou temptress! ) . . . this one disc I'm listening to (17/19/20) is on loan from a friend.

Fact is, though, that like the Vermeer Quartet box of the Beethoven quartets, ca. $25 for 7 discs of great quartets is too good to pass up.

[Brahmsian]

As I am easily influenced, and so many are listening to Stravinsky lately, so am I:

From the Sony box:

Scherzo a la Russe
Fireworks
Pulcinella

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Scherzo Fantastique

CBC Symphony Orchestra

Orpheus

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Igor Stravinsky, conducting
Sony Classical

[Lethevich]

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So typically Arnold: alternately incisive, spritely, bouyant, dark, and full of emotional and compositional content, but self-sabotating somehow - I can't describe these as major works in the repertoire, but they try hard and are rigorously crafted. They also don't aim to be more than the sum of their contents, and as such are an unqualified success.

[Brahmsian]

Listening to Symphony No. 3 and No. 4 (original version) right now.  After the Classical Symphony, Symphony No. 4 is my favorite Prokofiev symphony.

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Afterwards, I'll be watching this production of Ivan the Terrible (which will be my virgin listen to this piece) 

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Now:

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Listening to Dumbarton Oaks. This is a great version with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. I own all of their Stravinsky recordings and all of them have proven to be excellent.

[Sergeant Rock]

Alban Berg, Violin Concerto, Nelsons, Steinbacher and the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln




Sarge

[karlhenning]

Сергей Васильевич [ Sergei Vasilievich (Rachmaninoff) ]
«Остров мёртвых», Opus 29  [ Isle of the Dead ]
St Petersburg Phil
Janssons

[karlhenning]

Holmboe
Symphony № 13, Opus 192/M.362 (1994)
Aarhus Symphony
Owain Arwel Hughes

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Listening to Hahn's performance of Stravinsky's VC. Such a stunning performance. The emotion, articulation, and overall technical facility of Hahn's playing is truly astounding. This is one of my favorite performances of this concerto. Marriner and the ASMF provide superlative accompaniment throughout.

[listener]

"Go to 'H-'", I was once told, so today's shelf was that one, and all HA---:
HANDEL   Water Music      Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music
Michael HAYDN:  Der Traum  music for a pantomime in 2 Acts
Salzburg Camerata academica, Ernst Hinreiner, cond.
HALVORSEN Suite Ancienne, op.31   2 Norwegian Rhapsodies
Bergen Symphony Orch.    Karsten Andersen, cond.
HÁBA   Nonet no.1, op. 40
String Quartets 11, op. 87 in 1/6-tone system, no. 12 in 1/4-tone system, no. 13 op.92 "Astronautic"
Czech Nonet, Novák Quartet

[DavidRoss]

A London Symphony (first listen to Haitink):

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A London Symphony (first listen to Haitink):

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Let me know your impressions David once you've absorbed Haitink's approach. I've owned that set for years, but only recently have I made an attempt to go back and dig into some of performances. I find them all generally well rounded except as I mentioned many times the performance of Chang's performance of The Lark Ascending where it sounds like Haitink went to sleep behind the wheel.

[Brian]

New on NML: a pairing of piano quintets by Brahms and Herzogenberg. First listen to the latter.