What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Que]

I like the SQ of most L'oiseau Lyre recordings ...   

It was a beautifull series, sadly discontinued though several recordings have been reissued.
Luckily many small labels took over in producing high quality Early Music & Baroque issues!

Q

[Lethevich]

It took me a few days to get into the mood - and I am still not for the orchestral music - but finally I can jump on the bandwagon.

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Koechlin wrote some of my favourite "sets" of piano music, although I rarely find myself reaching for it for whatever reason.

[Mirror Image]

It took me a few days to get into the mood - and I am still not for the orchestral music - but finally I can jump on the bandwagon.

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Koechlin wrote some of my favourite "sets" of piano music, although I rarely find myself reaching for it for whatever reason.

I'll probably getting the solo piano music at some point, but I think I'm going to go with the Hanssler recordings as I have already bought 5 of them already from their Koechlin series. I pray more will be released.

[Conor71]

Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5
Bax: Tone Poems

[The new erato]

I'll probably getting the solo piano music at some point, but I think I'm going to go with the Hanssler recordings as I have already bought 5 of them already from their Koechlin series. I pray more will be released.

Hint: If you buy a thousand copies of each it probably will.

[Scarpia]

Mozart's String Quartet #23, Quartetto Italiano

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Brought back memories of an earlier time, when I had much fewer recordings than I have now and knew every recording I owned intimately.  Even though in those days I was listening to these quartets in performances by the Alban Berg Quartet (Telefunken vinyl) listening to these works I knew every note by heart.  I don't know if I would want to listen to Schnittke to the level that I knew every note by heart, but with Mozart in these magnificent works it is pure magic.  The most delicious moment in this quartet is a little chromatic figure that ornaments the exposition coda and returns at the end. 

[Sergeant Rock]

Schnittke Symphony #3




Sarge

[karlhenning]

Interrupting the Schnittke-thon to celebrate birthday boy!

Сергей Сергеевич [ Sergei Sergeyevich (Prokofiev) ]
«Египетские ночи», симфоническая сюита [из музыки к спектаклю], соч. 61 [ Egyptian Nights Suite, Opus 61 ]
Russian State Symphony
Polyansky

[Sergeant Rock]

Interrupting the Schnittke-thon to celebrate birthday boy!

Сергей Сергеевич [ Sergei Sergeyevich (Prokofiev) ]
«Египетские ночи», симфоническая сюита [из музыки к спектаклю], соч. 61 [ Egyptian Nights Suite, Opus 61 ]
Russian State Symphony
Polyansky

I had a minor shock just now listening to the first movement of Schnittke's Third. Mrs. Rock, at her computer in another room, asked, What's playing? I thought she wanted to know in order to avoid it in future    But no, she likes it! The only other Schnittke piece I recall her enjoying was the Faust Cantata (a favorite of mine too).

Sarge

[karlhenning]

Splendid, Sarge!

[Florestan]

I had a minor shock just now listening to the first movement of Schnittke's Third. Mrs. Rock, at her computer in another room, asked, What's playing? I thought she wanted to know in order to avoid it in future    But no, she likes it! The only other Schnittke piece I recall her enjoying was the Faust Cantata (a favorite of mine too).

Nice! But I'm curious: did she overheard Ais too? and if yes, what was her reaction? 

[Sergeant Rock]

Nice! But I'm curious: did she overheard Ais too? and if yes, what was her reaction? 

Hysterical laughter 

No, actually I don't think she heard Ais...but, as you know, she did comment on Oresteia, and not favorably. Something about "caterwaulling."

Sarge

[Florestan]

An arch- Romantic fairy-tale by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué  (which inspired also E. T. A. Hoffmann and Albert Lortzing) and Dvorak --- isn't that a receipt for fabulous music? 

Two minor quibbles in this otherwise praiseworthy recording: the orchestra sometimes overshadows the singers and the latter sing Czech with a markedly Russian accent, although none of them is Russian.

A bargain that should not be missed by any Dvorak / opera fan.

[Florestan]

Hysterical laughter 

No, actually I don't think she heard Ais...but, as you know, she did comment on Oresteia, and not favorably. Something about "caterwaulling."

What's the exact meaning of that word? I can imagine, but I just want to be sure.

[karlhenning]

What's the exact meaning of that word? I can imagine, but I just want to be sure.

A wonderful word: to cry or screech like a cat in heat.

[Sergeant Rock]

A wonderful word: to cry or screech like a cat in heat.

Yes...and also: a shrill, discordant sound.


Sarge

[karlhenning]

Well, I think you'd need to be a cat yourself, and in a specific condition, to find such a sound euphonious : )

[Florestan]

A wonderful word: to cry or screech like a cat in heat.

Yes...and also: a shrill, discordant sound.

Both very apt descriptions of the music. 

Thank you, gents.

[karlhenning]

Happy birthday!

Сергей Сергеевич [ Sergei Sergeyevich (Prokofiev) ]
«Семеро их», соч. 30 [ Seven, They Are Seven, Opus 30]
Leonid Repin, tenor
St Petersburg Philharmonic Choir
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Ashkenazy

[Sergeant Rock]

Well, I think you'd need to be a cat yourself, and in a specific condition, to find such a sound euphonious : )

Don't I know it    Just outside our bedroom window is a prime spot for cat mating...a feline lover's lane. I don't know what draws the neighborhood cats to that spot, but their Xenakis-like serenades have been going on for years.

Sarge