What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Mirror Image]

very pretty but not enough passion.

This could be said of the entire MTT/Mahler cycle.

[DavidW]

This could be said of the entire MTT/Mahler cycle.

This was my first exposure to the cycle (excepting an older 7th which is not really a part of the new cycle since it's been replaced *I think*)... but I can see that being true pretty easily.

So MI, is there a cycle that you like?

[Scarpia]

This was my first exposure to the cycle (excepting an older 7th which is not really a part of the new cycle since it's been replaced *I think*)... but I can see that being true pretty easily.

So MI, is there a cycle that you like?

I was in the Hall when MTT recorded the 10th (adagio only) for the ongoing series (maybe complete now).  It was a spectacular performance.  He has a great rapport with the orchestra and there is a joy to their music making which is infectious.  I have not heard that recording, but most recently listened to their Mahler 5, which is splendid.  Perhaps not of the heart-on-the-sleeve variety, but indulging in the sound of the music fully.

[Mirror Image]

So MI, is there a cycle that you like?

I stick mainly to Bernstein (first cycle on Sony), Tennstedt, Bertini, Chailly, Boulez, Abbado, and Rattle for Mahler.

Edit: Don't get me wrong, I like MTT a lot and think much of his conducting, but his Mahler just didn't hit me as anything special. Well-played? Absolutely, but something must be more than well-played to hold my interest.

[Mirror Image]

Now:

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Mesmerizing, hypnotic, enchanting.

[DavidW]

I like MTT more in his efforts with American music.  For instance he does well with this dense music--

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[Mirror Image]

I like MTT more in his efforts with American music.  For instance he does well with this dense music--

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That's a great recording. I love what he does with Ruggles and Piston. His Ives is very good as well.

[Coopmv]

Now playing SACD1 from this set on my universal player and the big rig and get to enjoy the SACD sound for the first time.  This is one version of the 25 versions of Messiah in my collection, which includes the following media: LP, CD DVD and pre-recorded open-reel and cassette ...

 

[karlhenning]

My End o' the World listening:

Langgaard
Endens Tid (The End of Time), BVN 243 (1939-40)
Nina Pavlovski, sop
Stig Andersen, ten
Per Høyer, bar
Danish National Radio Choir & Symphony
Rozhdestvensky

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Now:

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Listening to Piano Concerto No. 5. Great!

[Coco]

Jean Barraqué - "...au delà du hasard"; Etude for tape; chant aprés chant (Klangforum Wien)

[Coopmv]

Now playing SACD2 from this set on my universal player and the big rig and get to enjoy the SACD sound for the first time.  Mark Padmore is easily the most outstanding soloist on SACD1 ...

[Leo K.]

I was delayed due to technical difficulties but I've finally listened to the Hampson/MTT/SFSO recording of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde.

I think that Hampson sings his heart out, heartfelt, deep, sad... excellent performance.  Now the San Franscisco Symphony Orchestra are sadly a bit understated, very pretty but not enough passion.

This is my top Das Lied right now. This is a real winner. Yes, at moments in the score, I agree there is some understatement, such as the barely audible tamtam in the final movement, but I still can't get enough of this recording. I also have a taped live broadcast of one of the concerts used for the recording, and it is also really good. Sublime.

[Mirror Image]

Now:

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Listening to Symphony No. 6. One of the best in Milhaud's cycle in my opinion.

[bbrip]

Thank you for the kind replies, Coop and Antoine.

I am now listening to the second disc in this set.
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This is a most rewarding set indeed. 

[DavidW]

This is my top Das Lied right now. This is a real winner. Yes, at moments in the score, I agree there is some understatement, such as the barely audible tamtam in the final movement, but I still can't get enough of this recording. I also have a taped live broadcast of one of the concerts used for the recording, and it is also really good. Sublime.

Awesome!  I need to hear more Thomas Hampson!

[bbrip]

Ah...
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I am a big fan of Hamelin and own virtually all of his records. Alkan, Kapustin, Godowsky, Dukas - all wonderful stuff. But I think this is probably the weakest he put on record. Maybe its just the tremedous competition that makes even a virtuosic giant to appear like a little boy in this mainstream repertoire.   

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[Brian]

Call me unoriginal but...

LIADOV | Fragment from the Apocalypse
Slovak PO, Stephen Gunzenhauser

PETER DICKINSON | Mass of the Apocalypse
St James' Singers, Ivor Bolton
With Reverend Donald Reeves reading from the Book of Revelation

MENOTTI | Apocalypse
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox


N.B. I've never heard any of this music before.

[prémont]

... or at least we share some similar mistakes.

Count me in.

[Mirror Image]

Call me unoriginal

Okay, you're unoriginal.