What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[kishnevi]

Royal Scottish National Orchestra - Second Tier - NOT!

Georg Tintner - 10th Tier Conductor - YES!

Tintner did such a brutal, hack job with the Bruckner symphonies.  They are god awful.  No wonder he leapt to his death.   

I have Symphonies 1-3 in this series and like them; they certainly don't sound like hack work to me.   Tintner may not have been as godlike as some other Brucknerians, but he had nothing to be ashamed of in his results.

Thread duty:
Mozart: Twelve variations on La Belle Francoise K. 353  Bart van Oort, fortepiano. 
Making my way through one of my recent purchases.

[Coopmv]

Royal Scottish National Orchestra - Second Tier - NOT!

Georg Tintner - 10th Tier Conductor - YES!

Tintner did such a brutal, hack job with the Bruckner symphonies.  They are god awful.  No wonder he leapt to his death.   

I have his Bruckner 5th on Naxos.  From what I can see, this is the only CD by Tintner in my collection ...

[mahler10th]

Too bad, send them away if you must.  I'm really sick and tired of hearing this Tintner is God of Bruckner bullshit.

He didn't 'leap to his death'.  I had a word with Barzini after I heard the fourth...you know how these things go...meanwhile:



Love these soundtracks...Rota wrote a lot of great music.

[Bogey]

He didn't 'leap to his death'.  I had a word with Barzini after I heard the fourth...you know how these things go...meanwhile:



Love these soundtracks...Rota wrote a lot of great music.

Yes to every word.

[DavidW]

It has one of the most memorable tunes out of any movie!

[Coco]

Tintner did such a brutal, hack job with the Bruckner symphonies.  They are god awful.  No wonder he leapt to his death.   

So someone deserved to die because you don't like his recordings? What the hell?

[mahler10th]

Well, it is 03:10am here, I am up like the proverbial hack, editing 'something', but I thought I would play this myself to see what is going on with it.  Haven't listened to Tintners Bruckner for bloody ages...And so far (1st mvmnt) I suspect that it is not big and robust ala Solti, but there is time to breathe, listen and embrace - some of the quieter strings have better balance than I might have imagined, the pace is in the moment...so far, a thinking persons Bruckner...I have phoned Clemenza to take care of non-thinking Brucknerites...yikes, but there's some of the brass just a wee bit wobbly here and there...but listen...the voice of God in Bruckner is never far away...this is one I will come back to when I want to hear something of Bruckners personal dialogue with God.  Now then...come here Clemenza, I have a job for you...maybe over Winnipeg way...

[Brahmsian]

So someone deserved to die because you don't like his recordings? What the hell?

Uh oh, here come the self-righteous police.  Tell you what Corey, if I'm the first poster on GMG to ever make a rude, crass and tasteless comment, I will gladly leave this forum and never return.

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The String Quartet op.3 - LaSalle Quartet

Remarkable set. Worth every penny.

[DavidW]

Remarkable set. Worth every penny.

Must.  Resist.  Urge.  To.  Buy. ... 

[TheGSMoeller]

Must.  Resist.  Urge.  To.  Buy. ... 

You. Must. Buy.

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Listening to Act I of Siegfried right now. Awesome!

[TheGSMoeller]

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Just watched Malick's The Tree of Life, featured this piece in a key moment in the film, inspired to return to my favorite romantic.

[PaulR]

Schelomo

One of my favorite pieces by Bloch.  Listening to it before I decide to go to sleep

[TheGSMoeller]

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Still feeling a little somber, this is a beautiful, and at the same time devastating disc.
Features the Funeral Music for Queen Mary: March which played at the The Korova milkbar  

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Listening to King Christian II Suite. This may be minor Sibelius, but it's still lovely.

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I don't listen to Mahler much anymore, but, when I do, I seem to reach for Symphonies 5, 6, 7, & 9 the most. Symphony No. 7 is one of those symphonies that didn't mean much to me when I first heard it, but it slowly revealed itself with repeated listening. This Rattle recording is still one of the best I've heard of this symphony along with Abbado's.

[Que]

Easily my favourite lute recording!

Q

[listener]

DOWLAND    Lachrymae
Philomusica of London       Thurston Dart, cond. & harpsichord
recorded in 1958, and not period instruments I'm sure but period bows, and a lute  Much vibrato.
MONO recording, not too annoyingly reprocessed to simulate stereo.

[haydnguy]

Listening to Suites 3, 4, and 5.