What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[DavidW]

Supposedly you mean Berben (bold types in the quote of your post). Yes, Berbens horrible WTC was the reason why I  (and our Toñito) avoided Berben for a long time, but he has improved considerably since then and made a number of interesting Bach recordings lately. I agree with you about Belder. For some reason artists recording for bargain labels almost always are underrated, Jando is another example of this tendency.

Oh yeah woops, that is a dumb typo!  I should have been more open about what I was not liking a couple of years ago... would have revealed the Berben WTC business right from the beginning!   I think I'll peruse the Bach threads for excellent WTC recordings on the harpsichord now.

[TheGSMoeller]

Duty of the Thread:

Bruckner
Mass № 3 in f minor
Heather Harper, sop
Anna Reynolds, alto
Robt Tear, ten
New Philharmonia Chorus
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Barenboim

I have been so moved lately by Bruckner's choir pieces, I have some motets that are included in the Gardiner/WP Mass no.1 disc, do you recommend any particular recording of his motets?

Edit: Sorry, this should probably be under another thread.

[mc ukrneal]

I love Phaedra, it's a great operatic fix when I only have 15 minutes for music.

Listening to Elgar now, and this just arrived today in the mail, very excited to get it!

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I do love this disc. Hope you enjoy it!

[DavidW]

Souvenir de Florence, David? 

Yuppers!!

[DavidW]

Mozart Symphonies #33-35 Linden/Mozart Akademie Amsterdam.  Sedate, leisurely performances that come across as rather flat... in other words not interesting performances, kind of bland, but not outright bad either.  Just ok.

Schumann Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47 performed brilliantly by Jean Hubeau/Claude Naveau/Jean-Marie Gamard/Jean Mouillère.  Passionate playing!  Love it.

[karlhenning]

I have been so moved lately by Bruckner's choir pieces, I have some motets that are included in the Gardiner/WP Mass no.1 disc, do you recommend any particular recording of his motets?

Edit: Sorry, this should probably be under another thread.

I took it here.

[karlhenning]

Mozart Symphonies #33-35 Linden/Mozart Akademie Amsterdam.  Sedate, leisurely performances that come across as rather flat... in other words not interesting performances, kind of bland, but not outright bad either.  Just ok.

Flat Mozart is one of the very basest of crimes against the Muse.

HvK! White Courtesy Telephone, Please!

[DavidW]

Flat Mozart is one of the very basest of crimes against the Muse.

jeje   Now up for Roussel Piano Trio #2, Divertimento for piano and wind quintet, and violin sonata #1.  Will have this on repeat, gorgeous music.

[Sergeant Rock]

Strauss, Fleming, Thielemann




Sarge

[kishnevi]

Niels Gade, Symphony No. 5,  Stockholm Sinfionetta, N. Jarvi cond.

Playing through this newly acquired set, with one more disc to go (The Crusaders), and loving every minute.   I'm finding him equal to Mendelssohn and superior to (orchestral, at least) Schumann.  It's a shame that I never heard of him until I came to GMG--apparently one of the most undeservedly underrated composers ever.

ETA: Less impressed by The Crusaders, part of the box set but with other performers--although part of that was the fault of the tenor--someone named Kurt Westi--either the part was written higher than usual or Westi has to strain in the upper two thirds of his register--at any rate, not as listenable as the rest of the set.  So I switched to Chopin: Etudes,  Pollini.

[Bogey]

[bhodges]

Scriabin: Prometheus, Le Poème du feu (Alexander Toradze, piano / Gergiev / Kirov) - I'd consider this one of Gergiev's best recordings. This "filler" may tend to get overlooked, standing next to his spectacular Firebird, but it's just as compelling.

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--Bruce

[DavidW]

Is it just me or does Gergiev's beard make him look like kind of like a crazed hobo?  It just doesn't look that good to me!

[karlhenning]

Is it just me or does Gergiev's beard make him look like kind of like a crazed hobo?

I think that impression is reinforced by a certain olfactory impact which a friend of ours in NoVa has observed . . . .

[bhodges]

Is it just me or does Gergiev's beard make him look like kind of like a crazed hobo?  It just doesn't look that good to me!

He does seem to like that scruffy five-o'clock shadow thing...

--Bruce

[Sadko]

Dvorak: Slavonic Dances (Matthies/Köhn)

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[Conor71]

Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 In E Major, WAB 107, "Lyric"


First Classical listen of the day  0:)

[Coco]

A First Listen and my first real listen to Wagner ever!

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD19 from the following set for a first listen ...



This CD is identical to the CD below.

[Todd]

It's been a few years since last I listened to this disc, so I figured I might as well start off with the Barber VC.  It's as good as I remember it.