What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Lethevich]

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[TheGSMoeller]

Haydn: SQ no.30 in E flat major, Op.33, no.2 "The Joke"
Kodaly Quartet


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Such a delight, I'm ashamed I waited so long to explore the SQ of Haydn considering how much I love the symphonies. Such colorful music.

[haziz]

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 - Lang Lang/CSO/Barenboim

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[Coco]

[Sergeant Rock]

Wagner Wesendonck-Lieder and Tristan excerpts, Sinopoli, Studer, Dresden




Sarge

[karlhenning]

Dishes done, eh, Sarge? ; )

[Sergeant Rock]

Dishes done, eh, Sarge? ; )

Finally 

[karlhenning]

Thread Duty:

Elgar
Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 "In London Town"
LSO
Jeffrey Tate

. . . how curious that they close the disc with this overture (the First Symphony precedes it). Ah, well, no matter . . . somehow, on a serious Elgar jag this weekend.

[Sergeant Rock]

Pfitzner Violin Concerto, Albert, Gawriloff, Bamberg (hopefully I'll hear it to the end this time  )


Sarge

[karlhenning]

Just-for-fun comparison:

Elgar
Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 “In London Town”
BBC Symphony
Sir Andrew Davis

[karlhenning]

Elgar
Sospiri, Op. 70
BBC Symphony
Sir Andrew Davis

[karlhenning]

Just-for-fun comparison:

Elgar
Sospiri, Op. 70
LSO
Jeffrey Tate

[SonicMan46]

Yes, I have them. I also have the Hubeau/Via Nova, the Ax/Stern/Laredo/Ma, as well as a very fine Zig-Zag issue of the quartet no1, but the Wanderer have a sensousness and rhytmical flexibilty that makes them something special.

Hi Erato - love the Trio Wanderer, but have the Faure Piano Quartets in the two versions below - both quite excellent and recommended - this music seems to have been written for excellent performances; would still love to here the one NOT in my collection!  Dave 

 

[Coco]

[haziz]

Mahler: Symphony No. 1 - CSO/Solti

Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker - NYC Ballet Orchestra/Zinman



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[Brahmsian]

Tchaikovsky

La belle au bois dormant, Op. 66

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Antal Dorati

Decca

Below the green lemon Tchaikovsky!!   

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[haziz]

Brahms Clarinet Quintet

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[TheGSMoeller]

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I for one feel Dutoit definitely over-recorded, but this recording of Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet is dynamite. Everything is right here, Montreal SO's sound is flawless, the engineering is well-balanced (full-sounding bass), and the contrast of playful and tragedy is focused. Not discounting other R&J recordings, but this has been one of favorite recordings for a long time.
Always a joy to re-visit this great Prokofiev piece.

[Antoine Marchand]

Good to know. It's been on the wishlist for sometime. The theorbo caught my attention as the instrument that gave this wonderful sound to Italian Baroque music, but I haven't heard it in a solo performance. How does it compare to the lute?

I don't have any objection against the theorbo as a solo instrument. On the contrary, its sound is wonderful and it never results dull in this recording. Compared with the lute its basses are naturally more prominent and probably this feature does easier to recall the original. As I said before, Monteilhet delivers some extraordinary versions of these pieces and, IMO, his recording is not artistically inferior to Nigel North, who  transcribed and recorded these complete suites on Linn Records, but on lute (BTW, it's funny because the physical discs are labeled as "Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Cello").

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P.S. 1: Here you can listen to some excerpts: http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00003ZA84/

P.S. 2: After this I will probably purchase the second volume of these suites recorded by Monteilhet (BWV 1010-1012):

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[Antoine Marchand]

I hope you are enjoying this one, Coco. I was a bit rough with this particular recording, but Pierlot and his people are one of my very favorite Baroque ensembles.