What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[SonicMan46]

I'd be very interested in this comparison. I own the Stott set and am very happy with it.

Faure - Complete Piano Music w/ Jean-Philippe Collard from 1970-83 - Brilliant seems to have changed the cover art on this 4-disc set; also own the Kathryn Stott set - believe I'm liking Collard better but will need to compare the two -

 

Hi Andrei - well giving the Collard another listen the last few days and did compare the Nocturnes disc of him vs. Stott and must say that I thoroughly enjoy both performances - so no 'culling out' this time - I picked up the Stott a while back from BRO - believe less that $20 for the 4-CD set (just checked and no longer available there at least for now); rather pricey on Amazon at the moment, so Collard is certainly the better bargain for now - are these the BEST performances of this music?  Don't know but both are likely in the top running and I would certainly recommend either for consideration - Dave

[madaboutmahler]

How couldn't I agree with this?  Is the last picture about Fontane di Roma as well? It doesn't appear.....

I also agree about Rattle and Shostakovich, his performances are certainly striking and powerfully expressive.

The last picture was a mistake, I have corrected it now. It now says 'Fontane di Roma' which before instead of putting in Italics, I for some reason put in an 'asin'.... how strange of me....

Concerning Rattle and Shostakovich, I particularly wish he would do no.11 with his Berliners.

Earlier:
[asin]B0008JEKC2[/asin]

Four Sea Interludes

[Mirror Image]

So do I. His recent performance of no.10 with the Berliners (available to watch on the BPO 'Digital Concert Hall') was also outstanding.

I haven't been impressed with Rattle in quite some time. I'm disappointed with his recordings with the Berliners in particular. I don't really hear an orchestra paying much attention to what he wants to do, but I also don't hear a conductor who has the same fire as he did when he was younger. I still say his best work was with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Here he was pushing the envelope and really making some interesting interpretative choices. But this, of course, is just my opinion, but it's an opinion I've held for quite some time.

[Karl Henning]

I cannot speak to his work with the Berliners . . . but I'll agree that his work in Birmingham was often excellent.

[madaboutmahler]

I haven't been impressed with Rattle in quite some time. I'm disappointed with his recordings with the Berliners in particular. I don't really hear an orchestra paying much attention to what he wants to do, but I also don't hear a conductor who has the same fire as he did when he was younger. I still say his best work was with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Here he was pushing the envelope and really making some interesting interpretative choices. But this, of course, is just my opinion, but it's an opinion I've held for quite some time.

Interesting. What did you think of the recent Schoenberg disc? I haven't listened to it yet but I do have it waiting on the long listening pile... His work with the CBSO certainly was excellent, some really great recordings.

[Mirror Image]

I cannot speak to his work with the Berliners . . . but I'll agree that his work in Birmingham was often excellent.

His Szymanowski, Shostakovich, and Britten in particular are reasons I continue to come back his recordings. They're just excellent, though I prefer Britten's and Hickox's War Requiem to Rattle's, but this is just a minor gripe.

Pop quiz:

What professional U.S. orchestra did Rattle make his debut with and what was their first recording together?

[Opus106]

Pop quiz:

What professional U.S. orchestra did Rattle make his debut with and what was their first recording together?

Cleveland and M6? I remember a distinctive cover that keeps popping up every now and then in these parts.

Thread Duty: BWV 133 | Gardiner (Archiv)... loving the disc of Christmas cantatas.

[Karl Henning]

Don't know . . . but almost the first I knew of Rattle was when he was a guest conductor with the Cleveland Orchestra in the early '80s.

[Mirror Image]

Interesting. What did you think of the recent Schoenberg disc? I haven't listened to it yet but I do have it waiting on the long listening pile... His work with the CBSO certainly was excellent, some really great recordings.

I thought the Schoenberg disc was pretty decent, but I've only listened to it once and haven't had an urge to revisit it, so this may tell you something. The performance of the Chamber Symphony, in particular, was disappointing. I originally thought that the full Berlin Philharmonic performing might be a cool, different kind of performance, but to my dismay I found it completely lackluster and it failed to move me. I'll stick with Mehta, Chailly, and Boulez.

[Karl Henning]

Cleveland and M6? [. . . .]

Interesting!  I heard him lead the orchestra in the Shostakovich Tenth.

[Mirror Image]

Cleveland and M6? I remember a distinctive cover that keeps popping up every now and then in these parts.

Nope, Opus and Karl, the correct answer is the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the recording they made was of Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 2 on EMI.

[Karl Henning]

Nope, Opus and Karl, the correct answer is the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the recording they made was of Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 2 on EMI.

Interesting, thanks.  When was that recording made, John?

[Mirror Image]

Interesting, thanks.  When was that recording made, John?

You're welcome. I think that Rachmaninov recording came from '81 or '82. I could be wrong. I'll have to dig that recording out .

[Opus106]

Nope, Opus and Karl, the correct answer is the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the recording they made was of Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 2 on EMI.

Thanks for telling us. I'll look out for that unmistakeable cover I mentioned... perhaps it's Sarge who posts it?

[Karl Henning]

You're welcome. I think that Rachmaninov recording came from '81 or '82.

May have been the driver for the appearance with the Clevelanders.  I entered Wooster as a freshman in the fall of 1981.

[Mirror Image]

May have been the driver for the appearance with the Clevelanders.  I entered Wooster as a freshman in the fall of 1981.

I wonder if there are any recordings in the vaults of Rattle conducting the Clevelanders? I know something must have been recorded. Ah, yes, 1981, a year before I was born. Magical times.

[Mirror Image]

Thanks for telling us. I'll look out for that unmistakeable cover I mentioned... perhaps it's Sarge who posts it?

You're welcome, Opus. I have this Rachmaninov recording and it's actually quite good.

[Karl Henning]

Here's hoping it's uncut! : )

[Mirror Image]

Here's hoping it's uncut! : )

Yeah, I don't remember if it was or not, Karl, but, then again, I wasn't aware that Rach's 2nd existed in different versions either. Could you elaborate on this? Thanks in advance.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Webern's Passacaglia. Remarkable performance.