What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Coopmv]

Now playing the following CD, a recent arrival for a first listen ...

[sheffmark]

Yes, thank you, but Antoni Wit and Charles Mackerras are conductors not composers .

Oh yes sorry thats what i meant!!
Of course they weren't the composers were they?
Silly me!!

[Lethevich]

A remarkable disc, and perpetual favourite:

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So English you will break out in hives, then apply Earl Grey teabags to heal them.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on Today at 02:45:59

There, I disrespected Bax and seem to have touched off a mini-craze for him here.

Wondering if you've ever heard the Bostock performance from the Membran box I was not sold on yesterday  (Bostock, Munich Symphony).

Thread duty:  definitely not Bax.



No, I don't know the Bostock performance. Bostock did make Brian's Psalm 23 sound rather tepid, but I can't and won't judge him on the basis of that recording alone. As for Bax - you may 'disrespect' him all you like. If he isn't your cup of tea, he isn't. I love his first three symphonies and some of his tone-poems. But to be very clear - if I never heard a note of Bax again, it wouldn't kill me.

[Coopmv]

Now playing the following CD, which arrived early in the year for a first listen ...

[sheffmark]

This is wonderful to hear! Interesting performances you chose by the way. If you want another great recording of the 5th, I'd highly recommend Chailly's recording on Decca. To me, it is the perfect performance!

With Mahler, you may want to go to his 1st symphony next. For that, I'd highly recommend Solti's recording!

Glad you are enjoying Mahler!

I look forward to hearing more of his beautiful music.
Thanks for the tip!
I'll try his 1st symphony next!

[springrite]

Kalinnikov Symphony #1

Friedmann, Russian Philharmonic

[TheGSMoeller]

Speaking of Mahler...




A very delicate sound, almost too delicate for Mahler's 6th, probably could've used some more musicians.

[Opus106]

Speaking of Mahler...

Mahler 6 - Orpheus CO

A very delicate sound, almost too delicate for Mahler's 6th, probably could've used some more musicians.

How did they manage to pull that off? Record themselves three times and put the tracks together?!

[springrite]

How did they manage to pull that off? Record themselves three times and put the tracks together?!

I had to check my calender when I saw that, and surely it's NOT April 1st.

Well, at least it's not Viol d'Amore...

[Opus106]

I had to check my calender when I saw that, and surely it's NOT April 1st.

Ah, so our resident sock monkey has put it out a week early.

Google tells me the cover is actually from a disc containing the music of Elgar and RVW.

[TheGSMoeller]

 


...I must be a week early. 

[listener]

Speaking of Mahler...

A very delicate sound, almost too delicate for Mahler's 6th, probably could've used some more musicians.

Disc number is Boulez/Vienna Ph.O.
current article on Orpheus at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304692804577283433335865526.html

[Lisztianwagner]

I'll try his 1st symphony next!

Solti's Mahler No.1 is absolutely wonderful, no doubt, but Bernstein's recoding is even better in my opinion.

And with regard to Gustav Mahler:
Symphony No.9
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[TheGSMoeller]

Disc number is Boulez/Vienna Ph.O.

You're revealing my tricks. 

[listener]

ELGAR Piano Quintet      BAX  Legend for viola and piano
Aeolian String Quartet     Leonard Cassini, piano   Watson Forbes, viola
jacket note (c.1964) "Arnold Bax...is the enigma of English music.  He has always excited intense partisanship in some people and indifference in others" - seems a valid comment today.
MOZART  Piano sonata 4 in E^b, K.282, Sonata 11 in A, K.331     Fantasia in d K.397
Suite K.399,  Variations K.265  Minuet in D K.355   Andantino in E^b K.236

[Sergeant Rock]

Havergal Brian Symphony #27, Mackerras conducting the Philharmonia

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Speaking of Mahler...




A very delicate sound, almost too delicate for Mahler's 6th, probably could've used some more musicians.

Sarge

[Conor71]

Quote from: TheGSMoeller on Today at 02:46:24 AM

Speaking of Mahler...

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A very delicate sound, almost too delicate for Mahler's 6th, probably could've used some more musicians.

Haha awesome, that had me going! 

[Conor71]

Chopin: La Marche Des Puritains


Listening to Disc 13 of this wonderful set  0:)