What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Lisztianwagner]

That's a good one, Ilaria!

[Elgarian]

Bought this set of Mozart PCs by Annerose Schmidt and Kurt Masur (well, an earlier incarnation of the same box) some time ago, incredibly cheap from jpc, because I wanted a set on modern instruments to compare with my PI sets. And the weird thing is that although I'd describe myself as emphatically inclined to PI Mozart, I find myself popping a disc from this set into the player surprisingly often. This reminds me (I think a good thing) that actually what really counts is the music, and not the flavour of the dressing (and yes, I know that's too simplistic, but still). It also reminds me that despite the sniffy attitude of some reviewers, who declare Schmidt's and Masur's interpretations to be a bit 'ordinary' (I expect they're right), I could cope with a great deal more of this delightful degree of 'ordinary' performance.

Anyway, yesterday lunchtime I listened to 12 and 13; today at lunchtime I listened to 20 and 21. Not PI, but fabulous. Helped my digestion no end.

[Karl Henning]

I've said it before, and I say again: groovimondo

[jlaurson]

...This reminds me (I think a good thing) that actually what really counts is the music, and not the flavour of the dressing...

It's the healthiest, most joy-bringing attitude to have, on our musical journeys.

Always wonderful to read, though.

[Karl Henning]

I have them both. The Melodiya one more punchy and less lush.

Aye, it works, punchy or lush.

[Sergeant Rock]

This reminds me (I think a good thing) that actually what really counts is the music, and not the flavour of the dressing

Indeed. I think of my favorite Mozart PC cycles (Barenboim/Berlin, Bilson/Gardiner, Casadesus/Szell): three more different flavors of Mozart would be hard to imagine...and yet what counts is the music. I can enjoy them equally.

Sarge

[Conor71]

Part: Fur Alina

[Elgarian]

I've said it before, and I say again: groovimondo

I think the word you're really looking for, Karl, is regroovimondo.

[Mirror Image]

One lsiten to disc 1; obviously somewhat Wagnerish, lush late romanticism, pretty enjoyable but not terribly exciting or original. A nice wallow IMH opinion, considering that one listen sometimes is far from enough to ensure whether the music har obvious personality. But in this case perhaps it is.

Cool, thanks erato.

[Mirror Image]

The Second Symphony (Op.40) and Le pas d'acier (Op.41) are perhaps the one-two punch of Prokofiev's with which I am most impressed.

I love Prokofiev's 2nd symphony too. What an angry, aggressive work.

[Mirror Image]

Now:

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Listening to Concierto Breve and this is my first exposure to this composer. Really nice music. Romantic sounding but with some Modern tweaks. I'm really enjoying it. Anyone else familiar with Montsalvatge's music? Perhaps I should start a thread...

[jlaurson]

Now:

Listening to Concierto Breve and this is my first exposure to this composer. Really nice music. Romantic sounding but with some Modern tweaks. I'm really enjoying it. Anyone else familiar with Montsalvatge's music? Perhaps I should start a thread...

Mostly through the new, excellent Jenny Lin / Rachel Barton Pine recording: "Canciones & Concertos" . His anniversary was a good week ago.





Xavier Montsalvatge
NDR RSO Hannover / Celso Antunes
Lucia Duchonova, Jenny Lin, Rachel Barton Pine
Haenssler

[Mirror Image]

Mostly through the new, excellent Jenny Lin / Rachel Barton Pine recording: "Canciones & Concertos" . His anniversary was a good week ago.





Xavier Montsalvatge
NDR RSO Hannover / Celso Antunes
Lucia Duchonova, Jenny Lin, Rachel Barton Pine
Haenssler

Yeah, I wish there were more recordings to choose from, but, right now, I'm happy with this Marco Polo release. Excellent performances.

[PaulR]

Good evening!

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[listener]

French Opera Overtures:
AUBER: Marco Spada, Lestoq    ADAM: La Poupée de Nuremberg, Giralda   THOMAS: Mignon
LECOCQ: La fille de Madame Angot   PLANQUETTE: Les cloches de Corneville  BOIELDIEU: Le calife de Bagdad
New Philharmonia O., / Bonynge
Alec WILDER: Woodwind Quintets 3, 4, 6
and music from Frederick NORTON's "Chu Chin Chow"
featuring Inia Te Wiata

[classicalgeek]

Just completed:
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OK, so it's not the best Mahler 3 available.  Or even in the top 50.  The sound quality is poor, Barbirolli is audibly moaning and grunting much of the time (he provides quite a counterpoint to the Posthorn episodes!), the tempos are all over the place, the orchestra is frequently sloppy and uncoordinated.

Yet I still love it.  In large part, it's the work - it never fails to move me.  But there's something special about a live performance, where many in the audience are probably hearing the work for the first time (this is from Berlin, 1969 - Mahler was still a relative rarity in concert), and the singing, by both soloist and choirs, is actually quite nice.

Not a performance I'll return to often, but I'm glad I heard it.

[Mirror Image]

Now:

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Listening to Le buisson ardent Parts I & II.

[PaulR]

more Britten!

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[Mirror Image]

Now:

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Listening to Le Docteur Fabricius.

[TheGSMoeller]

Now:

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Listening to Le Docteur Fabricius.

There's the MI we all know...that is still my favorite from Koechlin, great music.