What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Karl Henning]

Objection, Your Honor.

[Sergeant Rock]

I am a bona-fide sissy...

I believe you    You like Fischer's Haydn, right? I had to adjust my expectations when I first listened to him yesterday. He just seemed so mellow compared to the Haydn I've been listening to lately (Norrington and Fey's symphonies; the Apponyi's op.33 and Buchberger's op.20). And that's okay. I like mellow Haydn too.

Sarge

[classicalgeek]

Up now:

W.A. Mozart
Symphony in B-flat major, K Anh 214   
Trevor Pinnock; English Concert

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Definitely more my cup of HIP Mozart tea than Hogwood.  Love those horns!

[Karl Henning]

. . . I like mellow Haydn too.

Best not tell Q that ; )

[TheGSMoeller]

Are you a defense attorney, Antoine? 

Sarge

Darn, you beat me to it. 

Are you a lawyer, Greg? Because you slightly changed Hurwitz's words to create your effect. I mean he doesn't say he approves "the interpretation" (on the contrary); he only talks about the brilliance of the playing which is a different thing, IMO. 

Yes, Antoine, I'm aware of my twist from reviewer's "Consistancy of Fey's approach" to approving the interpretation. All in good fun, my friend.

[Lethevich]

I believe you    You like Fischer's Haydn, right? I had to adjust my expectations when I first listened to him yesterday. He just seemed so mellow compared to the Haydn I've been listening to lately (Norrington and Fey's symphonies; the Apponyi's op.33 and Buchberger's op.20). And that's okay. I like mellow Haydn too.

Worse - Solomons is a favourite too, it risks almost being too cultivated, but I love it.

[Sergeant Rock]

Best not tell Q that ; )

I don't know...he likes the Festetics and they can be quite laid-back and congenial.

Sarge

[TheGSMoeller]

Worse - Solomons is a favourite too, it risks almost being too cultivated, but I love it.

Solomon's 45 and 48 is one of my favorite Haydn discs.

[Sergeant Rock]

Worse - Solomons is a favourite too, it risks almost being too cultivated, but I love it.

Then we aren't so different. Among the HIPsters, Solomons is my favorite. I just wish he'd recorded far more.

Sarge

[Karl Henning]

I don't know...he likes the Festetics and they can be quite laid-back and congenial.

Sarge

That's as may be . . . he's taking Alan to task for liking (even) velvety Vivaldi : )

[Lethevich]

Solomon's 45 and 48 is one of my favorite Haydn discs.

Among the HIPsters, Solomons is my favorite. I just wish he'd recorded far more.

I'm dying for a big box, including all the stuff rumoured to exist never released on CD. Come on Sony, do the right thing

[TheGSMoeller]

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Need to focus some more with VL, just spent some time driving through Georgia country with Symphony #4, I find VL's music to be full of suprises that really enhance the listeners imagination. I feel as if my ears know technically where the music is headed but it always pleasantly takes me into another direction. I sense some VL purchases in the near future, most likely his SQ set.

[Sergeant Rock]

That's as may be . . . he's taking Alan to task for liking (even) velvety Vivaldi : )

I haven't been to the Vivaldi thread in some hours and have not seen Q's posts. I nearly replied at an earlier time to Alan's original message, which would have agreed with his thoughts of the non-HIP (liking, as I do, Harnoy's Cello Concertos and Sonatas and even Mutter's Seasons). But real-life interrupted me.

Sarge

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Need to focus some more with VL, just spent some time driving through Georgia country with Symphony #4, I find VL's music to be full of suprises that really enhance the listeners imagination. I feel as if my ears know technically where the music is headed but it always pleasantly takes me into another direction. I sense some VL purchases in the near future, most likely his SQ set.

You need VL recommendations? You have certainly come to right place. Since he's in my top 5 favorite composers of all-time, I can supply you with plenty of recommendations. Have you heard any of the Choros or Bachianas Brasileiras, Greg?

[classicalgeek]

From the Stravinsky box:

Stravinsky
In Memoriam Dylan Thomas
Alexander Young; Columbia Chamber Ensemble; Stravinsky conducting

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[Sergeant Rock]

Haydn Symphony #39 G minor, Solomons conducting L'Estro Armonico




Sarge

[mc ukrneal]

This was the first disc on which I ever discovered bronzing. Of course, they were replaced. A nice compilation. Could probably be more intense/driving, but very nice nonetheless.
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[TheGSMoeller]

You need VL recommendations? You have certainly come to right place. Since he's in my top 5 favorite composers of all-time, I can supply you with plenty of recommendations. Have you heard any of the Choros or Bachianas Brasileiras, Greg?

I actually have a good VL collection, some thanks to your earlier recommendations, I think it was when I first joined GMG you gave me some good choices...I'm lacking his SQs and some other orchestral music.
Thanks, John.

[madaboutmahler]

Prompted by a recent Beethoven SQ discussion...

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String Quartet no.14 in C# Minor

Such beautiful, powerfully moving music.

[TheGSMoeller]

Just landed...

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...Il Giardino Armonico serve up their performance of Biber's Battalia with a medium rare Rib-I steak and a pint of dark lager...in other words, as Jeff Lebowski would say, I like their style, man.