What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[kishnevi]

This was true, sadly, of a number of BBC Legends recordings.  Those damp London winters!  It is a real shame, as there were so many fine performances by great artists of the 1960s-1980s.

My favourite Mahler recording was ruined by coughs, and I hope that one day the licensing restrictions can be overcome and a remastered, de-coughed version released:

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"2 used from $145"   
I think I'd skip it even without the coughing. 

One Mahler recording I think is ruined by the audience noise is Bernstein's recording of the Ninth with the BPO.  And of course, the noise is most noticeable in the Adagio...

[Mirror Image]

Now:

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Just started so it's too early to tell, but sounds nice so far...

[Marc]

I think you mistake me. I speak of the Eastern Orthodox [Christian] Pascha (i.e., Easter).

Anyway, dude, I was listening to the g minor Mass : )

Sorry, I was being too orthodox.

Enjoy Wolfgang! I find both the Kyrie and Qui tollis thrilling, and I also love the Sanctus. Goose bumps.

Tell us, Marc, to which g minor Mass of Mozart are you referring at?

   

[Mirror Image]

Now:

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Listening to Symphony No. 1.

[Sadko]

Paganini: Violin concerto no. 1
Brahms: Violin concerto op. 77
Saint-Saens: Caprice d'après l'étude en forme de valse

Philippe Hirschhorn (violin)
et al.

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Amazing! I agree with Maisky on the "hypnotic power" of this violinist. - Although, I remember now, the Brahms is less good.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

A fine series to start with in the morning. They were for a while from my radar, but this morning I had to get some extra music for listening, and these ones popped up. I still have to do volume III-VIII, for a couple of times, and gladly I do so. The performances are excellent, could not possibly do better, as what "Trio 1790" is producing. The sound of the instruments is lovely, pure and very well projected by the engineer Karlheinz Stevens.

Trios for Fortepiano, Violin, and Violoncello, volume III, Hoboken XV: 5 & 18-20.
Complete edition. Recorded in 1998.

Trio 1790.
Susanne von Bausznern, violin.
Philipp Bosbach, Violoncello.
Harald Hoeren, Fortepiano.

[listener]

some SCHUBERT Lieder   19 songs on vol. 1 of the Hyperion series with Graham Johnson, piano and on this disc ame Janet Baker, msop.

[mc ukrneal]

some SCHUBERT Lieder   19 songs on vol. 1 of the Hyperion series with Graham Johnson, piano and on this disc ame Janet Baker, msop.

Superb! A good start to the series too.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

I also found Volume III of this series, did not play it more then one time, which is of course underplayed and undervalued by me, so I will remedy this. From the beginning I have been praising Gostantino Mastroprimiano's journey through Muzio Clementi's Fortepiano works. The integrity of the playing, the use of fine instruments, ( Kirckman 1798: Collection Edwin Beunk, Enschede, The Netherlands) and fine recording makes it very worthwhile to go through this. And the first notes of CD I makes it clear to me, that its a winner. I really enjoy them much!

Sonata, opus 11.
Toccata in B flat.
Sonatas opus 12, Nos. 1 & 2.
a'=430Hz.
Recorded in 2008.

[mc ukrneal]

Listening to some Kraus piano music on Naxos (Jacques Despres). Wonderful stuff (I like them more than his symphonic pieces actually). The reviewer on Amazon mentions that there are some similarities with Galuppi, so I am looking forward to when the Galuppi finally makes it to me so I can compare. Nicely transparent recording.

[nesf]

The Rite of Spring again, Mackerras and the LPO this time:

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[mc ukrneal]

Now I am swept up in some Lehar overtures. If you don't like complete operettas, this CPO orchestral series of Lehar is excellent. Well played by the Berlin Symphony Orchestra under Michail Jurowski. Good sound.
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[Sadko]

Bernstein

Chichester Psalms

Bernstein

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[pi2000]

Pollini- Brahms
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[Lisztianwagner]

Neujahrskonzert 2009
Disc 2

[Karl Henning]

Tell us, Marc, to which g minor Mass of Mozart are you referring at?

   

Be easier on yourself, fella! : )

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

And further into my exploration I go, to find more gems in the oeuvre of Hanns Eisler. This music is not for the faint hearted, for his music always seems to be off axis. It feels great to me, but some friends of mine had quite a furious reaction of negativity from this music. Nevertheless I love it, I think its great music, even quite outstanding, he is fooling around with tonality in a almost comical way. For me this is the ideal kind of approach. The performances throughout are excellent, and the recordings almost state of the art.

Movements for Nonet, opus posthum. 1941.

Leipziger Kammermusikvereinigung, Max Pommer.

Recorded in 1982)

[madaboutmahler]

Now:

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Just started so it's too early to tell, but sounds nice so far...

So, what did you think of it overall, once it finished, John?

For me, now:

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Rapsodie Espagnole

[Sadko]

Johann Strauss

Waltzes and Polkas

St. Petersburg RSO
Igor Ivanenko



An der schönen blauen Donau, Walzer op. 314
Kaiserwalzer op. 437
Pizzicato-Polka
Tritsch-tratsch-Polka op. 214
Auf der Jagd, Schnellpolka op. 373
Persischer Marsch op. 289
Gschichten aus dem Wienerwald, Walzer op. 325
Frühlingsstimmen-Walzer op. 410
Morgenblätter-Walzer op. 279

Ivanenko and the St Petersburg RSO take quite a lyrical approach, just as I like my Strauss

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Hanns Eisler. (1898-1962)

Suite for Septet, No 1, opus 92a ( Variations on American Children's Songs) 1941. Recorded in 1974.
No, 2 ( Circus) 1947. Recorded in 1965.

Fourteen ways to describe rain opus 70. ( 1941)
Recorded  1967.



Friedrich Carl Erben, Violin I.
Ralf Rainer Haase, Violin II.
Arnim Orlamunde, Viola.
Wolfgang Bernhardt, Karl Heinz Schroter Cello's.
Wilfried Winkelmann, Manfred Friedrich, Flute's.
Helmut Hofmann, Hans Himmler Clarinets.
Herbert Heilmann, Bassoon.
Jutta Czapski, Piano.

Wonderful music, perfectly performed and recorded.