What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Karl Henning]

I also likes it.
Are you familiar with Janson's account of the 15th?

Дмитри Дмитриевич [ Dmitri Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ]
Symphony № 15 in A, Op.141
LSO
Jansons

Hah! : ) It's a while since last I listened to it, too!

[TheGSMoeller]

Hah! : ) It's a while since last I listened to it, too!

[does a double take]

[Karl Henning]

[does a double take]

I do remember the second movement being especially exquisite.

[TheGSMoeller]

I do remember the second movement being especially exquisite.

I find it to be a great reading of the piece.

Ashkenazy makes for a good comparison. His second and fourth movements are swifter in style than most but no less effective, especially as he speeds through the percussion-filled coda, about theee minutes faster than Janson and five minutes faster than sanderling on the finale.

[Karl Henning]

I find it to be a great reading of the piece.

Agreed!

[Karl Henning]

And now for something completely different: a man with three a hut on fowl's buttocks legs

Musorgsky-Ravel
Картинки с выставки
CSO
Giulini

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[Opus106]

I think this Les Ombres errantes, by a M. Francois Couperin is likely to become a favourite in this genre. The Ruckers sounds lovely. [From Orange-Black Box, of course.]

[North Star]

Nielsen
Helios overture
Schonwandt & DNRSO
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[Karl Henning]

Villa-Lobos
String Quartet № 10, A.468 (1946)
Cuarteto Latinoamericano

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[TheGSMoeller]

Hard to top this Quixote performance, all around superb.

[North Star]

Couperin
pièces de clavecin
Christophe Rousset
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[Karl Henning]

R Strauss
Don Juan, Op.20
Minneapolis Symphony
Antal Doráti

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[Mirror Image]

I'm finding all of this Shostakovich discussion utterly delicious.

Now listening:



An outstanding performance so far. The New York Philharmonic never sounded better and Masur sounds inspired.

[Mirror Image]

I agree. I'm very picky about the Shostakovich Sixth. Few satisfy me but Caetani's did.

Sarge

I think it maybe the tempi he chose in the symphony that gave it more impact. I never heard the last movement so hysterically played. I believe Caetani is quite underrated as is his Shostakovich cycle.

[Opus106]

http://www.youtube.com/v/WZK4hImd0oA

Before closing for the night...

Francois Couperin
Les Ombres Errantes
Alexandre Tharaud

Onto the wish-list it goes!

[North Star]

http://www.youtube.com/v/WZK4hImd0oA

Before closing for the night...

Francois Couperin
Les Ombres Errantes
Alexandre Tharaud

Onto the wish-list it goes!

The trio with Bach and Rameau discs is superb, indeed.

[Sergeant Rock]

Gershwin An American in Paris, Chailly conducting the Cleveland




Sarge

[North Star]

Francois Couperin
Keyboard works
Tharaud
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[Karl Henning]

Дмитри Дмитриевич [ Dmitri Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ]
Concerto for piano, trumpet & strings in c minor, Op.35
Дмитри Дмитриевич [ Dmitri Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ], pf
Ludovic Vaillant, tp
L'Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française
André Cluytens

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[nico1616]

Further exploration of von Karajan's 1960's Beethoven symphony cycle.
Now symphony n°4.