What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[DavidRoss]

Re. Abbado's BP M7: Not at all what I expected. It's playful! A joyous celebration! None of the reviews I saw prepared me for this. 

An alternate take, indeed -- and the BP is smashing! A welcome addition to the collection and one that will be heard many times over the years ahead -- assuming that I live, that is!

[kishnevi]

Was it a Met performance? If so, we probably saw the same production: I saw it in May '72 with James McCracken, Teresa Zylis-Gara and Milnes, conducted by Molinari-Pradelli

Sarge

Probably the same production, although I saw it a few years later (sometime in the period 1977-1980).  This was when the Met did a spring tour of selected productions, and came to Atlanta for a week every May.  I don't remember the cast I saw for Trovatore.  Milnes in Otello came the same way,  in either 1979 or 1980. 

Re. Abbado's BP M7: Not at all what I expected. It's playful! A joyous celebration! None of the reviews I saw prepared me for this. 

An alternate take, indeed -- and the BP is smashing! A welcome addition to the collection and one that will be heard many times over the years ahead -- assuming that I live, that is!

Well, that's nice and cheerful.  Good thing you weren't listening to M6.  (Good to see you liked the Abbado, of course).

Thread duty:
Another item from FYE's used CD bins.

Renaud et Gautier Capucon: Inventions.  Duos for Violin and Violincello.
Recorded in 2005, released in 2006, but I don't remember seeing this ever on Amazon.

Begins with 19th century transcriptions of Bach, but then goes for 20th century stuff: transcriptions of some of Bartok's "Popular Hungarian Melodies", and duos by Hanns Eisler, Gideon Klein, Martinu, and (decidedly contemporary) Karol Beffa, and ends with a encore style piece by Kriesler with participation of piano, played here by Aude Capucon (sister?).

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Too early to tell, but sounds gorgeous so far.

[Sergeant Rock]

Re. Abbado's BP M7: Not at all what I expected. It's playful! A joyous celebration! None of the reviews I saw prepared me for this. 

An alternate take, indeed -- and the BP is smashing! A welcome addition to the collection and one that will be heard many times over the years ahead -- assuming that I live, that is!

Okay, I'll give it another try. I wasn't impressed the first time (and only time) I listened to it (although the Nachtmusiks are lovely). The first movement is just so tame and dull. Much better was Abbado's Seventh in Chicago (with the better Mahler orchestra?) Anyway, a second listen:




Sarge

[DavidRoss]

Okay, I'll give it another try. I wasn't impressed the first time (and only time) I listened to it (although the Nachtmusiks are lovely). The first movement is just so tame and dull. Much better was Abbado's Seventh in Chicago (with the better Mahler orchestra?) Anyway, a second listen:

I agree about the first -- it was nothing special. the 2nd seemed a bit clinical. The third was lovely, the fourth playful, and the fifth an explosion of joy. Not what I expected at all. Or maybe I've had too much coffee.  Come to think of it, you and I seldom like the same things in our Mahler -- yet we get along splendidly and have no need to bash one another as idiots.  Perhaps that's a function of our age? Are you doddering yet?

[Karl Henning]

Keen to do this again, and taking a deep breath, all the same:

Дмитри Дмитриевич [ Dmitri Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ]
Symphony № 13 « Babi Yar », Op.113
Mvt i. Babi Yar. Adagio

Nicola Ghiuselev; Men of the Choral Arts Society of Washington; National Symphony Orchestra; Slava
Sergei Leiferkus; Men of the New York Choral Artists; New York Philharmonic Orchestra: Masur
Artur Eizen; Basses of the Russian State Choral Cappella; Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra; Kondrashin (a prior acquisition)
Peter Mikuláš; Male Choruses of the Prague Philharmonic Choir and of the Kühn Mixed Choruses; Prague Symphony Orchestra; Максим Дмитриевич [ Maksim Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ] (a prior acquisition)

[Karl Henning]

Are you doddering yet?

I don't permit either of you to dodder. I am sure it is exceeding my authority, but, tough manchego!

[DavidRoss]

I don't permit either of you to dodder. I am sure it is exceeding my authority, but, tough manchego!

I once thought I might be doddering, but turned out it was just withdrawal.

[Lisztianwagner]

Bela Bartok
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

Herbert von Karajan
Berliner Philharmoniker

[listener]

HOLST: Cotswold Symphony,  Walt Whitman Overture, Japanese Suite,  Indra, A Winter Idyll
Ulster Orchestra      JoAnn Falletta, cond.
SAINT-SAËNS: a concert of familiar, often encore-pieces, and some new ones
Tone-poems: Le Rouet d'Omphale, Phaëton, Danse macabre, La Jeunesse d'Hercule
Overtures: La Princesse jaune, Spartacus        Bacchanale from Samson et Delila
Coronation March (Edward VII, 1902), op.117 - looks like a first recording
Une nuit à Lisbonne
Royal Scottish National Orch.     Neeme Järvi, cond.

[Mirror Image]

Bela Bartok
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

Herbert von Karajan
Berliner Philharmoniker

Karajan is certainly one of the worst Bartok conductors I've heard. He, in my opinion, showed no affinity for the idiom and his Stravinsky was even worse.

[Sergeant Rock]

I agree about the first -- it was nothing special. the 2nd seemed a bit clinical. The third was lovely, the fourth playful, and the fifth an explosion of joy. Not what I expected at all. Or maybe I've had too much coffee.  Come to think of it, you and I seldom like the same things in our Mahler -- yet we get along splendidly and have no need to bash one another as idiots.  Perhaps that's a function of our age? Are you doddering yet?

I called Monkey Greg George this morning...so yeah, I'm teetering on the edge. (Insert confusion emoticon here.)

About Mahler...yeah, we seldom agree. I read your Mahler 6 comparison notes with incredulity    But, hey, I agree with you about that M7, so there is hope for us. Yes, it does get progressively better. I enjoyed the Scherzo and thought the last two movements splendid too. But then, what do I know about M7? My favorite is Klemperer, afterall 

Sarge

[Conor71]

Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 1

[TheGSMoeller]

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DSCH: Viola Sonata
Bartholdy/Drake

This piece sits alongside symphony15, SQ 8, PC 2 and 24 Preludes and Fugues as my favs from DSCH.

[Papy Oli]

Good evening all 

1st listen to

Shostakovitch - Symphony No.12 in D Minor Op.112 "the Year 1917"
Barshai / WDR SO

[Karl Henning]

Keen to do this again, and taking a deep breath, all the same:

Дмитри Дмитриевич [ Dmitri Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ]
Symphony № 13 « Babi Yar », Op.113
Mvt i. Babi Yar. Adagio

Nicola Ghiuselev; Men of the Choral Arts Society of Washington; National Symphony Orchestra; Slava
Sergei Leiferkus; Men of the New York Choral Artists; New York Philharmonic Orchestra: Masur
Artur Eizen; Basses of the Russian State Choral Cappella; Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra; Kondrashin (a prior acquisition)
Peter Mikuláš; Male Choruses of the Prague Philharmonic Choir and of the Kühn Mixed Choruses; Prague Symphony Orchestra; Максим Дмитриевич [ Maksim Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ] (a prior acquisition)

If anyone is interested in the 'results'.

[North Star]

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Stabat Mater
Gemma Bertagnolli, Sara Mingardo, Rinaldo Alessandrini & Concerto Italiano
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[Papy Oli]

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Stabat Mater
Gemma Bertagnolli, Sara Mingardo, Rinaldo Alessandrini & Concerto Italiano

yes !!!!! 

[North Star]

yes !!!!! 

Indeed!
BTW, You missed my question regarding the Janacek, how are you finding his works?
Also, how well do you know and/or like Shostakovich?

[Mirror Image]

Good to see everybody enjoying some Shostakovich this evening.

Now listening:



Quite possibly the greatest Varese recording ever released. Boulez tames some of the chaos to give the music his trademark clarity and precision, which may go against what Varese intended but these performances are really something else.