What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[North Star]

But Ebony Concerto just sounds so much cooler than Grenadilla Concerto 

Sarge

...or Black Wood Concerto...

[Sergeant Rock]

Side note to Sarge regarding that Leon F. recording--having located my copy of the CD (which was a re-issue, so it may not represent the original issue)  the Mozart is coupled with Beethoven 4.

I just checked the Szell LP discography and that is the coupling on the original record too: Beethoven 4 with Mozart 25.

Sarge

[Karl Henning]

Pahoehoe Concerto

[Sergeant Rock]

Pahoehoe Concerto

I had to google that 

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Time for KP, and my traditional composer to listen to in the kitchen is Haydn. Today, his Op.54 quartets.




Sarge

[Opus106]

Time for KP, and my traditional composer to listen to in the kitchen is Haydn. Today, his Op.54 quartets.


Sarge

What's KP? This is the only one I know so far.

Incidentally, I'm planning to listen to some FJH as well, from the ebony-and-amber box. But Der Vogel is programmed along with Telemann's Paris, No. 4; Wolfie's No. 4 (K. 157) and Statmitz's Oboe Qt. No. 8. The Jerusalem Qt. perfroms the Haydn.

[jlaurson]

J.S. Bach
The Motets
Gardiner / Monteverdi Choir
SDG
German link - UK link

doesn't, in my opinion upon two, three impressions, touch Herreweghe or Jacobs or Kuijken I.


now:


Alex.Tcherepnin
Piano Music v.1
G.Koukl
Grand Piano
German link - UK link

[TheGSMoeller]

Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Kempe - Staatskapelle Dresden

It's hard to find performances better than Kempe.

[Lisztianwagner]

By Brilliant standards, that set is actually sort of expensive!
Ilaria, can you list the contents?  The only Amazon review is rather disconnected and less than exhaustive in what it mentions, and of course Amazon chose not to give track listing.

Certainly:

CD1 - Reminiscences de 'Robert le diable', Gnomenreigen, Mephisto Polka, Mephisto Waltz No.1, Reminiscences de 'Don Juan', Waltz from 'Faust'. Pianist: Earl Wild.
CD2 - Chapelle de Guillame Tell, Au lac de Wallenstadt, Vallée d'Obermann, Le Mal de Pays, Le Cloches de Genève, Piano Sonata in B minor. Pianists: Lazar Berman/Sviatoslav Richter.
CD3 - Paraphrases and transcriptions (Tannhauser Pilgerchor, Rigoletto: paraphrase de concert, A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March & Dance of the Elves, La muette de Portici: Prière et Berceuse), Grand Galopp Chromatique, Valse oubliée No.1, Waldesrauschen, Le Jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este, Gnomenreigen, Valse Impromptu, Hungarian Rhapsody No.19. Pianist: Georges Cziffra.
CD4 - Etudes d'execution transcendante. Pianist: Vladimir Ovchinnikov
CD5-CD6 - Hungarian Rhapsodies. Pianist: Arthur Pizarro.
CD7 - Waldesrauschen, Gnomenreugen, Liebestraum No.3, Mephisto Waltz No.1, Le Jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este, Piano Sonata in B minor. Pianists: Klara Wurtz/Emil Gilels.
CD8 - Opera transcriptions and paraphrases (Reminiscences de 'Lucia di Lammermoor', Miserere from 'Il Trovatore', Reminiscences de 'Norma', Oberon Ouverture, Benediction et serment de 'Benvenuto Cellini', Pilgrims' Chorus from 'Tannhauser'), Paganini Etudes. Pianist: Alfred Brendel.
CD9 - Annees de pelerinage: Tre sonetti del Petrarca, Venezia e Napoli: Tarantella, Harmonies poetiques et religieuses (Invocation, Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude, Pensees des morts, Funerailles, Cantique d'amour). Pianist: Alfred Brendel.
CD10 - Sonata 'Apres une lecture de Dante, Mephisto Waltz No.1, 7 Etudes d'execution transcendante, Rhapsodie Espagnole. Pianist: Lazar Berman.

[nesf]

Dvorak - String Quintet in E-Flat

Emerson String Quartet

[PaulR]

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Lutoslawski Cello Concerto

[North Star]

Prokofiev
Toccata
Piano Sonata no. 6
Matti Raekallio

[asin]B004TWOXGC[/asin]

[PaulR]

.[asin]B004Z34PG8[/asin]
Symphony #8

[Sergeant Rock]

What's KP? This is the only one I know so far.

KP is a U.S. Army acronym for Kitchen Police. Recruits and trainees have to perform extra duties, and KP is one of the most loathsome. The Drill Sergeant got you out of bed at 3:30 AM so you could report to the mess hall (Dining Facility in today's politically correct army  ) by 4. You worked serving food, cleaning, scrubbing floors, washing dishes, peeling potatoes, etc., non-stop until around 8 PM. Sixteen hours of hell.

Sarge

[Opus106]

KP is a U.S. Army acronym for Kitchen Police. Recruits and trainees have to perform extra duties, and KP is one of the most loathsome. The Drill Sergeant got you out of bed at 3:30 AM so you could report to the mess hall (Dining Facility in today's politically correct army  ) by 4. You worked serving food, cleaning, scrubbing floors, washing dishes, peeling potatoes, etc., non-stop until around 8 PM. Sixteen hours of hell.

Sarge

Thanks. Now I remember all those peeling potatoes bits from various (WB?) cartoons.

[PaulR]

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As a side note:  The one star review of this CD is why I generally don't pay attention to the customer reviews.

[Sadko]

Bach

Goldberg Variations (I'm not in the mood for these, at the moment)
French Overture BWV 831
Variations  BWV 989
Italian Concerto BWV 971

Igor Kipnis, harpsichord

[mahler10th]

Tchaikovsky
Muti
Symphony Set
Symphony #5

This release...


Good.  Not heavy.  Intricate.

I know Muti's Tchailovsky is highly thought of in these parts, and I agree only to the extent of this being 'good'.  Unfortunately, for me, it lacks Tchaikovskian glory, being played too classically for my liking...but it is still good...now...where did I put the real deal, Karajans 70's Tchaikovsky..?


Much better.  Plenty of wild gravitas.  Let loose.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1. Wow....this is stunning...Khachatryan and Steinbacher now have a new contender!

[North Star]

Prokofiev
Piano Sonatas nos. 7 & 8
Matti Raekallio

[asin]B004TWOXGC[/asin]