What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[North Star]

Brilliant.  Thanks Ari!



Melodic, captivating, swashbuckling magic...

I really need to get this. Ari conducted Västkustbilder here during the last season most wonderfully.

Still listening to Demidenko's Tchai & Scriabin - wonderful, wonderful playing.

[Mirror Image]

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It feels good to be back. I hope everyone is doing well. I couldn't come back without spotlighting my favorite recording of Shosty's 5th yet again. 

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Gustav Holst
A Somerset Rhapsody

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That's a great recording, Ilaria. Egdon Heath is reportedly Holst's favorite work of his own. I can understand why.

[TheGSMoeller]

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It feels good to be back. I hope everyone is doing well. I couldn't come back without spotlighting my favorite recording of Shosty's 5th yet again. 

Welcome back, John!

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Welcome back, John!

Thanks, Greg. It's good to be back in the saddle again.

[North Star]

Nice to see you here, John

Maiden-listen Wednesday continues
Prokofiev
Symphonies nos. 1 & 6
Ozawa & BPO
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[Mirror Image]

Nice to see you here, John

Maiden-listen Wednesday continues
Prokofiev
Symphonies nos. 1 & 6
Ozawa & BPO
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Thanks, Karlo. It's good to see you as well. 

[mahler10th]

MI (John)
Delighted you are back old chum!
I have since changed my alliegance from Haitinks Shosty to Barshais Shosty...I wonder how all that Prog Rock you said you would be listening to has influenced your interpretations...or NOT.   
To celebrate your return, and to satisfactorily complete my listening habit for today,  I'll get this in the tray: 



Number 7

[listener]

MOZART:  Oboe Quartet K.370     Quintet K.406 arrangement  of the Divertimento K.388 for oboe, violin, 2 violas, and cello
               Adagio and Rondo K.617 for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, viola and cello
Heinz Holliger, oboe      Bruno Hoffmann, glass harmonica
STRAVINSKY (+arr.)  3 pieces from 'Petrouchka'  HINDEMITH Duet Sonata       BRAHMS Neue Liebeslieder waltzes
Joel Ryce and Yaltah Menuhin,  piano 4-hands
Richard Rodney BENNETT: 5 Studies for Piano    Capriccio for Piano Duet
MUSGRAVE: Monlogue for piano    Excursions       WILLIAMSON: Sonata no. 2    Sonata for 2 pianos
played by the composers

[Brian]

It feels good to be back. I hope everyone is doing well. I couldn't come back without spotlighting my favorite recording of Shosty's 5th yet again. 

Welcome back, John!!!!

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MI (John)
Delighted you are back old chum!
I have since changed my alliegance from Haitinks Shosty to Barshais Shosty...I wonder how all that Prog Rock you said you would be listening to has influenced your interpretations...or NOT.   
To celebrate your return, and to satisfactorily complete my listening habit for today,  I'll get this in the tray: 



Number 7

Thanks for the welcome back, Johnny Boy. I do like Haitink's and Barshai's Shosty quite a lot actually. It would be difficult for me to choose between them, but I think every set has it's own fair share of strengths/weaknesses. One of the most apparent weaknesses in Haitink's set was his 5th and I'm not totally convinced by his 4th or 10th either, but his 8th is still one of the finest performances of this symphony I've heard. He gives them all a run for their money. One of the aspects of Haitink's set that I enjoy is how he doesn't put too much weight on the extremes of the music and finds the right balances between the lighter, more playful side with the darker, more sombre side of Shostakovich's music. If anything, Shosty is a study in contrasts, but what he so often does is weigh heavily on one side of the spectrum to where it would seem to just flip the whole thing over. A good conductor, like I believe Haitink is, knows how to find the middle ground and separate everything with a keen ear and a decisive attitude towards the music. I think, in this regard, Haitink excels and trumps many Shostakovich interpreters. Of course, all of this is IMHO.

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[Mirror Image]

Welcome back, John!!!!

Kudos, Brian! It's good to be back. 

[Brahmsian]

MI (John)
Delighted you are back old chum!
I have since changed my alliegance from Haitinks Shosty to Barshais Shosty...I wonder how all that Prog Rock you said you would be listening to has influenced your interpretations...or NOT.   
To celebrate your return, and to satisfactorily complete my listening habit for today,  I'll get this in the tray: 



Number 7

I love this set, Scots John.

PS - Welcome back Mirror Image John! 

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I love this set, Scots John.

PS - Welcome back Mirror Image John! 

Thanks, Ray. It's good to see you on here again as well. I've certainly missed your company.

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Listening to Schuman's incredible Symphony No. 3. Quite simply one of the greatest American symphonies ever composed.

[Ataraxia]

Hi.
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Hello, Crazy Dave.

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Listening to Symphony No. 3 "Liturgique". Outstanding music.

[Ataraxia]

Hello, Crazy Dave.

Oh, you must have come back to the forum recently.

[Mirror Image]

Oh, you must have come back to the forum recently.

No, this is my first time back since late July.

[Ataraxia]

No, this is my first time back since late July.

Ah. I am just back myself after, oh I don't know, a couple weeks.