What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Brahmsian]

Yes, 'Tis the season!  The afterlife looks exactly like the one before!   

Shostakovich

La soupe du jour:  Quatuor No. 15 en mi bemol majeur, Op. 144

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Harry, Merry Christmas!!!

[The new erato]

Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin (Allen, Freni, Levine)

First listening to this wonderful work. Glad I did not wait too much longer!

The best romantic opera IMO, Verdi and Wagner included.

[TheGSMoeller]

Good morning, friends.

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For the car ride today.

[Karl Henning]

The best romantic opera IMO, Verdi and Wagner included.

Онегин is marvelous, no ifs, ands or buts.

[Karl Henning]

'Tis the month, some more!

Дмитри Дмитриевич [ Dmitri Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ]
String Quartet № 7 in f# minor, Op.108
The Fitzwilliam String Quartet

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[springrite]

Norman Dello Joio:
Variations, Chaconne and Finale
Triumph of Saint Joan
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Sedares

[Sergeant Rock]

Celebrating the return of Sara by listening to the "Stumbling Goat" (Haydn #78) and Pettersson 14.




Sarge

[Karl Henning]

'Tis the month, some more!

Дмитри Дмитриевич [ Dmitri Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ]
String Quartet № 8 in c minor, Op.110
The Emerson String Quartet

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[Karl Henning]

'Tis the month, some more!

Дмитри Дмитриевич [ Dmitri Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ]
String Quartet № 8 in c minor, Op.110
The Emerson String Quartet

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I ♥ this performance.

[Karl Henning]

'Tis the month!

Дмитри Дмитриевич [ Dmitri Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ]
String Quartet № 8 in c minor, Op.110
The Borodin String Quartet

[Sergeant Rock]

'Tis the month, some more!

Дмитри Дмитриевич [ Dmitri Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ]
String Quartet № 8 in c minor, Op.110

I've completely neglected the 8th this month. Rectifying that now with the Mandelring.




Sarge

[Karl Henning]

Whenever Santa comes through, I'm ordering that set first thing, Sarge.

Merry Christmas to you!

[Mirror Image]

A little Elgar before I go off to the zoo that I call work:



Listening to Dream Children. A lovely work.

[TheGSMoeller]

Today will be Beaux Arts Trio day!

Started with this Brahms Trio, Op. 8

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Then the Schumann from this set

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Very nice! I have quite a bit of Beaux Arts recordings, great stuff, just had their Faure disc on yesterday.

[Sergeant Rock]

Whenever Santa comes through, I'm ordering that set first thing, Sarge.

Merry Christmas to you!

While at Amazon today, I noticed the Emerson box was only €20. If I order it today, it'll probably arrive in time for Christmas.

Sarge

[SonicMan46]

Yesterday, a small package from BRO arrived w/ a handful of 2-CD sets (about $14 each) - first up this morning:

Brahms - String Quartets & Piano Quintet w/ Cuarteto Casals (and Claudio Mehner on piano) - purchase prompted by recent praise for their Schubert recording; this one is from 2007 - the review from Fanfare (2008; attached) is rather unflattering, although I cannot say the same about Vera Martinez, one of their violinists!   

 

[Karl Henning]

A little Elgar before I go off to the zoo that I call work:

Be strong!  It's going to be a bit more zoo-like, even than usual, for a few days . . . .

[Sergeant Rock]

Shostakovich String Quartet #6 G major op.101 played by the Mandelring




Sarge

[The new erato]

2nd listen to Sgambati's 1st symphony on Naxos. Then my first listen to this:

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[Brian]

erato, what do you think of Sgambati? I thought it enjoyable but pretty disposable.

Tried this:



Was very pleasantly surprised. There are a few minor miscues (the horns don't whoop loudly enough in the first movement's coda, the double bass solo in the funeral march isn't a solo) but overall a good account. Very different: the first couple movements are extremely pastoral, with a heavy stress on Baltimore's surprisingly rich string section, and the finale is almost as exciting as they get (it's no Jansons from the blind listening game, but it comes close). I'd be happy to hear this again, which I really didn't expect to say.