What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Sergeant Rock]

Haydn Symphony #41 C major, the Hobbit conducting the Heidelbergers




Sarge

[KeithW]

Last CD of the night:
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First listen.
Good solid performances, although I'm not sure how I would rate them in comparison to other recordings I have.

(Greg, was this part of your recent bag of Brahms?)

I posted this one a few days ago.  I thought it quite fresh - I'd say more than solid, but I don't have a vast batch of other recordings for comparison purposes.

[KeithW]

Don't they call that Boxing Day in England?   Why they call it boxing day I don't know.     Does it have something to do with cleaning up after all the gift giving?   

The boring explanation is that this was the day when servants were given a Christmas gift (a 'box'). They might have preferred to receive these on Christmas Day, but they had to work.  I think they traditionally got a break on Boxing Day whilst their masters went hunting.

In Scotland, where I grew up, this wasn't as much of a holiday as in England, and whilst it is most associated with sports, including the Melbourne test, as mentioned by Nav, and major horse racing and football (soccer) events it is also the shopping equivalent of Black Friday on steroids.

[Fëanor]

I got a another version for Christmas ...

Joseph Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne ~ Netania Davroth

I find this a lot more enjoyable than the other versions I've got by Victoria de los Angeles and Frederica Von Stade.

Very good ...


Less good ...


Much less good ...

[Karl Henning]

Just finished this and all I have say is it's a really great work. I'll be listening to this one again soon.

Knew you'd dig it, John. Merry Christmas!

I've not forgotten P. G., never fear! I just forget when I thought I should have time to set aside for it : ) But it will happen before the week is done!

[Christo]

Thanks to the generosity of Andre', I have heard the Sixth and Seventh Symphonies of Danish composer Herman Koppel.

Highly recommended: he seems to follow Schoenberg's dictum that many good things could still be written in C major, although Koppel goes well beyond C major!

This Boxing Day ('Second Christmas Day' here, just another rainy working day for some of you elsewhere  ) finally offers me time to embark on the series of Koppel's symphonies, bought long ago. Played the Sixth and Seventh, the ones most promoted on this forum so far, but am finding a better way 'into' this composer's sound world thanks to the Third from 1944-45; one of those war symphonies, as is clear from the start.

I first became aware of him when Vagn Holmboe pointed towards his 'old friend' Herman Koppel when I was privileged to meet during an afternoon visit back in 1995. So far, I can hear the connection with both Nielsen and also Holmboe, but no more that just that, for Koppel is clearly his own man. Anyone else on him?
                                 

[Lisztianwagner]

Bela Bartok
Elegies

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[Sergeant Rock]

Wagner Siegfried's Rhine Journey, Carlos Paita conducting




Sarge

[Karl Henning]

A first listen!

Liszt
Christus, S.3
Part I, № 4: Song of the Shepherds at the Manger
Benita Valente, soprano
Marjana Lipovšek, mezzo-soprano
Peter Lindroos, tenor
Tom Krause, baritone
Slovak Philharmonic Choir
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Jas Conlon

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[prémont]

Second Christmas Day Cheer in the Netherlands.

By all means this is a fine Christmas disc, which I enjoy very much. From my collection, bought in 2009.

Wasn´t this a bonus disc, sent to you from JPC, at least I got it in that way?

[Brahmsian]

In Australia too. A test match begins on that day, every year, so much so that it's called the 'Boxing Day Test'.

I'm not sure how much of your tongue was on your cheek when you said that, so here's something I came across recently:

[T]he concept of Boxing Day, the day after Christmas, which most today only find as a day to pack up their presents or a time to go to the malls to do battle with other shoppers in securing bargains. In actuality Boxing Day is (was) the day when the better off would pack gifts in plain boxes to be given to the less fortunate.

It is in Canada as well - Boxing Day.  I don't want to make the assumption that all British 'Commonwealth Countries' have Boxing Day.  It is sort of the equivalent of USA's 'Black Friday' at Thanksgiving week.  However, I stay away from stores and malls on Boxing Day, to avoid a potential 'boxing match' with rabid bargain hunters! 

[Brahmsian]

It is in Canada as well - Boxing Day.  I don't want to make the assumption that all British 'Commonwealth Countries' have Boxing Day.  It is sort of the equivalent of USA's 'Black Friday' at Thanksgiving week.  However, I stay away from stores and malls on Boxing Day, to avoid a potential 'boxing match' with rabid bargain hunters! 

In summary Boxing Day = Recovering from Christmas hangover day (over eating and over drinking).   

[Que]

I have a large backlog of Baroque operas that need to be listen to!

I'll try to make a dent into that these holidays.

First up:

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Q

[Mirror Image]

Knew you'd dig it, John. Merry Christmas!

I've not forgotten P. G., never fear! I just forget when I thought I should have time to set aside for it : ) But it will happen before the week is done!

Thanks, Karl. Yes, I definitely dug it. Merry Christmas to you too! Hope you enjoy the Schnittke as much as I enjoyed the Haydn.

[kishnevi]

 

Good morning Harry, and all other GMG'ers on this 2nd Christmas day.

Let me add to Harry's Georgian Christmas music a Parisian Christmas Mass in plainchant from the choir books of the Notre Dame with the Ordinary and organ alternations composed by André Campra. In addition to what is mentioned on the cover, this is a co-production between Pérès and Olivier Schneebeli and his ensemble and Les pages de la Chapelle (boys choir). Pérès is behind the Clicquot organ of the Église Saint-Jacques et Saint-Christophe in the village of Houdan, some 40 miles West of Paris.

Q

And which turns out to be a completely different recording than
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which is the one I listened to yesterday, and which is Romanesque, several centuries before the music in Que's CD.

I posted this one a few days ago.  I thought it quite fresh - I'd say more than solid, but I don't have a vast batch of other recordings for comparison purposes.

My diffidence arises from the fact that it's been a while since I listened to these pieces, so I don't really remember what the other recordings are like.  Or even which ones they are, beyond the Emersons in both and Takacs in the Piano Quintet.

Thread duty:
Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 18, Nos. 1-3,  Takacs Quartet

[Sergeant Rock]

Walton Symphony #2 G minor, Szell conducting the Cleveland




Sarge

[DavidA]

Schumann Fantasie op 17 Geza Anda is the pianist.

[SonicMan46]

Day after Christmas, my package from JPC arrived w/ a LOT of items - the largest one up first:

Rheinberger, Josef (1839-1901) - Chamber Music w/ Sonare Quartett et al - 6 CD box on sale there (my cost about $36!).  Just starting out w/ the first disc, i.e. String & Piano Quintets - this is going to be a wonderful set, especially for those who enjoy late Romantic chamber music - attached are some Fanfare reviews dating just after the release of these performances -

[Karl Henning]

'Tis the month! And you thought I had forgotten!

Дмитри Дмитриевич [ Dmitri Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ]
String Quartet № 10 in A^b, Op.118
The Fitzwilliam String Quartet

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[Lisztianwagner]

'Tis the month! And you thought I had forgotten!

Дмитри Дмитриевич [ Dmitri Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ]
String Quartet № 10 in A^b, Op.118
The Fitzwilliam String Quartet

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I bought it for Christmas, I'm looking forward to listening to this box!