What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD7 from the following set for a first listen ...

[PaulR]

Onto #8

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to finish up: #10

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Now:

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New acquisition. Listening to Symphony No. 1. Very good so far.

[Conor71]

Riley: In C


I will listen to these Discs this afternoon:

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Now:



Listening to Graffiti. Such an outstanding work.

[listener]

from purchases today;  BOCCHERINI:  Concerto in E^b,  SCHOBERT (of the mycological misfortune): Concerto in G, FIELD: Rondo in A^b    - fortepiano and orch.
Eckhart Sellheim, fortepiano (Broadwood 1804 and one from southern Germany dated 1796)
Collegium aureum  - original instruments
then to an LP: PADEREWSKI: Piano Concerto in e, op.17     RUBINSTEIN: Concertstück op.115
Felicja Blumental, piano    Vienna Symphony Orch.     Helmuth Froschauer, cond.
  and best wishes to all for the New Year!

[Opus106]

Liszt's piano transcriptions from Wagner's operas are awesome. There's also an excellent arrangement of the prelude of Die Meistersinger played by Wilhelm Backhaus.

Rather unexpected were Hugo WOLF's Die Meistersinger and Die Walküre paraphrases. (Hugaroton HCD 32 466), but performances on that disc are careful, not bombastic.  Michael Ponti recorded MOSZKOWSKI's Venusberg Bachanale and Isolde's Death, TAUSIG's Ride of the Valkyries and BRASSIN's Feuerzauber from Die Walküre.  (VOX BOX CDX 5047).
side note: There seems to be no recording of Saint-Saëns Paraphrase of Massenet's La Mort de Thaïs, even in the old Vox Boxes.

Thank you both.

[Conor71]

Dutilleux: Le Loup


This dude is still alive (I think?) so it seems safe to include him in my modern composer survey - also a first listen!.
After this I will play the Nyman disc.

[Que]

A happy new year to all to you! 

May 2013 be a year filled with personal happiness, health and prosperity...and lots of good music, of course.

Starting the new year off on a cheerful note:



Q

[North Star]

First-listen New Year's Day
Elgar
Symphony no. 1 in A flat major
Sir Andrew Davis & Philharmonia Orchestra (live recording)

Earlier today:
Sibelius
Symphony no. 6 in D minor, Op. 104
Maazel & Wiener Philharmoniker
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[The new erato]

Then the V-W disc on this:

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Marvellous songs.

And now the Warlock disc.

[The new erato]

And now the first disc from this:

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This is proving an amazong double disc, perhaps the essential V-W aquisition!

The Tallis Fantasia by Silvestri is wonderful!

And essential symphony recordings; no 4 & 6 by Berglund and no 4 by Gibson, all among the best I've heard.

I think I paid £ 5 for this......

[Sergeant Rock]

Shostakovich Adagio (Elegy); Allegretto (Polka); and String Quartets 11, 12, 13




Sarge

[Opus106]

And to think that I once considered the sound of this recording harsh. (It was my first harpsichord disc.)

Gustav Leonhardt plays then second English Suite. (1973/Seon)

[Sergeant Rock]

Mahler Symphony #1 D major, Fabio Luisi conducting the Wiener Symphoniker




Sarge

[TheGSMoeller]

Sinopoli brings his slow but polished tempi to Elgar's 1st. I find more success in Sinopoli and Philharmonia's performance of the 2nd, but this one is still well-played with the aching-romantic qualities piercing through.  I've always preferred a swifter more peppy 1st and the 2nd more gradual and ponderous, but I wouldn't leave Sinopoli's set behind too many others as it might still be my favorite 2nd.

[Coopmv]

A happy new year to all to you! 

May 2013 be a year filled with personal happiness, health and prosperity...and lots of good music, of course.

Starting the new year off on a cheerful note:



Q

Happy New Year Q.

I like Biondi and have many of his recordings and even attended one of his concerts in NY a number of years ago.  He is a real virtuoso.  Unfortunately, mandolin is not exactly my favorite music instrument ...

[Brahmsian]

Earlier today:
Sibelius
Symphony no. 6 in D minor, Op. 104
Maazel & Wiener Philharmoniker
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Oh my, how I love this set, and lately, the 6th is my favourite Sibelius symphony.  I think I'll make this my first listen of music in 2013! 

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD16 - all R Strauss' (not my favorite composer anyway) works from the following set while I am working on one of my two New Year's Resolutions - cleaning up the clutter in my study/computer room ...

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And now the first disc from this:

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This is proving an amazong double disc, perhaps the essential V-W aquisition!

The Tallis Fantasia by Silvestri is wonderful!

And essential symphony recordings; no 4 & 6 by Berglund and no 4 by Gibson, all among the best I've heard.

I think I paid £ 5 for this......

I'll have to dig this back out and listen to it again, Erato. I remember the performances being excellent. By the way, you meant Gibson in the 5th not the 4th.