What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[bhodges]

And thanks for that rec, too, Karl - we are spoilt for choice...

--Bruce

[Karl Henning]

. . . we are spoilt for choice...

We are, at that, Bruce.

[Karl Henning]

Finishing this box a few days later than I anticipated, but the wait was worth it    The 14th and 15th String Quartets.

Delighted (and possibly a little relieved) that you are enjoying this so well, Sarge!

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Listening to The Spirit of England. Such a beautiful work.

[Karl Henning]

'Tis still the month!

Дмитри Дмитриевич [ Dmitri Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ]
String Quartet № 2 in A, Op.68
The Mandelring Quartet

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Listening to Elgar's Enigma Variations from this great set. A unique insight into this work. Some interesting choices of tempi throughout.

[Opus106]

Un-shrink it!  When I was mulling over what to play the other night, that was the runner-up. Norman's version of the Four Last Songs is also a favorite.

--Bruce

It was unshrunk (Hi Cato! ) almost as soon as it bought; it simply wasn't played -- until now.

A few more minutes and it will be First Listen Fridays: Richard Strauss' lieder. Jessye Norman and Geoffrey Parsons. Sounds beautiful.

[TheGSMoeller]

First time listen...




Wowzers! Beethoven is a big, gnarly monster. But a gnarly monster with a big ol'heart. I'm not a huge collector of Beethoven, so I'm sure I'm missing a good amount of potential "benchmark" recordings here, but Tennstedt offers, to my tastes, easily the best No.9 I've heard. He exceeds my limit for overly dramatic interpretation choices, but gets away with it, and then some. Plus a little extra from the horns and timpani always bode well with me. And what about that dream team of soloists? Yeah. This live performance will sit comfortably among others as proof that a live recording can out-excite a studio one any day of the week. Call me an over-exaggerator, but my mind is blown on this one.

I'll never shy away from admitting that Beethoven's 9th deserves every bit of popularity and every accolade it receives. It may not ever grace my personal favorites list, but listening to this recording I am once again reminded of why it sits upon so many others.

[Karl Henning]

'Tis the month, too!

Дмитри Дмитриевич [ Dmitri Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ]
Симфония № 9 Es-dur, соч. 70 [ Symphony № 9 in E^b, Op.70 ]
Berlin Radio Symphony
Ferenc Fricsay

[North Star]

Mahler
Kindertotenlieder
Kathleen Ferrier, Bruno Walter & Wiener Philharmoniker
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[listener]

BOULEZ: Improvisation no.2 "Une dentelle s'abolit" (I think it's about a bit of lace, but might be about a decaying tooth)_  DALLAPICCOLA  Parole di San Paolo, Concerto per la Notte di Natale dell'Anno 1956  , POUSSEUR: Trois Chants Sacrés
The Philadelphia Composers Forum    / Joel Thome
STRAUSS   (Franz) Fantaisie op. 5  MOSCHELES: Thème Varié op.138b   C.D. LORENZ: Fantasia on themes from 'I Puritani' op. 13   ROSSINI: Introduction, Andante and Allegro   Friedrich KUHLAU: Andante and Polacca
Thomas Bacon, horn  Philip Moll, piano
CHAPI; La Revoltosa 
Alfredo Kraus, Orchestra Manuel de Falla / Julian Perera

[Lisztianwagner]

From BBC Proms 2012:

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No.6

Riccardo Chailly
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

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Some Sibelius:

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Listening to Lemminkäinen Suite. A powerful, emotive work.

[Papy Oli]

Good evening all 

Back on the right side of the channel last night with the Atterberg, Rangstrom, and Tallis boxsets waiting in my letterbox 

and also this Scarlatti CD being played now :

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Sonatas for viola d'Amore (Valerio Losito) and harpsichord (Andrea Coen).

This is stunning. buy it !  0:)

[Karl Henning]

and also this Scarlatti CD being played now :

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Sonatas for viola d'Amore (Valerio Losito) and harpsichord (Andrea Coen).

This is stunning. buy it !  0:)

(* pounds the table *)

[bhodges]

Perhaps we need a blind listening of the Vespers   

It would seem that might be useful!

Right now, listening to this program on SymphonyCast:

Berlin Philharmonic
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Marc-André Hamelin, piano

Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Szymanowski: Symphony No. 4
Szymanowski: Mazurka
Mendelssohn: Scottish Symphony

http://symphonycast.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/10/22/berlin-philharmonic/

--Bruce

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Listening to Symphony No. 4. Outstanding performance.

[Papy Oli]

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Tallis - Salve Intemerata

Of the drawback of spending years with one single recording that you absolutely love (Summerly/Oxford Camerata) and that gets imprinted in your mind as just "perfect".

The recording above rushes the work at 15'53 (whereas Summerly's is clocking at 23'09), leaving me somewhat disappointed at this first listen 

or is the slower pace the actual exception ?

[Lisztianwagner]

Maurice Ravel
Ma Mère l'oye

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Maurice Ravel
Ma Mère l'oye

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Excellent work and performance!