What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Que]

That's a good one Que!

You have those?    Really nothing escapes your attention!
Indeed, very fine. Quite a big step from to the conventional readings on the Steinway.
But these are definitely growing on me.

Q

[hautbois]

After a long trip back from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore on a bus (it was terrible), i caught a terrible cold and fever. Went back to perform 2 superb concerts with the Malaysian Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, but now the consequences of the long rehearsal hours and lack of sleep. This cd is a mixed bag...becase it is giving me headaches as well as healing part of it. I so wish my Gilels/Grieg Lyric pieces cd is with me now. Still a good cd, maybe not the right time to listen to it. We might as well start a thread on "what cds to listen to when one is terribly sick".

Howard

[Harry]

You have those?    Really nothing escapes your attention!
Indeed, very fine. Quite a big step from to the conventional readings on the Steinway.
But these are definitely growing on me.

Q

Yes I have them. Schubert on a Steinway or Bosendorfer is almost impossible fo me to hear.
I like to make a exception for this set.

[beclemund]

I was exploring Glazunov some years ago and found Kaler's performance of the violin concerto on Naxos quite enjoyable. This Szymanowski set is also quite good.

[Harry]

I was exploring Glazunov some years ago and found Kaler's performance of the violin concerto on Naxos quite enjoyable. This Szymanowski set is also quite good.

Ilya Kaler is truly one of the greats.
Almost all he touches on Naxos is pure enjoyment.
The Szymanowski is marvelous.

[karlhenning]

Shostakovich
24 Preludes, Opus 34
Konstantin Scherbakov

[Papy Oli]

Mahler's 4th Symphony - Reiner

[Valentino]

Beethoven: Op. 74 "Harp". Takacs Quartet.

This recording has everything I wish for.

[Don]

Shostakovich
24 Preludes, Opus 34
Konstantin Scherbakov

Excellent performance.  Have you ever heard Deyanova's account on Nimbus of Op. 34?

[Bogey]

[beclemund]

Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne (The Little Match Girl) is based on the Hans Christian Andersen story of the same name... a tragic tale of the death of a little girl on Christmas Eve. This was my first exposure to Enna and Zemlinsky, and while there does not seem to be a lot available on disc of the former, the later, I will have to explore more of. I urge everyone to go out and buy this disc and maybe DaCapo will consider commissioning more Enna operas.

[Lilas Pastia]

A string concerto by Alexandre (Aleksandr) Tansman.  The Concerto da Camera by Krzysztof Meyer.

As usual with Tansman, hindemithian purposefulness, allied to stravinskian spikiness mingle to create a great little work, where's Tansman's own jocularity and insouciance spice up the proceedings. It bears well on repeated hearings.

The same goes for Meyer's very serious and almost gut churning Concerto. Anguished solo cello turns, surprising and very effective duetting of cello and harp cadenza in the slow movement. An immediate attention-grabbing work. As for all of Meyer's works I've heard, it makes me realize he may rival Vainberg as a coeval DSCH pupil-friend-composer.

[Bogey]

On the radio:

Emporer Leopold I: Psalmus Miserere
Wiener Akademie (Choir & Orchestra) / Martin Haselbock
Jorg Waschinski, soprano
David Cordier, soprano
Achim Kleinlein, tenor
Marcos Fink, bass
CPO 999567

Are you or anyone else here familiar with this piece André?  It just sounds like something you might enjoy.

[orbital]

Is that picture for real 

[wintersway]

Good morning/day to all! 

[BachQ]

Liszt, Totentanz in d minor (Zimerman) 
Strauss, Burleske in d minor (Serkin) 

[karlhenning]

Excellent performance.  Have you ever heard Deyanova's account on Nimbus of Op. 34?

No, I have not. . . .

[karlhenning]

Shostakovich
Five Fragments, Opus 42

[Bogey]

Schubert Symphony No. 8
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4

Philharmonia Orchestra/Sinopoli (DG)

Good morning.

[BachQ]

Prokofiev PC 2 (Kun Woo Paik)