What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[George]

What an achingly beautiful Op. 23, No. 4.  0:)

OTOH, has anyone played Op. 23, No. 3 well? I just compared Fiorentino, Ashy, Lympany, Weissenberg, Anievas and Alexeev - to no avail.   

[toledobass]

Casadesus playing Gaspard

Grimaud playing Chopin's G minor Ballade

Fornier and Kempff in Beethoven's A maj op.69 sonata for cello and piano

Enjoyable night of listening,
Allan

[Valentino]

God morgen!



A fresh start for a weatherwise gloomy day.

[Que]

God morgen!



A fresh start for a weatherwise gloomy day.

Goedemorgen Valentino.

That's a very nice L'Estro Armonico - an adequate antidote to any gloom!

Q

[Harry]

God morgen!



A fresh start for a weatherwise gloomy day.

Goodmorning my friend you start well. Very good!
Its a wonderful sunny morning here!

[Harry]

Franz Xaver Richter.

Six Grandes Symphonies. (1744)

Helsinki Baroque Orchestra/Aapo Hakkinen.


This cd recorded in 2005 is a real winner, and I would snap it up if I were you.
Playing on period instruments which sound glorious, this group makes quite a case out for Richter, making these works which are finely scored, sound like masterworks. And indeed they are gems to be treasured, for each and every one of them is a tightly packed trove full of creative explosions, that set of every 5th note. Three of them in F major, are the best to sample. Young and enthusiastic people, eager to please, and they do, believe me.
Sean Lewis made the more than excellent recording for Naxos, and if this is a taste for the future, Naxos will have succeeded in creating yet another success story.

[Harry]

Dvorak.

Complete Piano Quartets.

Opus 23 in D major.
Opus 87 in E flat major.

Mozart Piano Quartet

This recording made in 2002, sounds very natural, and you have a real feel of being in it, and surrounded by it. Furthermore I seldom heard musicians more in tune with the idiom of Dvorak as the present ones. They add a certain grace and beauty to tone and performance which is rare these days. You feel elated in a positive way after hearing the first movement of the opus 23, which gives you a idea were this interpretation is going to. The second movement "Andantino", makes you a part of the emotional content of this Piano Quartet, and that is what happens throughout this recording. A huge compliment is in order here.
This is a jewel to any Dvorak collection, and even if you double it in your collection, its worth the investment, believe me.

[wilhelm]

[wintersway]

Good morning/day to all! 

[wilhelm]

[Harry]

Giya Kancheli.

Symphony No. 2 "Songs"

RSO Berlin/Michail Jurowski.

My first dip in the soundworld of this composer, and at that a spectacular one. For I must admit, that what I hear excites me greatly. This hardness in structural lines, and this uncompromising logical drive, makes me sit up wide awake. What a discovery he is. I was warned for this figure to take it in small doses, but frankly, I eat the bowl as full as it is, thank you!
Tremendous brass writing, and the utter concentration on one note, building from there, to erupt in a house shaking crescendo, marvelous. And the feverish modulations on the strings is quite captivating.
More please.
The recording from 1994 is nothing short than spectacular made by Claus Seyforth.

[Harry]

Giya Kancheli.

Symphony No. 7 "Epilog"

RSO Berlin/Michail Jurowski

It gets better and better. I love this music, for me its a earthquake.
Wonderful, marvelous hard hitting music, which causes a plethora of pain and elation, smashing.
I crave for this kind of passion. Salvation time!
Well another addictive composer.

[Bogey]

Good morning.

[BachQ]

Brahms Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor (Pollini)
Prokofiev, Toccata in D Minor

[Harry]

Hanns Eisler.

Kleine Sinfonie, opus 29.
Drei Stucke fur Orchester.
Funf Orchesterstucke.
Kammer Sinfonie opus 69.

Magdeburgische Philharmonie/Matthias Husmann.

Hard on the heels of Kancheli, comes another composer that took me by surprise. Tis possibly to meet on the same day two fantastic composers, Kancheli & Eisler. Conclusion; Fireworks!
Again this logical and hard hitting tone, and harsh modulations, pitted against sugarsweet melodies, allthough never for long. Eisler mixed a lot of styles on one heap, 12 tone, variation forms,contrapuntal elements, rhythmical metrical motivic shifts, and all this creates a tastefull pudding.
And what a joy to be part of that melting pot Eisler cooked up for us. Again a composer I will follow up with other recordings, if I can find them.
The recording made by the reowned Siegbert Ernst in 1992 is State of the Art.
A great compliment to Orchestra and conductor, it is a first class ensemble under his hands.

[BachQ]

Bruckner 5 (Jochum)
Brahms Cello Sonata no. 2

0:)

[karlhenning]

Good morning.

Good morning, Bill! Imminent e-mail!

[orbital]

OTOH, has anyone played Op. 23, No. 3 well? I just compared Fiorentino, Ashy, Lympany, Weissenberg, Anievas and Alexeev - to no avail.   

That's because you did not include Sokolov in there  . But, it works better as a whole with other preludes since it is a live account.

I think Ashkenazy is very good here too  btw

[George]

That's because you did not include Sokolov in there  . But, it works better as a whole with other preludes since it is a live account.

I think Ashkenazy is very good here too  btw

I will check him out again. I just think that they don't have a feel for the rhythm and most of them play it way too fast or too slow.

[karlhenning]

Wuorinen
String Sextet
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

What great music for the morning!