What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[orbital]

8 nocturnes, music for a restless night no doubt 

[BachQ]

Faure/Durufle Requia (Shaw)
Brahms, Piano Concerto no. 1 in d minor (P. Serkin / Shaw)

[Kullervo]

Hyacinthe Jadin. (1776-1800)

String Trios opus 2, 1-3.

Ensemble Les Adieux.

And yet another winner on the label NCA, from all the recordings I bought, just one dud, that's all.
Wonderful contemplative music well executed, and marvelously recorded.
There are many influences, but luckily he can stand on his own feet. Fine music that flows like a little bach, unobtrusive, but cooling nevertheless.

I thought the composer's name was Hyacinthe Jardin. 

[orbital]

Chopin - Piano Concerto No2 /  Arrau.
The source claims the conductor to be Szell and the orchestra unknown. I am not sure. I remember having listened to another Arrau live performance of the piece from the 50's with Jochum which may be this one. the extraordinarily slow 3rd movement which is playing now is what I remember the Jochum performance by.

Whichever it is, it is quite a good rendition. Very different (and younger) from the Arrau of the nocturnes.

[karlhenning]

Strategies to cheer Harry up this (Dutch) evening, no. 1:

Allann Pettersson
Symphony № 6
German Symphony
Manfred Trojahn

[Harry]

Strategies to cheer Harry up this (Dutch) evening, no. 1:

Allann Pettersson
Symphony № 6
German Symphony
Manfred Trojahn

Yes thanks Karl, but somehow this came like a hammerblow, so I will get my bottle of Single malt out, and.....

[marvinbrown]

 



  At the moment..........this:

 

  marvin

[Kullervo]

 



  At the moment..........this:

 

  marvin

I've been playing that for the past few days.

[wilhelm]

[BachQ]

Bru5 (Joch/Drez)

[Mark]

Long time since I last spun this:

[Solitary Wanderer]

[Lethevich]

Long time since I last spun this:

I've forgotten what Naxos's Sibelius sounds like. I have a disc of Lemminkainen suite with the same forces as that disc, but it's been long neglected. I should probably fix that sometime...

[Mark]

I've forgotten what Naxos's Sibelius sounds like. I have a disc of Lemminkainen suite with the same forces as that disc, but it's been long neglected. I should probably fix that sometime...

That's an excellent disc, Lethe. As is the whole Sibelius symphony cycle on Naxos. An example of this label getting it right with a big-name symphony cycle (something they failed to do with Dvorak ).

[AnthonyAthletic]

That's an excellent disc, Lethe. As is the whole Sibelius symphony cycle on Naxos. An example of this label getting it right with a big-name symphony cycle (something they failed to do with Dvorak ).

Gunzenhauser's....surely not 

We agree to disagree    I really like his 5 and 7, the legends too are perhaps (if that's not too strong a word) the best on cd bar Sejna and MacKerras...but they are not symphonies 

Funny you should say that about Naxos, I saw their Shosty set on Amazon for about £100...now who in their right mind would even think of shelling out that price when you can pick up the cds for under a fiver each?  Maybe people like the little white flip box or haven't heard of Kondrashin/Haitink/M.S/Rostro/Jansons/Barshai etc.

And speaking of Naxos I just could not get into the Arnold symphonies, Naxos weren't to blame I was either not ready for his music or perhaps it wasn't ready for me...jury's still out on those even if they are toted as fine and dandy by many a humble reviewer 

[Kullervo]

3 and 4

[Lethevich]

(A concious attempt to add to the Sibelius domination of this page )

Edit: A new page! AAAHHHHH!!

[Mark]

Gunzenhauser's....surely not 

We agree to disagree    I really like his 5 and 7, the legends too are perhaps (if that's not too strong a word) the best on cd bar Sejna and MacKerras...but they are not symphonies 

Funny you should say that about Naxos, I saw their Shosty set on Amazon for about £100...now who in their right mind would even think of shelling out that price when you can pick up the cds for under a fiver each?  Maybe people like the little white flip box or haven't heard of Kondrashin/Haitink/M.S/Rostro/Jansons/Barshai etc.

And speaking of Naxos I just could not get into the Arnold symphonies, Naxos weren't to blame I was either not ready for his music or perhaps it wasn't ready for me...jury's still out on those even if they are toted as fine and dandy by many a humble reviewer 

Nay, sir: not Gunzenhauser. Did he even record these for Naxos?

I speak of Petri Sakari's well-respected cycle with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. I believe their Sixth and Seventh are particularly highly spoken of in critical circles. Gunzenhauser recorded the Dvorak, yes, and did a piss-poor job of it.

[AnthonyAthletic]

Nay, sir: not Gunzenhauser. Did he even record these for Naxos?

I speak of Petri Sakari's well-respected cycle with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. I believe their Sixth and Seventh are particularly highly spoken of in critical circles. Gunzenhauser recorded the Dvorak, yes, and did a piss-poor job of it.

Yes the Dvorak for Gunzenhauser, and its quite a half decent set; not piss poor at all....first time we have disagreed me thinks    And about time too 

[Mark]

Yes the Dvorak for Gunzenhauser, and its quite a half decent set; not piss poor at all....first time we have disagreed me thinks    And about time too 

My God! You're right (about us disagreeing).

I guess one man's poison really is another's bread.

I think what I find so disagreeable about Gunzenhauser's Dvorak cycle is its lack of drive or lustre. It's all played through pretty straight, to my ears. These symphonies need more colour, and I see this cycle as distinctly monochrome.