Supposing you have one, naturally. ;)
I've been listening to A LOT of Phillipe Herreweghe's work recently. I'm very impressed. Could it be that I'm about to join the 'crunchy granola' brigade? ;D
Everything I listen to is on my iPod. :P I would say the fastest growing collection on my iPod is Bruckner's symphonies... I keep adding them at a rate faster than I can listen to them. :-\ HIP Bach has made some significant progress as well. Here are the two most recent additions:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51O6jwm6E3L._AA240_.jpg) (http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/6422/brucknertu4.jpg)
(The Russian one is Bruckner 4 - Emil Tchakarov/Leningrad Philharmonic, courtesy of www.abruckner.com)
Mark, I noticed you have Herreweghe's Bruckner 7 pictured in your post. How is it? I can't really imagine what it would sound like (aside from short clips online), but if it's good I might give it a try. (eMusic is great for that sort of thing.)
Right now:
Scherchen's live Beethoven cycle from Lugano: a second-rate orchestra getting whipped into a shape it can't quite hold.
Scherchen again in various Honegger pieces (including the best Pacific 231 I've ever heard).
Furtwangler conducting Brahms 2 & 3 and Bruckner 5.
Boulez's live Mahler 2.
Karajan live in Mahler 6.
Kubelik live in Das Lied von der Erde.
Dohnanyi's recording of the two Ives Orchestral sets.
The Juilliard Quartet's mono recordings of Schoenberg, Berg and Webern.
Sofronitsky playing Scriabin sonatas.
Plus a bunch of bootleg live recordings of music by Adams, Carter, Denisov, Dutilleux, Martinu and Scelsi.
Quote from: Keemun on November 03, 2007, 06:04:01 AM
Mark, I noticed you have Herreweghe's Bruckner 7 pictured in your post. How is it? I can't really imagine what it would sound like (aside from short clips online), but if it's good I might give it a try. (eMusic is great for that sort of thing.)
I've only heard them on radio broadcasts, but from those the 7th seemed to work a lot better than the 4th. I am unsure if I could call it a success before listening to it properly, but it worked wonders with the lyrical quiet sections and for revealing detail sometimes buried under the string section. The brass also doesn't sound puny, as may be expected with "HIP" Bruckner played by a... decidedly not "big name" orchestra. It's obviously reined back, but works well.
Edit: I also want HIP Wagner...
:) (http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/11/2/1559968/Podulus.jpg) :)
Schoenberg complete quartets
Charles Ives complete symphonies
Schnittke Symphony No. 3
Stravinsky (Persephone, Symphony for wind, Concerto for 12 instruments)
Integrale des melodies de Mussorgsky
Gieseking: Complete Ravel and Debussy piano music
Mozart Piano Concertos complete (Brendel/Marriner)
Bach: Partitas with Hewitt
Monteverdi: Libro dei madrigali 3 & 4
Sorabij: Villa Tasca, Passeggiata Veneziana
Arvo Paert: Fratres
Beethoven 3 Late Sonatas (Pollini, Schnabel, Brendel, Solomon, Gould, Serkin)
Italian Contemporary music Miscellanenous (Berio, Maderna, Nono, Scelsi)
Mendelssohn: Ouvertures
Delius: Orchestral Works
Love Songs from the Middle Ages
Malipiero Almost Complete Symphonies
Everything I have is on my Mp3 player. 7 Gigabyes of that is Bach. But I do have a lot of other stuff on it too.
Thanks, Lethe, for stepping in to answer Keemun's question about the Herreweghe Bruckner Seventh. I couldn't have answered as I've yet to hear it. :D
What to me is essential repertory--core works by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Mahler, Debussy, Sibelius, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Barber, Copland, Adams, Tchaikovsky, Dvorák, Mendelssohn, et al, plus Mingus, Miles, Brubeck, Evans, Gordon, and so on, plus some Talking Heads, Pretenders, Nirvana, Lyle Lovett, Chris Rea and the like.
I have 56 GBs of music in there. 50 GB's of classical and 5-6 of other stuff (Led Zeppelin, The Cure, Radiohead, etc)
Chopin alone must be abot 15-16GB, Bach following with 10 or so.
I'm looking forward to exploring Maxwell Davies' first two Naxos Quartets (a series of ten was commissioned by the label; two remain to be written/recorded). I love the Maggini Quartet, so this should (I hope) be a treat. :)
I got 149GB classical music on my ipod classic (new version), about 30 of which are Mahler cycles, and that is only symphonies.
the core of my Ipod Nano consists of a Bruckner cycle by various conductors/orchestras. I also have some mendelssohn, dvorak, strauss, ziehrer, and Beethoven piano sonatas.
Quote from: Mark on November 03, 2007, 09:53:10 AM
Thanks, Lethe, for stepping in to answer Keemun's question about the Herreweghe Bruckner Seventh. I couldn't have answered as I've yet to hear it. :D
I am highly adept at butting in... ;D
Quote from: Lethe on November 03, 2007, 10:36:53 AM
I am highly adept at butting in... ;D
I'm glad you do: our tastes and opinions are often broadly similar.
I've listened to the Herreweghe Bruckner Seventh since I last posted in this thread. My initial impressions are in no way unfavourable, but this isn't 'heart-on-the-sleeve' Bruckner playing (much as one might expect from a technician like Herreweghe). Nor is it uninvolving, however.
Let me paint you a picture which I think might help describe how I felt while listening to this recording. I don't read music, so a score is to me no better than a blank sheet of paper. But Herreweghe brings the score to life; it's as though I'm sat with a copy of the printed score in my lap, and I can 'hear' it; every note is clear as day, leaping off of the pages. I found this incredibly fascinating and surprising. Now, the downside to such (trademark Herreweghe) clarity is that this
could, to some, sound like little more than an academic exercise; a recording made for lecturers who want to clearly illustrate certain points and nuances in the score.
So, while this particular Seventh didn't enthrall, it didn't disappoint, either. If clarity of texture is paramount to you in all things - Bruckner included - you'll love this. If not, and you prefer a 'cathedral of sound' approach, you'd better leave this one in the store.
No Ipod - no mp3 - no need.
Quote from: MahlerTitan on November 03, 2007, 03:33:39 PM
I enjoyed Herreweghe's interpretation of the 7th. It is very different from the others i have heard. He brings out the "Lyricism" in the "lyric" symphony. Every phrase is made very delicate, an\d he paints an almost impressionist picture of the E major symphony. The strings are masterful throughout; the brass does not have the raw power that some other German orchestras have, but it worked efficiently in this very "lyric" interpretation.
When i got this recording, i didn't expect much, since it's by an unknown conductor (to me), and a French orchestra(i believe). It is therefore a very pleasant surprise, that Bruckner's 7th apparently works well under Herreweghe. The symphony is well paced, cogent, and contains some great contrasts. For instance, the heavenly string playing in the beginning compared to the "rustic trot" starting from bar 124 in the first movement. There were a few things that irked me somewhat, but not to an extent that undermines the performance.
Overall, a wonderful recording, it is especially interesting to hear a French orchestra performing Bruckner.
And as I'm sure we can agree, MT, Herreweghe's is a leaner Seventh than many, with clarity aforefront.
Brahms PC 1
Brahms PC 2
Brahms op. 24
Quote from: Keemun on November 03, 2007, 06:04:01 AM
Everything I listen to is on my iPod. :P I would say the fastest growing collection on my iPod is Bruckner's symphonies... I keep adding them at a rate faster than I can listen to them. :-\ HIP Bach has made some significant progress as well. Here are the two most recent additions:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51O6jwm6E3L._AA240_.jpg) (http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/6422/brucknertu4.jpg)
(The Russian one is Bruckner 4 - Emil Tchakarov/Leningrad Philharmonic, courtesy of www.abruckner.com)
Mark, I noticed you have Herreweghe's Bruckner 7 pictured in your post. How is it? I can't really imagine what it would sound like (aside from short clips online), but if it's good I might give it a try. (eMusic is great for that sort of thing.)
Thank you for this! Am downloading the Bruckner as I type this...
Lethe and Mark,
Thank you for the helpful and thorough reviews of the Herreweghe Bruckner Seventh. :) I'm undecided if I am going to download it or not, as I really like the "cathedral of sound" in my Bruckner. That said, I've never given HIP Bruckner a try, so I might take a chance on it.
Quote from: gmstudio on November 03, 2007, 04:49:44 PM
Thank you for this! Am downloading the Bruckner as I type this...
You're welcome, but the thanks really goes to Lilas Pastia who first posted it here: Re: Bruckner's Abbey (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,29.msg101447.html#msg101447) :)
Quote from: Keemun on November 03, 2007, 05:41:16 PM
You're welcome, but the thanks really goes to Lilas Pastia who first posted it here: Re: Bruckner's Abbey (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,29.msg101447.html#msg101447) :)
Actually, you should thank John F. Berky, it was his recording after all...
Quote from: Mark on November 03, 2007, 03:46:49 PM
And as I'm sure we can agree, MT, Herreweghe's is a leaner Seventh than many, with clarity aforefront.
And what caused such clarity? Why are the strings so transparent? Perhaps the orchestra was smaller (period instruments)? It did add a certain chamber music quality to it, right?
And yeah, this is an interesting recording, but is this one of my
top favorites? probably not. But, it is a special French Bruckner, so buy it while you can. You certainly don't see plenty of those floating around. (I also recommend the Bruckner fifth with Matacic and the French National Orchestra)
Quote from: MahlerTitan on November 03, 2007, 08:31:14 PM
And what caused such clarity? Why are the strings so transparent? Perhaps the orchestra was smaller (period instruments)? It did add a certain chamber music quality to it, right?
I'd not thought of this recording as having a chamber-like quality, but I guess that could be successfully argued. :) As to what contributes to the clarity, aside from the period instrumentation and smaller forces (one presumes), plus a very detailed recorded sound, the answer must be Herreweghe. I've listened to about ten CDs of his work, and all of them have this incredible clarity of texture. It's very, very refreshing.
Some Prokofiev (Scythian Suite, Seven they Are Seven, Ode to the End of the War)
Mahler 8 (second part) Boulez live, 1975
Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances
Ravel La Valse
Mark Kermodes film reviews (latest Radio 5 podcast)
Stephen Fry reading his autobiography
Some non-classical music.
Quote from: MahlerTitan on November 03, 2007, 08:14:20 PM
Actually, you should thank John F. Berky, it was his recording after all...
Good point.
Quote from: Mark on November 04, 2007, 01:18:27 AM
I'd not thought of this recording as having a chamber-like quality, but I guess that could be successfully argued. :) As to what contributes to the clarity, aside from the period instrumentation and smaller forces (one presumes), plus a very detailed recorded sound, the answer must be Herreweghe. I've listened to about ten CDs of his work, and all of them have this incredible clarity of texture. It's very, very refreshing.
I think Herreweghe should just stick to what he does best. Doesn't he usually do baroque music? I have nothing against his musical abilities, but I prefer not hear Bruckner on period instruments. Certain elements of his music just gets lost playing on thin strings, plus we don't lack other great 7th out there.
Aside of Herreweghe's "clarity", what other Bruckner's 7th have you heard? i am curious.
Quote from: MahlerTitan on November 04, 2007, 07:32:51 AM
Aside of Herreweghe's "clarity", what other Bruckner's 7th have you heard? i am curious.
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra | Celibidache
Aarhus Symphony Orchestra | Loughran
Champs-Elysees Orchestra | Herreweghe
Grand Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra | Nezet-Seguin
Royal Scottish National Orchestra | Tintner
London Philharmonic Orchestra | Orchestre National De France | Masur
Vienna Symphony Orchestra | Kreizberg
BBC National Orchestra Of Wales | Sakari
Quote from: MahlerTitan on November 04, 2007, 07:32:51 AM
I think Herreweghe should just stick to what he does best. Doesn't he usually do baroque music? I have nothing against his musical abilities, but I prefer not hear Bruckner on period instruments. Certain elements of his music just gets lost playing on thin strings, plus we don't lack other great 7th out there.
Aside of Herreweghe's "clarity", what other Bruckner's 7th have you heard? i am curious.
I agree that Herreweghe is not really (or really not) a Brucknerian.
But the "thin" strings thing is clear nonsense. I'm pretty sure you've never heard Bruckner on period instruments. I'm curious what of Bruckner's music you think "gets lost" when played on strings instruments that were around when he wrote it?
At moments like this I always like to point out the fact that famous Jascha Heifetz played on "thin" strings as well...
Q
Quote from: Que on November 04, 2007, 08:14:03 AM
I agree that Herreweghe is not really (or really not) a Brucknerian.
But the "thin" strings thing is clear nonsense. I'm pretty sure you've never heard Bruckner on period instruments. I'm curious what of Bruckner's music you think "gets lost" when played on strings instruments that were around when he wrote it?
I agree with you that this is perhaps more "Authentic" to most Bruckners i have heard. But, it's not necessary
as good. With Bruckner's music, with it's powerful climaxes, and grand chorales.... one expects a heavy sound, I guess what gets lost its it's power.
that said, it's still good though, i guess i am just not a fan of period instruments. Que, i didn't know that you listen to Bruckner, got any recommendations for the 7th?
Quote from: MahlerTitan on November 04, 2007, 08:40:16 AM
With Bruckner's music, with it's powerful climaxes, and grand chorales.... one expects a heavy sound, I guess what gets lost its it's power.
I agree, as it happens.
Quote from: MahlerTitan on November 04, 2007, 08:40:16 AM
I agree with you that this is perhaps more "Authentic" to most Bruckners i have heard. But, it's not necessary as good. With Bruckner's music, with it's powerful climaxes, and grand chorales.... one expects a heavy sound, I guess what gets lost its it's power.
that said, it's still good though, i guess i am just not a fan of period instruments. Que, i didn't know that you listen to Bruckner, got any recommendations for the 7th?
Quote from: Mark on November 04, 2007, 08:42:10 AM
I agree, as it happens.
I don't, because musical "power" is not the same as
volume.
Nevertheless, Herreweghe's renditions actually
do sound "underpowered". That has IMO nothing to do with the size of the orchestra or the use of period instruments, but has very much to do with Herreweghe's conducting.
Q
Quote from: Mark on November 04, 2007, 08:13:18 AM
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra | Celibidache
Aarhus Symphony Orchestra | Loughran
Champs-Elysees Orchestra | Herreweghe
Grand Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra | Nezet-Seguin
Royal Scottish National Orchestra | Tintner
London Philharmonic Orchestra | Orchestre National De France | Masur
Vienna Symphony Orchestra | Kreizberg
BBC National Orchestra Of Wales | Sakari
Those are nice, a few that i haven't heard about. But, you do need listen to the Karajans and Giulinis, and get a couple of Wand and Jochum while at it.
there are also a few unique recordings, the one i currently have on my ipod is one example.
Carl Schuricht's symphony no. 7 with Hague Orchestra
Quote from: Que on November 04, 2007, 08:47:12 AM
I don't, because musical "power" is not the same as volume.
You're right. But many equate the two, rightly or wrongly. ;)
QuoteNevertheless the Herrweghe renditions actually do sound "underpowered". That has IMO nothing to do with the size of the orchestra or the use of period instruments, but has very much to do with Herreweghe's conducting.
Really? His Beethoven Ninth Symphony is underpowered? Clear, yes. Detailed, certainly. Underpowered? Not to these ears. :)
Quote from: MahlerTitan on November 04, 2007, 08:51:05 AM
Those are nice, a few that i haven't heard about. But, you do need listen to the Karajans and Giulinis, and get a couple of Wand and Jochum while at it.
Karajan and Jochum are next on my 'to hear' list. ;)
Quote from: MahlerTitan on November 04, 2007, 08:40:16 AM
Que, i didn't know that you listen to Bruckner, got any recommendations for the 7th?
Yes, can you believe it? ;D
Listened to Walter's recording of the 9th a few days ago.
I returned to Bruckner several months ago after a long leave of absence, and I'm reevaluating my preferences. I can't recommend you a "definitive" choice for the 7th, no. I've always loved Haitink/RCO and greatly admired Furtwängler's BPO from '51, but the jury is still out.
So, I'll be following your quest with interest. :)
Q
Had a bit of a 'personnel change' on the player today. Added that Raff Symphony No. 5 (as linked to by Wilhelm in the 'What are you listening to?' thread ;)), and thought I'd give Alfven's Fourth Symphony another listen, along with Herreweghe's astonishingly good account of Beethoven's Ninth. :)
It sucks when you get in the mood for some classical and you don't have any on your iPod.
Beethoven: Complete String Quartets, Symphonies, Concertos, Cello Sonatas, Piano Sonatas
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, Cello Suites, Violin Sonatas/Partitas, Piano Partitas, WTC 1 and 2, Goldberg Variations
Alkan: Most of his works
Brahms: Most of his works
Mahler: All Works (i think)
Tchaikovsky: most of his works
Mendelssohn: most large scale works
Wagner: the ring cycle, tristan and isolde, parsifal
Chopin: All works
Dvorak: most works
Haydn: 15-20 symphonies
Schumann: most works
Rachmaninoff: most works
Saint-saens: all piano concertos and assorted works
Sibelius: most works
Mozart: late symphonies, concertos and quartets, most piano sonatas
Faure: All piano and chamber works
and 1-10 works by Albeniz, Alfven, Arensky, Balarikev, Barber, Bartok, Bax, Berlioz, Borodin, Bruch, Bruckner, Elgar, Falla, Franck, Gershwin, Glazunov, Glinka, Grieg, Korngold, Lalo, Liszt, Medtner, Mussorgsky. Nielsen, Paganini, Ravel, Respighi, Schubert, Scriabin, Walton, Wieniawski, Willan
The wonders of a 60 gig Ipod and that's just the classical stuff.
Quote from: Mark on November 04, 2007, 08:55:12 AM
Karajan and Jochum are next on my 'to hear' list. ;)
Concerning this, now that I've spotted this discussion:
Karajan's last Bruckner 7th, and his last recording in general, I consider one of the best Bruckner recordings I have ever heard, in every way.
However, Karajan's earlier EMI recording is also fantastic, and would be my first preference if the VPO recording didn't exist. So either of them is a top recommendation, really, from me.
Otherwise, Bruno Walter's Columbia 7th is also a
very special account of the symphony, which I would rank with the earlier Karajan,
but for the sound quality (which I know interests you greatly).
As far as
I'm concerned, it shares second place with the EMI Karajan/BPO. ;)
Celi you've listened to... Well, I could also recommend Takashi Asahina's very poetic performance with the Osaka Philharmonic, but that might be a bit tricky to get, really. ;D
Not to say Jochum's DG 7th (I haven't heard the EMI) isn't pretty good, either.
Likewise for Karajan's second 7th with the BPO, from his complete cycle on DG, or even Giulini's quirky VPO 7th (again, DG).
But it's Karajan/VPO, Karajan/BPO (EMI) - Walter/CSO (Sony), then the rest, for me. :)
Note: In case it's not already apparent enough, the 7th is my favourite among Bruckner's symphonies.
(Though not the one I have the most recordings of, as I don't even need them, mostly thanks to the above gentlemen and a few others, great conductors all of them. 0:))
Quote from: Renfield on November 08, 2007, 10:48:57 PM
Concerning this, now that I've spotted this discussion:
Karajan's last Bruckner 7th, and his last recording in general, I consider one of the best Bruckner recordings I have ever heard, in every way.
However, Karajan's earlier EMI recording is also fantastic, and would be my first preference if the VPO recording didn't exist. So either of them is a top recommendation, really, from me.
Otherwise, Bruno Walter's Columbia 7th is also a very special account of the symphony, which I would rank with the earlier Karajan, but for the sound quality (which I know interests you greatly).
As far as I'm concerned, it shares second place with the EMI Karajan/BPO. ;)
Celi you've listened to... Well, I could also recommend Takashi Asahina's very poetic performance with the Osaka Philharmonic, but that might be a bit tricky to get, really. ;D
Not to say Jochum's DG 7th (I haven't heard the EMI) isn't pretty good, either.
Likewise for Karajan's second 7th with the BPO, from his complete cycle on DG, or even Giulini's quirky VPO 7th (again, DG).
But it's Karajan/VPO, Karajan/BPO (EMI) - Walter/CSO (Sony), then the rest, for me. :)
Note: In case it's not already apparent enough, the 7th is my favourite among Bruckner's symphonies.
(Though not the one I have the most recordings of, as I don't even need them, mostly thanks to the above gentlemen and a few others, great conductors all of them. 0:))
Have your heard of Rosbaud's 7th?
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/hnum/2585523?rk=home&rsk=hitlist
Quote from: Renfield on November 08, 2007, 10:48:57 PM
I could also recommend Takashi Asahina's very poetic performance with the Osaka Philharmonic, but that might be a bit tricky to get, really. ;D
Was that the OOP Exton CD? Operashare had a ton of Asahina broadcasts in 320 bitrate mp3 (amounting to a full cycle, with multiple performances for a few syms) uploaded a few months ago which may still be active if Mark wants a link. The quality of those recordings were on such a high level that many people would've probably paid a pretty penny for them - IMO another demonstration of how great the net is for exposure to music :)
Quote from: Lethe on November 09, 2007, 07:56:35 PM
Was that the OOP Exton CD? Operashare had a ton of Asahina broadcasts in 320 bitrate mp3 (amounting to a full cycle, with multiple performances for a few syms) uploaded a few months ago which may still be active if Mark wants a link. The quality of those recordings were on such a high level that many people would've probably paid a pretty penny for them - IMO another demonstration of how great the net is for exposure to music :)
I have it from a handsomely-paid anniversary Bruckner cycle released by JVC after he died (imported from Japan). And I think (ex-)MahlerTitan had it too, if memory serves.
But from what Google tells me, it's a different recording than the Exton. Which is not very surprising, given how many of them Asahina made. :)
Quote from: Renfield on November 09, 2007, 08:22:32 PM
I have it from a handsomely-paid anniversary Bruckner cycle released by JVC after he died (imported from Japan). And I think (ex-)MahlerTitan had it too, if memory serves.
But from what Google tells me, it's a different recording than the Exton. Which is not very surprising, given how many of them Asahina made. :)
Indeedie. And being the cheap git that I am, now I have the broadcasts, I'm not going to buy any cycle by him unless I see it at a decent price :D
Quote from: Lethe on November 09, 2007, 08:32:29 PM
Indeedie. And being the cheap git that I am, now I have the broadcasts, I'm not going to buy any cycle by him unless I see it at a decent price :D
Which is indeed quite unlikely, given how you need to import it from Japan. :P
Edit: Ok. This is interesting. The recording you mentioned, along with a proverbial
motherload of Asahina recordings I
do not have, appear to have been reissued, and are now available from Amazon.co.jp; right, that needs some urgent research. :o
I recently added Keiberth's Bruckner 6th onto my Ipod. It's a wonderful performance, but for some reason it's out of print. Does anyone here have a copy of it and is willing to sell it or know where to get a copy of it?
thanks
Quote from: Lethe on November 09, 2007, 07:56:35 PM
Was that the OOP Exton CD? Operashare had a ton of Asahina broadcasts in 320 bitrate mp3 (amounting to a full cycle, with multiple performances for a few syms) uploaded a few months ago which may still be active if Mark wants a link. The quality of those recordings were on such a high level that many people would've probably paid a pretty penny for them - IMO another demonstration of how great the net is for exposure to music :)
Lethe, I don't know about Mark, but after some research I just did, a lot of these broadcasts have apparently been re-released.
So count me in for any sampling possible, as I am going to be spending said "pretty penny" to buy a few of them, but I wouldn't want to have to sell my other belongings to achieve that goal.
In other words, would you happen to have and/or be able to point me to where I can find samples from different Asahina broadcasts like the ones you mentioned above, apparently available as they are, so I can fill my Amazon.co.jp cart with the best of them? :P
Thanks in advance. :)
It's probably too spammy to post such a huge list here, I'll PM
On the classical side :
- Complete Bruckner symphonies (Jochum/Brilliant)
- Brahms 4th Kleiber
- Beethoven 9th (Karajan 63)
- Beethoven 5th (Kleiber)
- Mahler 1st (Kubelik)
- Mahler 2nd (Klemperer)
- Mahler 2nd (Boulez Live)
- Mahler 4th (Reiner)
- Mahler 5th (Tennstedt)
- Mahler 6th (Szell)
Otherwise :
Depeche Mode - Devotional Live
Status Quo - Just doin' it Live
Ozark Henry - Live
Ozark Henry - The Soft Machine
Guns & Roses - Appetite for Destruction
and a mixed bag of rock/electronica.....
that's 2Gb sorted ;D
Quote from: Lethe on November 09, 2007, 09:39:52 PM
It's probably too spammy to post such a huge list here, I'll PM
Count me in, please, on that PM. ;)
Nothing yet, but I'm working on it. I ripped quite a number of my CDs when I was in Athens last weekend; the whole lot presently occupies about 80GB of Apple Lossless files on my external hard drive. 8)
Thought I'd change some of the music on my player, seeing as I'm in London for the next three days.
I'm particularly looking forward to hearing the remainder of Vanska's BIS Sibelius symphonies cycle, and Argerich's live Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov piano concerti on Philips. Other highlights this week will include Pinnock's Brandenburg Concerti, and my first listen to Furtwangler's Beethoven Symphony No. 5. :)
Quote from: Mark on November 27, 2007, 07:29:45 AM
I'm particularly looking forward to hearing the remainder of Vanska's BIS Sibelius symphonies cycle. . . . Other highlights this week will include Pinnock's Brandenburg Concerti. . . .
I have Vanksa's Sibelius 2, 3, 5 and 6 and they are excellent. As is Pinnock's Brandenburg Concerti. Happy listening. :)