What are you listening to now?

[Florestan]

They were both seriously good. And the semifinal between Halep and Kerber was probably even more amazing than the final. The sheer determination involved is awe-inspiring.

Unfortunately I missed that one, but judging from fragments I've seen and commentaries I've heard / read it was probably the best match of this AO. You're right, both Halep and Wozniacki are amazing.

[Spineur]

Boris Christoff in Boris Godunov from the EMI icon box

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[Madiel]

I want this box too (because it's the companion to the one I recently bought) - good?.

Yes. If you ask me, this is the set of symphonies to get. I like the light and shade in it and chose it after sampling several sets online. If you ask some other people you'll get the same answer. If you ask still others, though, you'll hear grumbles about these recordings not being as high energy as some.

The fourth CD, of orchestral pieces conducted by Dausgaard, is universally praised as far as I can tell.

You also get DVD versions of the symphonies which I really haven't done anything with yet.

[amw]

(Definitely don't ask me about the Nielsen symphonies because you'll get some inaudible mumbling about the live Kondrashin/Concertgebouw No.5 on Philips, and Bernstein's No.3 but not any of his others, and how only Menuhin/RLPO gets the tempo relations right in No.4 and so on

But yes it's a good box, get it)

[The One]

[SurprisedByBeauty]

Nielsen
I want this box too (because it's the companion to the one I recently bought) - good?.

Very much above-average for any such box for a start on Nielsen!

Although I must say that I am still crazy-fond of the first Nielsen Symphonies recorded by Ole Schmidt [avail. on this excellent inexpensive box on Alto!]

I'm not generally one who hangs around nostalgically among early recordings and wail on how great they are and how they've not been bettered... And indeed I've come to Schmidt's Nielsen very late. But they opened my ears to the works in a way no one else has done. Not even Alan Gilbert's set, which I do like a lot. (Thick, romantic Nielsen... bit like Colin Davis' Boston Sibelius -- which, on the other hand, I don't like...)

TD:


#morninglistening to @BrightSheng1 on @NaxosRecords w/@ShanghaiQuartet & #PeterSerkin

http://a-fwd.to/5MQhnMy

Includes "Songs for Piano" 1 & 2, #StringQuartet No.5 and the #violinsonata of the misleadingly titled CD' name: A night at the Chinese Opera...

[The new erato]

In another thread you claimed that performance is a science. Now you make it dependent on the right feeling.

What's more interesting is that he never defines what science says, of where the performers went wrong. I tend to trust performers with far more knowledge than anybody on this board, and in the end it's not important, since what's important is what you like. Making one's own preferences into science, or "correct", seems in the pretty immature to me. I might have been like that 40 years ago myself. But let's not feed the troll.

[The One]

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[Mirror Image]

I want this box too (because it's the companion to the one I recently bought) - good?.

You didn't ask me, but I say no to that set. Schønwandt isn't a bad conductor, but I just feel he lacks the energy that's necessary to pull off these symphonies. There are plenty of people who do love Schønwandt's cycle and more power to them, but, for me, they don't stand up well against the likes of Blomstedt, Bernstein, Chung, Gilbert, or Oramo. I will say that the Dausgaard disc of assorted orchestral works is great, but this can be bought separately of course. I suppose I could be called one of the GMG's Nielsenites and I've been enthusiastically and passionately listening to his music since I first got into classical eight years ago.

[Todd]

[aligreto]

Lamb: The Children of Lir....





A favourite of mine.

[aligreto]

also on the program:  Juliet Palmer Secret Arnold and R. Strauss Oboe Concerto in D Major*
There will be over 100 players on stage for the Berlioz, it will be a great sound.  I remember a performance several  years ago that had only one harp. Several members of the youth group have become professionals a short time after graduation so there won't be any easy re-writing for them.

I know and like the  R. Strauss Oboe Concerto and I have heard this beguiling work performed live once.
Looks like a good programme and performance in store for you.

[Gurn Blanston]

In another thread you claimed that performance is a science. Now you make it dependent on the right feeling.

It's both to me. And while I couldn't explain the difference in a typewritten paragraph, I can hear and feel it. I haven't listened to the disk in question, so I don't know how it speaks to me.

What's more interesting is that he never defines what science says, of where the performers went wrong. I tend to trust performers with far more knowledge than anybody on this board, and in the end it's not important, since what's important is what you like. Making one's own preferences into science, or "correct", seems in the pretty immature to me. I might have been like that 40 years ago myself. But let's not feed the troll.

So do I, in most cases. Chances are when we diverge in our appreciation, it is because our expectations differed. Better than interjecting ones own expectations is trying to apply some thought to what the original listeners might have been expecting.  The research and contemplation into that question repays itself many times over.

[HIPster]

Finally my man, Francois!

[HIPster]

Looks interesting - how is it? 

Q

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I feel it's a wonderful recording, Que. 

I like the group Discantus quite a lot.

[GioCar]

In my house in the Alps, listening to



Pure bliss

[Que]

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I feel it's a wonderful recording, Que. 

I like the group Discantus quite a lot.

Thanks! 

Q

[The One]

It's both to me. And while I couldn't explain the difference in a typewritten paragraph, I can hear and feel it. I haven't listened to the disk in question, so I don't know how it speaks to me.

So do I, in most cases. Chances are when we diverge in our appreciation, it is because our expectations differed. Better than interjecting ones own expectations is trying to apply some thought to what the original listeners might have been expecting.  The research and contemplation into that question repays itself many times over.

Ergo, my immaturity

My young age and narrow-headedness were both detected and diagnosed here, in this very short period I've been posting, before,  so there really is no need to "feed" me...or, I follow this board for a while now and might be aware of who is who or what, just ignore me as I'm ignoring a few. No need for unrest in unknown domains.  0:) 

[Baron Scarpia]

Hey Gordo - sounds like a wonderful recording just in my 'musical sphere'!    Amazon USA has only a MP3 DL for $10 USD - CD available across the pond but not ready to put together a package - of course, my main concern in purchasing digital options is the absence of the liner notes - I'm sure w/ this release, the notes are of interest and instructive - will I miss much w/o the notes?  About to check to see if H. Mundi might offer their notes online (like Hyperion) - thanks for the posting.  Dave


This is one of the hyped recordings of 2017. But I don't "think" it's a good Telemann disc 

In any case, I listened to some of the samples and was attracted to the gruff playing of the natural horns. It's in my shopping cart for further consideration.

[aligreto]

Brahms: Trio for Horn [Bloom/Tree/Serkin]....





For me, Brahms and the Horn are synonymous. The horn is the first instrument that I think of in relation to Brahms. I feel that he wrote very well for the instrument. The Trio for Horn is a wonderful work albeit the Horn is not the primary voice. It is captivating and compelling listening and I find that the mood is, overall, somewhat forlorn and poignant, although oftentimes ebullient, but the character of the work is consistently lyrical throughout.