What are you listening to now?

[Karl Henning]

http://www.youtube.com/v/8netMuAHFkI

[The new erato]

This great disc:

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[North Star]

Bach
Musikalisches Opfer (Musical Offering), BWV 1079
Le Concert des Nations
Savall
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[Florestan]

Rudolf Buchbinder, piano

[Karl Henning]

This great disc:

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Très cool.

[Karl Henning]

Bach
Musikalisches Opfer (Musical Offering), BWV 1079
Le Concert des Nations
Savall
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Très cool, too.

[Karl Henning]

Rudolf Buchbinder, piano

Pieces so challenging, the title seems a sarcasm . . . .

[North Star]

Très cool, too.

Yes indeed. G'day, Karl

Thread-duty
Gesualdo
Quarto Libro de Madrigali (1596)
La Venexiana
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[Florestan]

Pieces so challenging, the title seems a sarcasm . . . .

Indeed. The op. 126 series it's Beethoven at (probably) his most romantic self, pre-echoing Schumann, Liszt and even Chopin.

I listen to, and enjoy, a lot of Romantic piano music by lesser known composers; yet each time I come back to the greats, I sense from the very first notes that it is something else, that the music comes from those highest planes of art to which only very few had ascended.

TD



Christian Ferras / Pierre Barbizet

[Biffo]

Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande - WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln conducted byJukka-Pekka Saraste - passionate performance

[Karl Henning]

Schoenberg
Erste Kammersymphonie, Op.9
Ensemble InterContemporain
M. Boulez, presiding

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[aligreto]

Mahler: Symphony No. 4 [Welser-Most]....





I have always liked this version. I like it for its clarity of lines and is slightly different feel.

[aligreto]

So many fascinating, transcendent, magical, evocative, immaculate passages. My personal favorite parts are: Sunrise, On the Summit, Vision, Thunder and Tempest, Descent, Sunset, Quiet Settles and Night. This work has everything.

An absolutely wonderful work and an especially fine performance.

[Todd]

Arrau's Adagio in K282 is crazy long at 10'22".  It's just ridiculous.  The movement should not be that long.  Ever.  Yet, somehow, Arrau pulls it off.  Here's a pianist who makes Mozart a romantic.  He uses his rich tone, extends out the bass line to the point of nearly or maybe even actually breaking the line, and it works.  How does he make slow trills work so well?  How does he make outsize dynamic contrasts work so well?  He just does.  The belabored slow playing carries right on over to the minuets, and at first it sounds kind of lumbering, but then it just kind of works, though not as well as the opener.  The Allegro is a bit peppier, though still a bit slower than many competitors, but Arrau's rich tone and weighty playing keeps with the overall approach of the piece.

Arrau's whole cycle is something that I know shouldn't like because it's just so improper, but I can't help but like it - more so than his Beethoven.

[Mirror Image]

Otče náš:

[Papy Oli]

Mahler: Symphony No. 4 [Welser-Most]....





I have always liked this version. I like it for its clarity of lines and is slightly different feel.

oh I will have to revisit this one soon. I remember surprisingly enjoying its much slower feel compared to my usual favourite Reiner/Chicago. Thank you for the reminder, Aligreto.

[aligreto]

oh I will have to revisit this one soon. I remember surprisingly enjoying its much slower feel compared to my usual favourite Reiner/Chicago. Thank you for the reminder, Aligreto.

Yes, it is different as you say. I hope you enjoy it and would like to read any thoughts afterwords.

[Mirror Image]

Kammermusik No. 5:

[Karl Henning]

Schoenberg
Erste Kammersymphonie, Op.9
Staatskapelle Dresden
Sinopoli

[Karl Henning]

Kammermusik No. 5:

Cheers, John!