What are you listening 2 now?

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Shostakovich
Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
Philadelphia Orchestra
Jansons



Karl mentioned liking this performance earlier and it is very good, indeed. I've always liked Mariss Jansons' conducting. In fact, he's one of the rarer occasions where I bought a box set that is dedicated to a conductor and not a specific composer. I bought this box set several years ago:



I own several of these RCO box sets and, honestly, I haven't heard much from any of them. Another case of "too much music, not enough time".

[classicalgeek]

Finishing up the work day with still more Karajan:

Alban Berg
3 Orchesterstücke, op. 6
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan



This stuff is right in Karajan's wheelhouse - he has the Berlin Phil at the top of its game!

[mahler10th]

Pommer - Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

I have three recorded Cantus Arcticus by Rautavaara:  Lintu with the RSNO, Segerstam with HPO and Pommer with the Leipzig RSO.  The worst of all is Segerstam, no finesse to it, clunky, and poorly mixed with the bird sounds which end up frizzing like bad radio frequencies towards the end when the Swans are flying away.  Lintu is much better, smoother, but still some energy in the playing that could be softened out a bit, although acoustically very good indeed.  Wonderful and worth many repeated listenings is the Pommer version, recorded in December 1989 (earlier than the other two), which is beautifully rendered, well discovered and extremely evocative.  So there.    0:)

[JBS]

Metacosmos by the Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir....wow!  You can watch the complete performance here:

https://www.annathorvalds.com/audio

Really enjoyed the excerpt that I heard earlier of her work entitled Aiōn.  Excerpt is also available on her website (see above).  Can't find a complete recording of it though.  It's been performed but I don't know whether or not anyone has released it?

PD

Metacosmos is the first track of this CD which, spurred by yesterday's talk, I played this evening.


It's not unpleasant, and has, to borrow a Sherlockian phrase, features of interest, but nothing made me want to hear it again. Which was my reaction the previous times I have listened to this CD. The three other works on the CD were no better.

[vers la flamme]

Malcolm Arnold: The Bridge on the River Kwai Suite; Whistle Down the Wind Suite; The Sound Barrier, op.38; Hobson's Choice Suite. Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra

What a composer. Hooked on Arnold's music this past week and a half or so.

[JBS]

After the jaunt to Iceland, two contrasting CDs from this set

Schönberg
String Quartet #1 in d minor Op. 7
Mozart
String Quartets 20 in D K 499 [Hoffmeister] and 21 in D K 575

[Karl Henning]

After the jaunt to Iceland, two contrasting CDs from this set

Schönberg
String Quartet #1 in d minor Op. 7
Mozart
String Quartets 20 in D K 499 [Hoffmeister] and 21 in D K 575

Sweet!

[Madiel]

I guess I'm old school in that I prefer having physical copies of music that I'm interested in and want in my collection. If you don't want Glass in your collection that's your own prerogative. I felt that I needed some of his music represented in my collection. I even have other Minimalists like Reich and Riley in my collection and I'm not a great fan of either of these composers, but the music is there when I want to listen to it. The most important point I want to make here is that I value ownership over a digital download or streaming online.

Well I value ownership too, is my point. But I value ownership of things I know I want. Whereas your approach seems to be to purchase things and then work out whether you actually have any ongoing use for them.

If you want to, fine. Go ahead. But please stop talking as if I somehow don't value ownership or don't prefer having physical copies. If you've paid any attention over the years you'd know that I value those things just as much as you do. The difference is that I don't whip out my wallet to buy a CD until after I've actually made a decision that the purchase is going to have long-term value. I didn't buy 12 different versions of Shostakovich's op.87 to figure out which ones I liked. I bought the 2 I really responded to, the ones I'm going to want to listen to over and over.

I also used to borrow books from libraries rather than buying every single thing I'm interested in reading. And my city library now provides access to electronic resources, including the Naxos classical library. You're basically mounting an argument that you can't possibly use a communal library, everything has to be in your personal library. Which undoubtedly is going to give you a larger personal library, but also one that is not good value for your money.

[Madiel]

When Haydn wrote op.54, he also wrote op.55. We can blame the publishers for splitting them up.

[Mirror Image]

Well I value ownership too, is my point. But I value ownership of things I know I want. Whereas your approach seems to be to purchase things and then work out whether you actually have any ongoing use for them.

If you want to, fine. Go ahead. But please stop talking as if I somehow don't value ownership or don't prefer having physical copies. If you've paid any attention over the years you'd know that I value those things just as much as you do. The difference is that I don't whip out my wallet to buy a CD until after I've actually made a decision that the purchase is going to have long-term value. I didn't buy 12 different versions of Shostakovich's op.87 to figure out which ones I liked. I bought the 2 I really responded to, the ones I'm going to want to listen to over and over.

I also used to borrow books from libraries rather than buying every single thing I'm interested in reading. And my city library now provides access to electronic resources, including the Naxos classical library. You're basically mounting an argument that you can't possibly use a communal library, everything has to be in your personal library. Which undoubtedly is going to give you a larger personal library, but also one that is not good value for your money.

Well, there's one thing that is certain: none of our earthly possessions are coming with us when we're dead. I do what I want and you'll do what you want, so there isn't any need to go any further with any of this.

[Mirror Image]

One of the great advantages to owning a large classical music collection is I can pull out a recording like this one:



Of which, I'm currently enjoying.

[Madiel]

Well, there's one thing that is certain: none of our earthly possessions are coming with us when we're dead. I do what I want and you'll do what you want, so there isn't any need to go any further with any of this.

Not a great dismount.

[Mirror Image]

Not a great dismount.

Maybe not, but it's the truth.

[Madiel]

Maybe not, but it's the truth.

It would have been preferable if you'd actually acknowledged that you've confused me with those GMG'ers who no longer purchase CDs. Your whole argument was directed at that, which was not even what I was talking about.

See you. I'm off to keep listening to the Haydn CDs I bought.

[Mirror Image]

It would have been preferable if you'd actually acknowledged that you've confused me with those GMG'ers who no longer purchase CDs. Your whole argument was directed at that, which was not even what I was talking about.

See you. I'm off to keep listening to the Haydn CDs I bought.

I acknowledge that there was no need for you to respond to my initial post about Glass in the first place. Your response to my post came across negatively to me as if you're somehow smarter than I am because you've "saved your money" and it's a curious comment especially after I said I'm going to keep trying with his music. So, no, I didn't waste my money and I'm glad to have his music in my collection.

[Mirror Image]

One last work before retiring for the night:

Koechlin
Vers la Voûte étoilée, Op. 129
Stuttgart RSO
Holliger



Beautifully cosmic.

[classicalgeek]

One last work before retiring for the night:

Koechlin
Vers la Voûte étoilée, Op. 129
Stuttgart RSO
Holliger



Beautifully cosmic.

My favorite Koechlin work at this moment in time. Sublime!

[Que]

Morning listening, newly in:



A new recording of music by Jean Mouton,  here accompanied by plainchant, is not an every day occurrence. A happy occasion and a wonderful performance, save for the occasional overbearing presence of the countertenor.  @Harry: might be a deal breaker for you...

Yes I agree, it's very good, Pierre de la Rue is very good!

Together with the Beauty Farm set the De la Rue discography has gotten a nice boost. 

[Traverso]

Music for Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain

In my opinion a classic...

[Harry]

Morning listening, newly in:



A new recording of music by Jean Mouton,  here accompanied by plainchant, is not an every day occurrence. A happy occasion and a wonderful performance, save for the occasional overbearing presence of the countertenor.  @Harry: might be a deal breaker for you...

What a shame, I love the music by Mouton, and there are little enough recordings as it is. But I am rather allergic to overbearing counter tenors, that's true.