What are you listening 2 now?

[Mirror Image]

Nice!


I like the art work, Unexpected Visitor.

Yeah, I've got to say I'm seriously digging all of the Kitayenko performances I've heard so far. He's equally fine in Shostakovich and Prokofiev as he is in Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky. Per usual I'm surprised by my own early negative opinions and I chalk this up to simply having gained a broader understanding of not only these composers' music, but Kitayenko's own musicianship in the process.

[mahler10th]

NP:
Glazunov
String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106
Utrecht String Quartet

That cover picture is one of my favourite ever paintings.  'They did not expect him' or 'Unexpected Visitor' says so much for every character in it, the faces, their responses, it seems only the boy is delighted with the mans return, the whole thing has atmosphere, bad news, tension, and family!  Mnay stories told on a single, simple canvas...A Repin masterpiece.  I totally love it!
Meanwhile it is way past bedtime here, and I'm going out with Debussy, La Mer - Haitink.

[Mirror Image]

That cover picture is one of my favourite ever paintings.  'They did not expect him' or 'Unexpected Visitor' says so much for every character in it, the faces, their responses, it seems only the boy is delighted with the mans return, the whole thing has atmosphere, bad news, tension, and family!  Mnay stories told on a single, simple canvas...A Repin masterpiece.  I totally love it!
Meanwhile it is way past bedtime here, and I'm going out with Debussy, La Mer - Haitink.

Indeed. A beautiful painting and the music isn't half bad either.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Yeah, I've got to say I'm seriously digging all of the Kitayenko performances I've heard so far. He's equally fine in Shostakovich and Prokofiev as he is in Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky. Per usual I'm surprised by my own early negative opinions and I chalk this up to simply having gained a broader understanding of not only these composers' music, but Kitayenko's own musicianship in the process.

His Scriabin recordings were not well-received though not rejected either. Kitayenko added cymbals and chorus a little, and some people didn't  like that. I thought that the recording was enjoyable and the performance was very good.

[Mirror Image]

His Scriabin recordings were not well-received though not rejected either. Kitayenko added cymbals and chorus a little, and some people didn't  like that. I thought that the recording was enjoyable and the performance was very good.

I'll have to those Scriabin recordings out! It seems that many times performances that are unfavorable end up becoming favorites of mine. I can't really explain why this is the case.

[Karl Henning]

I'm currently listening to – and thoroughly enjoying – the Seiji Ozawa & Boson Symphony Orchestra box set:



Details at Amazon

Interesting!

[T. D.]

[JBS]

One of the used CDs I bought Sunday was this.  Listening to CD 1 atm.

Tonight it's the turn of CD 2.

[Karl Henning]

Tonight it's the turn of CD 2.

How was the Ben Franklin?

[T. D.]

Tonight it's the turn of CD 2.

I have that VoxBox, but with different cover art and the title The Early String Quartet in the U.S.A.


I think the attribution to Benjamin Franklin is questioned by some.
Weirdly, [spoiler alert] Benjamin Franklin is the theme of the Guardian's cryptic crossword posted tonight: https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28588

[JBS]

How was the Ben Franklin?

Ingenious and fortunately short so it's not wearisome.

[Karl Henning]

Ingenious and fortunately short so it's not wearisome.

Ben is famous for his good sturdy sense.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Bruckner
Symphony No. 6 in A major, WAB 106
Concertgebouw
Chailly

[Peter Power Pop]

What composer and work?

Here are the details:

https://www.discogs.com/release/14500679-Ozawa-Boston-Symphony-Orchestra-Conductors-Orchestras-

Disc 1:
Chabrier: España
Gounod: Faust, Ballet Music
Thomas: Mignon, Overture
Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne

Disc 2:
Fauré: Pelléas Et Mélisande, Après Un Rêve, Pavane, Élégie, Dolly Suite

Disc 3:
Franck: Symphony In D Minor
Poulenc: Organ Concerto

Disc 4:
Mahler: Symphony No.1 In D Major (With "Blumine" Movement)

Disc 5:
Prokofiev: Romeo And Juliet (Highlights From The Ballet)

Disc 6:
Respighi: Pini Di Roma, Feste Romane, Fontane Di Roma

Disc 7:
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Bartók: Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta

Disc 8:
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 2, Violin Concerto In A Minor After Schumann's Cello Concerto

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ClassicsToday.com's David Hurwitz reviewed the set in 2020, which is where I first heard about it:

https://youtu.be/hQ0GUETonZI

[Mirror Image]

Here are the details:

https://www.discogs.com/release/14500679-Ozawa-Boston-Symphony-Orchestra-Conductors-Orchestras-

Disc 1:
Chabrier: España / Gounod: Faust, Ballet Music / Thomas: Mignon, Overture / Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne

Disc 2:
Fauré: Pelléas Et Mélisande, Après Un Rêve, Pavane, Élégie, Dolly Suite

Disc 3:
Franck: Symphony In D Minor / Poulenc: Organ Concerto

Disc 4:
Mahler: Symphony No.1 In D Major (With "Blumine" Movement)

Disc 5:
Prokofiev: Romeo And Juliet (Highlights From The Ballet)

Disc 6:
Respighi: Pini Di Roma, Feste Romane, Fontane Di Roma

Disc 7:
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Bartók: Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta

Disc 8:
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No.2, Violin Concerto In A Minor After Schumann's Cello Concerto

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ClassicsToday.com's David Hurwitz reviewed the set in 2020, which is where I first heard about it:

https://youtu.be/hQ0GUETonZI

[Peter Power Pop]

Very nice, but what did you listen to?

I had just started listening to the Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet (Disc 5) when I posted my message.

I already had the original 2-disc set of the Boston/Ozawa Romeo and Juliet, so hearing it in the 8-disc set was like revisiting on old friend.

[Karl Henning]

Here are the details:

https://www.discogs.com/release/14500679-Ozawa-Boston-Symphony-Orchestra-Conductors-Orchestras-

Disc 1:
Chabrier: España
Gounod: Faust, Ballet Music
Thomas: Mignon, Overture
Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne

Disc 2:
Fauré: Pelléas Et Mélisande, Après Un Rêve, Pavane, Élégie, Dolly Suite

Disc 3:
Franck: Symphony In D Minor
Poulenc: Organ Concerto

Disc 4:
Mahler: Symphony No.1 In D Major (With "Blumine" Movement)

Disc 5:
Prokofiev: Romeo And Juliet (Highlights From The Ballet)

Disc 6:
Respighi: Pini Di Roma, Feste Romane, Fontane Di Roma

Disc 7:
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Bartók: Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta

Disc 8:
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 2, Violin Concerto In A Minor After Schumann's Cello Concerto

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ClassicsToday.com's David Hurwitz reviewed the set in 2020, which is where I first heard about it:

https://youtu.be/hQ0GUETonZI

I take it that Herb-wits was positive.

[Peter Power Pop]

I take it that Herb-wits was positive.

He certainly was.

Seiji Ozawa is one of my favourite conductors, but I don't have many of his recordings*, so getting the set was a no-brainer for me.


(*I have Ozawa's Ravel, Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Holst's The Planets, and Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances. Thankfully, none of those appear on the 8-disc set.)

[Karl Henning]

He certainly was.

Seiji Ozawa is one of my favourite conductors, but I don't have many of his recordings*, so getting the set was a no-brainer for me.


(*I have Ozawa's Ravel, Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Holst's The Planets, and Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances. Thankfully, none of those appear on the 8-disc set.)

I'm a great fan of the Ozawa/BSO Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet, so your post piqued my interest and I've sprung for the mp3 album. Thanks!

[Peter Power Pop]

I'm a great fan of the Ozawa/BSO Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet, so your post piqued my interest and I've sprung for the mp3 album. Thanks!

No sweat. Hopefully, those MP3s will be 320 kbps. With the Ozawa/Boston recordings, you want the best quality you can get.