What are you listening 2 now?

[Mirror Image]

Sorry for the multiple Wand covers

Four times the pleasure of Bruckner's 4th.

[Linz]

Maybe I will delete the post and try again

[classicalgeek]

Indeed. I imagine she would've done something truly special with it. Oh well, at least, we have Anne-Sophie Mutter's fabulous account!

Exactly - the Berg is right up Hahn's proverbial alley. Maybe she'll come around to it later in her career. But of course I'm beyond grateful for Mutter's version!

Thread duty: Tennstedt's live LPO Mahler 6 on Spotify:



If nothing else, it's earth-shatteringly intense! It might be a little rough around the edges at times, and I won't comment on the sound since I'm listening to an MP3, but the spirit of the concert is captured perfectly in the recording.

[Linz]

Well that was easier than I expected Thanks

[SonicMan46]

Tárrega, Francisco (1852-1909) - Solo Guitar & Transcriptions w/ Giulio Tampalini - 4 disc set; Tampalini uses a modern guitar made by Philip Woodfield in 2010 w/ Aquila Perla strings. - Dave

Francisco de Asís Tárrega y Eixea was a Spanish composer and classical guitarist of the Romantic period. He is known for such pieces as Recuerdos de la Alhambra. He is often called "the father of classical guitar" and is considered one of the greatest guitarists of all time. (Source)

 

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Really? That's too bad - she would be amazing in the Berg Concerto! I really think she could have made one of the great recordings of the piece, especially since she championed the Schoenberg.

It doesn't necessarily mean that she doesn't want to record it.  For example, has anyone here checked to see if she has performed the piece (and how often)?  It could be more about recording deals, etc., after further thought.  Perhaps her (if she's exclusive now) label doesn't think that it would sell well?  Or they've had someone else record it recently or in the future?  Or the costs?  Lots of questions, me thinks, to which we may not find out the answers.

PD

[André]

[vandermolen]

NP:

Langgaard
Symphony No. 6 "Det Himmelrivende"
Danish NRSO
Järvi

That's my favourite Langgaard CD!

[classicalgeek]

Another 20th-century ballet (on Spotify):

Arthur Bliss
Adam Zero (complete ballet)
English Northern Philharmonia
David Lloyd-Jones



A really fascinating piece, brilliantly orchestrated. About my only hesitation is the orchestra - their strings can sound a little thin and they lack that last bit of polish to their playing. But that's a minor point.

[André]

A 1955 mono recording originally issued on the Epic label. The sound is very good mono, uncluttered and completely natural. What's really important though is the passionate advocacy orchestra and conductor bring to Schmidt's work. The intensity of the playing demands to be heard.  Viennese musicians have this music in their blood.

[Madiel]

Haydn, symphony no.76

First listen with a view to going on to numbers 77 and 78 (he wrote them as a set intended for London).



There's a pretty astonishing episode in the 2nd movement, a kind of agitated pulsing.

Also, Wikipedia has just reminded me that Robert Simpson uses a quote from this symphony in his own 4th. As soon as I read that I recognised the bit of the Haydn. Maybe I should listen to the Simpson today as well.

[foxandpeng]

Ian Krouse
Symphony #5 'A Journey Towards Peace'
Fanfare for the Heroes of the Korean War
Symphonies of Strings 1 & 2
Jong Hoon Bae
Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra
Naxos

I can't really recommend this too highly. Excellent in every way.

[André]

Outstanding performances of both works. The first movement of the Octet is positively breathtaking in its passion and energy. This normally decorous movement made me sit upright throughout. Soloists include Ehnes, Andrew Wan, Augustin Hadelich and Cynthia Phelps, all soloists of the first rank for their instrument. This is music making of a very high order.

The concerto contains high notes of jaw-dropping beauty and purity from Ehnes. Excellent clarity from the orchestra. A heartfelt and beautiful performance.

[Mirror Image]

Exactly - the Berg is right up Hahn's proverbial alley. Maybe she'll come around to it later in her career. But of course I'm beyond grateful for Mutter's version!

Thread duty: Tennstedt's live LPO Mahler 6 on Spotify:



If nothing else, it's earth-shatteringly intense! It might be a little rough around the edges at times, and I won't comment on the sound since I'm listening to an MP3, but the spirit of the concert is captured perfectly in the recording.

That's the Mahler 6th that basically made me reconsider it and look at in a completely new light. Oh and if the mp3 is a high bitrate, it should sound fine.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Mahler
Symphony No. 4 in G
Anna Lucia Richter, mezzo-soprano
Bamberger Symphoniker
Jakub Hruša

[classicalgeek]

That's the Mahler 6th that basically made me reconsider it and look at in a completely new light. Oh and if the mp3 is a high bitrate, it should sound fine.

I think Spotify is 320 kbps? I'm not sure, though.

It had moments of sheer intensity and power! Perhaps not my favorite Mahler 6, but I can definitely see its strong points.

Thread duty:

Stenhammar
String quartet no. 3
String quartet no. 4
Stenhammar Quartet



Well-crafted and pleasant chamber music with echoes of Brahms and Dvorak, but not derivative in the least. I like how Stenhammar varies the order of movements within each quartet (no. 3 begins with a slow movement, while no. 4 ends with one.)

[Karl Henning]

Another 20th-century ballet (on Spotify):

Arthur Bliss
Adam Zero (complete ballet)
English Northern Philharmonia
David Lloyd-Jones



A really fascinating piece, brilliantly orchestrated. About my only hesitation is the orchestra - their strings can sound a little thin and they lack that last bit of polish to their playing. But that's a minor point.

Interesting.

[bhodges]

Janáček: Sinfonietta (Hallé Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder, conductor, live recording, London, Proms 2011) - Tons of electricity, and some great brass work, along with everyone else.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aFTv50AoEQ

--Bruce

[Mirror Image]

I think Spotify is 320 kbps? I'm not sure, though.

It had moments of sheer intensity and power! Perhaps not my favorite Mahler 6, but I can definitely see its strong points.

Thread duty:

Stenhammar
String quartet no. 3
String quartet no. 4
Stenhammar Quartet



Well-crafted and pleasant chamber music with echoes of Brahms and Dvorak, but not derivative in the least. I like how Stenhammar varies the order of movements within each quartet (no. 3 begins with a slow movement, while no. 4 ends with one.)

Yes, I believe the premium members are able to listen with a 320 kbps bitrate whereas regular members listen at 256 kbps, which is still very good. Anything above 192 kbps is going to be good. For home listening, I've ripped most of the recordings I'm listening to at 256 kbps, but lately I've been ripping to 288 kbps AAC, which is an improvement but not a drastic one.

[JBS]

Exactly - the Berg is right up Hahn's proverbial alley. Maybe she'll come around to it later in her career. But of course I'm beyond grateful for Mutter's version!

Thread duty: Tennstedt's live LPO Mahler 6 on Spotify:



If nothing else, it's earth-shatteringly intense! It might be a little rough around the edges at times, and I won't comment on the sound since I'm listening to an MP3, but the spirit of the concert is captured perfectly in the recording.

And it's was recorded a few months after Tennstedt's studio recording for EMI, and thus different from the live recording (done in 1991) included in the current EMI Tennstedt Mahler set.  But do I really need three M6s from the same conductor?

TD

Just finished another listen to this CD. Quite well done.