What are you listening 2 now?

[Bachtoven]

Wow, what a masterful player. (And quite a teacher--he was one of Daniil Trifonov's teachers.)

[JBS]

Tonight's program.
The Mahler was a first listen; the others repeat listens.

[Mapman]

Beethoven: Symphony #3
Harnoncourt: COE

Beethoven's Eroica is his symphony that has taken me the longest to appreciate. I'm almost there. (Just the second movement and the slow section in the finale feel slightly long.) I have mixed feelings about this recording. The woodwind solos (and most quiet passages) are beautiful, but the loud tuttis sound a bit harsh. I think this is mostly due to the brass. The playing could be a bit more precise, too. I think the 2nd movement was most successful (probably partly due to its generally quiet nature), but the melodies in the cello part were sometimes buried.

[Que]

Morning listening:

[Que]

Yet another recording from this set:

 

Revisiting this set of 12 discs with Spanish music from the Renaissance and Baroque, featuring José Miguel Moreno as a solist, accompanist or director has turned out to be a true feast. After I bought it, I went through it pretty quickly. During this 2nd run, listening to one recording  every (other) week or so, almost every recording proves to be a highlight.

[Que]

Beethoven: Symphony #3
Harnoncourt: COE

Beethoven's Eroica is his symphony that has taken me the longest to appreciate. I'm almost there. (Just the second movement and the slow section in the finale feel slightly long.) I have mixed feelings about this recording. The woodwind solos (and most quiet passages) are beautiful, but the loud tuttis sound a bit harsh. I think this is mostly due to the brass. The playing could be a bit more precise, too. I think the 2nd movement was most successful (probably partly due to its generally quiet nature), but the melodies in the cello part were sometimes buried.

Interesting! 
The Eroïca was actually the first  (Van) Beethoven symphony that clicked with me. It was in the 1st (Philips) recording by Frans Brüggen, which is still a favourite. Another favourite is Klemperer's 1956 mono recording.

[Florestan]

[vers la flamme]

Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold. Christoph von Dohnányi, Cleveland Orchestra, singers delineated on cover

[Florestan]

The whole Op. 20

[Lisztianwagner]

Arnold Schönberg
Piano Concerto

Emanuel Ax (piano)
Esa-Pekka Salonen & Philharmonia Orchestra

[Mandryka]

Tetzlaff, Tetzlaff, Dörken. St Lukes Old Street. Dvorak and Beethoven trios. Being recorded for later broadcast. Brought here kicking and screaming by a friend. I mean, it's early Dvorak followed by my least favourite composer. And I've never been to a good concert here, I think the place is jinxed.

150 max. Youngish I'd say. Here goes.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Wow, what a masterful player. (And quite a teacher--he was one of Daniil Trifonov's teachers.)

I don't know that particular record, but the Connoisseur recordings were normally excellent!  Wonderful performances/music/sound. 

PD

[Todd]

Disc one.

[Spotted Horses]

The Overture on this DUX release is also great, boisterous music in a spirited performance.



Saw mention of this release from DavidW. Didn't have time for anything but the short piece, Supplica, for string orchestra and brass.



Somber music with shifting, sometimes dissonant harmonies.

[Florestan]

The whole Op. 20

I think I prefer this version to the Kodaly's, it's warmer and more involved; the latter are cooler and more aloof.

[SonicMan46]

Continuing this morning with the long-lived (85 years) German Romantic composer, conductor, pianist and teacher:

Reinecke, Carl (1824-1910) - Piano Trios & String Quartets w/ the performers on the cover art; both 2-CD sets.  Dave

 

[Bachtoven]

I don't know that particular record, but the Connoisseur recordings were normally excellent!  Wonderful performances/music/sound. 

PD

It's no exception!

[DavidW]

Tchaikovsky's 6th and Bach's Funeral Ode (bwv 198)

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Janacek:  Jealousy (the original overture to Jenufa) followed by the overture to the Cunning Little Vixen with Charles M. from one of the boxsets "Life with Czech Music".

He's hard to beat in that repertoire! 

PD

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Followed by the overture to Sarka then Taras Bulba (which I always find to be very powerful and poignant).

PD