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[toledobass]

Great piece. Which recording do you have?

The Ligeti edition vol 7. How bout you?

Allan

[not edward]

The Ligeti edition vol 7. How bout you?

Allan

Same here. I'd like to hear alternatives (only heard that one and a rather less impressive live performance by Psappha back in 2001).

[ChamberNut]

Listening to this for the first time:

Smetana - String Quartet No. 1 in E minor "From my Life"

Moyzses Quartet
Naxos on-line

One of the funnest chamber works I've ever heard!  Loved it! 

[not edward]

BOOM!

[Haffner]

You are in a Karajan mood today my friend, first Bruckner, and than this fabulous Mahler.

I haven't heard a Mahler 9th to beat that one, and I've heard several by now.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

BOOM!

Know it. Love it.

[Mark]

Listening to this for the first time:

Smetana - String Quartet No. 1 in E minor "From my Life"

Moyzses Quartet
Naxos on-line

One of the funnest chamber works I've ever heard!  Loved it! 

I envy you, discovering that work (and that electric performance, too) for the first time. Smetana's String Quartets - along with Borodin's - were the ones which first converted me to the musical form. Prior to being shocked to life by the CD you mention, I had no love at all for string quartets.

[bhodges]

Kagel: Der Schall (1968) - For five players, using an array of 54 instruments including things like whistles, conch shells, kazoos, horns, etc.  (Oh, and how could I forget the door buzzer and the telephone.  )  At age 16 or so, I bought the LP of this piece, which is now long out of print, so it's bringing back some nice memories.  Not for those moments when "only Mozart will do," but an entertaining experience nevertheless.  It's on UbuWeb (an incredible site), and you can listen to as much or as little as you like (i.e., to test it out) here.

--Bruce

[rubio]

Some lovely Bach for Easter . I think Herreweghe is my favourite Bach conductor.

[Haffner]

Very much enjoying J. Haydn's Piano Sonatas (the Naxos set (Vol.6) with Jando playing).

Harry had (unbeknowst to him  ?) sent me a very cool clipping of a review of these particular performances with the cds.

The reviewer had mentioned there wasn't alot of "straying" from the score in terms of intensity, virtuosity, etc. He had a disappointed air. However, I wonder whether the same reviewer would have been first to complain had these performances been of the Glenn Gould ilk!

[BachQ]

Brahms - Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 17 (Piano Concerto # 1 in D minor, Op. 15)

Nummy

[toledobass]

This came in today:



About to spin it.

Allan

[Lilas Pastia]

Schubert: symphony no 3. BPO, Karajan (EMI). Big and hugely satisfying, but certainly not the last word on the subject.

[BorisG]

Boris, would you mind checking the recording dates on that one for me? 

Waltzes and Mazurka, Jul. 3 - 12, 1950
Barcarolle, Apr. 21, 1948
Nocturne, Feb. 20, 1947

[not edward]

A couple of downloads of 21st century works:

Kancheli's Broken Chance, a concerto for violin, oboe and orchestra. It sounds like typical late Kancheli, but it's better than average, I'd say--the tension holds up better than in many of his recent works. It's not a patch on Lament or the mature symphonies, though.

Penderecki's 8th symphony (in the revised, extended version) still impresses me as one of his best orchestral works. It's a bit more stylistically varied and less predictable than much of his neo-romantic work, and definitely deserves a few listens, though I think it's good rather than great.

[toledobass]

Maya Beiser/cello and Christopher Oldflower/piano playing Galina Ustvolskaya's Grand Duet for cello and piano.

Allan

[Brian]

Tonight's late-night listening:

BEETHOVEN | Symphony No 1
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vanska

BEETHOVEN | Symphony No 2 - arr. Liszt for solo piano
Konstantin Scherbakov, piano

BEETHOVEN | Symphony No 3
Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan, 1962

BEETHOVEN | Symphony No 4
Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

Four very different symphonies - played in four very different ways!

[Harry]

Johann Mattheson.
"Der Brauchbare Virtuoso".
12 Sonatas, opus 7.
CD 2 Sonatas 7-12.
Trio Corelli, on period instruments.
NCA recording 2002-2003.

This is fine music well defined and written, with melodies that capture your imagination and spurrs your fantasy into soothing realms.
Well recorded and performed.

[Harry]

Carlo Gesualdo.
Madrigali Libro I.
Concerto delle Dame di Ferrara, Sergio Vartolo.

Third time in two days I played this one, so it means that IMO this is good, very good indeed.

[Harry]

Antonio Vivaldi.
Concerti da Camera.
RV 105/86/101/107/103/98.
Il Giardino Armonico.
Nuova Era recording 1988, Licensed by Brilliant.


I must say very well done in all departments. How pleasant this music is.