What are you listening 2 now?

[Spotted Horses]

Found that this mp3 album is 9 clams at Amazon.

Same price on presto, but presto also offers lossless (flac, etc) for 11 bucks and change.

 

No!  Don't go for mp3 of this!

K

Testify!
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[Irons]

Copland: Appalachian Spring.

Complete Ballet for 13 instruments.



Perhaps missing lushness of a full orchestra in the opening of the Suite but the pared down Appalachian Spring of the full ballet is growing on me. Columbia/CBS do not have a reputation for good sound. However, this is an exception with first class sonics.

[Mandryka]

Murraro Liszt Années II. Nuanced. Detailed. Subtle. Sensual. Thoughtful. Beautiful sound from the piano - a real feast for the ears. Frenchified maybe. This is defo something people who enjoy piano should try.

I want to say this bit of nonsense: Murraro stands to Années as Uchida stands to the Diabelli Vars.

(Just noticed the Angelus in Bk 3 is on a little organ - it certainly is hard to make that one work on a piano I think.)

By the way, @ritter, I forgot to ask if you and your friends/family are OK - and have been spared the floods in Valencia.

[vandermolen]

Godfried Devreese: 'In Memoriam' - memorable and moving:

[Mookalafalas]

Op. 35

An ultra-Romantic take, uncompromising and aggressive, extreme tempo and dynamic contrasts, bordering on bipolar --- more Liszt than Chopin. Recorded as if the mics were all placed inside the piano, which greatly enhances the punch. Certainly not for the faints of heart. valid for anyone else, of course.

  How can I not track it down after reading this?

TD

  yeah, baby!  Rough and tumble HIPsters. They dive right in and splash around and have fun--with LvB sonatas. Old schoolers are probably rolling in their graves. I'm sipping strong whiskey, and also blasting some new monitor speakers, so I may not be the most impartial judge, but I'm really enjoying this approach.

[Cato]

From The Worst First topic, two which are definitely not candidates!

Here is the greatest performance which I have ever heard of the Rachmaninoff Symphony #1: Vladimir Ashkenazy and The Concertgebouw Orchestra.

And a quite different experience from the visit to the young Rachmaninoff: the First Symphony of Elliott Carter.

[Christo]

Ståle Kleiberg time! First two symphonies and his Mass for Modern Man (2015):

[Traverso]

  With this beautiful recording I am once again following in someone else's footsteps.

 

[ritter]

...
By the way, @ritter, I forgot to ask if you and your friends/family are OK - and have been spared the floods in Valencia.

Thanks for you concern, Mandryka. Fortunately, Madrid has not been affected, and the friends I have in the Valencia area have not suffered any material or personal loss.

But this is a great calamity. The "cold drop" was very sudden and aggressive, and more than 400 litres per square metre of rain fell in less than 24 hours in some towns. The number of dead is above 100 now, and the scale of destruction is tremendous. Now it seems to be moving northward, and people in the province of Castellón are terrified with what might happen.

Thanks again for asking!

[vandermolen]

Ståle Kleiberg time! First two symphonies and his Mass for Modern Man (2015):

He's a fine composer. I had a nice email exchange with him and he, very kindly, sent me some CDs featuring his music!

TD
Bax: The Tale the Pine Trees Knew - Ulster Orch. Thomson

[Traverso]

Debussy

Momo Kodama

[hopefullytrusting]

Zimmer's The Lion King (live)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-mQIRCUs0tc

I'm blubbering like a fool.

[Todd]

Disc eight.

[Kalevala]

He's a fine composer. I had a nice email exchange with him and he, very kindly, sent me some CDs featuring his music!

TD
Bax: The Tale the Pine Trees Knew - Ulster Orch. Thomson

Oh, sweet (re:  Stale Kleiberg)!  Which works of his did you like?  I haven't heard of him before now.  And @Christo too.

Haven't heard The Tale the Pine Trees Knew.  I do really like the title though.   

K

[Florestan]

Thanks for you concern, Mandryka. Fortunately, Madrid has not been affected, and the friends I have in the Valencia area have not suffered any material or personal loss.

But this is a great calamity. The "cold drop" was very sudden and aggressive, and more than 400 litres per square metre of rain fell in less than 24 hours in some towns. The number of dead is above 100 now, and the scale of destruction is tremendous. Now it seems to be moving northward, and people in the province of Castellón are terrified with what might happen.

My wife's cousin lives and works in Valencia. Fortunately, he wasn't affected either by this tragedy.

[vandermolen]

Oh, sweet (re:  Stale Kleiberg)!  Which works of his did you like?  I haven't heard of him before now.  And @Christo too.

Haven't heard The Tale the Pine Trees Knew.  I do really like the title though.   

K

I especially like Symphony No.1 'The Bell Reef' the last part of which, as far as I recall, relates to a sunken ship whole bell still sounds. I think that you would enjoy it.

[Harry]

Dr Arne at Vauxhall Gardens.
Vauxhall Songs & Cantatas.
The Parley of Instruments, Roy Goodman.
Emma Kirkby, Soprano.
Richard Morton, Tenor.
Recorded: 1987, Venue unknown.

There is some delightful music here beautifully sung by the fabulous Emma Kirkby, and Richard Morton is no punishment either. Thomas Arne was a real tunesmith, so much is clear. The music is tasteful and elegant. This was the music for the happiness of people, so accordingly this is also my feeling, it makes me feel happy. I find great worth in all the recordings from that time, and will continue digging up more of these delightful Bonbons. Excellent sound!

[Kalevala]

I especially like Symphony No.1 'The Bell Reef' the last part of which, as far as I recall, relates to a sunken ship whole bell still sounds. I think that you would enjoy it.

I found it on youtube (and without having to do a lot of "digging"!).  Pretty opening...

K

[AnotherSpin]

After refreshing my memory with Böhm's marvelous rendition of Brahms' First with the Vienna Philharmonic, I listened to another version by the same conductor, this time with the Berliners. Much has been said about comparing these two outstanding orchestras, so there's no need to add. In this particular case, I also can't decide which version is better — both are perfect.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Alexander Yossifov violin concerto. Stoika Milanova, Vassil Kazandjiev/Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra.