What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Harry]

Michael Haydn.

Divertimento in C major, for Violin, Cello, and B.C. P 99.
Variations in C major for Piano. P 132.
Divertimento in E flat major for Violin, Cello, & Double Bass.
Divertimento in D major for 2 Violins, Viola, B.C.. P 93.

Salzburger Hofmusik, Wolfgang Brunner. ( On Period instruments)

Delightful Divertimenti, mostly ignored by recordings, although they have enough quality to warrant more attention. They are nicely scored for strings, especially for Cello, and double Bass, they give a firm lilt to the music, and emits therefore a warmth that is most uplifting.Well recorded, and excellently played, they are a worthwhile addition to my collection. The cover art made by Dieter van Slooten, called Carree 53, is in my eyes highly inappropriate, dark and devilish.

[Keemun]

Martinu - Symphony No. 4 (Turnovsky/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra)

[MN Dave]

[Subotnick]

Didn't make it through to the 4th earlier. Just started listening to the 2nd and damn fine it is too! 

TTFN.
Me.

[not edward]

The Shostakovich 4 thread reminded me to give Popov 1 a spin.

[Harry]

Didn't make it through to the 4th earlier. Just started listening to the 2nd and damn fine it is too! 

TTFN.
Me.

Told you so my friend. And mind, the slow movement of the fourth is very slow, but still Solti, keeps it together.
And what do you think of the Academic Overture, especially the brass, at the end?

[Harry]

The Shostakovich 4 thread reminded me to give Popov 1 a spin.

Yes, I saw that before, and told myself to buy it, still I forgot.
Wrote it down, and lets see if its still available.

[Subotnick]

Told you so my friend. And mind, the slow movement of the fourth is very slow, but still Solti, keeps it together.
And what do you think of the Academic Overture, especially the brass, at the end?

I'll let you know when I get to it.

TTFN.
Me.

[Brian]

STRAUSS | Metamorphosen
Staatskapelle Weimar, Antoni Wit

The follow-up to their acclaimed Eine Alpensinfonie, this disc (with Sinfonia domestica) is due for commercial release sometime this winter.

[Kullervo]

I just finished a compare/contrast on Debussy and Sibelius (not worth posting here ), which put me in the mood for this:



En Blanc et Noir is probably my favorite Debussy piece.

[Moldyoldie]

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3;  Symphony No. 1 "Classical Symphony"
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, cond.
PHILIPS
I just wanted to hear an alternative No. 3 to the one in the Gergiev set I have;  I've read good things about this one.

[ragman1970]

[SonicMan46]

Cello Concertos, 18th Century - CPE Bach, Luigi Boccherini, Leonardo Leo, & Joseph Haydn - 7-CD Brilliant Box Set - don't know if I really needed this offering (already have most of the works on other discs; the exception is Leo) - thus, I decided to start w/ Leonardo Leo (1694-1744), late Baroque (and mainly an opera/vocal composer from Naples) - his cello works (on 2 discs) are melodic & delightful w/ long flowing string writing - Julius Berger does a great job on the instrument - have a lot of listening & comparisons w/ the others, though - MusicWeb has an outstanding review & the price is another 'brilliant' give-away!

P.S. Little disappointed w/ the liner notes (mentioned in the review) - the CPE notes describe his Symphonies!; plus, some of the numbers are off (corrected in the review); the discussion of Boccherini is general w/ little said about the cello recordings; some improvement in the other composers, but don't let this dissuade a purchase if interested in these works & the 18th century cello - 

Well, quoting myself above, but just returning from a short trip - had not listened to this entire box of Cello Concertos - currently finishing off the 3 discs of Boccherini works - this is yet another marvelous & inexpensive Brilliant set - if interested, check out the link above for listings & comments - will not disappoint fans of orchestral cello on period instruments from this classical transitional period! 

[Drasko]

[ChamberNut]

Boccherini

Quintets for 2 violins, viola and 2 cellos, Op. 20 (No. 4, 5, 6)

La Magnifica Comunita
Brilliant Classics

[Bonehelm]

Didn't make it through to the 4th earlier. Just started listening to the 2nd and damn fine it is too! 

TTFN.
Me.

How was the 1st, Subotnick?

I love how Solti builds the tension in the coda of the finale and maintain a neck-breaking momentum right to the set-up of the final brass chorale. His orchestra plays very in remarkable unity and it gives me adrenaline rushes everytime I hear that part. The more lyrical passages are handled with great care and subtlety, too.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Listening to the Second Symphony. The music has enormous drive and colour. The Adagio sings its (slightly cinematic) heart out.

[not edward]

What did you think? I picked this up for pennies in a charity shop but it didn't make a big impression on me.

I'm listening to Ulf Bjorlin's version of the Berwald symphonies (now on an EMI 3-for-the-price-of-1 set). Good but not great.

[Solitary Wanderer]

I have fond memories of this from my early classical music listening as a teenager 

[12tone.]

Das Rheingold

Levine / MET Opera