What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Lethevich]

That fish is getting quite an ass-kicking... I wonder what it did

[scarpia]

Listening to the "boring" death-obsessed 15th quartet:


Sarge

Death notwithstanding, do you rate this set highly.  I've been listening to the St. Petersburg quartet set on hyperion and have come to the conclusion that it leaves a lot to be desired.

[Bogey]

Nos. 5,6,8, and 9.

[Papy Oli]

Good evening all 



No.5 - Better now than what I remembered when i first listened to it when I bought it - wasn't impressed back then, had been shelved since.

[marvinbrown]

Nos. 5,6,8, and 9.

  Oh Yes!  A set to die for  0:)!  I have the same set remastered and repackaged as part oF the DG Collecters Edition! I love every minute of it!

  marvin

[Bogey]

  Oh Yes!  A set to die for  0:)!  I have the same set remastered and repackaged as part oF the DG Collecters Edition! I love every minute of it!

  marvin

I have not played the set through in quite some time.  However, it took no time at all to remember why I enjoy so much....especially the final two movements of the 5th and the entire 8th.

[Keemun]

[SonicMan46]

 

Sarge - you seem to have some of my favorite BIG BOX collections - nice stuff!    Dave

[George]

Sarge - you seem to have some of my favorite BIG BOX collections - nice stuff!    Dave

Good to hear it was worth all that arm twisting awhile back. 

[Lilas Pastia]

Music by Pawel Szymanski. Some chamber (instrumental) music, and some works for chamber orchestra. Original and not in the least easy listening. The Sonata for 27 violins, 2 double basses and percussion is echoed by the same year's (1982) Chamber Sonata. Sometimes forbiddingly screechy, sometimes soothingly tonal and slow moving. But definitely worth exploring.

[SE pipesmoker etc]

I love Gundula...

[Que]

Previously:



Now:



Q

[Florestan]

Good morning all!

Bruckner

Symphony No. 5

Eugen Jochum
Staatskapelle Dresden

Call me heretic and burn me at the stake, but I didn't like it. The music, I mean. Way too long, boring, tedious and monotone. If this is spiritual and profound music, then I'll have the shallow and frivolous Mozart any day over it. IMHO, there's more drama in a five-minute long Schubert Lied than in an hour long Bruckner symphony.

Dixi et salvavi animam meam. 

[Harry]

Q

I really really like this cover...............................
And the music too, obviously!

[Harry]

Good morning all!

Bruckner

Symphony No. 5

Eugen Jochum
Staatskapelle Dresden

Call me heretic and burn me at the stake, but I didn't like it. The music, I mean. Way too long, boring, tedious and monotone. If this is spiritual and profound music, then I'll have the shallow and frivolous Mozart any day over it. IMHO, there's more drama in a five-minute long Schubert Lied than in an hour long Bruckner symphony.

Dixi et salvavi animam meam. 

I am truly flabbergasted, I really am, that will take some time to digest, honestly!

[Harry]

Good morning to you all! A little Purcell to begin with!

Henry Purcell.
Complete Theatre Music, Volume I from V.

Well I posted the usual suspects and works quite extensively  on the 1,7,11,12 of July so you may look there what's on the discs. For its rather much, and to type it all again, nah......
This will be the third time I play this box, and so far I have nothing but praise. Uplifting, sagacious music, telling of a era that must have been quite adventurous to live in. Colorful no doubt, dangerous for sure, short, well yes almost certain, but what a time!

[Que]

I really really like this cover...............................
And the music too, obviously!

Aha, liking Froberger for all the "wrong" reasons?!



The painter, Dirck de Quade van Ravesteyn, was Dutch - naturally...

Q

[Harry]

Aha, liking Froberger for all the "wrong" reasons?!



The painter, Dirck de Quade van Ravesteyn, was Dutch - naturally...

Q

Ach to me, that is a most excellent reason Que. I know this painter well, again obviously, and admire his work intensely also obviously, but if you knew me well, you would know that I like Froberger as well. In my playing days, long ago, I attempted Froberger, but it was so difficult to play, that I gave this composer up, and rather bought cd's on which others tortured themselves with these fiendishly difficult notes, but beautiful music!

[Harry]

Henry Purcell.
Complete Theatre Music, Volume II from V.

Well I posted the usual suspects and works quite extensively  on the 1,7,11,12 of July so you may look there what's on the discs. For its rather much, and to type it all again, nah......
This will be the third time I play this box, and so far I have nothing but praise. Uplifting, sagacious music, telling of a era that must have been quite adventurous to live in. Colorful no doubt, dangerous for sure, short, well yes almost certain, but what a time!

[Wanderer]

After some Lugansky (Rachmaninov's Préludes and Mozart's piano concertos nos.19 & 20), it's time for Pfitzner's chamber music. This disc I came to enjoy more and more with every listening.