What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[karlhenning]

Stravinsky:  The Rite of Spring Abbado/LSO

part of my never ending quest (which hopefully will end someday) to like Stravinsky

That is certainly a fine account of Le sacre!

[PaulR]

That is certainly a fine account of Le sacre!

Yes it is.  I'm actually liking this a lot.  So maybe the journey is almost over, as I like the Firebird already. There is hope for me yet

[karlhenning]

Dmitri Dmitriyevich
Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Opus 10
CSO
Lenny

Don't think I really listened to that part of the recording.....usually just play that 7th......It's probably time to listen to it.....it's now on my checklist

Not my favorite account of the First, Lenny goes a bit 'mahlerian' with it, where the young composer knew nothing of Mahler at that stage.  Still an impressive document of an orchestra in fine form.

[karlhenning]

Yes it is.  I'm actually liking this a lot.  So maybe the journey is almost over, as I like the Firebird already. There is hope for me yet

After that, you can really zag, and listen to Orpheus . . . .

[PaulR]

After that, you can really zag, and listen to Orpheus . . . .

Do you have any recommendations for that piece?  As I don't have a recording of that piece, yet.

Don't think I really listened to that part of the recording.....usually just play that 7th......It's probably time to listen to it.....it's now on my checklist


Not my favorite account of the First, Lenny goes a bit 'mahlerian' with it, where the young composer knew nothing of Mahler at that stage.  Still an impressive document of an orchestra in fine form.

Ok, I have The Lopez-Cobos Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra doing that piece as well (Which I like a lot), so it's not like I don't know the piece   Is there any other recording of the 1st worth getting?

[PaulR]

Debussy:  Jeux Dutoit/Montreal Symphony Orchestra

[karlhenning]

Do you have any recommendations for that piece?  As I don't have a recording of that piece, yet.Ok, I have The Lopez-Cobos Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra doing that piece as well (Which I like a lot), so it's not like I don't know the piece

That is a fine disc, too.

Is there any other recording of the 1st worth getting?

Karel Ančerl & the Czech Phil are always worthwhile!

[karlhenning]

Debussy:  Jeux Dutoit/Montreal Symphony Orchestra

For superb craftsmanship, originality, uniqueness, great taste and the 'golden touch', you can't do finer than Jeux 

[Lilas Pastia]

Fauré songs in transcriptions for cello and piano. Listening to the hwole lot at one sitting induces sameness, as the transcriptions tend to stick the cello into the same range throughout. But it's probably the most 'vocal' instrument and it lends itself well to the exercise. Lovely. It does tempt one into listening to the originals. Quite a feat, since French art song is a genre I've never taken to.

A vocal smorgarsborg with the unique Marilyn Horne. French, Italian, baroque, classical, romantic, she could do anything better than just about anybody else. Although Callas portrays Dalila with sharper dramatic instincts (through uncanny verbal acuity) Horne's portrayal in Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix is simply awesome. It also helps that she's always been very well supported by orchestras and conductors. For example, husband Henry Lewis has it game, set and match over Pretre in this aria. Heartily recommended.
                                                     

[Harry]

J.S. Bach
Complete Cantatas, Volume XXXX.

BWV 137/168/79/164.

Bach Collegium Japan <Masaaki Suzuki>

Since collected this series, I really left only one out, and that was if I recall right a disc entirely sung by Robin Blaze. I could not take that so I let that one pass me by. This volume XXXX is again a fabulous addition to this ongoing series, that is well recorded and performed as we have come to expected from <Suzuki> and his band.

[Harry]

Luigi Boccherini

Oboe Concertos, opus 55, No. 1,2,3,4,5,6.
Lajos Lencses, Oboe.
Parish Quartett.
Capriccio recording 1992.

Again a winner in this super budget box. Elegantly played, almost authentic in phrasing and articulation, with a minimum of vibrato. Just a clean straight sound of great beauty. The Parish Quartett is a excellent promoter of this music too. Perfectly recorded.

[Florestan]

Good morning all!

Chausson

Symphony in B-flat major

Charles Munch, Boston SO

[val]

SIBELIUS:    Symphonies 3 & 4                    / Hensinki Philharmonic, Berglund

The 3rd is far from the poetry and quality of phrasing of Bernstein and Kletzki, but Berglund's interpretation of the 4th, with an ideal balance, dramatic, is one of the best I have heard. Excepting Karajan, perhaps in his most inspired recording, Berglunds version of the 4th seems better, to me, than the recordings of Bernstein, Davis (Boston), Maazel or Rojdestvensky.

[Harry]

Well for the last time this year then!
Played this so often, and with each spin I got deeper into this music, of which I find Four Polish Dances the most intriguing.
Reasonably well recorded and performed.

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

More first-time listening for me, as well:

Jan Václav Voříšek
Impromptus (6) for Piano, Opus 7
Radoslav Kvapil

A delightful misprint on the disc titles these Impomptus.

And Karl, what is your opinion on the music itself? I have Vorisek's one and only symphony, and I think it's better than most of Schubert's and as good as the first 2 Beethovens. Is his piano music in the same league?

[lukeottevanger]

Just fell through my letterbox.

[lukeottevanger]

And so did this:

[Catison]

Alfven - Symphony No. 2
Pettersson - Symphony No. 6

[owlice]

Haydn Piano sonatas 32, 47, 53, and 59 played by Ax. This appears to be the only CD of Haydn piano music I have.  I'll have to check Mark's collection and hope that he has been a wiser consumer of Haydn piano music than I have been!

[Lilas Pastia]

Alfven - Symphony No. 2
Pettersson - Symphony No. 6

Brett, how did you like them?