What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[hautbois]

Mahler: Symphony No. 7 (Rattle/VPO - Live at Mahler Feest, May 11, 1995). 



Mahler's 7th has never been a favorite of mine, but as with other Mahler non-favorites, I'm able to better appreciate it after some time has passed. 

Is this still a commercially available set? Is it a cycle? Sounds to me like something incredible...

Howard

[Daverz]

Martinu Symphonies 1 & 2 in the new Valek box on Supraphon.  The performances seem to have more personality than Neumann, but the sound is curiously flat, opaque, and poorly balanced.

[Bogey]

Mozart

Concert Arias for Tenor and Orchestra
Val, dal furor portata, KV 19c
Marcel Reijans (tenor)/Euopean Chamber Orchestra/Wilhelm Keitel
Brilliant 92632/4
Recorded in 2002

Keyboard Works 4 hands
KV 19d (1765)
Ursula Dütschler, fortepiano (primo)/Bart van Oort, fortepiano (secundo)
Brilliant 92630/13
Recorded 2001

Sacred Works-Offertoria
God is Our Refuge KV 20
Anja Tilch (soprano)/Barbera Werner (alto)/Daniel Schreiber (tenor)/manfred Bittmer (bass)
Brilliant 92631/6
Recorded in 2001
Only 57 seconds in length, but absolutely gorgeous.

Symphony No. 5 KV 22
Mozart Akademie Amsterdam/Japp Ter Linden
Brilliant 92625/1
Recorded in 2001

Concert Arias for Soprano and Orchestr
Conservatie fedele, KV 23
Miranda van Kralingen (soprano)/European Sinfonietta/Ed Spanjaard
Brilliant 92632/3
Recorded in 2002

[Peregrine]

[Que]

Bill, is that all from the Briliant Mozart box?

NOW LISTENING:



Didn't know what to expect, but sounds interesting and attractive.
I've heard a tangent piano before, but not as beautifully sounding as here. Excellent performance as far as I can judge.

On the basis of this I think I'm into a box set of these concertos!
Whenever BIS is ready for that...

Q

[Henk]

NP:


Vivaldi - Double and Triple Concertos

[Drasko]

Martinu Symphonies 1 & 2 in the new Valek box on Supraphon.  The performances seem to have more personality than Neumann, but the sound is curiously flat, opaque, and poorly balanced.

Opaque? We definitely hear this somewhat differently. I hear it very dry, can get hard when loud, not very spacious but hardly opaque, I hear a lot of detail quite clearly.

[Sergeant Rock]

Tchaikovsky Pathétique:




Sarge

[George]

Just listened to Gilels's Schubert D 850. I am beginning to wonder if it is the Sonata I don't like. I thought it might be the performances, but after hearing Richter, Gilels and Klein, I am still unsatisfied. Richter seems to come closest for me though.

[Henk]

Vivaldi - Concertos for Lute and Mandolin

[Keemun]

Is this still a commercially available set? Is it a cycle? Sounds to me like something incredible...

Howard

Howard, I think I read somewhere that this was only made available to radio stations.  At any rate, it is not commercially available to the public.  Here is the description I have:

RNW lastest classical music production is this 16-CD box set that comprises concert recordings from the Mahler Feest which took place in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam in May 1995.

In the course of the Mahler Feest the complete oeuvre of Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) was performed by leading European orchestra's with a strong Mahler tradition: the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Wiener Philharmoniker, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Gustav Mahler Jugend Orchester. Great conductors like Bernard Haitink, Riccardo Chailly and Sir Simon Rattle were involved.

Radio Netherlands Worldwide released this boxed set to mark the departure of the managing director of the Concertgebouw, Martijn Sanders, on 1 June 2006.

You can join the SymphonyShare group and download it for free.  Once you've joined, do a search for "Mahler Feest" and you'll find it. 

[Keemun]

Bach: Cello Suites (Paulo Beschi).  This has the fastest Cello Suite No. 1 - I. Prelude in my collection (1:55).  Thankfully he moderates the rest of his tempos. 

[George]

You can join the SymphonyShare group and download it for free.  Once you've joined, do a search for "Mahler Feest" and you'll find it. 

Can I ask what is their #1 rule and the consequences of breaking it? It's seems you need to answer these questions to become a member.  

Edit: never mind, found it here - http://symphonyshare.blogspot.com/

[SonicMan46]

Prokofiev - Complete Symphonies w/ Dmitrij Kitajenko & Gürzenich Orch of Cologne - just getting started on the 2nd disc (of 5) - enjoying these as much (possibly more?) than the set by Jarvi listened to yesterday.  Absolutely great sonics - the recording dates are incomplete, but 3 of these works were recorded 'live' in 2005 & 2007, so I assume the others are from that period.

The discs come in separate jewel boxes, each w/ a substantial booklet; but despite the packaging, the price was right (i.e. $28 from the Amazon Marketplace); outstanding reviews of these performances by Scott Morrison HERE and also from MusicWeb - as w/ the Jarvi box set, highly recommended for those wanting more that just Symphony 1 & 5 - 

[Bogey]

Bill, is that all from the Briliant Mozart box?

Q

Indeed it is my friend.  I will being using it almost exclusively on this chronological journey for four reasons.  First, if I am going to own a mega box like this, then I feel should actually listen to the works instead of just making it a glorified paperweight.  Next, I have already found a handful of gem performances that I otherwise would have missed using other recordings that I have already heard and enjoy.  Also, there are some HIP performances here that are beginning to resonate with me and making me want to add more HIP performances to my Mozart library.  Lastly, it is allowing me to check Brilliant's set against Mozart's actual put-out and find what is missing from the set and this in turn is allowing me to also identify possible fragmentary works that I will want to hunt down in the near future.  Hope all is well.

[Todd]

I gave Paavo Jarvi's latest Beethoven recording a try, and it's probably the most successful disc in the series so far.  Both symphonies sound comparatively light and brisk, with precise playing by everyone.  The low strings are especially fine, with plenty of drive and amazing control.  The First is superb from start to finish.  The Fifth's opening two movements are quite good, but the last two really hit the spot.  The third movement is one of the most vibrant, engaging I've heard.

Praise aside, I can't quite say this necessarily scales the heights.  A few days before I relistened to Carl Schuricht conduct these works, and while Schuricht is more 'old-fashion', he's just that little bit more compelling.  Still, this is a superb disc.

Sound is essentially perfect, blending extra-sharp detail with warmth and weight.  The strings sound downright sumptuous. 

[George]

You can join the SymphonyShare group and download it for free.  Once you've joined, do a search for "Mahler Feest" and you'll find it. 

Anyone know if there's a Piano equivalent of Symphonyshare?

[Sergeant Rock]

Just listened to Gilels's Schubert D 850. I am beginning to wonder if it is the Sonata I don't like....

The first movement has never grabbed me but I love the inner two. Listening to this performance right now:




Sarge

[George]

The first movement has never grabbed me but I love the inner two. Listening to this performance right now:

I saw that in my amazon wishlist yesterday and wondered who had recommended it to me. I wonder if it was you?

[aquablob]

The first movement has never grabbed me but I love the inner two.

The slow movement is, I think, one of Schubert's best!

(I like the first movement too, though.)