What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Peregrine]

Haydn, Op.33 (1-3)

Weller Quartet

[Opus106]

Listening to (and occasionally watching) Evegny Kissin play Pictures at an Exhibition at the Théâtre antique d'Orange.

[George]

So , was it a 10/10, or maybe a 10/8 ? I'm very curious about his Haydn and Janacek. I completely trust his Chopin.

I only listened to the Chopin Preludes so far. I will let you know when I have heard the rest.

[George]

This is a BEAUTIFUL CD of light piano music. Thanks to George for the suggestion!!

"after the rain...The Soft Sounds of Erik Satie"  Pascal Roge, piano

I'm glad you are enjoying it! 

[val]

MOZART:     Flute Concerto K 313                      / Werner Tripp, VPO, Karl Böhm

Tripp has not the beauty of sound of Rampal, but this version shows a greater cohesion between the soloist and the orchestra. Splendid phrasing in the second movement.

[ChamberNut]

Dave, how is that?  I'm salivating....love the Nash Ensemble! 

[Dr. Dread]

Dave, how is that?  I'm salivating....love the Nash Ensemble! 

It's great. Do not hesitate.

[Dr. Dread]

So , was it a 10/10, or maybe a 10/8 ? I'm very curious about his Haydn and Janacek. I completely trust his Chopin.

http://www.classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=4568

[George]

http://www.classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=4568

Thanks!

The review says that Moravec recorded the preludes twice, but I have only seen one recording from Moravec. Even his website only lists one. 

[RussellG]

Well Janine Jansen was astonishing performing Saint-Saens VC3 tonight with Ashy and the MSO.  I think I'm in love.  No wait, I'M SURE I'm in love!  And not with Vladimir...

It didn't help that she came and sat by herself a few rows away after her performance to watch Also sprach Zarathustra, and I was too shy to go over and congratulate her on a mind-blowing performance 

Just finishing listening to this, but then I feel the need for some virtuoso violin before bed:

[Dr. Dread]

Awesomey awesomeness.

Can I say that here?

[rubio]

Sibelius' 5th and 6th symphony.

[The new erato]

Awesomey awesomeness.

Can I say that here?

Yes you can. I'm waiting for this  box, already on order and released 23 March:



which also includes that disc!

[val]

Mn Dave

Awesomey awesomeness.

Hotter in Bach's Cantata BWV 82 and Brahms last Lieder: one of the most deeply moving recordings ever made. More than an interpretation, it is as if the music was composed for Hotter.

[Dr. Dread]

Yes you can. I'm waiting for this  box, already on order and released 23 March:



which also includes that disc!

Wow! Thanks for the tip, erato.

[DavidRoss]

Sibelius' 5th and 6th symphony.

I like that 5th--if only the brass weren't so weak.

Now playing, Brahms's violin sonatas:

I haven't many recordings but like the edginess of this one as a contrast to Rubinstein/Szeryng.

[karlhenning]

Messiaen
Quatuor pour la fin du temps
George Pieterson, cl
Vera Beths, vn
Anner Bijlsma, vc
Reinbert de Leeuw, pf

[Dundonnell]

I will try to listen to all of these at least once in the coming months - it is my mission...

I'll probably give the Tovey future listens, as I found some depth of atmosphere and composition in there - not just being delighted at the Mendelssohnian qualities it at times has, but also at the relative complexity. Too often I am used to lesser tonal composers either being tuneful but one-dimensional, or tough and knotty, but with no melodic appeal. The first movement of the Tovey struck me as a good balance between melody and craft.

I have a soft spot for Tovey because he wrote a piano piece dedicated to my great-uncle describing the course of a serious illness in which my great-uncle wrestled with some viral infection 0:) They were both professors at Edinburgh University

...and, no, I have never heard the work

[Wanderer]

I'll probably give the Tovey future listens, as I found some depth of atmosphere and composition in there - not just being delighted at the Mendelssohnian qualities it at times has, but also at the relative complexity. Too often I am used to lesser tonal composers either being tuneful but one-dimensional, or tough and knotty, but with no melodic appeal. The first movement of the Tovey struck me as a good balance between melody and craft.

Tovey's piano concerto has an appeal I can't quite explain. It's a very symphonic concerto (à la Schumann) and the orchestral writing is very sophisticated and at times quite memorable (marvelous writing for the horns, in particular). I would love to hear it in concert someday.

I have a soft spot for Tovey because he wrote a piano piece dedicated to my great-uncle describing the course of a serious illness in which my great-uncle wrestled with some viral infection 0:) They were both professors at Edinburgh University

...and, no, I have never heard the work

Thanks for sharing this. Which work is it?

[Dundonnell]

I am afraid that I don't even know what it is called

My great-uncle was the Professor of Bacteriology and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Edinburgh University from 1923-54 and in his obituary there was a paragraph about his great friendship with Tovey(who was the Reid Professor of Music). When my great-uncle had recovered from the illness Tovey, apparently, presented him with this piano piece which was supposed to represent the body resisting and overcoming the infection

I don't even know where the score might be now!