What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Harry]

Harry, how do you like Lucy Shelton?  She performs a lot of contemporary music in New York.  Most recently I've heard her do Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, which she does about as well as anyone I've ever seen.

--Bruce

She has a good voice Bruce, and I do well understand that modern music is her forte.

[MN Dave]

I have a LP box set of 27 SQ (Opp. 51-end/Amadeus Qt.) and have been converting them to CD, listening to them again.  And am thoroughly enjoying the experience.

Sounds like a good time to me. 

[pi2000]

Looks nice; I have some of those Opera d'Oro recordings and while the audio is usually not the best, it is acceptable, and the performances are very much worth having.  Last evening I listened to the Solti Carlo.

It is quite nice(Verrett a big plus),but I  still prefer this:
Verdi: Don Carlo / Adler (1964)
Corelli-Rysanek-Herlea-Tozzi-Dalis

[offbeat]

Via you tube Beethoven 4 (Karajan) - whole symphony in one as with most of his symphonies on you tube 

[ChamberNut]

Mozart

[MishaK]

Harnoncourt/RCO Bruckner 4.

[ChamberNut]

Dvorak

The Wild Dove, op.110

Harnoncourt
RCO
Warner Classics

[Brian]

Mendelssohn | Italian Symphony
RCO, Kondrashin

3 RCO posts in a row!

[lisa needs braces]

Mahler -- Ressurection Symphony.

Finally cracking this work. 

[Air]

Mahler -- Ressurection Symphony.

Finally cracking this work.  

I remember when I first cracked this symphony.  I had a 10-sentence rant post over it with a lot of descriptive adjectives.   Still can't break free from Mahler, unfortunately.

Thread Duty:
Berg Piano Sonata
Glenn Gould

I'm cracking this work, too, for the first time... i love discovering the romantic influences.  Gorgeous.

[Que]

Good morning.

Comments HERE.

Q

[WI Dan]

The Art of Segovia

[Harry]

I think that the String Quintet in D minor, and the String Sextet in F minor, composed by Hans Koessler, are brilliant works. Well written and energetically played.

[Harry]

Johann Strauss.
"Tausendundeine Nacht".
Operetta in 2 acts.
Libretto, Leo Stein & Karl Lindau.
Complete recording in the German language.
Recorded in 1952, Hamburg.
Choir and Orchestra des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunk (NWDR) Hamburg, Wilhelm Stephan.


A marvelous rendition of this operetta, a complete joy for me.

[Que]

The Italian Concerto.

Comments HERE.

Q

[Harry]

Oscar Strauss.
"Ein Walzertraum"
Operetta.
Highlights.

Soloists: Renate Holm, Else Liebesberg, Dagmar Hermann, Rudolf Christ, Herbert Prikopa.
Choir and Orchestra from the Wiener Volksoper, Franz Bauer Theussl.

A simply wonderful performance.

[MN Dave]

Good day, listeners.

[Brian]

GINASTERA | Variaciones concertantes
Israel Chamber Orchestra
Gisele Ben-Dor

[karlhenning]

GINASTERA | Variaciones concertantes
Israel Chamber Orchestra
Gisele Ben-Dor

Is that one you know already, Brian? Thoughts?

[Brian]

Is that one you know already, Brian? Thoughts?

Yes it is. I love it! A very fun set of variations, almost all of them for soloists or duet: right now a double bassist is playing the "reprise" of the theme. The full orchestra jumps in for a zany dance in the finale. Definitely a winner. Can't wait to see it played live here at Rice in a few months