What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Keemun]

Beethoven
Symphony No. 3, Funeral March (2nd mvt.)
Karajan
BPO
1963

In need of some catharsis, and this is what I most often turn to. 

[George]

That's the first and -- till date -- the only sonata I've seen performed live. How do the recorded performances compare?

As with other Gulda early LvB, it is more sensitive with a bit more rubato, but not as polished and rock solid as the Brilliant/Amadeo.

I think I'll join you (half-an-hour late ) in listening to it, as well.

LvB, Op. 101; Gulda [Brilliant]

The only other recording of this sonata in my possession is Horowitz's on Sony. The curious aspect of "that" is it's a patch-up of two recitals that took place four days apart at Queens (I) and NYC(II and III).

Which CD is that? I think I had that one in my hand 100 times, but it never made the final edit before going to the register. 

[Keemun]

Beethoven
String Quartet No. 15, "Holy Songs" (3rd mvt.)
Quartetto Italiano

[Brahmsian]

Beethoven
String Quartet No. 15, "Holy Songs" (3rd mvt.)
Quartetto Italiano

Pounds table straight into the earth's core! 

[Brahmsian]

Interesting trivia on that work from Wikipedia:

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The Cavatina [penultimate movement] (as played by the Budapest String Quartet) was chosen as the last piece to be played on the "golden record", a phonograph record containing a broad sample of Earth's common sounds, languages, and music sent into outer space with the two Voyager probes.

Not quite the same piece, George. The Cavatina is from SQ 13.  Just sayin.....   

[George]

Not quite the same piece, George. The Cavatina is from SQ 13.  Just sayin.....   

Ah, I see that it's Op. 132. Much better! 

[Todd]

Just finished listening to Kun Woo Paik's recording of all of Chopin's music for piano and orchestra for a second time, and it's an outstanding twofer.  Paik and Antoni Wit seem to work very well together (as in the Prokofiev concertos) and Paik plays superbly.  Taken as a whole, it's hard to fault and hard to think of much better versions of any of the pieces, though I must confess that I don't listen to Chopin's concertos a lot.  Superb purchase.

[Bogey]

From the Philadelphia Orchestra 1900-2000 Box Set

Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 5
Stokowski/Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Orchestra Association
Recorded 1917 

Beethoven
Symphony No. 5
Stokowski/Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Orchestra Association
Recorded 1931

Sibelius
Symphony No. 2
Stokowski/Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Orchestra Association
Recorded 1964

Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture
Stokowski/Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Orchestra Association
Recorded 1962

Wagner
Love Music, from Tristan und Isolde, Acts II and III (arranged by Stokowski)
Stokowski/Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Orchestra Association
Recorded 1960

Schoenberg
Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4
Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Orchestra Association
Recorded 1950

[Cato]

Okay, so I was thinking: perhaps it is time for me to tour my own collection from beginning to end!   

Cato's Curious Collection of CD's!   

I will attempt to listen to at least one per day: Mrs. Cato cannot be around for most of these!

Today: John Adams aka the Minimalist American version of the early 1950's Lutoslawski!   

Harmonielehre, The Chairman Dances, Tromba Lontana, and Short Ride In A Fast Machine.

I bought the CD as part of my Music History section for a European History course I taught.  (I know: Adams is American, but America is part of European History after all!)   0:)

The first work is somewhat uneven in interest: the homage to Mahler's Tenth is a little disconcerting as well.

CD #2: J.S. Bach as played by Helmut Walcha.


Toccata and Fugue, for organ in D minor, BWV 565 (BC J37)

Trio Sonata for organ No. 1 in E flat major, BWV 525 (BC J1)

Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig, chorale partita for organ, BWV 768 (BC K96)

Prelude and Fugue, for organ in E flat major ("St. Anne;" Clavier-Übung III/26), BWV 552 (BC J16)

6 Schübler Chorales BWV 645-650

Clear recording and excellent performances!  The last Schübler-Chorale is especially impressive.

[Conor71]

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

[Fëanor]

J.S. Bach: Cantata No. 211, "Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht," (Coffee Cantata), BWV 211
~ Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Julia Varády; Neville Marriner /ASMF

These performers at their best, I'd say, especially Varády.

[Que]

Samples (click on "anzeigen")

Good morning!

Q

[val]

MAHLER:        Symphony n. 3           
/ Rossl-Majdan, Wiener Konzertverein Orchestra, Charles Adler

Adler was Mahler's disciple. In this version, Adler uses the corrections made by Mahler after the publication of the score, which Adler received from Mahler himself.

It is a slow and very poetic version, in a narrative style. Perhaps the most natural version of this work that I know. Rossl-Majdan and the Wiener Sängerknaben are very good.

[Antoine Marchand]

Francisco Guerrero - Sacrae Cantiones
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Hesperion XX
Jordi Savall

Originally recorded as separated CDs by Astree Audivis between 1991-1992, now Alia Vox has repackaged them as a 3-SACD set (remastered in 2009):   

MAESTROS DEL SIGLO DE ORO

CD 1
Cristóbal de Morales (1500-1553):
Officium Defunctorum (27′17")
Missa Pro Defunctis, a 5 (45′03")

CD 2
Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599):
Sacrae Cantiones (68′22")

CD 3
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611):
Cantica Beatae Virginis (55′01")

3 CD – DDD / SACD / DSD Hybrid Multichannel Stereo

[The new erato]

The Guerrero disc, which I have as a single, is magnificent.

[Frellie]

Copland's Short Symphony always hits the spot!

Now listening while at work.

[Christo]

Copland's Short Symphony always hits the spot!

Now listening while at work.

Oh dear. First Sibelius, now Copland. What's wrong with you? You will end up playing Stockhausen and Boulez 

[Harry]

Francisco Guerrero - Sacrae Cantiones
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Hesperion XX
Jordi Savall

Originally recorded as separated CDs by Astree Audivis between 1991-1992, now Alia Vox has repackaged them as a 3-SACD set (remastered in 2009):   

MAESTROS DEL SIGLO DE ORO

CD 1
Cristóbal de Morales (1500-1553):
Officium Defunctorum (27′17")
Missa Pro Defunctis, a 5 (45′03")

CD 2
Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599):
Sacrae Cantiones (68′22")

CD 3
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611):
Cantica Beatae Virginis (55′01")

3 CD – DDD / SACD / DSD Hybrid Multichannel Stereo

Ordered that too, fabulous performances....

[Christo]

Youth sentiment, happy to hear it again:

                 

[Opus106]

Which CD is that? I think I had that one in my hand 100 times, but it never made the final edit before going to the register. 

That would be this one.