What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[bhodges]

Berg: Lulu (Today's Met Opera live broadcast, with Marlis Petersen, Anne Sofie von Otter, Gary Lehman, Michael Schade, Bradley Garvin and James Morris, conducted by Fabio Luisi) - So far (only 15 minutes into the opera), superb.  The orchestra sounds ravishing, and Petersen combines beautiful tone with an impish streak.

--Bruce

[jlaurson]

disc 2



J. Haydn
The 12 London Symphonies
Marc Minkowski
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Naive

Naturally: Holy Cow! Bambaddabambambam!

[Sergeant Rock]

disc 2



J. Haydn
The 12 London Symphonies
Marc Minkowski
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Naive

Naturally: Holy Cow! Bambaddabambambam!

Recommended? I just saw JPC has the box on sale for only €26.99. I don't have a HIP set of the Londons.

Sarge

[jlaurson]

Recommended? I just saw JPC has the box on sale for only €26.99. I don't have a HIP set of the Londons.

Sarge

Two discs in and so far---if you can live with the "Surprise" Symphony REALLY surprising you---very much recommended. MM's aggressive, completely propulsive style... take-no-prisoner-and-have-fun-while-doing-it-approach.

[Sergeant Rock]

Two discs in and so far---if you can live with the "Surprise" Symphony REALLY surprising you---very much recommended. MM's aggressive, completely propulsive style... take-no-prisoner-and-have-fun-while-doing-it-approach.

Just listened to clips at JPC. Sound seems a little murky--the brass recessed? Is that what you're hearing too? I prefer clarity to atmosphere (love Norrington's sound in his Stuttgart recordings).

Thread duty: Tacchino, Froment, Saint-Saens Second and Fourth Piano Concertos.

Sarge

[Coopmv]

Just listened to clips at JPC. Sound seems a little murky--the brass recessed? Is that what you're hearing too? I prefer clarity to atmosphere (love Norrington's sound in his Stuttgart recordings).

Thread duty: Tacchino, Froment, Saint-Saens Second and Fourth Piano Concertos.

Sarge

Here is one recent acquisition by Sir Roger with the same Stuttgart ensemble I really enjoyed ...

[Sergeant Rock]

Here is one recent acquisition by Sir Roger with the same Stuttgart ensemble I really enjoyed ...

Was not aware of that recording. I'll investigate. Thanks.

Sarge

[Drasko]

Just listened to clips at JPC. Sound seems a little murky--the brass recessed? Is that what you're hearing too? I prefer clarity to atmosphere (love Norrington's sound in his Stuttgart recordings).

You can hear a bit more (quite a bit) here:
http://www.radio4.nl/page/plaatpaal
click on Beluister

[jlaurson]

disc 2



J. Haydn
The 12 London Symphonies
Marc Minkowski
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Naive

Naturally: Holy Cow! Bambaddabambambam!

Just listened to clips at JPC. Sound seems a little murky--the brass recessed? Is that what you're hearing too? I prefer clarity to atmosphere (love Norrington's sound in his Stuttgart recordings).

Not in the least. Crisp. clear. detailed.

[Coopmv]

Now playing this SACD, which arrived early in the week from MDT ...

[Sergeant Rock]

Not in the least. Crisp. clear. detailed.

Great! I will order it.

Sarge

[listener]

Druschetzky, Georg (1745-1819) - String Quintets w/ the Festetics SQ + and added viola!  Now, I'm not sure 'why' I bought this CD?  Of course, the group performing was a major influence, but I'd never heard of this composer - few other recordings exist (some chamber wind pieces) -

Druschetzky : Sinfonia Concertante for oboe, tympani and orch., and yes, there's a first movement cadenza for the duo   Koch-Schwann 3-1125, probabaly nla

Listening
CPE BACH  Flute Concerto in d minor  Wq  22  (Rampal)  Cello Concerto in A  Wq 172 (Bex)
Paris Opera Orch.   Pierre Boulez, cond.
Who, in 1964, would have thought Boulez conducting these pieces on the Vox label would be such a success in contemporary music (and in music in general).   Recordings are marked by clarity of line and their balance.  Solos a little forward (but I'm used to balcony sound in live concerts), harpsichord continuo is present but not concertante.
ARNE:  4 Symphonies         
Cantilena        Adrian Shepherd, cond.

[Coopmv]

Johann Sebastian Bach was one of the most prolific composers working in the early part of the 18th century. A distinquished organist, his church appointments demanded a vast output of sacred music. He did, however, find time to produce a small number of orchestral works. They included a fine series of harpsichord concertos, though much of the material he used is believed to have come from earlier unpublished woodwind concertos. Those original scores have been lost, but it has been possible to reconstruct the works for the oboe and oboe d'amore. The concertos contain some of the composer's best-loved & most famous melodies.

1-3 Concerto in A major, BWV 1055 for oboe d'amore, strings & basso continuo 14:00
4-6 Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056 for oboe, strings & basso continuo 9:26
7-9 Concerto in D minor, BWV 1059 for oboe, strings & basso continuo 13:20
10-12 Concerto in D major, BWV 1053 for oboe d'amore, strings & basso continuo 18:34
13-15 Concerto in C minor, BWV 1060 for oboe, violin, strings & basso continuo 12:52

Helmut Muller Bruhl and the Cologne Chamber Orchestra seem to be among the very few large ensemble that can do baroque music right. 

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD11, the last CD from this set.  It has taken me many months to finish listening to this set ...

[Bogey]

Now:



SQ's 4 and 5

[Brahmsian]

Now:



SQ's 4 and 5

Love that set, Bill!

[Bogey]

Love that set, Bill!

Definitely a top-shelfer!

[Sergeant Rock]

Just finished the Mahler First:



The third movement (the minor key, funereal Frère Jacques, the "Klezmer" episodes) did not disappoint: it is an extreme interpretation--not just the length at nearly 13 minutes, but the emphasis on the parodistic elements in the music which are played with a greater sadness than I think I've ever heard.

Listening now to Rogé play the Fourth and Fifth Piano Concertos by Saint-Saens:




Sarge

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD2 from this set ...

[Bogey]

Anything in th text about the mask on the front, James?