What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Kullervo]

Sibelius's 5th Maazel, Wien PO

Anyone who thinks this is simplistic must be simple themselves.

[Bogey]

Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 Markevich/Philharmonia Orchestra (Testament-1953) 

[Steve]

Shostakovich, Symphony No. 9 (Jarvi, Scottish National Orchestra) 

[BachQ]

Brahms, Piano Concerto no. 1 Arrau

[Steve]

Brahms, Piano Concerto no. 1 Arrau

From this recording, D Minor?



I tried them out during my most recent Brahms PC binge, and I remember finding them a tad pompous and shallow. 

[Papy Oli]

Mahler, Symphony No. 9 (Tennstedt), Adante Comodo

Ditto, but off this one :

[George]

Schubert

Unfinished Symphony

Beecham/RPO

[rubio]

Zoltan Kocsis

plays Bartok

CD6 (Philips)

Mikrokosmos - Book Heft IV-VI.

And then this great CD  :

[karlhenning]

. . . and I remember finding them a tad pompous and shallow. 

A bit like Elgar, then?

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[Steve]

A bit like Elgar, then?

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[ Oh, I didn't mean it, but neither could I resist. ]

Be careful, Karl. I'm enojoying this respite from Vibrational Fields...

[George]

Tchaikovsky

PC 2

Gilels/Maazel


This is shaping up to be a helluva set! 

[Steve]

That is a fine set, still waiting on my desk to be heard.

As a Mahlerite, I so often speak of performers capturing the tremendous emotive power of Mahler's Symphonies. I rarely speak of the importance of realizing the intracicies of the scores. Tennstedt's Mahler has opened my eyes. 

[karlhenning]

Janet Baker singing "Song of the Wood-Dove" from Gurrelieder

[Steve]

Janet Baker singing "Song of the Wood-Dove" from Gurrelieder

Are you referring to this disc?



Her rendition of Les nuits d'été is quite riveting... 

[sidoze]

[not edward]

Tchaikovsky

PC 2

Gilels/Maazel


This is shaping up to be a helluva set! 

Just a shame about the butchery in the slow movement. It completely unbalances work (not to mention excising the best melody in the whole concerto).

[Scriptavolant]

Love songs of the middle ages - Sequentia

Highly mystical.

[sidoze]

Janacek - From the House of the Dead - Boulez

[Lilas Pastia]

Here's the correct link for the Böhm performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VD1SqWQXrE

I'm listening to the Klemperer G minor



Klemp couldn't be more different than Graf and Böhm. In the first movement, Klemperer sounds, and feels, like he's twice as fast. It's an incredibly urgent and dramatic reading. Böhm and Graf are more laid back. The Philharmonia's oboe is very plaintive but doesn't have the smooth, unbroken line of Vienna's (it sounds like he never takes a breath: beautiful).

Klemp's Andante is swift too--reminds me of a HIP performance. The Menuetto is slow and weighty, like Böhm's. The last movement once again shows the startling differences between the two conductors: Klemp fast and fiery, Böhm genial, taking his time. I like them both and would pick one or the other depending on my mood. For a musical equivalent of a caffeine jolt in the morning to get one started, Klemperer is perfect 

Sarge

Thanks, Sarge! I've always seen the Klemperer as part of his whole Mozart output. That particular disc sure interests me, the 29th is my favourite pre-38 symphony. Is it as good as the 25th?

[not edward]

Gilels' live Hammerklavier. Good stuff.