What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[George]

I recently got this album. 

I ordered it yesterday. Please post your thoughts (perhaps on the Schubert thread in "Great Recordings and Reviews?") 

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,55.0.html

[Harry]

Allan Pettersson

Symphony No. 7.

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg/Gerd Albrecht.

Fitting to my mood. Darkness, deep sadness, desperateness, gliding deep down into oblivion, unburden and empty the soul, of all things not akin, sending the soul on travels far and beyond. This is a extremely captivating piece of music, that touches the roots of life with such force, that it leaves you shaken all over your body, and drains all that is full, and leaves all hope behind,....emptiness!
Final judgement, profound statement of life itself.
This is one of the best works Pettersson wrote. How can anyone hear this and not be touched?
It is final now, he is the greatest composer of the 20th century!

[Bogey]

[Lilas Pastia]

Four versions of the Eroica symphony:

- Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations. Reduced ensemble, HIP. Dynamic and colourful, but somewhat restricted emotionally.
- David Zinman, Zürich Tonhalle Orch. Standard orchestra, some HIP features. Dynamic too, but a more traditional phrasing smooths out the edges.
- Hermann Scherchen, Vienna State Opera Orchestra. Standard orchestra, a rather iconoclastic and immensely exciting conception. An ear-opening and eye          -popping version!
- An unnamed transcription for string quartet (HIP, not sure if the instruments are old or new). More eye-popping, this. Brash and exciting. This is an 'anon' disc, not even the performers are listed.

Brailowsky, BSO and Munch in the Chopin concerto no 2 and the Saint-Saens no 4. Both very satisfying.

[71 dB]

4 symphonies by Antonio Rosetti - Arte Nova - Every time I drop a Rosetti disk in the player, I always wonder why it has been a while since I have listened to one. This is a very good composer, 6 years older than Mozart, but died the same year. So contemporaneous. But he has his own unique voice, and can make an evening pass in grand style.

I have that disc but with less stylish (original?) cover art. Rosetti's symphonies are nice. 

[Bogey]

Dvorak The Slavonic Dances (Complete) Szell/Cleveland

Boo-yah!

[Harry]

Dvorak The Slavonic Dances (Complete) Szell/Cleveland

Boo-yah!

Meaning what Bill

[Bogey]

Meaning what Bill

1. Booyah
Booya, also spelled Booyah, is often used as an interjection or catch phrase to indicate satisfaction or accomplishment. Stuart Scott of ESPN helped popularize the phrase.

[George]

1. Booyah
Booya, also spelled Booyah, is often used as an interjection or catch phrase to indicate satisfaction or accomplishment. Stuart Scott of ESPN helped popularize the phrase.

Thanks, Bill, I sure needed to laugh today! 

Now Playing:

Richter plays Schubert's Moments Musicaux, #'s 1, 3 and 6

[Danny]

Lutoslawski's Variations on a theme by Paganini played Martha Agerich and Nelson Freire.

[Bogey]

Beethoven Symphony No. 7 HvK/BPO (1983)

Not the preferred year by many (my favorite being the '62 cycle as well), but nonetheless, I still enjoy these 80's recordings as these were my first exposure to HvK.

[Danny]

Beethoven Symphony No. 7 HvK/BPO (1983)

Not the preferred year by many (my favorite being the '62 cycle as well), but nonetheless, I still enjoy these 80's recordings as these were my first exposure to HvK.

Was thinking of getting that '62 cycle.  And maybe a Shosty one, too.

[Bogey]

Was thinking of getting that '62 cycle.  And maybe a Shosty one, too.

Think no more bruddah  , it is terrific IMHO....you should be able to nail down that '62 for a reasonable price, if I am not mistaken.

[Maciek]

Szymanowski String Quartet No. 2 (Wilanów Quartet)

And then this:

Dawn Upshaw, The Girl with Orange Lips

[Danny]

Think no more bruddah  , it is terrific IMHO....you should be able to nail down that '62 for a reasonable price, if I am not mistaken.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeexcellent, homey!

Do you have any Shosty symphony box set recommendations?

[Bogey]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeexcellent, homey!

Do you have any Shosty symphony box set recommendations?

No....I have a few of the Haitink recordings that I enjoy, but no full cycles.  Lot more knowledgeable Shostakovich fans here than myself, so I will leave this one unfielded.  Sorry about that.  Sounds like a terrific thread topic.

[Valentino]

[Harry]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeexcellent, homey!

Do you have any Shosty symphony box set recommendations?

Try the Barshai set on Brilliant, cheap, and very good, Danny.
And for some more money the Haitink is a good choice.
Janssons is also a option, o, and I could go on for a long time.
Tenstedt for instance, or the Bertini set, also cheap and very good.
Enough for now?

[Danny]

Try the Barshai set on Brilliant, cheap, and very good, Danny.
And for some more money the Haitink is a good choice.
Janssons is also a option, o, and I could go on for a long time.
Tenstedt for instance, or the Bertini set, also cheap and very good.
Enough for now?

We coo....................we coo.

[Michel]

Another wonderful realease  by the King's Consort; just working my wall through the 11 CD's now, starting with the pieces I know and love, such as the Stabat Mater.