What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Brian]

Celi? Speed up? No, no he couldn't 

Sarge

Bits of the first movement struck me as slightly ponderous and bumpy, and the finale lacked just a dash of humor, but the finale was really well-paced and marvelously clear and the slow movement was just jaw-dropping - it feels huge and monumental. So I'm really glad I listened to Celi's Bavarian Roussel!

[prémont]

If we accept/enjoy the Baroque music played on a Romantic instrument -i.e., the modern piano-, this is probably one of the most successful versions of the Clavier-Übung II (and some additional music for free).

Obviously, Bach himself (considerd as a Baroque composer and musician) and the Baroque discourse/articulation are dramatically modified, but apparently that's a requisite to preserve the life in this music when is "transcribed" for piano.

That said, I think it would be almost a redundancy to call over-romanticized these versions.

Great sound quality. 

Spot on, Antoine. 

[Brian]

The Atterberthday party is just starting!!

ATTERBERG | Symphonies 6, 8, and 3
NDR and SWR Orchestras
Ari Rasilainen

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD4 - Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 5 and 8 from this set for a first listen ...

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD1 from this Handel opera for a first listen ...

[karlhenning]

Toch
Symphony № 3, Opus 75
Berlin Radio Symphony
Alun Francis

[Antoine Marchand]

Enjoying this small Dvořák revival: 



CD1:
String Quartet in D minor op. 34
String Quintet in A major op. 81

[Brian]

The Atterberthday party is just starting!!

ATTERBERG | Symphonies 6, 8, and 3
NDR and SWR Orchestras
Ari Rasilainen

Oh man, the finale of No 3. A little miracle. Actually, 'little' may not be the word!

[Bogey]

    

Actually, Bill, I've used a slightly less destructive technique to hang them: tiny nails. The vinyl is stored elsewhere in Discwasher V.R.P. sleeves.

Sarge

*wipes sweat from head*

[George]

You're missing one of the greats actually.

Sarge

Indeed. But not to worry, Celi will slow down for you to catch up, Stuart.

[Sid]

On the weekend, I concentrated on Beethoven's string quartets:

Opp. 130 & 133, "Grosse Fuge"
Alban Berg Quartet
(EMI)

Op. 132 & H. 34
Kodaly Quartet
(Naxos)

The late quartets were a synthesis of all that Beethoven had done before with the genre, and much more. Their scale is symphonic in scope, and there is much complexity in their dealings with thematic development, texture and counterpoint. I especially like the Kodaly Quartet's performance of Op. 132, it is simply staggering. So too is the Alban Berg Quartet's recording, especially the Grosse Fuge, which Stravinsky thought was Beethoven's greatest work. I just love the rather odd things that Beethoven does, from the five & six movement 'balanced' structure of these works, to things like how ideas of pure genius just seem to come and develop out of nowhere. I am going to get some more Beethoven string quartets, I especially want to hear the Lindsay Quartet strut their stuff in this repertoire...

[Scarpia]

I do...or did. My Thorens turntable broke down. I need to get it fixed. I have a ton of vinyl that's never made it to CD--but beyond that, there are certain recordings I prefer to hear old school.

I have a Thorens, and I find it astonishing that it is so spectacular at spinning a vinyl disc, but is so poorly engineered in the more trivial aspects.   The fact, for instance, that the power comes from an incredibly cheap-looking "wall-wart" transformer, and that the power connection is so loose and unreliable that I after plugging it in I invariably have to jiggle it until it finally makes contact, or that the phono cables never make good ground contact and have to be jiggled to eliminate hum. 

[MN Dave]

LvB cto #3 - Kempff ('53)

[Scarpia]

I'm in love with her too    In fact she decorates one wall of my music library:

Ansermet fans have the best options for wall decorations.

[Bogey]

Ansermet fans have the best options for wall decorations.

No, no....if you are going to decorate your wall with vinyl, take this route:

http://www.kpr.ku.edu/retro/gallery-space.htm

[Coopmv]

Indeed. But not to worry, Celi will slow down for you to catch up, Stuart.

I already have 4 Bruckner cycles and I am done ...

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD2, then CD3 from this Handel opera for a first listen.  The Canadian soprano Karina Gauvin was fabulous ...

[George]

No, no....if you are going to decorate your wall with vinyl, take this route:

http://www.kpr.ku.edu/retro/gallery-space.htm

Cool. Lotta avatar possibilities there, Bill.

[Mirror Image]

I'm in love with her too    In fact she decorates one wall of my music library:




Sarge

Box set galore! You're as bad as me, Sarge.    I see that Wagner gets "top" priority....haha. 

[listener]

Johann SCHOBERT c.1740 - 1767  (the one who did from eating poisonous mushrooms)
Piano Quartets in f, op. 7/2, in E^b, op. 14/1
Piano Trios in B^b, op. 16/1, in F, op. 16/4
Violin Sonatas  in d, op. 14/4, in A, op. 14/5
Ensemble 413      Chiara Bianchini - violin 1, Véronique Méjean, violin 2
Philipp Bosbach, cello      Luciano Sgrizzi, piano (Fritz, 1820)