What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[MN Dave]

Tidings of comfort and joy, folks.

[SonicMan46]

Poulenc, Frances - Piano & Chamber Music w/ Pascal Roge et al - mostly solo piano works - new arrival! 

[mc ukrneal]

Prologue from Boito's Mefistofele. Never disappoints!

[DavidRoss]

Surprisingly I find myself having a Tchaikovsky Christmas. I rarely find myself listening to him, but now everything is demanding a listen.

Even The Nutcracker?

Poulenc, Frances - Piano & Chamber Music w/ Pascal Roge et al - mostly solo piano works - new arrival! 

Looks great! I have Roge for Poulenc's ctos and think they're swell!

Now playing:  Sibelius Voces Intimae, Tetzlaff Qt  -- again.

[Opus106]

I'm afraid I was dead serious... 
In the words of Harmonia Mundi, printed on the back:

Deluxe Editon, Édition spéciale "Venise et Vivaldi", 2 CDs/ 84 pages

I guess I was lucky.

Q

Whatever power is controlling your luck, is also seriously ripping Antoine off. First the Byrd, and now this.

[Sergeant Rock]

This afternoon, Mack's Nutcracker and Gardiner's Bach




Sarge

[Lethevich]

Even The Nutcracker?

I've never even heard the thing in full, I suck

[MN Dave]

I've never even heard the thing in full, I suck

The highlights discs have all you need.

[Lethevich]

I surrender



I believe this is a selection of excerpts, longer than the actual suite? Either way it's less than a disc, so cool beans.

Edit: The dance tunes must become so annoying during repeated listenings. I haven't heard this piece in ages and I still found the Chinese dance hard to stomach...

[Que]

LvB VII: live recording with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Berlin. 31/10/1943

Haydn: live recording with the Wiener Philharmoniker, Munich, 30/07/1944

Q

[karlhenning]

The highlights discs have all you need.

Lies.

[karlhenning]

Edit: The dance tunes must become so annoying during repeated listenings. I haven't heard this piece in ages and I still found the Chinese dance hard to stomach...

That could be an argument to hear the complete ballet oftener ; )

I don't mind the Chinese Dance . . . .

[Todd]

The last disc before holiday madness begins.  A rather nice disc with four rather nice works, all performed with heavyweights.  Truth to tell, the conductors and works should be swapped - with Szell conducting the Saint-Saens and Faure, and Bernstein conducting the Liszt and Weber.  But even as is, it's quite fine.  It's been years since I listened to this disc, and I must say that the Liszt is quite fine.  The Weber benefits mightily from Casadesus' style and Szell's precise conducting.  (How I would love to hear either Zacharias or Endres in this music.)  The Saint-Saens orchestral playing is perhaps a bit too heavy, but the Faure is spot on.  Good stuff.

[MN Dave]

Lies.

EXCEPT of course for hardcore Tchaikovsky fans! 

[karlhenning]

I guess they don't get much nearer the core than moi . . . it's a fair cop.

[Gurn Blanston]

EXCEPT of course for hardcore Tchaikovsky fans! 

Actually, Sarge & I were having a beer together while listening to this:



and discussing whether a trip to Minnesota was in order...

[DavidRoss]

I guess they don't get much nearer the core than moi . . . it's a fair cop.

I'm no hard core Tchaikovsky fan, but I do like his music, including The Nutcracker--the whole thing!  In fact, I think I'll go it right now!

[jlaurson]

Seasonal Harmony with Haydn


J. Haydn (1732 – 1809)
Symphonies
(Disc 9, Sys. 34 - 37)
Philharmoinca Hungarica
Antal Dorati
Decca [33 CDs]

Probably more in the "good to have" and "perfectly lovely" category than much more... but that's already quite something for such an undertaking. I'm beginning to regret not having gotten the Naxos Box when it came out, though...

[listener]

Variations for Harpŝichord
Hans Leo HASSLER  Ich gieng einmal spatieren  (aka Une jolie filette and Von Gott will ich nicht lassen)
Samuel SCHEIDT  Passamezzo Variations
Waldemar Döling,   Merzdorf reproduction of a Ruckers 1640 harpsichord, mean-tone tuning.
Vincenz LACHNER 42 Variations on the C Major scale   (goes into a minor and c minor for some variety)
Ferdinand RIES  40 Preludes  (from a time when it was customary to play a short warm-up to a major work, a set for pianists whose improvisation skills were lacking)
Jost Michaels, piano                     

[SonicMan46]

Beethoven & Berg - Violin Concertos w/ Arabella Steinbacher & Nelsons + WDR SO Koln - yet another young lovely violinist (amazing how many have appeared in recent years!) - this disc has been recommended by many GMGers; arrived yesterday and first listen a pure pleasure - going to enjoy -