What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[karlhenning]

And then you must hear more d'Indy, the 3 quartets + sextet played by the Quatuor Joachim on a reissued 2-for-the-price-of-one Calliope is unexpectedly gorgeous!

But is it aristocratically sensual?

[Kullervo]

But is it aristocratically sensual?

[Kullervo]

And then you must hear more d'Indy, the 3 quartets + sextet played by the Quatuor Joachim on a reissued 2-for-the-price-of-one Calliope is unexpectedly gorgeous!

My knowledge of d'Indy is absolutely nil, so I appreciate your recommendation!

[The new erato]

But is it aristocratically sensual?

I would call them sensually aristocratic.

[Sergeant Rock]

More horniness

[Mark]

This, on the recommendation of Steve:

[Florestan]

This, on the recommendation of Steve:

And your humble servant's, Mark! 

How do you like them?

[Mark]

And your humble servant's, Mark! 

How do you like them?

Florestan, my dear friend, I'm ashamed. It was YOU, not Steve, who recommended these terrific works. I'm so sorry!

Well, I like them very much. I've heard Nos. 1 and 2 so far, and I prefer No. 2 by some margin. It seems to have more going on; to be less like an imitation of someone else's string quartet, which is how No. 1 made me feel (lovely though it is).

Thanks for suggesting I try these.

[Florestan]

Florestan, my dear friend, I'm ashamed. It was YOU, not Steve, who recommended these terrific works. I'm so sorry!

Well, I like them very much. I've heard Nos. 1 and 2 so far, and I prefer No. 2 by some margin. It seems to have more going on; to be less like an imitation of someone else's string quartet, which is how No. 1 made me feel (lovely though it is).

Thanks for suggesting I try these.

I knew you'd like them. It's such a pitty poor Juan died so young... he was promising a lot.

No. 2 is my favourite also.

[Sergeant Rock]

Some profound Prokofiev

[BachQ]

Proko PC #2 (Ashkenazy)

[beclemund]

If I had to do it all over again, I would have stopped at symphonies 3 and 7 in Tintner's Naxos cycle. To me, they are all wonderfully played, but those two stand out and this one is just gorgeous. I do not visit the other symphonies in the cycle often enough as there are so many other performances that I prefer over them. Then again, had I not bought the Tintner cycle, I likely would not have been encouraged to visit so many different interpretations, so I take it all back.

[pjme]

On France Musique : Benjamin Britten's war Requiem from the Saint Denis festival ( Paris)


Olga Guryakova, soprano
Paul Groves, ténor
Hanno Müller-Brachmann, basse

Maîtrise de Radio France
Toni Ramon, chef de chœur

Chœur de Radio France
Stephen Jackson, chef de chœur invité

Orchestre National de France
Kurt Masur, direction


Not the best soloist's ( a rather shrill soprano, an un-idiomatic bass...) ,but Masur knows this Requiem well and the emotion is overwhelming.  I stop working and must listen.

[bhodges]

The War Requiem is incredibly moving.  I'm not the hugest Masur fan but he does this piece very, very well.  And although I'm not that familiar with the other two soloists, I think Paul Groves has a magnificent voice.  Sounds like you're enjoying something very special.  0:)

--Bruce

[Sergeant Rock]

those whole underlying premise of the concerto genre itself can't equal true profundity by default me thinks...  

The concerto as a vehicle for empty virtuosity, a flashy showpiece, perhaps not.

But as a dialogue between soloist and orchestra, it can be profound indeed. Besides, I listened to the Sonata for Cello and Piano too.

Sarge

[George]

[Bogey]

That looks like a beauty George.  Your thoughts?

[Mark]

Rachmaninov's All-night Vigil: Swedish Radio Choir under Tonu Kaljuste. I'd forgotten how light and beautiful is Emman's alto voice in 'Bless the Lord, O my soul'. Divine. 0:)

[George]

That looks like a beauty George.  Your thoughts?

I only heard the Debussy thus far, but I like it. The price can't be beat BTW, I think I saw this double on amazon for $6. The timings aren't generous, but the sound is great and the playing is good to great. It's not really fair because I just heard Richter's Debussy yesterday and I liked it a lot more.

[Lilas Pastia]

Some repeat listenings to that gorgeous Pierné disc on Timpani (Impressions de Music Hall, Fantaisie basque for violin and orchestra etc). I could swear that one of the variations in the Divertissement sur un thème pastoral (1931)  has been lifted almost note for note by Hindemith in the Turandot movement of the Symphonic Metamorphoses on a Theme of Weber (1943). Furthermore, the tintinnabulating orchestration is very similar. But then again, what are the chances that Hindemith would have heard that Pierné piece? Funny that two different themes subjected to the variation treatment would end up sounding almost identical.