What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[madaboutmahler]

At John's recommendation, listening to Casella's 3rd symphony for the first time:
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This is absolutely brilliant! I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it and expect that I will listen to it again very soon. A really exciting work, with really fascinating orchestration in particular. Some of it seemed rather Mahlerian in an Italian way, which obviously pleased me. Many parts of the piece I particularly loved, too many to mention so I'll just say that I really enjoyed the whole work and am keen to listen to it again!

Thank you John!

[Jared]

excellent, although not quite up to the lofty standards of the Gardiner set...

[North Star]

Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
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[Mirror Image]

At John's recommendation, listening to Casella's 3rd symphony for the first time:
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This is absolutely brilliant! I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it and expect that I will listen to it again very soon. A really exciting work, with really fascinating orchestration in particular. Some of it seemed rather Mahlerian in an Italian way, which obviously pleased me. Many parts of the piece I particularly loved, too many to mention so I'll just say that I really enjoyed the whole work and am keen to listen to it again!

Thank you John!

Great, Daniel! I'm glad you enjoyed the work. It's by far the best symphony Casella composed IMHO. I listened to that lusciously lyrical second movement many times in a row when I first heard. I think it's the standout movement of the entire symphony.

Now listening:

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Listening to Symphony No. 10. This is really good. The audio quality is superb.

[Brian]

First Listen Fthursday!





I'm getting in the Christmas spirit

[Lethevich]

*jumps*!

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[Mirror Image]

A fine symphony and a fine performance, Brian. Thomson's entire cycle of RVW's symphonies is worth owning IMHO.

[Mirror Image]

*jumps*!

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Great recording, Sara! I'll have to dig this one back out and listen to it again. So much to listen to....

[listener]

VILLA-LOBOS: Quintette en forme de Chôros, Bachianas Braasileiras no. 6 for flute and bassoon
IBERT: Concertino da camera for Saxophone and Chamnber Orch.
GLAZUNOV`: Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra
NY Woodwind Quintet members   Vincent Abato, Saxophone     Sylvan Shulman, Norman Pickering conducting an unspecified ensemble
HAYDN:  Symphonies 90 in C, 91 in E^b
The Esterhazy Orchestra      David Blum, cond.

[Que]

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Disc 2, with the single harpsichords concertos BWV 1052, 1054, 1058, 1055. Performed by Adam Pearl, Arthur Haas, Karen Flint and Davitt Moroney.

My Christmas Holidays have begun! So in between social obligations  0:) it's lot of music listening for me untill the new year!

Q

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Good morning all and some Christmas Cheer for you all.

[Que]

Good morning to  you Harry. Good thing you fixed the Christmas card - fijne feestdagen!

To stay in the Christmas mood, a first run of this disc with early-Baroque Neapolitan Christmas cantatas by Cristofaro Carasena (1640-1709). I got this on account of the collaboration of Roberta Invernizzi, who was apparently not a big name yet at the time of the recording in 1996.

 

Q

[Conor71]

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 In A Major, Op. 47, "Kreutzer"

[Jared]

[Conor71]

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 In G Major, Op. 58

[Florestan]

On Mezzo TV

Concert de Thomas Quasthoff (baryton) et Hélène Grimaud (piano)

Programme

Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe Op.48

Johannes Brahms
Lieder und Gesänge Op.32

Réalisé par Philippe Béziat (1h)
Enregistré au Festival de Verbier en 2007

[Florestan]

Symphony No. 9 in C major D944 "Great"

Probably my all-times favorite symphony. 

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

CD II from this set. Music that you do not encounter frequently, but which is a joy to listen to. It may not be the last answer in terms of performance or sound, but its pretty close to very good. Its a safe buy, for there is little else of these works recorded. As said before, the artwork is utter crap.

[Karl Henning]

What did I miss? How did the RVW Symphony № 8 become Christmas music? ; )

[Jared]

As said before, the artwork is utter crap.

I'd agree that the sides of some fairly mundane buildings make for a slightly uninspiring photo, but I'd have to say that (perversely as this may sound) I would rather this than the picture of some pretty girl on the front. I think the cult of personality and appearance on the artwork of so many CDs these days is starting undermine the seriousness of the music....