What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[kishnevi]

Quatour Ebene--Bartok SQs 1-3.  From their preVirgin days at Mirare.
Amazon refuses to bring up a listing, but if interested, Arkivmusic is having a sale on all their Mirare through Tuesday the 10th (including Ebene's Haydn recording, which I bought on the same order as this one).

It's been quite some time since I've listened to these works, and I'd forgotten how good they sound.  That's more a praise of Bartok than Ebene, but I don't want to minimize the performance.  Unfortunate that Ebene has never released a second CD to complete the cycle (although I suppose one can always hope.)

[Mirror Image]

Quatour Ebene--Bartok SQs 1-3.  From their preVirgin days at Mirare.
Amazon refuses to bring up a listing, but if interested, Arkivmusic is having a sale on all their Mirare through Tuesday the 10th (including Ebene's Haydn recording, which I bought on the same order as this one).

It's been quite some time since I've listened to these works, and I'd forgotten how good they sound.  That's more a praise of Bartok than Ebene, but I don't want to minimize the performance.  Unfortunate that Ebene has never released a second CD to complete the cycle (although I suppose one can always hope.)

I don't doubt how good the performances are, but the only Bartok SQ set I own is with the Takacs and I've never felt the need to get any more recordings which I suppose speaks of the advocacy of this amazing quartet.

[kishnevi]

I don't doubt how good the performances are, but the only Bartok SQ set I own is with the Takacs and I've never felt the need to get any more recordings which I suppose speaks of the advocacy of this amazing quartet.

Don't have the Tackacs, but I have the Nowak and the Belcea, and both are superlative, especially the Nowak (it's on Philips, or whatever Philips is now--Decca?).  The Emerson recording is a dud.  And if I think an Emerson SQ recording is a dud, then it's a dud.

[Mirror Image]

Don't have the Tackacs, but I have the Nowak and the Belcea, and both are superlative, especially the Nowak (it's on Philips, or whatever Philips is now--Decca?).  The Emerson recording is a dud.  And if I think an Emerson SQ recording is a dud, then it's a dud.

I don't like the Emersons that much. I have their Shostakovich SQ cycle but supplemented it with the Borodin set on Chandos (the set with the original members). I think the only other recording I own by them is of Debussy/Ravel SQs. I haven't listened to this one in awhile, so I can't comment on the quality of the performances.

[Que]

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Back to this new acquisition. This time more focused listening, headphone on. Let's see what I can make of it.

Q

[Coco]

Exotic, otherworldly stuff.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

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Back to this new acquisition. This time more focused listening, headphone on. Let's see what I can make of it.

Q

Fine music, and excellent performances of course Que! Would not have it any other way you know!

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

I said enough about this recording, its bloody fabulous, and every one that doesn't have it, well.....well....well that's your loss!

[classicalgeek]

Nearly 1 AM here, so some late-night listening:

Hans Rott
Symphony in E major
Gerhard Samuel; Cincinnati Philharmonia

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Somewhere between Bruckner, Mahler, and Franz Schmidt, sounds like all of them, but none of them.  Either way, good stuff!

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Repeated this CD today thrice!

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Another firm favourite of mine, of which I wrote quite a lot here on this forum, so I suffice to say, its very good!

[madaboutmahler]

Inspired by a post in the classical chat thread, now listening to:

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Listening to Butterworth's The Banks of Green Willow.

Absolutely beautiful music, John. A tragedy that Butterworth died so young, what we can hear of his music is gorgeous!

[Lisztianwagner]

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No.6 - 4. Finale. Allegro moderato

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Yesterday evening a friend of mine told me he had never noticed the presence of the hammer in the instrumentation ( )....that made me a little surprised, especially because there's more than one hammer blow and Mahler hammer is rather famous!

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

In the repeat mode! Recommended!

[Papy Oli]

Indes Galantes - Rameau / Bruggen

Absolutely great music, and a great performance, what's you take on it, Papy?

Hi Greg, The 1st listening to it turned to out be too distracted but it seemed very promising. I did like the samples enough at the time of ordering to also have ordered the harpsichord transcriptions of Indes Galantes. This one landed today and is playing in the headphones right now. That's just beautiful. I'll play the orchestral version again over the week-end and give it the attention it deserves.

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[Antoine Marchand]

Last night:

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Now:

http://www.youtube.com/v/jCIQx4pVMEE

[Opus106]

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Yesterday evening a friend of mine told me he had never noticed the presence of the hammer in the instrumentation ( )....that made me a little surprised, especially because there's more than one hammer blow and Mahler hammer is rather famous!

It's easy to miss it, actually, even when you are watching a performance live, so I can sympathise with your friend.



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[Lisztianwagner]

It's easy to miss it, actually, even when you are watching a performance live, so I can sympathise with your friend.

Well, actually, it's not like in Der Ring des Nibelungen, Mahler hammer can be mistaken for a percussion in the Tragische Symphony; anyway my friend has listened to Mahler for much time, I was surprised he had never heard about the hammer before....

What an amusing caricature, Navneeth!

[Mirror Image]

Absolutely beautiful music, John. A tragedy that Butterworth died so young, what we can hear of his music is gorgeous!

I agree, Daniel. Like Gershwin and Lili Boulanger, Butterworth left the world way before his prime.

[Lisztianwagner]

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Now:
Gustav Mahler
Ruckert-Lieder