What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Sadko]

Going by the cover photo, it looks as if Gilels wasn't too happy with the audience noise, either. 

True, he even has a black cloud emanating from himself

[Wakefield]

Quite favorably impressed while I listen to Nathan Milstein playing Bach's sonatas & partitas for solo violin (2nd version, recorded in the '70s):



Here:

[asin]B008BP1LS6[/asin]

Previously, I had his first recording on EMI (recorded in the middle of the '50s, if I recall correctly):



Now also available here:

[asin]B002HIEIVA[/asin]

[Brian]

Naxos Music Library is down and I really need a work that starts melancholy but picks me up later. Listening on YouTube to Eivind Gullberg Jensen conduct the Netherlands Radio PO in Rachmaninoff's Symphony No 2. The top commenter is right: Jensen looks and face-makes a lot like Jim Carrey...

[Todd]

Possibly my favorite single, non-opera Strauss recording.

[Todd]

Are the sonatas in that box different recordings than the ones in this box:

Yes.  The Teldec is a reissue of Buchbinder's first cycle.  The RCA is a recent, live cycle. 

[mahler10th]

Naxos Music Library is down and I really need a work that starts melancholy but picks me up later. Listening on YouTube to Eivind Gullberg Jensen conduct the Netherlands Radio PO in Rachmaninoff's Symphony No 2. The top commenter is right: Jensen looks and face-makes a lot like Jim Carrey...

Pettersons 7th starts melancholy (suicidal), remains melancholy, but brightens up towards the end.
Meanwhile:



Ashkenazy is somewhat underrated as a conductor.  He did a Shosty set which I have not heard, but might find a way to dip into.  His Sibelius is brilliant.

[Lisztianwagner]

Some Novak's music now:

http://www.youtube.com/v/hkW5wnCDg4s

[Lisztianwagner]

Ashkenazy is somewhat underrated as a conductor.  He did a Shosty set which I have not heard, but might find a way to dip into.  His Sibelius is brilliant.

Amazing set, Ashkenazy is unbeatable in Rachmaninov's works, both as pianist and as conductor! To me, no one seems to understand the deep passion, the poetical beauty and the haunting power of this music like Ashkenazy.

[Brian]

Naxos Music Library is down and I really need a work that starts melancholy but picks me up later. Listening on YouTube to Eivind Gullberg Jensen conduct the Netherlands Radio PO in Rachmaninoff's Symphony No 2. The top commenter is right: Jensen looks and face-makes a lot like Jim Carrey...

A very impressive performance, consistently very good, but boy, you can tell you're depressed when Rach 2 doesn't cheer you up.

[Mirror Image]

Arthur Honegger
Symphony No.5

http://www.youtube.com/v/wIIQyDwlX7o&feature=plcp

A great symphony, Ilaria. What do you think about it?

[North Star]

Begun before seeing John's or Brian's post:

Rachmaninoff
Symphony no. 2
Jansons
[asin]B000UZ4EY8[/asin]

[Mirror Image]

Ashkenazy is somewhat underrated as a conductor.  He did a Shosty set which I have not heard, but might find a way to dip into.  His Sibelius is brilliant.

Ashkenazy is a pretty good conductor, but I don't think much of his Shostakovich recordings. I bought his Shostakovich set several years ago and listened to his performances of Symphonies 1-6 and I just couldn't take anymore. The performances seemed to be lacking a lot of the fire Shosty's music needs.

Anyway, now listening:



Listening to Symphony No. 1. I definitely like this better than Sanderling's set. Ossonce has the full measure of this music.

[Brian]

Sounds like the joy from getting a job was short lived.

Well, the moving process is getting complicated by a very important person having a significant family crisis. On top of the awkwardness it causes me and the forfeiture of most of our planning, logistics, shopping, and celebrating, it's hard not to feel the pain she's going through.

[Lisztianwagner]

A great symphony, Ilaria. What do you think about it?

Yes, it was absolutely thrilling; I enjoyed it very much, especially the last two movements! I really liked the orchestration, especially the use of strings and brass, what a beautiful, haunting atmosphere they created. The finale sounds left open, was that Honegger's intention?

[Mirror Image]

Now:

[asin]B001F4YGYG[/asin]

Listening to Horace Victorieux which is described as a "mimed symphony." Very nice work.

[Lisztianwagner]

Arthur Honegger
Pacific 231

http://www.youtube.com/v/tVprYE_BhK8

[Mirror Image]

Yes, it was absolutely thrilling; I enjoyed it very much, especially the last two movements! I really liked the orchestration, especially the use of strings and brass, what a beautiful, haunting atmosphere they created.

Glad you enjoyed it, Ilaria. It's a great work.

The finale sounds left open, was that Honegger's intention?

Not sure what you mean by this, Ilaria. Left open? You mean it being sparse?

[Lisztianwagner]

Not sure what you mean by this, Ilaria. Left open? You mean it being sparse?

Well, you certainly know Bruckner's finali which sound getting more and more powerful to burst out in all their explosive force, and instead they finish with a pianissimo or a pause. The finale of Honegger's 5th Symphony reminds me something similar; I almost expected the piece to continue, whereas it ended so softly......

[listener]

SZYMANOWSKI    2 Mazurkas, op. 62   20 Mazurkas op. 50
Carol Rosenberger, piano
VIVALDI  Bassoon Concertos   no.4 in  C RV474, no.15 in F RV487, no.31 in C RV476,
no.16 in C RV469, no.33 in C RV470, no.37 in G RV494
Daniel Smith, bassoon      English Chamber Orch.,   Philip Ledger, cond.

[The new erato]

Now into disc 2. I certainly understand why this opera is considered one of Handel's greatest (despite having no new recordings the last 25 years until 2 suddenly appears. Let's talk about buses)

[asin]B008QCBFHG[/asin]