What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Coopmv]

I agree. About the Karajan Symphony Edition, I haven't got the complete box, just Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Bruckner, Brahms and Mendelssohn and they're all amazing. I would really like to get the Haydn set as well. What do you think about the stuff you've listened to?

Every CD in that set I have listened to so far is vintage Karajan.  The only reason I went for the set, though not knowing at the time that this set is now going for quite a bit over what I actually paid for, is to get my hands on some of the missing Haydn Symphonies and the Bruckner Symphonies.  I would have to pay quite dearly to get those symphonies individually.  The Beethoven Symphonies were from his 1977 cycle, which I have in an LP set (nice box with some excellent photos).  With this CD set, I have every Beethoven Symphonies cycle Karajan recorded in CD format, which is nice.  While I have a good sized LP collection, I listen to records only once in a while but I will not part with them either ...

[Gold Knight]

Gustav Mahler--Symphony No.5 in C-Sharp Minor, performed by the James Levine led Philadelphia Orchestra.
Franz Schubert--Symphony No.3 in D Major, D200, Symphony No.5 in B-Flat Minor, D485 and Symphony No.8 in B Minor, D759 {"Unfinished"}. All three works feature the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under the baton of Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Paris: A Nocturne (The Song of a Great City) with Sir Charles Mackerras conducting the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Excellent performance.

[TheGSMoeller]

Ives: SQ No.2
Leipziger String Quartet

[Bogey]

[TheGSMoeller]

Mario Raskin and Oscar Milani performing Piazzolla on Harpsichords. Music this expressive sounds good no matter how it's delivered.

[not edward]

Because sometimes it's nice to hear a minor composer hit one out of the park:

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The 4th piano concerto.

[Mirror Image]

Because sometimes it's nice to hear a minor composer hit one out of the park:

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The 4th piano concerto.

It may be time for me to revisit this recording. Thanks for the reminder, Edward.

[jlaurson]

Because sometimes it's nice to hear a minor composer hit one out of the park:

The 4th piano concerto.

Goshdarnright!
see:
The Day That Silence Flared Up
http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2011/07/day-that-silence-flared-up.html

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M-A. Charpentier
Stuff ("!")
Le Concert Spirituel / H.Niquet
Glossa
German link - UK link
disc 1 - te deum et al.

[val]

SHOSTAKOVITCH:          Cello Concerto n. 1              / Rostropovich, Philadelphia Orchestra, Ormandy

To me this is not one of the best works of Shostakovitch, but the interpretation is extraordinary.

[Fafner]

Franz Schubert - Symphony no. 9
Wiener Philharmoniker, Furtwängler, 1943

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[Lisztianwagner]

Leos Janacek
String Quartet No.1

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[Henk]

I always doubted of getting that set. I think it's a good set. What are your experiences with it? (ITITITITIT)

How is Crossley on it?

Forget about Liszt, Ilaria, just a good advice from me. Try Stravinsky for instance.

[Sergeant Rock]

Shostakovich String Quartet #7 F sharp minor op.108 (1960) played by the Rubio Quartet




Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Rued Langgaard Symphony #11 "Ixion" Dausgaard conducting the Danish National RSO




Sarge

[Fafner]

Tchaikovsky - Symphony no. 6
Berliner Philharmoniker, Furtwängler, 1938

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[North Star]

Leos Janacek
String Quartet No.1

Afternoon, Ilaria - what did you think of it?

I always doubted of getting that set. I think it's a good set. What are your experiences with it? (ITITITITIT)

How is Crossley on it?

Forget about Liszt, Ilaria, just a good advice from me. Try Stravinsky for instance.

Do you have this set, too, Henk, or are you asking whether you should get it?

Didn't know that you liked Stravinsky, BTW. Can't see how liking e.g. his music should mean that one couldn't also appreciate Liszt's music, though.



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Satie
Gnossiennes & others
Pierre Laniau playing on a guitar. Works extremely well - makes me reach for the absinthe glass (figuratively speaking).

[Henk]

Afternoon, Ilaria - what did you think of it?

Do you have this set, too, Henk, or are you asking whether you should get it?

Didn't know that you liked Stravinsky, BTW. Can't see how liking e.g. his music should mean that one couldn't also appreciate Liszt's music, though.



Thread Duty:

Satie
Gnossiennes & others
Pierre Laniau playing on a guitar. Works extremely well - makes me reach for the absinthe glass (figuratively speaking).

I don't have the set. I like Stravinsky. Thanks for the tip.

Why not have a chat with Ilaria? Just my two cents.

EDIT: I see you have, but you're in the wrong thread, mate.

[Karl Henning]

. . . Can't see how liking e.g. his music should mean that one couldn't also appreciate Liszt's music, though.

+ 1

Thread Duty:

Satie
Gnossiennes & others
Pierre Laniau playing on a guitar. Works extremely well - makes me reach for the absinthe glass (figuratively speaking).

I certainly like the idea of Satie on guitar . . . .

Thread Duty: 'Tis the month, too!

Дмитри Дмитриевич [ Dmitri Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ]
Симфония № 11 g-moll «1905 год», соч. 103 [ Symphony № 11 in g minor, Opus 103 “1905” ]
Prague Symphony
Максим Дмитриевич [ Maksim Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ]

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[Sergeant Rock]

Stravinsky and Liszt, together at last    First the Symphonies of Wind Instruments; then Les Préludes.




Sarge