What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[sidoze]

a couple of new CDs andd a couple I haven't heard in a long while

[Lilas Pastia]

Kilar: Orawa. This is a string orchestra piece where a mindlessly repeated tunette goes through various stages of transmogrification until it fairly explodes into a joyous rondo. I found this damning stuff at first, but it got the better of me and I came to like it despite its facile, clichéd Bolerotics.

There's a performance on Youtube, but it's taken too fast for my liking.

[orbital]

Brahms - op 34 F Minor Piano Quintet Richter w/ ? (the file says Komitas SQ but I seriously doubt it) 

I know you've all been waiting for the outcome of this 

In close inspection (and by the help of the clips from amazon  )the quartet in question is officially not Komitas, but Tatrai. Still good, but not as exciting as it would otherwise be  Not that I had high hopes, the sound was too good for 1940's anyway 

[Maciek]

Kilar: Orawa. This is a string orchestra piece where a mindlessly repeated tunette goes through various stages of transmogrification until it fairly explodes into a joyous rondo. I found this damning stuff at first, but it got the better of me and I came to like it despite its facile, clichéd Bolerotics.

There's a performance on Youtube, but it's taken too fast for my liking.

It's an addictive piece, isn't it? And not in a healthy way (since it's so "primitive")... Thanks for the YouTube link. Never heard of Barbara Sobolczyk before. The venue looks a bit like the radio concert hall in Katowice but I can't be sure - I haven't seen it in a long time and the memory is pretty hazy...

[Solitary Wanderer]

[not edward]

Bruckner 4 (ColSO/Walter).

[Solitary Wanderer]

Ravel ~ La Valse



Bartok ~ Concerto for Orchestra



Debussey ~ La Mer


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Immolation Scene

[Choo Choo]

An unexpected free gift from those nice folks at HMV Japan.

[Choo Choo]

And now, one of my favourite Bruckner combos - Albrecht / Czech PO - in a sprightly rendition of the 6th Symphony:



Fabulous.

[Bogey]

LvB Quartet for Strings No. 1 , Op. 18 Végh String Quartet

[Maciek]

[George]

LvB Quartet for Strings No. 1 , Op. 18 Végh String Quartet

Got more flavor than Kool Aid. 

[Lilas Pastia]

The 'Premiere' mention must be for symphony 6 probably. I have #4 and  5, the 5th in particular is a superb piece.

[BachQ]

Sibelius, Symphony No. 6 in D minor, Op. 104 (Bernstein)

[SonicMan46]

SW - I've been collecting Hildegard von Bingen (1088-1179) CDs for a while - have under a half dozen @ the moment - just a remarkable woman of the times - for those 'unaware' of this 'multi-talented' medieval celebrity, please do a search and explore her many talents! 

[Bogey]

Got more flavor than Kool Aid. 

Earlier:

Liszt Mazeppa HvK/BPO (DG)

Mozart Piano Sonatas K 331 and 332 Uchida (Philips)

Now:

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 K 503 Immerseel/Anima Eterna (CCR)

[Valentino]

Last night:

Gilels & Gilels playing Schubert's fantasia D940.
Very nice of DG to include this beautiful piece on the Originals-reissue of Mozart's K. 595 and 365.

[wintersway]

What are your thoughts about this one WW, and what label that is?

Good day Harry! I love Rogé's Ravel & Chausson. One of my favorites as a matter of fact!

It is on On the Onyx Classics label http://www.onyxclassics.com/cddetail.php?CatalogueNumber=ONYX4008.

NP:

[Bonehelm]

Georg Solti/Chicago symphony orchestra's LvB 9th on Decca.

[Harry]

Friedrich Kiel.

Sonate WoO, for Piano, and Cello.

Small Suite opus 77,  in A major.

Sonate opus 67, in G minor.

Hans Zentgraf, Cello.
Chrostoph Ullrich, Piano.

Topnotch!