What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Drasko]

Yeah, that one's a bit too much for me, with the 15-minute Adagietto and all those cuts, even though I am amazed by the intensity of the performance.

It's pretty extreme even outside adagietto and the cuts. Philadelphia being excellent orchestra holds for their lives at times. Contrasts he asks for are amazing indeed - after really heavy accented thread of funeral march launching allegro at that speed...

Now this:

[Bogey]

Great disk. You better darn well have it turned down a bit when the cannon start!  Like Karl, I like those works, and don't care who knows it. But like you, I don't overplay it either.

Bill, I have that Telarc version on SACD which is sensational! The canons!!!

Yup.  Enjoyed the entire cd. 

[George]

How is that one?

[Que]

Harry, I like your choice in Frankel, he is a highly underrated Neoromantic not quite tonal composer.  Great stuff!

For me I'm still wallowing in Caldara, fantastic music powerful, stirring stuff.

David, what works/ which CD is that?

Q

[Que]

A very good morning/day.



Q

[Harry]

Harry, I like your choice in Frankel, he is a highly underrated Neoromantic not quite tonal composer.  Great stuff!

For me I'm still wallowing in Caldara, fantastic music powerful, stirring stuff.

Thank you David, I too think that after hearing many of his works that he is indeed underrated to put it mildly. His Violin concerto is almost to die for. I had the score for that, and the structure is amazing.
A friend of mine in Germany has all the scores of the Orchestral works.

[Harry]

A very good morning/day.



Q

Goodmorning Que, pray who are the soloists on this disc?

[Que]

Goodmorning Que, pray who are the soloists on this disc?

Good morning Harry!
Just click on the picture and all will be revealed.

Q

[Harry]

Rossini.

Pianoworks Volume III.

Peches de Viellesse. (Selection)

Stefan Irmer, Piano.

I think this is absolutely lovely music, well written, and expertly performed, and recorded. Every single item on this disc is a gem, if interested in the series, this would not be a bad start at all. the virtuosity of Irmer and Rossini is a healthy marriage, and it has me in awe every 10 seconds or so.
Unknown maybe, but not unloved! MDG did well to record all there is.

[Que]

"Odd" bits and pieces from Bach's younger years.
And as I implied earlier on another thread: still very much worthwhile (believe it... 0:) - or not... ).
Superb performance by Robert Hill.



Q

[Harry]

J.S. Bach.

Cantates Volume XXXV.

Cantates No. 74, 87, 128, 176.

Yukari Nonoshita, Soprano.
Robin Blaze, Counter.
Makoto Sakurada, Tenor.
Peter Kooij, Bass.
Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki.

Again a wonderful Bach disc. From "Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein" the Aria between Alto, and Tenor "Sein allmacht zu ergrunden" is wonderfully done. All of this disc is the closest you can get to Bach's cantates IMO. The spiritual aspect, so you will religious aspect of his compositions, come to the fore quite strongly, and the only conclusion you can make from what you hear is, that he was a deeply spiritual man, and so his composing is, deeply religious.
The sound is good as always. Some new technicians bring fresh ideas, and a new sound perspective.

[wintersway]

Good morning/day to all!

Love the Suzuki Harry!

[Harry]

Robert Schumann.

Symphony No, 1 & 2.

Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich/David Zinman.

After my much loved Gardiner, I did not expect to hear a better or equal performance on cd in my lifetime, but what a wonderful thing if you are surprised no end by such a orchestra as the ones from Zurich and their conductor. I ordered it some time ago, after I found their rendition of the Beethoven Violin Concerto smashing. That led also to purchasing the 60 disc Sony Box, in which all of the Orchestral works by Beethoven are done by the same forces.
Schumann then, came in with the right and fast tempi in the first movement of the first symphony, and it had me sitting on the edge of my seat, and it kept being this way till the end of the second symphony.
As with Gardiner, the orchestra is thinned out, and the tempi are a lot faster as the normal recordings of these works. Cleanly executed by Zinman, having a keen ear for dynamics, and keeps all parts of the orchestra audible. That has all to do with the wonderful recordings by Simon Eadon, very detailed, and a marvelous front to back, excellent balance throughout.
Equal footing with the Gardiner, and I am extremely happy to have these recordings.
The last movement of the second symphony is riveting.
Boy, I am impressed.

[DavidW]

David, what works/ which CD is that?

Q

It was the one that either you or Harry rec'd on the Italian Baroque thread.





So Stabat Mater, some sinfonias, and Missa Dolorosa.

[Harry]

Anton Rubinstein.

Complete Piano Sonatas.

No 3 & 4.

Leslie Howard, Piano.

These are very fine works, and well written. Virtuosic and romantic in demeanor.
Tony Faulkner made these recordings in 1981, and very good they are.

[Que]

Q

[Bogey]

Heard a bit of this on the radio this morning so thought I would give it a full listen.



Good morning.

[dtwilbanks]

Collard playing Ravel

[bwv 1080]

Mozart SQ Eb K428

[Harry]

Hans Pfitzner.


Kleine Symphonie, opus 44.

Sinfonie opus 46.

Das fest auf Solhaug.

Bamberg SO/Werner Andreas Albert

I cannot stop admiring the composer, for every work I played so far, its filling me with joy, to hear what he has to say in terms of musicality. A creative mind, that is writing his way through turbulent times, and if not understanding the politics of his day, and embracing the wrong thoughts and attitude, his importance as a composer is for me without a doubt. And therefore I separate the public man from the composer.

The recording made in 1990 is a example, for beautiful detailed sound, and a fabulous front to back balance. The Orchestra under Albert is performing clearly a act of love for this music, for this interpretation is well up to the quality of the music. A traditionalist, he nevertheless managed to squeeze out a highly original voice, with very precise writing, and haunting melodies.
He fits in perfectly in its time though.