What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Florestan]

Chopin

Mazurkas (complete)

Artur Rubinstein
1965-66

Gold!

[Solitary Wanderer]

Disc.3.

#44 Mourning
#45 Farewell
#47 The Palindrome

[Danny]

Mahler Symphony No. 6 conducted by Bernstein with the NYPO. 

The first movement has me mesmerized.  It doesn't sound "tragic" to me at all!

[Harry]

Good night all.
End the day with some Russian Orthodox music, a night vigil.

[PerfectWagnerite]

Mahler Symphony No. 6 conducted by Bernstein with the NYPO. 

The first movement has me mesmerized.  It doesn't sound "tragic" to me at all!

Tragic in this case refers to the Greek sense of tragedy as the fall of a hero, not tragedy as we usually associate with death and loss.

[not edward]

[Solitary Wanderer]

Disc.9.

#96 The Miracle
#100 Military
#101 The Clock

[SonicMan46]

Dvorak Solo Piano Works on an absolute 5-CD Brilliant box bargin set! Now, I love Dvorak (probably my favorite 19th century composer) - have many of his 'other' works already, so decided to give these piano pieces a try - we've had discussion of Dvorak & the 'solo piano' - apparently, not his strong point; but these are enjoyable, well played, and recorded - pretty good review on Music Web - have only gone through 3 of the 5 discs so far; if you're a 'Dvorak NUT' like me, then this will be a cheap addition to your collection (I'll be listening to the Symphonies & Chamber Works more often, but nice to have a more 'complete' representation) - 

[not edward]

Schnittke: Piano Concerto (Virtuosi di Kuhmo/Gothoni); Cello Concerto No 1 (Ivashkin/RSSO/Polyansky).
Great performances of dramatic, highly gestural post-Romantic concerti. Not everyday listening, but I enjoyed it.

[Solitary Wanderer]

Disc.5.

#55 The Schoolmaster
#59 Fire
#60 Il distratto

[not edward]

Rihm: Vers une symphonie fleuve V.
A monster single movement in a post-Mahler/Hartmannesque style which puts the listener through a non-stop emotional wringer for a whole hour without ever relaxing the tension. It's one of those pieces (Schnittke's Peer Gynt is another) that really convinces me of the viability of neo-Romanticism as an artistic movement in a way that the entire output of Penderecki, Corigliano and others entirely fails to.

Naturally, it's never been recorded commercially.

[Solitary Wanderer]

[Harry]

Dvorak Solo Piano Works on an absolute 5-CD Brilliant box bargin set! Now, I love Dvorak (probably my favorite 19th century composer) - have many of his 'other' works already, so decided to give these piano pieces a try - we've had discussion of Dvorak & the 'solo piano' - apparently, not his strong point; but these are enjoyable, well played, and recorded - pretty good review on Music Web - have only gone through 3 of the 5 discs so far; if you're a 'Dvorak NUT' like me, then this will be a cheap addition to your collection (I'll be listening to the Symphonies & Chamber Works more often, but nice to have a more 'complete' representation) - 

I think them absolutely marvelous Dave, and it invites all the time to play it again!

[Harry]

I am more than a bit interested in it, and what you think of it!

[val]

Good morning to all.

LIGETI: 2 Quartets, Ramifications, Melodien, Cello Sonata.

The 2 Quartets are splendid works, the first conceived almost as a suite, under the influence of Berg, but the language is already personal and very strong. The Hagen Quartet gives an extraordinary interpretation.

The 2nd Quartet is much more homogeneous. The "Sostenuto, molto calmo" reminds me of some of the "night musics" of Bartok's works. Again, a great interpretation of the LaSalle Quartet.

The Cello Sonata (1948/1953) is a delightful work, very melodious.

"Ramifications" was never one of my preferred among Ligeti's works.

[Sergeant Rock]

Starting the musical day with a bit of farce:




Sarge

[Haffner]

Disc.3.

#44 Mourning
#45 Farewell
#47 The Palindrome

I had no idea that Sir Neville ever recorded these works, so I'm very interested.

[Haffner]

I am more than a bit interested in it, and what you think of it!

Mi anche!

[Haffner]

Starting the musical day with a bit of farce:




Sarge

Battle can be such a great singer, and we all know about the tenor. I haven't checked out Donizetti's works yet, and this looks like quite the credible purchase.


Good morning all! Listening to a default recoding today, Haydn's op.64 as performed by the altissima di Haydn HiP, Quatuor Mosaiques.

[Choo Choo]

In memory of a distant and aged relative who died at the weekend, today's listening started with:

   Haydn's St Cecilia Mass   (Jochum/BRSO & Chorus)

followed by:

   Bruckner's Requiem   (Best/ECO/Corydon Singers)