What are you listening to now?

[kishnevi]

G. Mahler,
Symphony No.9
Fischer, Ivan / Budapest FO
Channel Records SACD
German link - UK link

How is it? It sits in my cart alongside Elder's.
(Of course I will get it, even if you said it's the worst recording since John Wayne's cover of Winter Wonderland).

TD
Monteverdi Vespers F. Bernius conducting Kammerchor Stuttgart, Musica Fiata, Choralschola Niederalteich
First two CDs of the DHM  Italian Baroque Music edition set.

[San Antone]

[Todd]

K459.

[San Antone]

Surprisingly good.  After listening to Collard play the B Minor Sonata very sloppily it was revelatory to hear Buniatishvili play it cleanly and under control.  Both performances were live on medici.tv.  This studio recording is new to me.

[North Star]

Surprisingly good.  After listening to Collard play the B Minor Sonata very sloppily it was revelatory to hear Buniatishvili play it cleanly and under control.  Both performances were live on medici.tv.  This studio recording is new to me.

You might be interested in this, it was broadcast in Finland on Saturday.
https://www.youtube.com/v/eYlIk19CbBI

Thread duty - morning listening
Bach
Goldberg Variations
Bob van Asperen

[Mandryka]

Friedhelm Flamme does Georg Bohm. Stonking performance of Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten, Premont was right to recommend it. Same for Vater unser in himmelreich.

[Que]

Morning listening - just in:

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Interesting approach...haven't made up my mind yet.

Q

[Que]

Friedhelm Flamme does Georg Bohm. Stonking performance of Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten, Premont was right to recommend it. Same for Vater unser in himmelreich.

Perhaps I should Friedhelm Flamme another try, he never quite appealed to me...

Q

[Que]

Since the Magraner Huelgas disc annoyed me to no end, I'm hoping this new purchase will be able to cleanse my ears:

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Q

[North Star]

Liszt
Années de pèlerinage
Grimwood
[asin]B001O3MLN6[/asin]

[Que]

Liszt
Années de pèlerinage
Grimwood
[asin]B001O3MLN6[/asin]

Nice, I like that recording!

Q

[North Star]

Nice, I like that recording!

Q

Yes, a great one indeed. I should investigate more PI Liszt - I know there are at least the two Immerseel discs.

[Harry]

Perhaps I should Friedhelm Flamme another try, he never quite appealed to me...

Q

I recently relisten to a CD by Flamme with the works of W.F. Bach (Complete Organ Works)
Last time I had it in my player was in 2012, so I have given it a second run.
Only my wife prevented me to break it into pieces.
Flamme is simply burning in the wrong direction.
Terrible performance!

[Wanderer]

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New arrival:

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[Moonfish]

Love her recordings! There are several ones of her doing the Brahms concerto. She also did the Sibelius concerto, but alas her career was so short, there aren't nearly as many recordings as one would wish for. Her Brahms though is terrific! Vibrant and full of passion indeed! Not sure what's the best way to get hold of her recordings these days, I've got a mix of discs on Dutton Vocalion, Tahra, Music & Arts. For the studio recordings, there's a cheapo four disc set on Documents/Membran, if you're not opposed to those kind of releases.

Nope, the Brahms (of which she was reckoned a specialist) is a singleton for me.  This is on my wishlist :  [asin]B00CIJZJG6[/asin]  I'm always wary of such phenoms, we're a giddy lot and Death, esp. Tragic Death, imparts its own curious - and curiosity-inducing - aura.  But she's the real deal (she beat out David Oistrakh, who took second!, in the Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1935).   About which : http://www.wieniawski.com/1ivc.html

Thanks for all those recommendations, Ubu and Z7!    I (impulsive as always) already went for the 4 disk set so I could sample her artistry. I presume those recordings aren't remastered?  Regardless, I am very eager to hear her Brahms and Sibelius performances.       Impressive that she won in the violin competition with Oistrakh in 1935!

[listener]

light, pleasant, right for doing some summer chores
MARTIN Y SOLER: La rara cosa - Overture  BOCCHERINI: The Night Guard in Madrid
FREITAG: El Retablo de la Cathedral de Tarragona   
NIN: Spanish Songs, Spanish Suite ALBENIZ: Tango  SARASATE: Playera, Caprice Basque - arr. Victor Kozodor
Moscow Concertino     Eugeni Bushkov

[king ubu]

Thanks for all those recommendations, Ubu and Z7!    I (impulsive as always) already went for the 4 disk set so I could sample her artistry. I presume those recordings aren't remastered?  Regardless, I am very eager to hear her Brahms and Sibelius performances.       Impressive that she won in the violin competition with Oistrakh in 1935!

Happy to spread the word, she was great!
You might want to consider adding this double disc:

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More recent incarnation looks different (might be found cheaper):
http://www.musicandarts.com/ginette-neveu-1949-concert-performances.html

The Brahms with Schmidt-Isserstedt (the pink one mentioned above) I still don't have, but there's one on Tahra with Desormière as well ... guess I finally have to get the pink one (it's on one of those Membran labels as well, I think - hate them actually, though the big Furtwängler legacy box is pretty darn amazing, and the moronically presented Raucheisen box, too).

No thread duty, alas ... clicking of keyboards and chatting of co-workers is all there is.

[Camphy]

Symphony 90

[prémont]

I recently relisten to a CD by Flamme with the works of W.F. Bach (Complete Organ Works)
Last time I had it in my player was in 2012, so I have given it a second run.
Only my wife prevented me to break it into pieces.
Flamme is simply burning in the wrong direction.
Terrible performance!

I admit, that he is variable, but some of his recordings appeal very much to me. F.i. most of the chorale arrangements in his Böhm set (not however the preludes, which I find he plays in an unimaginative way). I also prefer his Weckmann set to Zehrer´s and Foccroulle´s, even if Davisson (particularly his first set) is to be preferred to all of them.

And I think that W F Bach´s organ works are relatively uninteresting. and I will not blame Flamme in this context.

[Harry]

I admit, that he is variable, but some of his recordings appeal very much to me. F.i. most of the chorale arrangements in his Böhm set (not however the preludes, which I find he plays in an unimaginative way). I also prefer his Weckmann set to Zehrer´s and Foccroulle´s, even if Davisson (particularly his first set) is to be preferred to all of them.

And I think that W F Bach´s organ works are relatively uninteresting. and I will not blame Flamme in this context.

Also true, even if W F Bach was considered a virtuoso on the organ, his works for this instrument are most of the time uninteresting. That's also an angle to consider. So in this I stand corrected.
On another note, there are recordings by Flamme which I enjoy, after some acclimatisation, but I always feel a tad uncomfortable with him.