What are you listening to now?

[NikF]

Is there Mennin in that box?

Yes, as North Star pointed out it's part of the box. And it's yet another piece of music that's new to me. Oh yeah.

[Karl Henning]

Yes, as North Star pointed out it's part of the box. And it's yet another piece of music that's new to me. Oh yeah.

Whenever you're ready! 

[Karl Henning]

Lorin in Pittsburgh!

Sibelius
Symphony № 4 in a minor, Op.63
Pittsburgh Symphony
Maazel

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Tasty!

[king ubu]

disc four from this:

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Some mighty fine Liszt, indeed! Too bad the Liszt box is so insanely priced, hope it'll make a return to availability!

[king ubu]

has been on the pile for a while - time for its first spin:

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[Karl Henning]

No surprise:

Sibelius
Symphony № 5 in E^b, Op.82
Pittsburgh Symphony
Maazel

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[aligreto]

Beethoven: Symphony No 3 under Bernstein....

[San Antone]

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Nielsen: Symphony No. 4 - Martinon/ Chicago Symphony Orchestra


From this boxed set -

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New music to me - and so an extra pleasure.

Excellent! Don't forget to listen to the Helios Overture as well. Great stuff.

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Now:



Listening to The Tempest Suites 1 & 2. Excellent (as usual). Stunning performances from Segerstam/Helsinki PO.

[Mirror Image]

Lorin in Pittsburgh!

Sibelius
Symphony № 4 in a minor, Op.63
Pittsburgh Symphony
Maazel

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Tasty!

Karl, what do you think of Maazel's traversal of Sibelius in Pittsburgh? I'm not too crazy about Maazel's Vienna cycle, but haven't heard this Pittsburgh one (yet).

[Karl Henning]

Karl, what do you think of Maazel's traversal of Sibelius in Pittsburgh? I'm not too crazy about Maazel's Vienna cycle, but haven't heard this Pittsburgh one (yet).

The band sound rich and wonderful;  and the interpretation I find very satisfying.  I have not done a comparison with the Vienna set, for which I have fond feelings (it was that recording which illumined the Fourth Symphony for me, e.g.)

[NikF]

Whenever you're ready! 

From the Martinon/CSO box - Mennin: Symphony No. 7.
Well, that was incredible. I'd never heard anything quite like that before. Wonderful. And it has reminded me of how I'm finding more and more music now becoming accessible to me. My frame of reference continues to slowly expand.

Excellent! Don't forget to listen to the Helios Overture as well. Great stuff.

Definitely. Just about half of the contents of that box are waiting for me to listen to them for the first time. Pleasures to be slowly savoured!

[listener]

MAHLER:  Symphony no. 5
Boston S.O./ Leinsdorf    1963 recording
like Reger with ADHD
may hear live tonight, at least Sibelius' The Bard will be on the program
recovery mode: Le Violon Vagabond
VLADIGEROV: Horo (Paraphrases bulgares) op, 18   SARASATE: Carmen Fantasy op. 25  FROLOV: Pièce en style de blues, SHCHEDRIN: Imitation d'Albeniz, RAJNA: Tarantulla, KROLL: Banjo and Violin and more
Graf Mourja, violin  Nataila Gros, pianno

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The band sound rich and wonderful;  and the interpretation I find very satisfying.  I have not done a comparison with the Vienna set, for which I have fond feelings (it was that recording which illumined the Fourth Symphony for me, e.g.)

Sounds great, Karl. I'll definitely have to listen to some of this set (probably tonight at some point).

[ritter]

And now for something completely different  :

Listening to the Quatrième Entrée, "Les Sauvages", from J.-Ph. Rameau's Les Indes Galantes. J.-F. Paillard conducts his orchestra, a chorus from Valence and vocal soloists Jennifer Smith, Louis Devos, Philippe Huttenlocher and John Elves.

From this set:

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Now:



Listening to the Piano Concerto. Certainly one of most impressive non-European concerti I've heard.

[king ubu]

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[Todd]

[aligreto]

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 29 & 30 / Kempff....