What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Sergeant Rock]

I am actually listening to the Celibidache Munich Bruckner 8th right now and it is such a contrast to CVD !

Yep...those conductors illustrate the two extremes of Bruckner interpretation. I enjoy them both.

Sarge

[Steve]

Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht

[George]

Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht

I love that recording! 

[BachQ]

Mvarinsky's performance of Tchaikovsky's 5th on R3 ("Hey, Peter, can you repeat that theme again as I missed it on its 4th appeareance")

[BachQ]

Bach's Goldberg Variations played by pianist David Popper on the Skarbo label.  Only 53 minutes because he omits the majority of repeats, but the performances are thoroughly enjoyable.  Fantastic clarity, articulation, balance of voices, and detail of musical lines.  The sound is top of the line also.

Popper does well with both Bach's bleak and exuberant variations.  However, where he's best is when he gives us "Bach the Boxer" as he punches, jabs and weaves this way through the music.  There's a lot of bold phrasing here with precision jabs and right hooks that will knock you off your feet.

I'm sold! 

[Drasko]

[Solitary Wanderer]

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

Hi Harry. Yep, this DVD-A edition is very good with lots of detail in the quiet passages and punch in the horn and percussion sections. Its truely powerful stuff. The rendition of the prelude to Lohengrin is spine tingleling. I prefer Solti's Tannhauser with a quicker tempi than Karajans.

[Solitary Wanderer]

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

Hi Haffner. I picked up this budget set and its turned out to be an excellent purchase. Its a great selection of Haydns symphonies well performed and recorded.

[Harry]

Hi Harry. Yep, this DVD-A edition is very good with lots of detail in the quiet passages and punch in the horn and percussion sections. Its truely powerful stuff. The rendition of the prelude to Lohengrin is spine tingleling. I prefer Solti's Tannhauser with a quicker tempi than Karajans.

Thanks, its on my list!

[71 dB]

Mahler7

[SonicMan46]

Dvorak - Complete Solo Piano Works on the Brilliant 5-CD box set - finishing up the last 2 discs this afternoon - all enjoyable, esp. that last disc; already recommended & cheap!    CLICK on the image for current pricing & comments from David Hurwitz on Arkiv Music.

Stephen Heller (1813, Budapest–1888, Paris) - Late Piano Works w/ Andreas Meyr-Hermann (who I do not know; if fact, this composer is completely NEW to me!); dates & country of origin & adult residence all basically the same as Liszt; thus, Hungarian origins w/ German influences + French flavors included - should give you an idea of the music; really enjoyable, plus there seems to be so much MORE!  Take a look at this Brief Bio w/ a listing of some of his compositions - any other suggestions, please?  (P.S. the pic of the guy is Heller, and not Dvorak -  )

 

[Lilas Pastia]

Hi Haffner. I picked up this budget set and its turned out to be an excellent purchase. Its a great selection of Haydns symphonies well performed and recorded.

43, 44 and 49 still unexcelled IMO. For the others, most are still in the front run. amazon sells it for 100$. That's not "budget" to me

[not edward]

The Blaserensemble Sabine Meyer in a cornucopia of contemporary wind pieces written for the ensemble: octets by Denisov, Castiglioni and Obst, Hosokawa's Variations for Wind Ensemble and Raskatov's Paradise Lost. No masterpieces here, but an enjoyable mixture of contemporary styles.

[karlhenning]

I also forgot to mention Commotio, which certainly isn't minor.

Well, and I am so passionately fond of the Helios Overture and the Aladdin Suite, I have difficulty thinking of them as minor! 

[karlhenning]

Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Concerto funebre
Christiane Edinger
Katowice Radio Symphony
Penderecki cond

[Lilas Pastia]

Le Sieur de Sainte-Colombe: Concerts à deux violes égales. Kuijken and Savall. The very essence of chamber music. Sainte-Colombe was portrayed by Depardieu in the movie Tous les matins du monde (his son Guillaume played his pupil, Marin Marais).

[Gurn Blanston]

Le Sieur de Sainte-Colombe: Concerts à deux violes égales. Kuijken and Savall. The very essence of chamber music. Sainte-Colombe was portrayed by Depardieu in the movie Tous les matins du monde (his son Guillaume played his pupil, Marin Marais).

Neat! Something to look into, a new name to me!

Right now, it is Eva Knardahl playing the Complete "Lyric Pieces" of Grieg - on BIS. Actually, my first time through the entire thing. I've only heard before bits and pieces. It amazes me how many of these tunes are familiar though. Great playing.

[George]

[PaulR]

Berlioz:  Requiem Munch/BSO

Kyrie eleison...

[George]

...down the road that I must travel...