What are you listening to now?

[Madiel]

Well, instead of being offended by others' reactions...

Harry has form in this area. I've had him on my (very short) "Ignore" list for a fair while, ever since he got in a complete huff over something I said to the point of deleting a whole series of his posts despite the fact that other posters had quoted them.

He appears to be one of these folk who only wants to hear from others when it's to agree with him.

[Bogey]

Wow. Recorded 43 years ago and it sounds like yesterday.

[Sadko]

Evgeny Malinin (piano) plays:

Liszt: Mephisto waltz
Beethoven: Sonata no. 21
Prokofiev: Sonata no. 4
Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit
Rachmaninov: Piano concerto no. 2
Shostakovich: Piano concerto no. 2

Great pianist! His Mephisto waltz is awesome.

[ritter]

Orpheus is one of my favourite works from the end of Stravinsky's neo-classical period (his most melancholic composition?), and I had never heard his first recording of the piece before...



From the big box:

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[aligreto]

The wonderful voice of Jussi Bjorling....

[Mirror Image]

Orpheus is one of my favourite works from the end of Stravinsky's neo-classical period (his most melancholic composition?), and I had never heard his first recording of the piece before...



From the big box:

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Very nice, indeed. There's something about Stravinsky's own performances that I can't quite put my finger on but they sound just right to my ears. I've read many complaints that he's not a good conductor and some other complaints, but these performances have stayed with me for years. If anything, they're authoritative and have really opened my ears to this music. Of course, these Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky performances were some of the first performances I've heard and so perhaps I'm just letting my sentimentality for these recordings outweigh any kind of criticism I could give them? But I don't care. I love them anyway.

[Papy Oli]

Some Argerich/Abbado for this evening :

[aligreto]

Berlioz: Grande Symphonie funébre et triomphale from the Colin Davis box set...





A majestic work infused with pomp and drama.

[Papy Oli]

Vaughan Williams - Symphony No.8
Vernon Handley / Royal Liverpool PO

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[Sergeant Rock]

Vaughan Williams - Symphony No.8
Vernon Handley / Royal Liverpool PO

Excellent...one of my favorite RVW 8s (the others are Barbirolli, Thomson and Haitink).

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Lalo Symphony G minor (1886), Bakels conducting the Malaysian Phil




Sarge

[Papy Oli]

Excellent...one of my favorite RVW 8s (the others are Barbirolli, Thomson and Haitink).

Sarge

Hi Sarge,
Been a long while since I ventured in the RvW symphonic world, that boxset stayed in its wrap for weeks  I enjoyed that 8th a fair bit, but not as much as the Lento / 2nd Mvt of the London symphony on the same CD. this movement still floors me like the first time I heard it...played it three times today alone !

the Sea Symphony is not that lucky... 

[ritter]

More Stravinsky from the big box. This record is actually one of the main reasons I got this set (the other being the early RCA and mono Columbia recordings absent from the "standard" edition--which I've owned for years). The late Robert Craft conducting Les Noces in the 1917 orchestral version, and tableux 1 and 2 in the 1919 version (most derfintely not under the composer' supervision, who had been dead for a couple of years when the recordings were made). The other works on the CD (and on its original LP incarnation) were recorded with Stravinsky still alive:

[Lisztianwagner]

Sergei Prokofiev
Scythian Suite
Lieutenant Kije

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[Papy Oli]

now, more from the Argerich boxset : A stunning Arpeggione Sonata with Mischa Maisky.

[SimonNZ]

As I have only a very limited budget (and I prefer to buy from actual shops rather than online) I was very sad when KAIROS recordings were taken off spotify! I plan on getting my first 'real' (ie non-teaching (I've been a theory teacher for beginning students)) job in December, so hopefully with leftover money I might have I could purchase some KAIROS CDs......what could you tell me about this one? The playing quality I can only assume is of an extremely high standard, but what is the repertoire like?

Congrats on the new job! Last night was the first time I'd heard that piece, and it was in the ballpark of repertoire you might expect from a group like Klangforum Wien (in fact they play on one of the other pieces on the disc), if that helps. If you're looking for Kairos discs I wouldn't have called it the first priority, considering the many other recommendations that could be made.

playing now:



Giovanni Platti Cello Concertos - Ensemble Cordia

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Rawsthorne: Cello Concerto....

[Sergeant Rock]

Hi Sarge,
Been a long while since I ventured in the RvW symphonic world, that boxset stayed in its wrap for weeks  I enjoyed that 8th a fair bit, but not as much as the Lento / 2nd Mvt of the London symphony on the same CD. this movement still floors me like the first time I heard it...played it three times today alone !

The Lento is superb. Have you heard the Hickox version, the original 1913 version, with considerably more music?

the Sea Symphony is not that lucky... 

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Korngold Symphony in F sharp, Storgårds conducting the Helsinki Phil




Sarge

[ritter]

Sergei Prokofiev
Scythian Suite
Lieutenant Kije

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That's one fine CD, Ilaria!  Great perfromances of three fantastic pieces (although I myself can't help thinking of Woody Allen's Love and Death at moments when I listen to it  ) . Hope you're enjoying it