What are you listening to now?

[amw]

For contrast:



Much better. Some people here love this recording, as far as I recall. I haven't heard it before. (Only real complaint: a bit too serious, esp in the Arietta; I don't want to say "academic" as a slight)

[NikF]

Mahler: Symphony No. 1 - Bernstein/New York Philharmonic.

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I've been thinking about another Mahler cycle. I haven't looked into it in great detail, however the little I've heard of the Kubelík set sounds interesting.

[SimonNZ]

Gubaidulina's Fachwerk - Øyvind Gimse, cond.

[Maestro267]

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 in C minor ("Little Russian")
BBC Philharmonic/Noseda

Messiaen: Chronochromie
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/G. Benjamin

[Harry]

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 in C minor ("Little Russian")
BBC Philharmonic/Noseda

Would like to know your thoughts about this performance. Especially tempi and detailing.

[Maestro267]

Would like to know your thoughts about this performance. Especially tempi and detailing.

I'm no expert on things like that. I enjoyed the piece a lot. It didn't feel rushed.

[Harry]

I'm no expert on things like that. I enjoyed the piece a lot. It didn't feel rushed.

No worries, maybe someone else on the forum can answer that. I am always very much interested in the first three symphonies of this composer.

[amw]

I am really enjoying this D944 actually. Maybe on a level with Wand and Minkowski.

[Florestan]

Less gripping, more detached and relaxed than the Piano Quintet, but every bit as enjoyable.

[Harry]

Less gripping, more detached and relaxed than the Piano Quintet, but every bit as enjoyable.

I well remember this box, bought a long time ago. I had some Taneyev from others in my player the last few weeks, equally enjoyable.

[Madiel]

It's late, but I've decided to start my first ever listen to Symphony no.4 anyway.

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I'll come back in an hour and tell you what I thought!

[Karl Henning]

It's late, but I've decided to start my first ever listen to Symphony no.4 anyway.

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I'll come back in an hour and tell you what I thought!

Cool!

Thread Duty: First I ever listened to this composer, as far as I can tell.

Berwald
Grand Septet in B^b
Melos Ensemble

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[Florestan]

Thread Duty: First I ever listened to this composer, as far as I can tell.

Berwald
Grand Septet in B^b
Melos Ensemble

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You assessment?

[The new erato]

It's late, but I've decided to start my first ever listen to Symphony no.4 anyway.

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I'll come back in an hour and tell you what I thought!

Hopefully you will. This work takes no prisoners.

[Karl Henning]

You assessment?

It would be a highly gratifying piece to play.

[Florestan]

It would be a highly gratifying piece to play.

Thanks. If you feel like exploring his music further, you should try the symphonies and the violin concerto.

[mc ukrneal]

No worries, maybe someone else on the forum can answer that. I am always very much interested in the first three symphonies of this composer.

It's on youtube, and while I've not heard this version, judging by timings it seems a little on the faster side. Anyway, here are some comparative timings:

Noseda - 10:34, 6:42, 5:11, 9:48
Rozhdestvensky (Melodiya): 11:34, 6:11, 5:10, 10:40
Svetlanov (Warner): 11:23, 9:18, 5:21, 11:28
Karajan (DG - 1976?): 11:07, 8:05, 5:45, 10:16
Pletnev (DG): 11:04, 6:50, 5:32, 9:46

[Harry]

It's on youtube, and while I've not heard this version, judging by timings it seems a little on the faster side. Anyway, here are some comparative timings:

Noseda - 10:34, 6:42, 5:11, 9:48
Rozhdestvensky (Melodiya): 11:34, 6:11, 5:10, 10:40
Svetlanov (Warner): 11:23, 9:18, 5:21, 11:28
Karajan (DG - 1976?): 11:07, 8:05, 5:45, 10:16
Pletnev (DG): 11:04, 6:50, 5:32, 9:46

Well the tempi are what I desire, so I am going to explore this. Thank you Neal, for searching this info.

[Brahmsian]

It's late, but I've decided to start my first ever listen to Symphony no.4 anyway.

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I'll come back in an hour and tell you what I thought!

Very much looking forward to your thoughts.  I love this work now, but it took a long time (longest of all Shostakovich symphonies), to appreciate and love.

[ritter]

Dipping into this box, starting with Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140  :

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This historical performance, proto-HIP more by the use of modest forces (force majeure, given the year?) than IMHO by any particular interpretative approach, has a quaint charm to it, and is actually most enjoyable. A very young, but immediately recognizable FiDi appears here.