What are you listening to now?

[Wanderer]

A lot of symphonic Brahms yesterday and throughout the weekend (Karajan, Abbado, Rattle, Chailly, Harnoncourt, Manze, Gardiner).

At the moment:

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Symphony No.3 & Piano Concerto (Ohlsson)

[Autumn Leaves]

What can I say Conor has rubbed off me a bit with his Shostakovich marathon -



Listening to Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93. Stirring, brooding, powerful music.

Hey, good stuff - great performance of that work too

[aligreto]

....Time to search for a recording that does not have the Caprices.

Please do let me know if you do come across one.

Meanwhile carrying on with Concerto No. 11.

[Autumn Leaves]

Todays listening:



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Symphony #3 - very good performance of this work: Maybe the best I have heard - need to listen to this box again soon.



Symphonies #3 & 5 - Found myself enjoying the 5th a lot despite the short Adagietto. One of the best performances of the 5th I have heard (right up there with Karajan I think).



Symphony #5 again. Another fantastic Mahler set - haven't heard a performance that wasn't to my liking so far in this box.

[aligreto]

Symphonies #3 & 5 - Found myself enjoying the 5th a lot despite the short Adagietto. One of the best performances of the 5th I have heard (right up there with Karajan I think).

Probably my favourite M5; the Adagietto is played with such delicacy.

[Autumn Leaves]

Probably my favourite M5; the Adagietto is played with such delicacy.

Yes, very nice version for sure. I was a little bit sceptical before I heard the performance because of the short timing but it really does sound very good and not at all too short!.

[jlaurson]

Probably my favourite M5; the Adagietto is played with such delicacy.

Indeed a very fine M5! Significantly underrated by those who find Abbado boring. (Although Abbado tends to be overrated in Mahler, I find.)
Ah, no... maybe not. You are talking about the Chicago M5? I'm thinking of the Berlin M5.


http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2013/08/gustav-mahler-symphony-no5-part-1.html


#morninglistening to #Buxtehude on @challengerec w/#TonKoopman & ABO, one bloody good disc... http://ift.tt/1t39jSi

[aligreto]

Indeed a very fine M5! Significantly underrated by those who find Abbado boring. (Although Abbado tends to be overrated in Mahler, I find.)
Ah, no... maybe not. You are talking about the Chicago M5? I'm thinking of the Berlin M5.

I stand to be corrected but, working from memory, I do think the M5 in the above set is performed by the Berliners.

[aligreto]

Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor K. 478 [Mozartean Players]....

[jlaurson]

I stand to be corrected but, working from memory, I do think the M5 in the above set is performed by the Berliners.

Really?! That set has never quite made sense to me. 

Yes. You are absolutely right -- which means that we were talking about the same performance, after all, and are therefore in agreement.

For the record: The set includes Berlin: 1, 5, 8 - Vienna: 2, 3, 4, 9, 10A - Chicago: 6, 7

This means there's overlap with the later DG set for Berlin 1, 5, 8...

and that Chicago No.1, No.2 & No.5 are not included in any set.

[Florestan]

Time to search for a recording that does not have the Caprices.

Please do let me know if you do come across one.

But guys, Locatelli himself inserted the capricci into the concertos, this is how he conceived and structured them and how he played them. The capricci are part and parcel of the concertos and taking them out makes no sense at all.

[aligreto]

Brahms: Vier Gesange Op. 17 and Sechs Quartette Op. 112 [Parkman]....

[aligreto]

But guys, Locatelli himself inserted the capricci into the concertos, this is how he conceived and structured them and how he played them. The capricci are part and parcel of the concertos and taking them out makes no sense at all.

Far be it from me to advise the belated Signore Locatelli on how to compose his music but if I had met him I would have humbly suggested the insertion of the Caprices was a misguided adventure. As showpieces they would no doubt have admirably showcased his undoubted virtuosic talent but musically they fail in this context. They detract from the uniformity and the cohesion of the works in quite a jarring way. Just my very humble opinion you know   

[Florestan]

Far be it from me to advise the belated Signore Locatelli on how to compose his music but if I had met him I would have humbly suggested the insertion of the Caprices was a misguided adventure. As showpieces they would no doubt have admirably showcased his undoubted virtuosic talent but musically they fail in this context. They detract from the uniformity and the cohesion of the works in quite a jarring way. Just my very humble opinion you know   

You can solve the problem by simply skipping them. Neither Igor Ruhadze on Brilliant nor Elisabeth Wallfisch on Hyperion cut them. 

[Karl Henning]

Great, great under-the-radar disc!

Aye; I am certain that was the first Serenade, Op.24 I ever heard, and it has been one of my very favorite Schoenberg pieces ever since!

[Madiel]

What can I say Conor has rubbed off me a bit with his Shostakovich marathon -

Marathon? He's engaged in a sprint. "Marathon" is the fact that I started with opus 1 in late January and I'm now up to opus 117. Although maybe that's better described as a long stroll...

Anyway, today is about introducing myself to Dvorak's 6th Symphony.

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Second listen just now. All good stuff, but I immediately fell for the first movement in particular, and the "2 beats in 3/4" rhythms of the Furiant.

[Obradovic]

Quip by G. Charpentier listening the first minutes of Reger's 4th violin sonata played by Reger himself, violin and Henri Marteau, piano: 'Terrible! I think Reger is playing the first movement and Marteau the last!' 

[NikF]

Schubert: Octet in F, D.803 - Wiener Oktett.

[aligreto]

Dvorak: Amid Nature and Othello Overtures [Kubelik]....





I found the performances of the Overtures far more satisfying than those of the Slavonic Dances.

[aligreto]

You can solve the problem by simply skipping them. Neither Igor Ruhadze on Brilliant nor Elisabeth Wallfisch on Hyperion cut them. 

Yes I think that I will probably end up doing that when I re-listen. I also have the Ruhadze on Brilliant. Thank you for the information on the Wallfisch performances