What are YOU listening to today?

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 5:12 am

Seán wrote:

Oh dear, do I have to wait until the 6th to enjoy the last part? No, I won't!

Enjoying it so....good for you

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 5:14 am

Seán wrote:

One for the Wish List for me I think

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 5:16 am

Seán wrote:
Donaldopato wrote:
Seán wrote:
Donaldopato wrote:One of the more enjoyable works by Brahms (thanks to Arnold Schoenberg):

Piano Quartet in g op 25 arranged for Orchestra by Schoenberg

Craft Chicago, SO
Sony 78746

What annoys me about Brahms is the dull, heavy orchestration of his orchestral works and the monotonous use of strings and middle range colors. Schoenberg throws this all out for a lighter, colorful texture.
That's what I find so difficult about his symphonies so I don't bother with them now. I will return to them.

Try Mackerras

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 5:19 am

Charpentier – Te Deum....

This is a wonderful performance!

val · Post by **val** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 5:23 am

JOHANN STRAUSS: Walzer / RIAS Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay (1950/1952)

One of the greatest recordings of this repertory, with the one of Clemens Krauss. The technical conditions are very acceptable.

bombasticDarren · Post by **bombasticDarren** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 5:52 am

Brahms

Serenade No.2 (Adrian Boult, London Philharmonic Orchestra, EMI)

String Sextet No.1 (The Raphael Ensemble, Hyperion)

Symphony No.3 (Eugen Jochum, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, DG) below

josé echenique · Post by **josé echenique** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:52 am

A priceless recording.

bombasticDarren · Post by **bombasticDarren** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:30 am

Beethoven

'7 Variations on 'Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen'' & '12 Variations on 'Ein Madchen oder Weibchen'' (Pablo Casals/Rudol Serkin, Sony Classical) below

Piano Concerto No.5 'Emperor' (Paul Lewis/Jiri Belohlavek, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Harmonia Mundi)

Symphony No.9 'Choral' (Eileen Farrell/Nan Merriman/Jan Peerce/Norman Scott/Arturo Toscanini, Robert Shaw Chorale/NBC Symphony Orchestra, RCA)

johnQpublic · Post by **johnQpublic** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:05 am

Zelenka - Overture to "Capriccio #3" (Sonnentheil/cpo)
J. S. Bach - English Suite #6 (Piricone/Scandinavian Classics)
Boismortier - Concerto #6 for 5 Recorders without Basso Continuo (Musica Dolce/BIS)
Barsanti - Concerto Grosso #1 (Auser Musici/Tactus)

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:09 am

My favourite purchases of 2010, Number 6.

Gustav Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde
Richard Lewis
Maureen Forrester
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner - conducting.

I had to decide between the Klemperer and the Reiner led performances and as I listen to Reiner's more often than Klemperer I choose the Reiner recording.

maestrob · Post by **maestrob** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:21 am

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:25 am

maestrob wrote:

That's a terrific set, it's a real pity that Abbado did not complete the cycle of London Symphonies.

bombasticDarren · Post by **bombasticDarren** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 3:39 pm

Seán wrote:My favourite purchases of 2010, Number 6.

Gustav Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde
Richard Lewis
Maureen Forrester
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner - conducting.

I had to decide between the Klemperer and the Reiner led performances and as I listen to Reiner's more often than Klemperer I choose the Reiner recording.

That's a performance that I have not heard much about Sean - it might warrant investigation

bombasticDarren · Post by **bombasticDarren** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 3:40 pm

Sibelius - Symphony No.1 (Osmo Vanska, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, BIS)

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 4:34 pm

Bartok – Piano Concerto No. 1....

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 5:47 pm

bombasticDarren wrote:Sibelius - Symphony No.1 (Osmo Vanska, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, BIS)

Did you enjoy the First Symphony Darren? I really like Vanska's work.

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 5:48 pm

Fergus wrote:Bartok – Piano Concerto No. 1....

It's great stuff, though I prefer the Abbado/CSO/Pollini performance.

josé echenique · Post by **josé echenique** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 7:41 pm

Seán wrote:
bombasticDarren wrote:Sibelius - Symphony No.1 (Osmo Vanska, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, BIS)
Did you enjoy the First Symphony Darren? I really like Vanska's work.

Vanska´s is my preferred Sibelius cycle.

Donaldopato · Post by **Donaldopato** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:25 pm

josé echenique wrote:
Seán wrote:
bombasticDarren wrote:Sibelius - Symphony No.1 (Osmo Vanska, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, BIS)
Did you enjoy the First Symphony Darren? I really like Vanska's work.
Vanska´s is my preferred Sibelius cycle.

I am in the minority, I didn't really get all that excited about Vanska's Sibelius. I still prefer Davis/BSO and Bernstein.

Donaldopato · Post by **Donaldopato** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:27 pm

Speaking of Bernstein:

Mahler Symphony # 10 Adagio
Mendelssohn Symphony # 3 "Scottish"

Bernstein NYP

strange disc mates, but that is how the Bernstein Symphony Edition paired them. Oh I wish Bernstein had recorded a complete Mahler 10...

Prometheus · Post by **Prometheus** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 12:46 am

Haydn-Complete String Quartets-Angeles String Quartet-Phillips.

Over the course of the past few days I have listened to this 21 disc box set in order. Much enjoyed!

johnQpublic · Post by **johnQpublic** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:31 am

Volkmann - Richard III Overture (Albert/cpo)
Joachim - Violin Concerto #2 "In the Hungarian Style" (Oliviera/IMP)

bombasticDarren · Post by **bombasticDarren** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 12:00 pm

Dvorak - Symphony No.7 (Christoph von Dohnanyi, The Cleveland Orchestra, Decca)

Szymanowski - String Quartet No.1 & No.2 (Goldner String Quartet, Naxos)

Wagner - 'Tristan und Isolde - Act 1' (Birgit Nilsson/Wolfgang Windgassen/Christa Ludwig/Martti Talvela/Eberhard Waechter/Karl Bohm, Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, DG) below

bombasticDarren · Post by **bombasticDarren** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 12:07 pm

Seán wrote:
bombasticDarren wrote:Sibelius - Symphony No.1 (Osmo Vanska, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, BIS)
Did you enjoy the First Symphony Darren? I really like Vanska's work.

I did enjoy it Sean - I thought the performance had great energy so my expectations for the Vanska Beethoven set I am soon receiving are raised

That said, Vanska's Sibelius set feels to me a little overrated

. When I first got into Sibelius all the guides and messageboards pointed towards Vanska as the real deal, and up to a point it is a very fine cycle. But I do prefer the Colin Davis Boston set on Philips that got me started on Sibelius originally - I come back to it over and over

maestrob · Post by **maestrob** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 12:32 pm

Today, it's concerti I & II, exquisitely done, as were the later ones which I heard first. The attention to orchestral detail is astonishing: these are beautiful performances equal or surpassing the best I've heard. Magnificent piano playing as well, of course.

bombasticDarren · Post by **bombasticDarren** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 1:32 pm

maestrob wrote:

Today, it's concerti I & II, exquisitely done, as were the later ones which I heard first. The attention to orchestral detail is astonishing: these are beautiful performances equal or surpassing the best I've heard. Magnificent piano playing as well, of course.

I thought it was a wonderful set maestrob

bombasticDarren · Post by **bombasticDarren** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 2:19 pm

Bruckner - Symphony No.5 (Guiseppe Sinopoli, Staatskapelle Dresden, DG)

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 2:54 pm

bombasticDarren wrote:
Seán wrote:
bombasticDarren wrote:Sibelius - Symphony No.1 (Osmo Vanska, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, BIS)
Did you enjoy the First Symphony Darren? I really like Vanska's work.
I did enjoy it Sean - I thought the performance had great energy so my expectations for the Vanska Beethoven set I am soon receiving are raised

That said, Vanska's Sibelius set feels to me a little overrated . When I first got into Sibelius all the guides and messageboards pointed towards Vanska as the real deal, and up to a point it is a very fine cycle. But I do prefer the Colin Davis Boston set on Philips that got me started on Sibelius originally - I come back to it over and over

I agree with you that it does have great energy and I might add dynamic range too, that said my favourite cycle now is the Bernstein/NYPO set of recordings. I haven't listened - at any great length - to the Maazel/VPO cycle and from what I can make out that set sounds really good too.

Chalkperson · Post by **Chalkperson** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 5:00 pm

bombasticDarren wrote:
maestrob wrote:

Today, it's concerti I & II, exquisitely done, as were the later ones which I heard first. The attention to orchestral detail is astonishing: these are beautiful performances equal or surpassing the best I've heard. Magnificent piano playing as well, of course.
I thought it was a wonderful set maestrob

I agree, the best since Perahia/Haitink...

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 5:09 pm

Seán wrote:
Fergus wrote:Bartok – Piano Concerto No. 1....

It's great stuff, though I prefer the Abbado/CSO/Pollini performance.

I have to confess that I still do not fully comprehend this music though I will continue to persist

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 5:11 pm

bombasticDarren wrote:

I notice that you are delving deeper and deeper into Wagner Darren.

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 5:11 pm

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 5:11 pm

Chalkperson wrote:
bombasticDarren wrote:
maestrob wrote:

Today, it's concerti I & II, exquisitely done, as were the later ones which I heard first. The attention to orchestral detail is astonishing: these are beautiful performances equal or surpassing the best I've heard. Magnificent piano playing as well, of course.
I thought it was a wonderful set maestrob
I agree, the best since Perahia/Haitink...

I've just ordered a copy of it.

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 5:12 pm

Fergus wrote:
Seán wrote:
Fergus wrote:Bartok – Piano Concerto No. 1....

It's great stuff, though I prefer the Abbado/CSO/Pollini performance.
I have to confess that I still do not fully comprehend this music though I will continue to persist

As Ciaran said, "it's like Stravinsky on steroids".

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 5:22 pm

Seán wrote:As Ciaran said, "it's like Stravinsky on steroids".

He was very accurate....as he usually is

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 6:23 pm

Albert Roussel
Symphony No. 1
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Stéphane Denève - conducting

This is a beautiful performance of Roussel's equivalent of the "4 seasons". The woodwinds in the first - winter - movement really shine, I thought. I will definitely return to this again and again.

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 6:25 pm

Fergus wrote:
Seán wrote:As Ciaran said, "it's like Stravinsky on steroids".
He was very accurate....as he usually is

True, and if you want the full WHAM effect there's none better than Abbado/CSO with Pollini.

josé echenique · Post by **josé echenique** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 8:13 pm

bombasticDarren wrote:Bruckner - Symphony No.5 (Guiseppe Sinopoli, Staatskapelle Dresden, DG)

That´s my favourite recording of the Fifth, the playing of the Staatskapelle is out of this World. I think it´s by far the best recording in Sinopoli´s Bruckner cycle, what a pity he died soon afterwards.

Donaldopato · Post by **Donaldopato** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 8:38 pm

Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra Music Funebre, Mi-Parti

Tortelier BBC SO Chandos

johnQpublic · Post by **johnQpublic** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 1:25 pm

Mozart - Overture to "Cosi fan tutte" (Marriner/EMI)
Mahler - Symphony #3 (Jarvi/Chandos)

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 2:33 pm

My favourite purchases of 2010, Number 7.

Einojuhani Rautavaara
Symphony No. 3
Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
Max Pommer - conducting.

Quirky, refreshing and thoroughly enjoyable, the music of Rautavaara is a real treat.

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:21 pm

Seán wrote:
Fergus wrote:
Seán wrote:As Ciaran said, "it's like Stravinsky on steroids".
He was very accurate....as he usually is
True, and if you want the full WHAM effect there's none better than Abbado/CSO with Pollini.

I think that I have enough WHAM to be going on with thanks

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:23 pm

Seán wrote:

I must get some complete set of Rautavaara's symphonies....if not that one.

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:24 pm

Schubert – The “Trout” Quintet played by Domus....

I bought this many years ago and I still play it regularly as it is a performance that continues to give much enjoyment.

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:46 pm

Fergus wrote:Schubert – The “Trout” Quintet played by Domus....

I bought this many years ago and I still play it regularly as it is a performance that continues to give much enjoyment.

I really will have to get some of Schubert's chamber music

, I am particularly interested in catching a good trout too.

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:53 pm

The one above would be a good one to catch

ContrapunctusIX · Post by **ContrapunctusIX** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 4:11 pm

Fergus wrote:
Seán wrote:
Fergus wrote:Bartok – Piano Concerto No. 1....

It's great stuff, though I prefer the Abbado/CSO/Pollini performance.
I have to confess that I still do not fully comprehend this music though I will continue to persist

I might recommend that you move on to concertos 2 & 3, which are of better quality, and are more immediately accessible.

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 5:11 pm

Chalkperson · Post by **Chalkperson** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 5:15 pm

Fergus wrote:

Great pair of discs, get Vol.2 if you do not already own it...

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 5:19 pm

Chalkperson wrote:
Fergus wrote:
Great pair of discs, get Vol.2 if you do not already own it...

Yep....I agree ( I also own Vol. 2)

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