Lovely singing on this:
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Lovely singing on this:
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^ Good is it Jerry? I only have 5 recordings of the 4th, so probably need to bolster that.
Yes, up there with the best imo - Wand, Bohm.
And the sound quality is spectacular!
The recent Honeck on Reference Recordimgs with the Pittsburgh is also mighty fine.
OK so I got the 24/192 download of the new Nelsons Bruckner 4.... Hmmm, Jerry I'm going to have to disagree!
The performance is quite good but not great, doesn't come close to Bohm or Abbado IMO. But the sound..... murky and too distant IMO. Decca's recording of the Gewandhaus with Riccardo Chailly were better defined but suffered the same problems in the bass, especially over-reverberant timpani which swamp everything else.
For reference I looked out the live recordings Herbert Blomstedt made of the Bruckner symphonies with Leipzig Gewandhaus that were issued on SACD about 10 years ago, on the orchestra's own label (looks like they are currently unavailable). Had a listen to the 5th from that series.... wow, that's how to record in the Gewandhaus!
^
Good.
Fine.
I'm glad to see that our long standing diversity of opinion on such matters remains unsullied, Alan.
;)
I also rate very highly Nelson's Bruckner 3. One of the very best of recent years imo.
Classics Today hated it ....
David Hurwitz
"This is an atrocious performance of Bruckner's Third Symphony: sluggish, heavy-handed, superficial, and larded with the kind of bloated, false grandeur that makes a mockery of the composer's intentions."
:lol:
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I really enjoyed discovering this album yesterday, and played it 3 times on the trot!
- sluggish, heavy-handed, superficial, and larded with the kind of bloated, false grandeur that makes a mockery of the composer's intentions
Just like I likes 'em! :D
https://open.spotify.com/album/1lUOr...T_GJSohbiYjXhA
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Hmm, OK.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alanbeeb
I'm having another listen, this time on Audiolab MDAC / Fostex TH600 headphones.
The pacing of the opening horn call, OK, a bit slow, but glorious! (Surely one of the most wonderful openings of any symphony - echoing through the Austrian Alps!).
Then Nelsons picks up the pace nicely.
The ebb and flow of pacing is just spot on for me. I can't fault it.
There are a hundred, a thousand, ways to successfully play this music, but this is one of them imo.
Yes, OK, the bass is a bit thick sounding - the cellos and double basses more of a whoom than a well defined rasp.
The brass, though, is nicely caught.
The acoustic space as recorded is a bit reverberant, but that is just fine & dandy imo for this music with Nelsons' chosen pacing. I don't hear it as murky.
But hell, listen to the music!!
I've fallen in love with the music all over again. I remain enthused. :)
My main issue is with the sound, I can't really hear enough of the performance, only enough to know its quite good. Nelsons is very capable, I really enjoyed his Boston Symphony Brahms set, especially 1st & 4th - and it has fantastic SQ.
Meanwhile...
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Hans Rott's symphony.
An early period work, he wasn't to have a middle period or a late one. He died age 26 in a mental institution.
Brahms can't have helped - he was the leader of the other side of the musical politics of the time and, on seeing the manuscript for the first movement of the symphony, informed Rott that he had no musical talent and should change his career. Bruckner was a great supporter, though.
Wiki link
Have a listen - it's rather fine! Large scale and magnificent. Certainly not short on aspiration!
https://open.spotify.com/album/7nmaO...QMCV3HQsqGYCEw
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I'm not usually a fan of Prokofiev, but the lovely Miss Wang has won me over in the 2nd piano concerto
https://open.spotify.com/album/1oRI5...SC2Q2SPYbAWz_A
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It's going to be a cold weekend. Thought that these would be good company.......
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An oldie but goldie set of Mozart piano concertos by Karl Engel
https://open.spotify.com/album/73ge4...S4qa0KJqruCfpA
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Symphonies 3 & 4 by Irishman John Kinsella.
Masterpieces, both.
https://open.spotify.com/album/1M7bi...SxmMH7nXNWsYCw
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That picture reminds me of a picture of Gondor from a Lord of the Rings book I read 30 years ago, I wonder if it was that.Quote:
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As suggested by Alanbeeb - Nelson's Brahms 1 is excellent!
https://open.spotify.com/album/2YF3X...SvibdEnMBuc-5g
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A Partita for solo violin by Philip Glass!
Who knew?
Well, everybody except me, probably. :lol:
Good stuff.
https://open.spotify.com/album/3XTlb...Sfeuj3BNeMUtew
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:wow::wow::wow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaCHqJmG7HQ
Listening to the excellent Decca recording of Il Trovatore with Renata Tebaldi.
Today I discovered the music of Kurt Atterberg.
Very, very good!
-- and the slow mvts - extra specially yummy!!
https://open.spotify.com/album/3070m...Q9uyCChq2fgU6Q
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https://open.spotify.com/album/01fQz...TVeVag0FVqvEIg
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Dvorak Symphony No 9
Yummy.
The 1st is probably my fave cello concerto, chocka with glorious melodies.
Fantastic performances in great sound.
https://open.spotify.com/album/4sBsZ...TIydh4Li_s4ClA
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this is a magnificent recording
https://open.spotify.com/album/272HK...RImzG3x4QeZIoA
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Curiouser and curiouser.
Pettersson's 7th is rapidly becoming one of my favourite symphonies.
https://open.spotify.com/album/6O87F...QFqUL6YbCv7Y6Q
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Right now, this, which to my ears is excellent, sonically and musically:
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:cool:
Marco.
Bach – Goldberg Variations (for two pianos)
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Nina Schumann, Luis Magalhães
A superb, lively and dynamic recording played with verve.
A delight, - contrasting with the, IMO, rather pedestrian and un-involving performance by Tal and Groethuysen:
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Something soothing and not too taxing:
Harp Concertos
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Works by Handel, Mozart and Wagenseil, played by Nicanor Zabaleta.
Funny my preference is the other way round.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
That's fine (actually I ordered the Tal and Grethuysen version based on your mention). But I did say "in my opinion", and as Jerry (jokingly) said: "One can't have too many versions of the Goldberg Variations.Quote:
Originally Posted by montesquieu
I would love to know if the Lebeque sisters ever recorded the Goldberg Variations for two pianos.
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Something right about this piece this morning as the rain is pouring down outside
Why do you think I was joking? :scratch:Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
;)
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It's good to see RVW being taken increasingly seriously outside this sceptered isle.
Excellent recording of some rarely heard works. They are wonderful, though.
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A slow performance but quite superb control from Segerstam
The slow movement ........ oh my!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIV0M6oL9Qo
I feel like saying to that dude: "Get a bloody haircut and a shave!!" :D
Anyway, playing right now over breakfast, is this lovely piece of music, to ease myself gently into the day:
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Marco.
Strangely fascinating solo guitar music.
I wasn't keen at first but it is sneaking up on me now and I go back to it with some regularity.
Very 'present' sq, too.
https://open.spotify.com/album/4IFxY...RaOhWQyN4gviZw
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Listening to some recent charity shop vinyl finds:
Bach – ‘Concerto in D minor’, Chopin – ‘Piano Concerto No2 in F minor’
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Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) London Symphony Orchestra, cond. David Zinman.
Decca SXL 6174 (1963)
Dvořák – Cello Concerto
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Sir Adrian Boult
EMI ALP 1595
Sergei Rachmaninoff – ‘Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 C-Moll’ and ‘6 Preludes’
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Svjatoslav Richter (piano), Sinfonie-Orchester der Nationalen Philharmonie Warschau, cond. Stanislaw Wislocki
DGG LPM 18596 (1962)
César Franck – ‘Symphony in D minor’
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The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Wilhelm Furtwängler
Decca LXT 2905
Haydn – ‘Music for Lute and Strings’
Michael Schaffner (lute), Eva Nagora (violin), Franz Beyer (viola) and Thomas Blees (cello).
Decca Turnabout TV 34227S (1968)
Nice finds there, Barry! :thumbsup:
I'm currently listening to some rather lovely piano concertos, courtesy of Hyperion Records (on CD):
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Marco.
Playing now - thanks Jimbo! Superb. :thumbsup:
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This is superbly played and recorded.
Wonderful music.
https://open.spotify.com/album/2YKqT...RzKvptLWB4-dCg
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Marvellous playing of one of the masterworks of the piano repertoire, Beethoven's op109 sonata..
And she doesn't look too bad, either.
https://open.spotify.com/album/2btyM...QgW8y_HSe_jbFQ
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