Op 130 (incorporating the Grosse Fugue Op. 133)
What are you listening to?
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Op 130 (incorporating the Grosse Fugue Op. 133)
To be is to do: Socrates
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
Re: What are you listening to?
"I may skip. I may even warp a little.... But I will never, ever crash. I am your friend for life. " -Vinyl.
Michell Gyrodec SE, Hana ML cart, Parasound JC3 Jr, Stax LR-700, Stax SRM-006ts Energiser, Quad Artera Play+ CDP
Michell Gyrodec SE, Hana ML cart, Parasound JC3 Jr, Stax LR-700, Stax SRM-006ts Energiser, Quad Artera Play+ CDP
Re: What are you listening to?
You might also wanna check out the Takacs Quartet one too Seán. Hyperion released it again on the cheap. I must also look at this Quartetto Italiano version as I was very impressed with Beethoven and Mozart works.Seán wrote:
Franz Schubert
Death and the Maiden &
Rosamunde
Quartetto Italiano
I got these cds late last week and I have been listening to them every day ever since. This music is entirely new to me, I love it and the performances by the Quartetto Italiano are magnificent.
"I may skip. I may even warp a little.... But I will never, ever crash. I am your friend for life. " -Vinyl.
Michell Gyrodec SE, Hana ML cart, Parasound JC3 Jr, Stax LR-700, Stax SRM-006ts Energiser, Quad Artera Play+ CDP
Michell Gyrodec SE, Hana ML cart, Parasound JC3 Jr, Stax LR-700, Stax SRM-006ts Energiser, Quad Artera Play+ CDP
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Bruckner – Symphony No. 8 [Kubelik]....
I love this work and Kubelik does a wonderful job with it! There is great drive in there along with wonderful snarling brass without anything being rushed or over aggressive. The hushed strings of the slow movement are wonderful too, taken at a lovely pace which allows the music to linger. Overall it is a wonderful hard-nosed and assertive account. This is a different approach to the sometimes devotional approach sometimes taken with Bruckner and the performance is all the more interesting for it.
I love this work and Kubelik does a wonderful job with it! There is great drive in there along with wonderful snarling brass without anything being rushed or over aggressive. The hushed strings of the slow movement are wonderful too, taken at a lovely pace which allows the music to linger. Overall it is a wonderful hard-nosed and assertive account. This is a different approach to the sometimes devotional approach sometimes taken with Bruckner and the performance is all the more interesting for it.
To be is to do: Socrates
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
Re: What are you listening to?
Thanks for that Dave, the Takács cd is in the bag/basket.DaveF wrote:You might also wanna check out the Takacs Quartet one too Seán. Hyperion released it again on the cheap. I must also look at this Quartetto Italiano version as I was very impressed with Beethoven and Mozart works.Seán wrote:
Franz Schubert
Death and the Maiden &
Rosamunde
Quartetto Italiano
I got these cds late last week and I have been listening to them every day ever since. This music is entirely new to me, I love it and the performances by the Quartetto Italiano are magnificent.
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Careful! Once you get the Alkan bug there's no going back!DaveF wrote:
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I think you may be right Ciaran. Piano music generally doesnt do much for me but that Alkan recording was superb. I think there is one or two more Alkan LPs there too which I'll get around to very soon.Ciaran wrote:Careful! Once you get the Alkan bug there's no going back!
"I may skip. I may even warp a little.... But I will never, ever crash. I am your friend for life. " -Vinyl.
Michell Gyrodec SE, Hana ML cart, Parasound JC3 Jr, Stax LR-700, Stax SRM-006ts Energiser, Quad Artera Play+ CDP
Michell Gyrodec SE, Hana ML cart, Parasound JC3 Jr, Stax LR-700, Stax SRM-006ts Energiser, Quad Artera Play+ CDP
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Mendelssohn – Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4....
These are wonderful performances of these two works which readily lend themselves to Szell’s ebullient style.
These are wonderful performances of these two works which readily lend themselves to Szell’s ebullient style.
To be is to do: Socrates
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
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Concerto No.25 & 26 from this mammoth 13LP boxset. Fine performances they were too!
"I may skip. I may even warp a little.... But I will never, ever crash. I am your friend for life. " -Vinyl.
Michell Gyrodec SE, Hana ML cart, Parasound JC3 Jr, Stax LR-700, Stax SRM-006ts Energiser, Quad Artera Play+ CDP
Michell Gyrodec SE, Hana ML cart, Parasound JC3 Jr, Stax LR-700, Stax SRM-006ts Energiser, Quad Artera Play+ CDP
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It's great music-making, and on LP too, WOW, you lucky man.DaveF wrote:Concerto No.25 & 26 from this mammoth 13LP boxset. Fine performances they were too!
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler