well, I have a tendancy to feel that you should be aloud to like what you like, and leave the rest alone for a future occasion... without anyone telling you that you must be deficient in some way for 'not being able to appreciate genius'fergus wrote: I am not so sure that I will prevail with Pendecki Jared....for me, to say that his sound world is challenging, is an understatement!!!
What are you listening to?
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I hadn't appreciated that JEG had recorded some stuff on Warner, Fergus... was this in his early days, before Philips & Archiv?fergus wrote:
This is the first Gluck that I have listened to in quite some time and it was very pleasant indeed!
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continuing with Mahler...
Symphony No.6
Symphony No.6
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It's consistently very good from start to finish Jared. Very well recorded too and overall the performances are very difficult to fault. Not as good as, or should I say as interesting as either of Bernstein's cycles but then again Bernstein's Mahler is not for everyone but its just the way I like mine. :-))Jared wrote:how are you finding the Chailly set, Dave?DaveF wrote:Mahler, Symphony No.5
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I have recordings of Mahler's Third and Fifth from Chailly's RCO cycle and they are very fine performances.DaveF wrote:It's consistently very good from start to finish Jared. Very well recorded too and overall the performances are very difficult to fault. Not as good as, or should I say as interesting as either of Bernstein's cycles but then again Bernstein's Mahler is not for everyone but its just the way I like mine. :-))Jared wrote:how are you finding the Chailly set, Dave?DaveF wrote:Mahler, Symphony No.5
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I have been giving a great deal of time to thjis recording over the past couple of weeks:
much of Schubert's later works for piano combined on a great Philips twofer, and wonderfuly played by Alfred Brendel... a bargain! That said, I can't help feeling that as good as it is, my other version of his Impromptus:
just shades for sheer sensitivity and occasional lightness of touch... any views in here as to your favourite Impromptus?
much of Schubert's later works for piano combined on a great Philips twofer, and wonderfuly played by Alfred Brendel... a bargain! That said, I can't help feeling that as good as it is, my other version of his Impromptus:
just shades for sheer sensitivity and occasional lightness of touch... any views in here as to your favourite Impromptus?
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thanks Dave... I'm not surprised about Chailly; imho, he's consistently good in that type of repertoire. I think I haven't heard enough Bernstein to make my mind up, although I can see he wouldn't be to everyone's liking.. I have his Haydn: Creation which seems pompously overblown, over-orchestrated, never-ending tempos and probably nothing like Haydn would have intended in the least, but somehow, I kind of like it... lolDaveF wrote: It's consistently very good from start to finish Jared. Very well recorded too and overall the performances are very difficult to fault. Not as good as, or should I say as interesting as either of Bernstein's cycles but then again Bernstein's Mahler is not for everyone but its just the way I like mine. :-))
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After two listens I think that this one is definitely for the future!!!Jared wrote:well, I have a tendancy to feel that you should be aloud to like what you like, and leave the rest alone for a future occasion... without anyone telling you that you must be deficient in some way for 'not being able to appreciate genius'fergus wrote: I am not so sure that I will prevail with Pendecki Jared....for me, to say that his sound world is challenging, is an understatement!!!
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The original recording dates from 1982 Jared....I am sure that I have one or two other recordings of JEG on Warner; I must check!!Jared wrote:I hadn't appreciated that JEG had recorded some stuff on Warner, Fergus... was this in his early days, before Philips & Archiv?fergus wrote:
This is the first Gluck that I have listened to in quite some time and it was very pleasant indeed!
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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I regard Chailly highly....his Bruckner is wonderful!DaveF wrote:It's consistently very good from start to finish Jared. Very well recorded too and overall the performances are very difficult to fault. Not as good as, or should I say as interesting as either of Bernstein's cycles but then again Bernstein's Mahler is not for everyone but its just the way I like mine. :-))Jared wrote:how are you finding the Chailly set, Dave?DaveF wrote:Mahler, Symphony No.5
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