Seán wrote:
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphonies 82, 83, 84, 85, 86 & 87
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Franz Bruggen conducting.
Very engaging performances.
And most definitely NOT overrated LOL
What are you listening two?
-
Jose Echenique
- Posts: 1323
- Joined: Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:33 pm
Re: What are you listening two?
And most definitely NOT overrated LOL
Re: What are you listening two?
Definitely not Pepe. They are splendid performances.Jose Echenique wrote:Seán wrote:
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphonies 82, 83, 84, 85, 86 & 87
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Franz Bruggen conducting.
Very engaging performances.
And most definitely NOT overrated LOL
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
Re: What are you listening two?
Wonderful; this is a very good version infused with optimism and played very well.Seán wrote:Overrated!fergus wrote:
Last edited by fergus on Sun Nov 09, 2014 10:39 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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 two?
I have spent the evening in the company of Busoni's Doktor Faust....
....and a very pleasant evening it was.
....and a very pleasant evening it was.
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
-
Jose Echenique
- Posts: 1323
- Joined: Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:33 pm
Re: What are you listening two?
Excellent choice Fergus! I have always loved Doktor Faust, a typically decadent Busoni extravangaza but immensely enjoyable.fergus wrote:I have spent the evening in the company of Busoni's Doktor Faust....
....and a very pleasant evening it was.
Re: What are you listening two?
Jose Echenique wrote:Excellent choice Fergus! I have always loved Doktor Faust, a typically decadent Busoni extravangaza but immensely enjoyable.fergus wrote:I have spent the evening in the company of Busoni's Doktor Faust....
....and a very pleasant evening it was.
What prompted this choice of listening was that I had just recently finished reading Thomas Mann's book Doctor Faustus.
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 two?
Among this evening's listening was Brahm's Double Concerto played by Oistrakh & Rostropovich as soloists with The Cleveland Orchestra / Szell....
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 two?
Beethoven Symphonies 2, 3 & 4....
Symphony No. 2 for me was infused with a great sense of Life and spontaneity. It is a powerful and assertive rendition of a work that I do not, in truth, generally linger over.
All that I can say of Symphony No. 3 is that it was a wonderfully refined and noble version; a really great listen.
Symphony No. 4 for me is Beethoven’s most enigmatic work. This version is probably the best that I have heard. It had a wonderful cohesion to it and again it is obvious that a serious amount of thought went into it; I heard things that I have not noticed before.
Symphony No. 2 for me was infused with a great sense of Life and spontaneity. It is a powerful and assertive rendition of a work that I do not, in truth, generally linger over.
All that I can say of Symphony No. 3 is that it was a wonderfully refined and noble version; a really great listen.
Symphony No. 4 for me is Beethoven’s most enigmatic work. This version is probably the best that I have heard. It had a wonderful cohesion to it and again it is obvious that a serious amount of thought went into it; I heard things that I have not noticed before.
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
-
Jose Echenique
- Posts: 1323
- Joined: Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:33 pm
Re: What are you listening two?
Brüggen´s first recording of the Eroica for Philips was the first truly great recording of a Beethoven symphony on period instruments, his second recording is, if anything, even greater. The Fourth is just as good, superbly played with that exquisite finish of the Orchestra of the XVIII Century.fergus wrote:Beethoven Symphonies 2, 3 & 4....
Symphony No. 2 for me was infused with a great sense of Life and spontaneity. It is a powerful and assertive rendition of a work that I do not, in truth, generally linger over.
All that I can say of Symphony No. 3 is that it was a wonderfully refined and noble version; a really great listen.
Symphony No. 4 for me is Beethoven’s most enigmatic work. This version is probably the best that I have heard. It had a wonderful cohesion to it and again it is obvious that a serious amount of thought went into it; I heard things that I have not noticed before.
Re: What are you listening two?
None better.fergus wrote:Among this evening's listening was Brahm's Double Concerto played by Oistrakh & Rostropovich as soloists with The Cleveland Orchestra / Szell....
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler