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Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:27 pm
by Seán
fergus wrote:Seán wrote:fergus wrote:
That really is a marvellous recording Fergus, I hope you enjoyed it.
That was a first listen for me Seán. I was certainly not disappointed but not overwhelmed either to be honest. Perhaps with more listening I will appreciate it more.
I love it Fergus and was hugely impressed with it the first time I listened to it. I hope you learn to love it.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:37 pm
by fergus
Dvorak: Violin Concerto played by Josef Suk with the Czech Philharmonic / Ancerl....
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 12:59 am
by fergus
Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker....
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 11:01 am
by fergus
Mellow Mozart....
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 11:34 pm
by fergus
Earlier....
Barbirolli's version of Verdi's Requiem....
I enjoyed it!
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2014 12:11 am
by fergus
Finishing up with a short piece from the late John Tavener, God is with us – Christmas Proclamation, from this CD....
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2014 12:24 pm
by fergus
A Christmas perennial....
....a delightful CD of popular Christmas Carols arranged and played in the Baroque style.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2014 12:51 pm
by mcq
Sunday morning Puccini and a bracingly powerful and emotionally sweeping Turandot in what must be one of its finest recorded performances. Quite overwhelming.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2014 2:31 pm
by mcq
One of my favourite releases in 2014 and a consistent delight. Ophélie Gaillard's wonderful tribute to CPE Bach in his anniversary year takes in the two cello concertos, a trio sonata and a sinfonia and serves as a perfect introduction to this wonderful and sometimes undervalued composer. Impassioned performances imbued with a lightness of touch that are hard to resist.
Forgive the levity and genre hopping but I think the cover art bears a strong resemblance to St. Vincent's 2009 album, Actor. A measured, thoughtful, slightly elevated gaze into the middle distance. Aspirational, intensely focused, suffused in a glow of creative inspiration. Whether or not this comes across as artificial and contrived is a matter of personal interpretation but - as always - what matters most is the music.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2014 3:23 pm
by fergus
mcq wrote:
Forgive the levity and genre hopping but I think the cover art bears a strong resemblance to St. Vincent's 2009 album, Actor. A measured, thoughtful, slightly elevated gaze into the middle distance. Aspirational, intensely focused, suffused in a glow of creative inspiration.
Whether or not this comes across as artificial and contrived is a matter of personal interpretation but - as always - what matters most is the music.
It is contrived in that it is one of a number of standard poses used by portrait photographers.