Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 12:01 pm
Starting with some Gluck....
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Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 3:43 pm
The magnificent and heart rending Gorecki Symphony No. 3....
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 3:50 pm
Yet another setting of the Lecons de Tenebres. De Lalande´s are hauntingly beautiful. less passionate, perhaps more contemplative than Couperin´s, but very much worth hearing.
This austerely ecstatic music needs an extraordinary interpreter, and Harmonia Mundi found a perfect exponent in Sophie Karthäuser, her voice is gorgeous and she knows how to keep the interest in over 75 minutes of music. Great accompaniment from Ensemble Correspondances too.
Happy St. Patrick´s Day to all my wonderful friends in the most beautiful Island in the World!
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 4:01 pm
Jose Echenique wrote:
Happy St. Patrick´s Day to all my wonderful friends in the most beautiful Island in the World!
Thank you Pepe, our honourary Irishman!!
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 4:02 pm
I have listened to excerpts on many an occasion but have yet to buy a copy, I must do so soon.fergus wrote:The magnificent and heart rending Gorecki Symphony No. 3....
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 4:03 pm
Yes indeed, thanks Pepe, and my best wishes to all members and their families.fergus wrote:Jose Echenique wrote:
Happy St. Patrick´s Day to all my wonderful friends in the most beautiful Island in the World!
Thank you Pepe, our honourary Irishman!!
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 4:04 pm
fergus wrote:Jose Echenique wrote:
Happy St. Patrick´s Day to all my wonderful friends in the most beautiful Island in the World!
Thank you Pepe, our honourary Irishman!!
And always proud of that dear Fergus. Big hugs to Ireland!!!!
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 4:10 pm
I have Jared to thank for this wonderful pair of performances, the music is by Brahms and Dvorak
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 4:20 pm
It is a magnificent and very emotionally intense work Seán and really worth experiencing. I would love to hear it live. That Zinman version is very good but there is an equally good, if not better version [IMHO] on Naxos....Seán wrote:I have listened to excerpts on many an occasion but have yet to buy a copy, I must do so soon.fergus wrote:The magnificent and heart rending Gorecki Symphony No. 3....
...which for me is a more gentle version which suits the mood and tone of the piece.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 5:57 pm
Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh!
(If I called your mother a goat, my apologies!)
Anyway... been listening to a classic Haydn series. Would have been the first integral recording if Goberman had lived to complete it. Sound is ok, typical of early 60's and stories are about the the masters were damaged a long time ago. Fine recordings, not heavy and mannered like a lot of Haydn performances of yore. A most wonderful "Maria Theresa" is part of the set. Goberman recorded 45 of the symphonies and a couple overtures before his premature death in 1962. Interestingly, Goberman was also well known as a conductor of Broadway musicals including the original West Side Story.
Interesting for sure... but does not replace Dorati or Fischer in my book.
Goberman, Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Haydn Symphonies
Sony 88843073942 14 discs
(If I called your mother a goat, my apologies!)
Anyway... been listening to a classic Haydn series. Would have been the first integral recording if Goberman had lived to complete it. Sound is ok, typical of early 60's and stories are about the the masters were damaged a long time ago. Fine recordings, not heavy and mannered like a lot of Haydn performances of yore. A most wonderful "Maria Theresa" is part of the set. Goberman recorded 45 of the symphonies and a couple overtures before his premature death in 1962. Interestingly, Goberman was also well known as a conductor of Broadway musicals including the original West Side Story.
Interesting for sure... but does not replace Dorati or Fischer in my book.
Goberman, Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Haydn Symphonies
Sony 88843073942 14 discs