Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 7:08 pm
Weird and wonderful:
I have not listened to Hindmith's music in quite a while. I must put it down for a personal listening project some time.Seán wrote:
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Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 9:08 pm
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 9:09 pm
That work can be played in so many variable ways.Seán wrote:Weird and wonderful:
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 9:09 pm
Mozart: Requiem / Krips....
This recording/performance is definitely of its time and I find it difficult to listen to. The tempi are far too laborious for my taste and there is no forward drive, momentum or drama. The soprano and alto roles are sung by boys, and sung poorly and insipidly. Not one of my favourite versions but still I keep it purely for comparison purposes.
This recording/performance is definitely of its time and I find it difficult to listen to. The tempi are far too laborious for my taste and there is no forward drive, momentum or drama. The soprano and alto roles are sung by boys, and sung poorly and insipidly. Not one of my favourite versions but still I keep it purely for comparison purposes.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 10:22 pm
Finishing off with this electric performance of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony....
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 10:51 pm
I have more than a dozen versions of the Fifth and Gardiner's recording with this orchestra is my favourite. It is brilliant!fergus wrote:Finishing off with this electric performance of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony....
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:10 pm
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grossi VII, IX, III & I op. 6
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Jeanne Lamon conducting.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:57 pm
Arcangelo Corelli
Sonata in G minor op. 5 No. 7
Sonata in A minor op. 5 No. 8
Sonata in E flat major op. 5 No. 9
Frans Brüggen - Recorder
Anner Bylsma - Violoncello
Gustav Leonhardt - Harpsichord
Lovely music-making.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 2:35 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 & 6
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner conducting.
The performance of the Fifth is oustanding in every way and is succeeded by a lovely performance of the Sixth.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 3:51 pm
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 93 & 101
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado conducting.
These are truly wonderful performances. Abbado and the COE demonstrate everything that is beautiful in these works. What a pity they only recorded 7 instead of the full London cycle.