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Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 10:35 pm
by fergus
DaveF wrote:fergus wrote:
Symphonies Nos. 6-8.
:-)) I listened to 7-8 from that set today. Fools seldom differ eh? ;-)
LOL!
They are wonderful versions though Dave!
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 10:38 pm
by fergus
This is lovely, charming music. The sonatas are obviously modelled on those of Scarlatti. There is nothing deep or involved here but Cimarosa’s opera credentials shine through with the singing, aria type melodies. It is a delightful listen!
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 10:07 am
by Jared
I don't mind saying...
this is a delight... top quality performances, with the highest quality sound imaginable on CD... Bernarda could be in my living room (now there's wishful thinking!)... all in a stunning fold out digipack case with 60 page book.. it hardly gets any better...
and while you're at it... check at the price New:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Schumann-Maria- ... 031&sr=1-2
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 2:11 pm
by Jared
fist listen... can't say I'm at all enthused.. goodness, this whole Opera on Blu Ray thing could be hard work... :-//
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 4:57 pm
by Jared
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 7:24 pm
by Ciaran
Shostakovich Quartet No. 11 played by the Mandelring Quartet. I can't stop listening to it.
LHL in Schumann's
Frauenliebe und -leben in a live Wigmore Hall concert. I hope there's something on at the Wigmore Hall the next time I'm in London. I'll be going soon for the Degas exhibition at the RA.
Another that keeps getting played. François-Frédéric Guy in Prokofiev's 6th Piano Sonata. A bucket of icy water in the face over and over again. Refreshing!
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 7:36 pm
by Jared
sadly, really not my cup of tea.....
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 8:03 pm
by fergus
Jared wrote:sadly, really not my cup of tea.....
That is a pity as I have some lovely versions of the Chants d'Auvergne.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 8:04 pm
by fergus
Jared wrote:
fist listen... can't say I'm at all enthused..
goodness, this whole Opera on Blu Ray thing could be hard work... :-//
Food for thought before you start spending money on Blu Rays.......
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 8:19 pm
by Jared
^^ Sorry Fergus, but I don't think that if I listened to the Canteloube for the next week, I'd ever get to like it... far too saccharine I'm afraid..
you are of course right about the Opera.... the above disk (£1 in a charity shop, bizarrely new & sealed) seems to sum up everything I dislike about 19th century Italian Opera, and reinforces the fact that it's not a genre I'm ever really going to take to... HOWEVER...
strangely, I do like Purcell's Dido & Aeneas (I have 2 versions) so I thought that maybe I should dip my toe in the waters of Baroque opera, which I realise is a little different. To aid this process, I have purchased:
which I intend to watch before the Rameau, and will give each of them a fair hearing. If it's not for me, they can go back on ebay where I'll get most of my money back, but I really hope they do 'click' with me....
