After CD Review:
Bohuslav Martinů
Symphony No. 4
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Václav Neumann - conducting.
What are you listening to?
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"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti - conducting.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 4
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti - conducting.
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
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That is a set that is on my Wish List Seán so I would be interested to read what you think of it when you have completed it.Seán wrote:It is a beautiful day in Dublin.
Franz Schubert
Winterreise [1 - 12]
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau baritone
Gerald Moore piano
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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
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I think he might be at that task for the next 6 months... ;-)fergus wrote: That is a set that is on my Wish List Seán so I would be interested to read what you think of it when you have completed it.
Berlioz: Overtures
Colin Davis/ LSO
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Hi Fergus, I am not inclined to listen to all of the cds in a large box set when the music is entirely new to me. As you know, I am not particulary fond of listening to the human voice either; years of pop and bloody awful jazz singers have worn me down in that regard. I do though enjoy listening to classical singers for short spells at a time.fergus wrote:That is a set that is on my Wish List Seán so I would be interested to read what you think of it when you have completed it.Seán wrote:It is a beautiful day in Dublin.
Franz Schubert
Winterreise [1 - 12]
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau baritone
Gerald Moore piano
I am partial to some singers and I have a particulard fondness for DFD, his early Mahler recordings are particularly special, I feel. I have now listened to three cds from the Schubert set (above) and the one that I have settled on for now is number 20, Winterreise, I don't have the text yet, so I have no idea what DFD is singing about, but I really do love the way he does it and Moore is a lovely, non intrusive, strong accompanist. If you are fond of Schubert's Lieder then I would imagine that this is a particularly good set. At the start of every listening I usually play the first five to ten Winterisse songs, they really do grow on one with repeated listening.
I really do like this set and I am glad I bought it, I expect that it will provide me with very many years of listening pleasure.
I would be interested to learn what Ciaran makes of DFD and Moore's interpretations of Schubert's Lieder?
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"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
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first listen... a beautiful disk..
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Jared may well be right in his post above!!Seán wrote: Hi Fergus, I am not inclined to listen to all of the cds in a large box set when the music is entirely new to me. As you know, I am not particulary fond of listening to the human voice either; years of pop and bloody awful jazz singers have worn me down in that regard. I do though enjoy listening to classical singers for short spells at a time.
I am partial to some singers and I have a particulard fondness for DFD, his early Mahler recordings are particularly special, I feel. I have now listened to three cds from the Schubert set (above) and the one that I have settled on for now is number 20, Winterreise, I don't have the text yet, so I have no idea what DFD is singing about, but I really do love the way he does it and Moore is a lovely, non intrusive, strong accompanist. If you are fond of Schubert's Lieder then I would imagine that this is a particularly good set. At the start of every listening I usually play the first five to ten Winterisse songs, they really do grow on one with repeated listening.
I really do like this set and I am glad I bought it, I expect that it will provide me with very many years of listening pleasure.
I would be interested to learn what Ciaran makes of DFD and Moore's interpretations of Schubert's Lieder?
Thank you for the post above....I understand where you are coming from and appreciate your early thoughts.
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
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I also have that disc and I too enjoy it Jared!Jared wrote:
first listen... a beautiful disk..
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
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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