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Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 8:31 pm
by fergus
DonKC wrote:My conductor hero turned 93 on Oct 3rd. Happy Birthday Stanislaw Skrowaczewski. One of my earliest live concerts was a Minnesota Orchestra/Skrowaczewski concert at the University of Illinois. They did the Shostakovich 5th, the von Weber "Euryanthe" Overture but I do not remember the rest... it was like 1976 or so. The 5th bowled me over with its live power and what I remember was a very dramatic performance.
Anyway.. tonight is his wonderful Bruckner 8 with Saarbrücken RSO, and then the long out of print Mercury Shostakovich 5th with Minneapolis (as it was then) for old times sake.
I have the wonderful Skrowaczewski Bruckner cycle with the Saarbrücken RSO in my collection Don.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 8:32 pm
by fergus
markof wrote:
What did you think of it Mark? It has been on my List for a long time now.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 8:37 pm
by fergus
Alicia de Larrocha playing Mozart piano concertos nos. 25 & 27....
I must get more of her Mozart performances.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 10:54 am
by markof
fergus wrote:markof wrote:
What did you think of it Mark? It has been on my List for a long time now.
Hi Fergus,
Yeah, I like it a lot - great sound and performance - very atmospheric.
But it's not like the 1610 Vespers and not every work on the album is by Monteverdi - it's a kind of compilation including pieces by Gabrieli as well.
It reminds me of the Venetian Coronation album from McCreesh of a couple of years ago.
I'd certainly recommend it.
BTW, do you have a favourite 1610 Vespers?
Mark
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 11:30 pm
by DonKC
Some Honegger:
I know Honegger's symphonies through the complete set by Baudo and the Czech Philharmonic (now seemingly not available) so was curious about these performances by Stéphane Denève since he did such a wonderful job with Roussel on Naxos. Quite good and in better sound than the Baudo. The "Liturgique" and Pacific 231 are 1st class performances, bringing Honegger's propulsive scores to life without being over dramatic.
Recommended. Hope this leads to more Honegger, so far this is the only disc.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 12:02 pm
by fergus
markof wrote:
Hi Fergus,
Yeah, I like it a lot - great sound and performance - very atmospheric.
But it's not like the 1610 Vespers and not every work on the album is by Monteverdi - it's a kind of compilation including pieces by Gabrieli as well.
It reminds me of the Venetian Coronation album from McCreesh of a couple of years ago. I'd certainly recommend it.
Thank you for that Mark. I don't mind that sort of "compilation". It will stay on the List so.
BTW, do you have a favourite 1610 Vespers?
I have 5 different versions Mark and my favourite would be Gardiner followed by Alessandrini.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 12:05 pm
by fergus
DonKC wrote:Some Honegger:
I know Honegger's symphonies through the complete set by Baudo and the Czech Philharmonic (now seemingly not available) so was curious about these performances by Stéphane Denève since he did such a wonderful job with Roussel on Naxos. Quite good and in better sound than the Baudo. The "Liturgique" and Pacific 231 are 1st class performances, bringing Honegger's propulsive scores to life without being over dramatic.
Recommended. Hope this leads to more Honegger, so far this is the only disc.
Interesting Don; I only have the Baudo/Czech Philharmonic set myself.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 12:06 pm
by fergus
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 7:00 pm
by Seán
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41
Anima Eterna Brugge
Jos van Immerseel conducting.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 7:23 pm
by Seán
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bassoon Concerto in B Flat major K151
Anima Eterna Brugge
Jane Gower - Bassoon
Jos van Immerseel conducting.
