Cheers Seán. I hope that you and yours are keeping well.
It is indeed an excellent disc.
What are you listening two?
Re: What are you listening two?
It is indeed an excellent disc.
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Re: What are you listening two?
Recently I have been listening to the C. Kleiber version of Verdi's La Traviata at a rate of one act per day
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Last December Paavo Järvi brought the German pianist, Fabian Müller, and the magnificent Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen to the NCH for a concert of music by Beethoven and Joseph Haydn. They performed the First Piano Concerto, and Haydn's 97th and 102nd symphonies. It was a marvellous concert, the performance of the Haydn 102 was really special. This is a great German chamber orchestra. I would dearly love to see them and Järvi again.
I have more than 20 Beethoven symphony cycles in my collection and at present this is the pick of the bunch.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 4
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Paavo Järvi
I have more than 20 Beethoven symphony cycles in my collection and at present this is the pick of the bunch.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 4
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Paavo Järvi
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Re: What are you listening two?
I am not especially fond of opera and so I find Verdi's music VERY difficult to listen to. I have Abbado's Verdi box set so it's not the quality of the performances, it's down to me I'm afraid.
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We are indeed, thank you. I will retire in July 2024. I'm looking forward to it
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 [Haitink/Concertgebouw Orch.]
This is a terrifically taut and powerful performance.
This is a terrifically taut and powerful performance.
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Re: What are you listening two?
Interesting but I do not know the cycle.Seán wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:54 pm Last December Paavo Järvi brought the German pianist, Fabian Müller, and the magnificent Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen to the NCH for a concert of music by Beethoven and Joseph Haydn. They performed the First Piano Concerto, and Haydn's 97th and 102nd symphonies. It was a marvellous concert, the performance of the Haydn 102 was really special. This is a great German chamber orchestra. I would dearly love to see them and Järvi again.
I have more than 20 Beethoven symphony cycles in my collection and at present this is the pick of the bunch.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 4
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Paavo Järvi
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
Re: What are you listening two?
I am not particularly fond of most opera myself but I did find this music very accessible, particularly the Final Act. It might be worth listening to the Abbado version of the final act again.
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Do be do be do: Sinatra
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Best Wishes for that Seán!!
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I agree. That was my very first Shostakovich cd back in 2007 and I was advised by someone on CMG that it wasn’t a good performance I thought otherwise and still do.
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler