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Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:11 pm
by Diapason
I've bought a lot of stuff over the last few days, but I'll put that Requiem in my basket for future perusal. Thanks Jared.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:14 pm
by Jared
Diapason wrote:I've bought a lot of stuff over the last few days, but I'll put that Requiem in my basket for future perusal. Thanks Jared.
for a man who like me, loves large scale choral works, its an absolute no-brainer... when you hear it, you will adore it.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:29 pm
by bombasticDarren
Jared wrote:Diapason wrote:I've bought a lot of stuff over the last few days, but I'll put that Requiem in my basket for future perusal. Thanks Jared.
for a man who like me, loves large scale choral works, its an absolute no-brainer... when you hear it, you will adore it.
I have the Ancerl recording Jared. I might try that Kertesz one myself in due course too!
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:31 pm
by Jared
bombasticDarren wrote:I have the Ancerl recording Jared. I might try that Kertesz one myself in due course too!
Darren, I have both and like both, but find the Kertesz a more satisfying performance personally... although others disagree. It is coupled with the Mass in D which is completely angelic, whereas the Ancerl couples it with the biblical songs, which I must admit to finding rather hard going...
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:40 pm
by bombasticDarren
Svendsen - Symphony No.2 &
Polonaise No.2 (Thomas Dausgaard, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Chandos)
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:53 pm
by Seán
Diapason wrote:I don't know that Dvorak requiem at all...
I have a version by the GREAT Kubelik.....No, does nothing for me.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:55 pm
by Seán
Jared wrote:Diapason wrote:Back in the Usenet days, on the classical newsgroups, the B minor mass was regularly voted the greatest piece of music ever written.
the Butcher voting goes like this:
Fave Renaissance Choral Work: Monteverdi: Vespers (1610), then Victoria: Requiem
Fave Baroque Choral Work: Bach: Mass in B , then Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri
Fave Classical Choral Work: Haydn: The Creation, then Mozart: Requiem
Fave Early Romantic Choral Work: Beethoven: Missa Solemnis, then Beethoven: Mass in C
Fave Romantic Choral Work: Dvorak: Requiem, then Mendelssohn: Elijah
Fave 20th Century Choral Work: Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, then RVW: Sancta Civitas
I'm sure that lot will cause some upset and consternation... ;-)
Dunner's choice:
Fave Classical Work: Beethoven: Symphonies 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 & 9 and then Berlioz & Schubert
Fave Romantic Work: Mahler: Symphonies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 9
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 6:02 pm
by Diapason
Seán wrote:
Fave Classical Work: Beethoven: Symphonies 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 & 9 and then Berlioz & Schubert
This in itself is interesting. Aren't those composers normally considered Romantic? Beethoven is marginal of course, but Berlioz and Schubert??
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 6:06 pm
by Jared
Diapason wrote:Seán wrote:
Fave Classical Work: Beethoven: Symphonies 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 & 9 and then Berlioz & Schubert
This in itself is interesting. Aren't those composers normally considered Romantic? Beethoven is marginal of course, but Berlioz and Schubert??
Simon: what can you expect from a man who remains unmoved after hearing the great Dvorak Requiem?
just try and humour him... ;-)
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 6:26 pm
by bombasticDarren
Brahms - Symphony No.1 (Wolfgang Sawallisch, Wiener Symphoniker, Philips)
