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Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 8:58 pm
by Seán
bombasticDarren wrote:Hello all
Still giving Doctor Who most of my attention, but I have embarked on a mini project. Onto my iPod I have loaded some of my favourite Mahler recordings. I am playing all the symphonies through in order for the first time. It makes the journey to work much more exciting....the recording are (conductor and orchestra noted only):-
1. Kubelik/BRSO
A masterful performance.
6. Abbado/BPO
My favourite version of the Sixth, it's wonderful.
8. Solti/CSO
Lovely.
DLvdE. Haitink/RCO
That's my favourite performance. The Haitink/RCO performance of the Ninth is simply wonderful too.
9. Karajan/BPO
Which one? The live or the studio recording?
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 9:54 pm
by bombasticDarren
^^ the live one Sean
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 10:11 pm
by Jared
Variations on a Theme by Paganini op.35
Variations & Fugue on a Theme by GF Handel op.24
4 Ballades op.10
1st Listen.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:40 pm
by Seán
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphonies No. 60, 61 & 62
Philharmonia Hungarica
Antal Doráti - conducting.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 9:25 am
by Jared
^^ I might (finally bite the bullet and) invest in that set in the New Year, Sean... I'll see how things go.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 10:16 am
by Seán
Jared wrote:^^ I might (finally bite the bullet and) invest in that set in the New Year, Sean... I'll see how things go.
I think that it is a splendid set Jared. While the individual recordings might not prove to be my favourite performances of these works they are very fine indeed and gives one the opportunity to listen to all of Haydn's symphonies and that can only be a good thing, definitely recommended by yours truly.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 11:58 am
by fergus
Vinyl....
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:01 pm
by fergus
More vinyl; Beethoven 1 & 8 with The Hallé/Barbirolli....
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 5:35 pm
by Jose Echenique
On CD (he, he)
A rare recording that alternates Bononcini and Purcell sonatas with Jaap Schröder.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 10:06 pm
by Jared
Seán wrote:Jared wrote:^^ I might (finally bite the bullet and) invest in that set in the New Year, Sean... I'll see how things go.
I think that it is a splendid set Jared. While the individual recordings might not prove to be my favourite performances of these works they are very fine indeed and gives one the opportunity to listen to all of Haydn's symphonies and that can only be a good thing, definitely recommended by yours truly.
Sean, I'm completely sold on the concept of owning this set. It's a question of the initial financial outlay, but mainly the time required to give a body of work of this magnitude, the serious listening time, which it would deserve. Most of July and August was given over to the String Quartets, which I thoroughly enjoyed, but exhausted by the end... and the Symphonies are about 50% again in length!
One day my friend... one day.