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Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 5:26 pm
by Jared
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 'Scottish'.
Osmo Vanska/ BBC Scottish Symph.
Live in Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, 1997.
Recording quality very good indeed, and the tempi are brisk and buoyant.... no doubt, played in front of a highly enthusiastic audience..
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 5:45 pm
by DaveF
Havent had much time for music listening lately until today. Nice to get back into it after some time away.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 6:08 pm
by Jared
^^ Good to see you back in the fold Dave, and I love both of those works... especially the Abbado/ Mahler 7. I believe he was criticised for some slightly slow tempi (compare the timings with Kubelik's galloping pace!) but I really don't feel it matters with No.7...
Mendelssohn: Octet op.20
Royal String & Psophos Quartets
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 6:27 pm
by Seán
DaveF wrote:
Havent had much time for music listening lately until today. Nice to get back into it after some time away.
Welcome back. The Abbado/CSO Mahler 7 is marvellous and is second only to the earlier Solti/CSO recording in my (less than) humble opinion.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 6:43 pm
by Jared
Mendelssohn: String Quintet No.2 op.87
Elias String Quartet/ Malin Broman
(Wigmore Hall, 2011)
another favourite of mine... I do love Mendelssohn's chamber music, by and large.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 7:09 pm
by Jared
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No.1 op.49
Steven Isserlis/ Joshua Bell/ Denes Varjon
BBC Proms/ Cadogan Hall (2009)
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 7:52 pm
by Jared
Mendelssohn: Songs without Words (excerpts)
Paul Lewis, Wigmore Hall (Live, 1999)
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 9:02 pm
by fergus
Jared wrote:^^ how are you getting on with Martinu, Fergus?
I have to say, I struggled with his musical language, so have set it aside for a later date. I know you have persevered a bit with Nielsen 6 of late; another work I have always found difficult to access... has repeated listening to either of these later sets of symphonies, born fruit for you?
Persistence pays and I have reaped rewards on both fronts I am happy to say!
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 9:03 pm
by fergus
Vinyl....
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 10:20 pm
by Jared
^^ an interesting LP Fergus, when did Abbado record the work and what type of forces did he use? I'm guessing the sound would be a little different to that of his Chamber of Europe Orch??
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B Minor
Llyr Williams, Wigmore Hall, 2004