Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 10:28 am
with such crappy weather this morning I kicked off the day with some Mendelssohn.
followed by...
followed by...
Both Mendelssohn and Chopin are her favorites but she's not really a big classical listener. Anyway she's not around for the weekend so I have these few days off to listen to music. Metal, Rock, Classical, Jazz, Country, Blues... its all being played. Blissful!Seán wrote:Dave, I love that Abbado/LSO Mendelssohn box set, everyone should have a copy of it. I trust that your girlfriend is still fond of Mendelssohn then?
One of my favourite female voices!DaveF wrote:
When the cat is away the mice behave like rats....go for it Dave....and enjoy the mix!!!DaveF wrote:Both Mendelssohn and Chopin are her favorites but she's not really a big classical listener. Anyway she's not around for the weekend so I have these few days off to listen to music. Metal, Rock, Classical, Jazz, Country, Blues... its all being played. Blissful!Seán wrote:Dave, I love that Abbado/LSO Mendelssohn box set, everyone should have a copy of it. I trust that your girlfriend is still fond of Mendelssohn then?
Bernard Haitink has a wonderful way with Debussy, Sean. I have a double CD of his performances of Debussy's orchestral music with the Concertgebouw Orchestra on Philips and find him to be one of the most thoughtful and penetrating interpreters of this great music. With regard to La Mer and Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune in particular, probably only Karajan's majestic 1964 recording with the BPO (on DG and coupled with equally fine versions of Ravel's second concert suite of Daphnis et Chloe and Bolero) can compare.Seán wrote:Dave, I love that Abbado/LSO Mendelssohn box set, everyone should have a copy of it. I trust that your girlfriend is still fond of Mendelssohn then?
Claude Debussy
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
La Mer
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink conducting
1976
This is a lovely version of Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune. This disc also contains my favourite recording of La Mer with its gorgeous swirling sheets of sound, it is played beautifully by the CO, I love it.
I have two copies of La Mer by HvK and one of them is the BPO recording from 1964 and it is terrific but I do prefer the Haitink/CO recording.mcq wrote:Bernard Haitink has a wonderful way with Debussy, Sean. I have a double CD of his performances of Debussy's orchestral music with the Concertgebouw Orchestra on Philips and find him to be one of the most thoughtful and penetrating interpreters of this great music. With regard to La Mer and Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune in particular, probably only Karajan's majestic 1964 recording with the BPO (on DG and coupled with equally fine versions of Ravel's second concert suite of Daphnis et Chloe and Bolero) can compare.Seán wrote:Dave, I love that Abbado/LSO Mendelssohn box set, everyone should have a copy of it. I trust that your girlfriend is still fond of Mendelssohn then?
Claude Debussy
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
La Mer
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink conducting
1976
This is a lovely version of Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune. This disc also contains my favourite recording of La Mer with its gorgeous swirling sheets of sound, it is played beautifully by the CO, I love it.
I still haven't listened to any of the Goodman/Hanover Band Haydn recordings, perhaps that's a good thing.DaveF wrote:The best conductor of Haydn's symphonic work imho. I listened to Dorati's version afterwards and there is just no comparison. Goodman's treatment of the second movement of the 'Surprise' symphony is simply astounding.