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Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 10:56 am
by markof
Great playing of these transcriptions for mandolin from the esteemed Blue Grass musician Chris Thile.
His playing style is dynamic and precise, a joy to hear and it's a fine recording too.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 1:01 pm
by fergus
DonKC wrote:
Two remarkable works by the great Finnish composer Kalevi Aho
BIS 1316
I had not heard of Kalevi Aho but since your post Don I have been doing some listening on the www and I like what I hear; definitely one for future exploration!
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 1:04 pm
by fergus
Seán wrote:I am not in the market for another Mahler Seven, at least I am doing my best not to be, however, having listened to this pair on CD Review this morning well, I am sorely tempted:
MAHLER: Symphony No. 7 in E minor
Berliner Philharmonic, Michael Gielen (conductor)
TESTAMENT SBT1480 (CD mid-price)
MAHLER: Symphony No. 7 in E minor
Gurzenich-Orchestra Köln, Markus Stenz (conductor)
OEHMS OC652 (Hybrid SACD)
Andrew is particularly fond of the Markus Stenz led performance whereas I might prefer the Gielen, I would have to listen to them again to be sure. I certainly would not be disappointed with either recording that's for sure.
For many years M7 was a difficult work for me to come to terms with and it was by buying the Gielen version that I finally cracked it; it is a wonderful interpretation Seán and has my recommendation I am sorry to say LOL!
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 1:08 pm
by fergus
Jared wrote:fergus wrote:
I am also surprised (although pleasantly of course, Fergus...) because even I have baulked at the prospect of 21 disks of Baryton Trios... and you know how much I like Haydn...
Definitely one only to be dipped into now and then; as you know Jared some Baryton works are an essential component in any Haydn collection so it is nice to have the complete set on the shelf.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 1:09 pm
by fergus
markof wrote:
Great playing of these transcriptions for mandolin from the esteemed Blue Grass musician Chris Thile.
His playing style is dynamic and precise, a joy to hear and it's a fine recording too.
In another life Mark I played the mandolin so I am intrigued by that one; I will try to get a listen to sample tracks on the www.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 1:12 pm
by fergus
I dug this one out from my archives and have just finished listening to....
....lovely music played on what is an unusual solo instrument for Classical music nowadays.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 2:26 pm
by fergus
Staying with the Brass theme I have just finished this one....
....early Classical works for Horn by Joseph Haydn, Georg Philippe Telemann, Leopold Mozart and Christoph Forster.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 2:28 pm
by Jared
^^ you have to hand it to Naxos Fergus, they really do know how to dig out some obscure repertoire!
nice juxtaposition between Early Music and Late Romanticism, today...
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 2:49 pm
by Jared
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 3:09 pm
by Seán
fergus wrote:I dug this one out from my archives and have just finished listening to....
....lovely music played on what is an unusual solo instrument for Classical music nowadays.
That's an entirely new one on me Fergus, I hadn't realised that there were recordings of trombone concerti available. That does interest me.
