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R3 live in concert, Rachel Podger with Brecon Baroque: Veracini Sonata No.12
The classical what are you listening to now ? thread.
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mjw
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Earlier today I listened to Bach cantatas conducted by Suzuki (post lost in ‘the crash’).
Later today I listened to Bach cantatas conducted by Gardiner. The Penguin guide tells me that Suzuki makes a better job of it but I’m likely too lumpen to realize it. The SQ of Gardiner’s Archiv recordings is superior to the BIS disc, though.
Later today I listened to Bach cantatas conducted by Gardiner. The Penguin guide tells me that Suzuki makes a better job of it but I’m likely too lumpen to realize it. The SQ of Gardiner’s Archiv recordings is superior to the BIS disc, though.
Citroen2CV
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Mahler Sym No 5, Bernstein, NYPO
windhoek
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I love the sound of Villa-Lobos in the morning - especially Bachianas brasileiras No.2: IV Tocata (The Little Train of the Caipira)
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Suzuki, BCJ: Bach Orchestral Suite 3 Overture.
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Adrian Boult, LPO: Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No.1
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Lorraine Hunt Lieberson: Handel, Ombra Mai Fu
Todd A
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Since it has been scientifically shown that it is impossible to 1.) have too many recordings of Mahler 1, and 2.) have too many recordings by Rafael Kubelik, it follows that this should be a fine recording. But it is more than that. Though the now aged sound suffers from limited dynamic range and less than ideal clarity, with the former the bigger problem, the slightly distant perspective offers a full aural glimpse of the orchestra, and what Kubelik does with it is magnificent. The best stuff is in the opening movement, which sounds unusually comfortable and flowing. It is definitely restrained most of the time, and it sounds largely sunny in disposition and evokes an idyllic view of nature at least as well as any version I've heard. The second movement is weighty but not pressed, while the third is folksy and vulgar and somber and tuneful in proper proportion. The final movement suffers a bit from the limited dynamic range, but Kubelik generates ample excitement, and in the slow passages, he gets some more of that just right feel evident in the first movement. This is one of the great Mahler Firsts.
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ian123running
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Khovanshchina - Act 4 & 5
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
Radio 3.
Just catching the end.
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
Radio 3.
Just catching the end.
Citroen2CV
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Since it has been scientifically shown that it is impossible to 1.) have too many recordings of Mahler 1, and 2.) have too many recordings by Rafael Kubelik...
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Totally agree!
Only have Symphony 1, 2, 4 and 9 Kubelik versions, not the one you quote but includes this No 1.
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davidjt
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As frequently happens, the thread has prompted me to rifle through a neglected section and start to play it. (One of the things I like about having the library on JRiver is that I can play an entire artist/composer/genre until I've had enough, with just one click.)
Having to 'make do' with Bernard Haitink and the Concertgebouw as I don't have any Kubelik (yet.)
Love Mahler, but with so many references, am I the only one who sometimes struggles to identify which symphony is which?
Having to 'make do' with Bernard Haitink and the Concertgebouw as I don't have any Kubelik (yet.)
Love Mahler, but with so many references, am I the only one who sometimes struggles to identify which symphony is which?
Citroen2CV
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As frequently happens, the thread has prompted me to rifle through a neglected section and start to play it. (One of the things I like about having the library on JRiver is that I can play an entire artist/composer/genre until I've had enough, with just one click.)
Having to 'make do' with Bernard Haitink and the Concertgebouw as I don't have any Kubelik (yet.)
Love Mahler, but with so many references, am I the only one who sometimes struggles to identify which symphony is which?
The Haitink's I've heard certainly make do for me
rough edges
Sapere Aude
Violin concertos...
Beethoven/Tetzlaff, Brahms/Hahn and Tchaikovsky/Batiashvili.
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Beethoven/Tetzlaff, Brahms/Hahn and Tchaikovsky/Batiashvili.
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davidjt
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The Haitink's I've heard certainly make do for me
Agreed: I have the big box Symphonies set by Haitink and can't fault any of them.
Having said that, I seem to be increasingly drawn to live performances (despite their drawbacks) and the Abbado/BPO Mahler 1 playing now is particularly fine, imo.