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Current Listening Vol VII

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Current Listening Vol VII

A new thread for the same subject matter.

The previous thread, Current Listening Vol VI has become another huge file and slow to load. Since this particular thread is the most popular one on the site, we have created this new volume to continue posting.

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Links to previous Current Listening threads:
Current Listening Vol I
Current Listening Vol II
Current Listening Vol III
Current Listening Vol IV
Current Listening Vol V
Current Listening Vol VI
 
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Second piece in this disc, Chamber Symphony No 3.



I found this strikingly unsatisfactory. What seems like a large fraction of the music is played in a hush that I find basically inaudible if I set the volume so that the loud passages are at a confortable "concert volume" level. Probably the performers pride themselves on playing such a controlled pianississississimo, but what's the point if I can't hear anything?

I have another recording of this piece on the Claves label, maybe I'll venture to listen to that and see if I do any better.

Six dollars that I could have spent on a fancy latte, down the drain. :)
 
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Debussy & Rameau

Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)

Presto Recording of the Week
27th March 2020
Editor's Choice
Gramophone Magazine
April 2020
Editor's Choice
Recording of the Month
BBC Music Magazine
June 2020
Recording of the Month
Nouveauté
Diapason d'Or
May 2020
Nouveauté
Winner - Solo Instrumental Recital (Piano)
Opus Klassik Awards
2020
Winner - Solo Instrumental Recital (Piano)
Gramophone Magazine
Critics' Choice 2020
Presto Recordings of the Year
Winner 2020
The Times Records of the Year
2020
 
#18,735 · (Edited)
Second piece in this disc, Chamber Symphony No 3.



I found this strikingly unsatisfactory. What seems like a large fraction of the music is played in a hush that I find basically inaudible if I set the volume so that the loud passages are at a confortable "concert volume" level. Probably the performers pride themselves on playing such a controlled pianississississim, but what's the point if I can't hear anything?

I have another recording of this piece on the Claves label, maybe I'll venture to listen to that and see if I do any better.

Six dollars that I could have spent on a fancy latte, down the drain. :)
Six dollars on a fancy date? A bucket of KFC and a 2L bottle of Pepsi ain't that cheap!
 
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This afternoon.
Kodály, Háry János Suite etc - Budapest Festival Orchestra, Children's choir Magnificat, Budapest, Children's choir Miraculum, Kecskemét, Iván Fischer

A disc recently acquired for the Háry János Suite in first rate sound, the other items are pleasant enough without really catching my imagination.

Svendsen, Symphony No 2 - Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ari Rasilainen.



 
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