Current Listening Vol IX [2023]

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Art Rock

Discussion Starter · 5 mo ago

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Here we go again. In the past, this popular thread had to be re-started a number of times because the files got to big for the software used. The latest restart was with volume VIII, which accidentally practically coincided with the start of the new year 2022. Many members thought this was actually a good idea to pick a new year for a new thread, so with 2023 upon us (already or soon, depending on where you live), we are starting a new thread.

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
Current Listening Vol VII
Current Listening Vol VIII

A few suggestions (as if anyone bothers reading this):

Many members appreciate if you would not just post a CD cover or an embedded YouTube link. It would be helpful if you would post at least a short description (like composer, work, performers). This holds especially for videos, because not all YouTube videos can be seen in every country, and they tend to disappear over time.

It would be even better if you can post a little bit about your own take on what you are listening to. No need for extensive reviews, but a few lines would make the thread clearly more valuable to other members.

These are suggestions, not rules. They are not subject to intervention by the moderating team.

Have fun, Happy New Year, and enjoy listening to classical music as always!

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Andrew Kenneth

· #821 · 5 mo ago

Anton Bruckner - Symphony nr. 4
Berliner Philharmoniker - Hans Knappertsbusch
(rec. march 10th - 1944) NOT sept. 8th 1944 - a long debunked recording date)

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Bkeske

· #822 · 5 mo ago

Final CD of this most excellent box.

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Live The Radio Recordings 2000-2010
RCO Live/ Radio Netherlands Music
Anthology Of The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - 7

CD #14

Busoni - Berceuse Élégiaque, Op.42 conducted by Ed Spanjaard
Prokofiev - Autumn, Op.8 Symphonical Sketch conducted by David Robertson
Mahler - Das Lied Von Der Erde conducted by Fabio Luisi

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Hogwash

· #823 · 5 mo ago

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Kiki

· #824 · 5 mo ago

Camille Saint-Saëns
Symphony No. 3
Gaston Litaize, organ
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim
Rec. 1976
DG

A really exciting account from Barenboim when he was 34 years old. I have almost forgotten there was a time when he was fast!

To be fair, although in recent years he can be mega slow, he's not always so.

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sAmUiLc

· #825 · 5 mo ago

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Neo Romanza

· #826 · 5 mo ago

Kiki said:
Camille Saint-Saëns
Symphony No. 3
Gaston Litaize, organ
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim
Rec. 1976
DG

A really exciting account from Barenboim when he was 34 years old. I have almost forgotten there was a time when he was fast! To be fair, although in recent years he can be mega slow, he's not always so.

Barenboim was fully capable of turning in great performances, but, like any good conductor, this didn't always happen. This is quite a fine Saint-Saëns or, at least, the best I can remember, but there are so many great Saint-Saëns recordings for me that I begin to lose track after awhile.

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Klavierman

· #827 · 5 mo ago

Neo Romanza said:
This should be in my mailbox in a matter of days. Really looking forward to it!

It's very good (hard to miss with those artists!), but sometimes her tone can be a bit grating to my ears. She tends to sacrifice some tonal beauty for intensity.

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Neo Romanza

· #828 · 5 mo ago

6

Closing the night out with some American "Populist" works:

Bernstein
Three Dance Episodes from "On the Town"
Israel Philharmonic
Bernstein

From this set -

Copland
Appalachian Spring (Orchestral Version)
San Francisco SO
MTT

Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Bergen Philharmonic
Freddy Kempf, piano
Litton

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Neo Romanza

· #829 · 5 mo ago

Klavierman said:
It's very good (hard to miss with those artists!), but sometimes her tone can be a bit grating to my ears. She tends to sacrifice some tonal beauty for intensity.

Well, this intensity will serve her well in Janáček and Bartók, but the Brahms could pose a bit of a problem in this regard. Thanks for the feedback.

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Klavierman

· #830 · 5 mo ago

Neo Romanza said:
Well, this intensity will serve her well in Janáček and Bartók, but the Brahms could pose a bit of a problem in this regard. Thanks for the feedback.

That was my feeling. Of course, I’d take intensity over a tepid performance! Somehow Heifetz managed intensity and maintained good tone, so it is possible.

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Bkeske

· #831 · 5 mo ago

Lorin Maazel - The Cleveland Years, complete recordings

CD #3

Respighi - Feste Romane
Respighi - Pina di Roma
Rimsky-Korsakov - The Golden Cockerel Suite

The Cleveland Orchestra
DECCA 19 CD box 2014

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cybernaut

· #832 · 5 mo ago (Edited)

I am completely in love with this:

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Wagner - Tannhauser Overture & Venusberg Music
Sir John Barbirolli
Halle Orchestra
BBC Legends

I've never listened to much Wagner so it's a world for me to explore...

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Rogerx

· #833 · 5 mo ago

Hurlstone: Trio in G, etc.

James Boyd (viola)

The Dussek Piano Trio - Gonzalo Acosta (violin), Margaret Powell (cello), Micheal Dussek (piano)

Hurlstone: Adagio from Sonata in D for cello & piano
Hurlstone: Quartet in E Minor

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Knorf

· #834 · 5 mo ago (Edited)

HenryPenfold said:
Can't you simply write something, perhaps a couple of sentences about the recording/performance/dates/performers &cetera, rather than just posting pictures of CD covers? This thread would be utterly boring and pointless if we all just uploaded pictures of various CDs.

It's best practice for the accommodation of anyone visually impaired as well, to post some minimal description of the linked picture, not to mention courteous also for people who wish to reduce data consumption but still participate. But there are those who simply will not extend even that much minimal common decency.

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LudwigvanBeetroot

· #835 · 5 mo ago

4

Today’s listening: a Szymanowski day

Concert Overture, Symphonies 1 and 4, Study Op 4 No 3
Wit/Warsaw Philharmonic; Broja, piano

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Piano Works
Zimerman

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String Quartets 1 and 2
Silesian SQ

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King Roger
Rattle/Birmingham

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Rogerx

· #836 · 5 mo ago

Poulenc: Les Biches - Suite, Les Animaux modèles - Suite & Sinfonietta

RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Luc Tingaud

Poulenc: Les Animaux modèles Suite
Poulenc: Les Biches: Suite
Poulenc: Sinfonietta

Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (Paris, 7 januari 1899 – Paris, 30 januari 1963)

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Neo Romanza

· #837 · 5 mo ago

Last work of the night:

Brahms
7 Fantasien, Op. 116
Alexander Melnikov

Wow...this is exquisite! Definitely looking forward to listening to more of Brahms' solo piano works. Night before last, I bought the solo piano recordings with Jonathan Plowright on BIS (five volumes total). There are several other sets to choose from, but his grabbed first so to speak through the sampling I did via BIS's website.

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Neo Romanza

· #838 · 5 mo ago

cybernaut said:
I am completely in love with this:
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I've never listened to much Wagner so it's a world for me to explore...

Welcome to the world of Wagner! I hope you enjoy the ride.

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cybernaut

· #839 · 5 mo ago

Neo Romanza said:
Welcome to the world of Wagner! I hope you enjoy the ride.

Part of the reason I'm so late to Wagner is that I was never into opera. My father is an opera fanatic and has been trying for 40 years to get me into it...and I'm slowly starting to appreciate it. I'm not sure if I'll ever be a big fan of the genre, but I try. Collections of arias, I'm fine with. But entire operas? Not so much.

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cybernaut

· #840 · 5 mo ago

Knorf said:
It's best practice for the accommodation of anyone visually impaired as well, to post some minimal description of the linked picture, not to mention courteous also for people who wish to reduce data consumption but still participate. But there are those who simply will not extend even that much minimal common decency.

Ahh, I didn't realize. I will start putting info.

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