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What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III
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Originally posted by silvestrione View PostIs that Bax/Boult a single CD? I can't seem to track it down anywhere. If it is, I'd like to get hold of it!
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‘Aria Cantilena’ - Elīna Garanča
Arias from Massenet, Chapí, Offenbach, Rossini, Villa-Lobos, Montsalvatge, Richard Strauss
Elīna Garanča (mezzo-soprano)
Staaskapelle Dresden / Fabio Luisi
Recorded 2006 Lukaskirche, Dresden
Deutsche Grammophon
Koechlin
String Quartets No’s 1 & 2
Ardeo Quartet
Recorded 2006 Saint-Marcel Lutheran Church, Paris
AR RE-SE
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Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View PostBrahms Symphony No.3. Hungarian Dances 11-16 (Orch. Dausgaard). BIS SACD/CD (2018).
Swedish CO/Dausgaard.
Took me a few tries to come to terms with this Brahms 3... seeming rather cerebral and detached at first, now I'm finding more and more to admire in its interpretative thoughtfulness and subtlety. Lovely less familiar dances too.
Lutosławski Symphony No.4. Finnish RSO/Lintu. Ondine SACD/CD (2018).
Extraordinary - really puts this somewhat gnomic, difficult work on a higher plane, finding a rare cogency. Simply the best Luto 4th I've heard, by a fair margin. Amazing sonics. Can't wait for 2&3 from the same source in February!
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Bartok The Wooden Prince. Ballet in One Act.
Hungarian NPO/Kocsis. Hungaroton SACD/CD.
Slightly airless sonics, but a compelling mix of warmth and savage energy here...slav with schwung.
Marvellously colourful score, no wonder Boulez seemed so fond of it.Last edited by richardfinegold; 06-01-20, 22:08.
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Originally posted by richardfinegold View PostI’ve ever been able to develop much affection for The Wooden Prince, either with my Boulez or Dorati recordings. Now Mandarin, otoh...
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Originally posted by richardfinegold View PostI’ve ever been able to develop much affection for The Wooden Prince, either with my Boulez or Dorati recordings. Now Mandarin, otoh...
What a shame that the Bartok New Series never covered more of the best orchestral works though. The Concerto for Orchestra and Violin Concerto No.2 (Kelemen) should rank high on any list....
The discs are getting expensive now, but many of them are on Qobuz.
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Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View PostSome time since I heard Boulez in this, but the Hungaroton's unusually distinctive, close warm and immediate sound serves the music beautifully - really puts you in touch with the timbral range, the nature-tone-poetry and above all the sheer euphoria of the climactic sequences. Very idiomatically Hungarian, more so than my older go-to, the Dorati... given your enthusiasm for SACD too, I urge you to try it...
What a shame that the Bartok New Series never covered more of the best orchestral works though. The Concerto for Orchestra and Violin Concerto No.2 (Kelemen) should rank high on any list....
The discs are getting expensive now, but many of them are on Qobuz.
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Originally posted by Bryn View PostLet's not forget Gielen or Malkki. Sadly, the Gielen is only the suite, but beautifully delivered.
While we're thinking of BIS, this is imminent......
...and on Qobuz of course....
I seem to spend an amazing amount of time with BIS, Da Capo or Ondine...
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Originally posted by Bryn View PostWas there, perhaps, an "n" missing from the beginning of "ever"? For my part, I share PB's enthusiasm for the work.
Regarding JLW comment on Hungaraton SACD, I do have their SACD of Bartok Kossuth. I am assuming this is the series that she is alluding to. It wasn’t a particularly well done SACD, with a cavernous sound stage with a big hole in the middle, the opposite of immersive, at least in Multichannel. I don’t remember what sounded like in 2 channel, but I won’t be trying it today as I don’t need another nap...Kossuth doesn’t hold my interest either.
The Bartok works that were seminal for me, and still are, are:MFSPC, Concerto For Orchestra, all the PCs, the Quartets, The Divertimento, Mandarin, Hungarian Sketches, the various Dance Suites, and substantial Piano Works. Some are in between for me, such as the 2 Piano and Percussion work. A good performance of Bluebeard can give me nightmares for a week so I don’t often listen.
There are some major works that BB I just can’t get on with—the Second VC and Wooden Prince being the most prominent. Can’t explain why but I’ve tried through the years
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Originally posted by richardfinegold View PostEdit completed. I’m home with the flu today, gave Boulez another spin (CSO, DG) and at least I got some badly needed sleep when I nodded off.
Regarding JLW comment on Hungaraton SACD, I do have their SACD of Bartok Kossuth. I am assuming this is the series that she is alluding to. It wasn’t a particularly well done SACD, with a cavernous sound stage with a big hole in the middle, the opposite of immersive, at least in Multichannel. I don’t remember what sounded like in 2 channel, but I won’t be trying it today as I don’t need another nap...Kossuth doesn’t hold my interest either.
The Bartok works that were seminal for me, and still are, are:MFSPC, Concerto For Orchestra, all the PCs, the Quartets, The Divertimento, Mandarin, Hungarian Sketches, the various Dance Suites, and substantial Piano Works. Some are in between for me, such as the 2 Piano and Percussion work. A good performance of Bluebeard can give me nightmares for a week so I don’t often listen.
There are some major works that BB I just can’t get on with—the Second VC and Wooden Prince being the most prominent. Can’t explain why but I’ve tried through the years
No fan of Kossuth, no, but....In 2-channel SACD/CD/Qobuz ...Wooden Prince sounds wonderful here as I said.... no hole in the middle, not remotely....
"Cavernous"? No, warm and immediate, thrillingly tangible in each medium.... see above etc....so it goes.
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