What classical music you listening to, luv?

andolink · « **Reply #2021 on:** 27 Feb 2018, 04:24 pm »

Carl Maria von Weber: Trio in G minor for flute, cello & piano, Op. 63

Tyson · « **Reply #2022 on:** 27 Feb 2018, 09:04 pm »

24/96 hirez remaster of Monique Haas' recordings of Debussy, Preludes and Etudes. Very nice. Doesn't displace Pollini as my favorite Debussy performer. But for a softer, more traditional approach, she's very good. The remastered sound is a big improvement over the previous CD release too:

S Clark · « **Reply #2023 on:** 27 Feb 2018, 09:34 pm »

See below.

S Clark · « **Reply #2024 on:** 27 Feb 2018, 09:35 pm »

Quote from: Tyson on 27 Feb 2018, 09:04 pm

24/96 hirez remaster of Monique Haas' recordings of Debussy, Preludes and Etudes. Very nice. Doesn't displace Pollini as my favorite Debussy performer. But for a softer, more traditional approach, she's very good. The remastered sound is a big improvement over the previous CD release too:

I haven't heard Pollini's Debussy. I've only owned some of his Chopin, which I hated with such intensity I've never owned anything else by him. I'll check it out.

Tyson · « **Reply #2025 on:** 27 Feb 2018, 10:09 pm »

Quote from: S Clark on 27 Feb 2018, 09:35 pm

I haven't heard Pollini's Debussy. I've only owned some of his Chopin, which I hated with such intensity I've never owned anything else by him. I'll check it out.

I feel about Pollini the say way I feel about Glenn Gould - absolutely astonishing in some repertoire and just terrible in others. Even within the same composer! Gould was great at Bach and modern classical, but terrible at Beethoven, Mozart, etc... Pollini is great at some Beethoven (Piano Concertos w/Abbado & late Sonatas), and terrible in the early Beethoven sonatas. He's great at Chopin's Etudes and Polonaises but meh in the Sonatas and downright terrible at the Nocturnes.

Re: his Debussy - I like that he plays Debussy with a spine! Clear, precise, a bit aggressive. I like that he makes Debussy sound like a precursor to modernist composers like Stravinsky and Ligeti, and less like an aural equivalent of an impressionist painter.

I find this tendency is true of me in other composers as well. I like Hilary Hahn's recording of the Elgar violin concerto because she takes what is generally performed as a soft work and gives it some steel and edges.

Oh, one other thing I should mention about Pollini recordings - it's worth springing for the hirez versions of his stuff. Very few artists are as poorly served by their recordings as Pollini. DG really does a dis-service to him with the clattery sound they usually present. The hirez remasters go a ways to redressing that, but even they are not perfect.

LesterSleepsIn · « **Reply #2026 on:** 27 Feb 2018, 10:58 pm »

LesterSleepsIn · « **Reply #2027 on:** 28 Feb 2018, 12:13 am »

andolink · « **Reply #2028 on:** 28 Feb 2018, 04:15 pm »

F. Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 39 in G minor

Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B flat, Op. 34

LesterSleepsIn · « **Reply #2029 on:** 1 Mar 2018, 12:43 am »

Nisle: Octet, Septet, Quintet
Johan Martin Friedrich Nisle (Composer), Consortium Classicum (Orchestra) Format: Audio CD

S Clark · « **Reply #2030 on:** 1 Mar 2018, 12:52 am »

Got my DBX gear setup again- finally. I've got about 40 lp's.

dB Cooper · « **Reply #2031 on:** 1 Mar 2018, 04:15 am »

Jan Vogler- Bach Unaccompanied Cello Suites

andolink · « **Reply #2032 on:** 1 Mar 2018, 12:18 pm »

S Clark · « **Reply #2033 on:** 1 Mar 2018, 01:03 pm »

LesterSleepsIn · « **Reply #2034 on:** 1 Mar 2018, 03:19 pm »

My bucket list Liszt

Tyson · « **Reply #2035 on:** 1 Mar 2018, 04:29 pm »

24/192 remaster of George Szell and John Browning doing the Barber Piano concerto. Sounds great!

LesterSleepsIn · « **Reply #2036 on:** 1 Mar 2018, 06:57 pm »

Tyson · « **Reply #2037 on:** 1 Mar 2018, 08:03 pm »

24/48 recording of Sol Gabetta doing the Shostakovich 1st and the Martinu Cello concertos. The Shosty is very good, but for me the real find is the Martinu, which is awesome and is officially joining my list of "Great Cello Concertos":

LesterSleepsIn · « **Reply #2038 on:** 1 Mar 2018, 11:25 pm »

Tyson · « **Reply #2039 on:** 1 Mar 2018, 11:41 pm »

Hey Lester, you seem to be on a Langgaard kick. I've tried to get into his music before but just didn't connect. What do you like about it? Does it remind you of other music? Are there any specific pieces a person new to Langgaard should start with?