What classical music you listening to, luv?

andolink · « **Reply #2962 on:** 19 May 2019, 01:06 am »

Quote from: LesterSleepsIn on 18 May 2019, 10:13 pm

I've been eyeing that one Lester. Let me know what you think.

andolink · « **Reply #2963 on:** 19 May 2019, 08:21 am »

Anton Zimmermann (1741-1781): Symphonies

LesterSleepsIn · « **Reply #2964 on:** 19 May 2019, 02:48 pm »

Quote from: andolink on 19 May 2019, 01:06 am

I've been eyeing that one Lester. Let me know what you think.

Hi Andy,
In an attempt to Keep Up with the Tysonians, I became a Quobuz subscriber on Friday (really enjoying it so far). The album doesn’t actually drop until May 31 but Quobuz generously allows you to hear the first two cuts in their entirety with samples of the remainder. Based just on the first two cuts, I’ve pre-ordered the cd. Contralto Delphine Galou is in her usual lovely voice and recorded well and Dantone's Accademia Bizantina plays brilliantly with warmth and in balance with Galou. I’m looking forward to the arrival of the cd and will report back at the end of the month.

Cheers,
Lester

Tyson · « **Reply #2965 on:** 19 May 2019, 03:22 pm »

Quote from: LesterSleepsIn on 19 May 2019, 02:48 pm

Hi Andy,
In an attempt to Keep Up with the Tysonians, I became a Quobuz subscriber on Friday (really enjoying it so far). The album doesn’t actually drop until May 31 but Quobuz generously allows you to hear the first two cuts in their entirety with samples of the remainder. Based just on the first two cuts, I’ve pre-ordered the cd. Contralto Delphine Galou is in her usual lovely voice and recorded well and Dantone's Accademia Bizantina plays brilliantly with warmth and in balance with Galou. I’m looking forward to the arrival of the cd and will report back at the end of the month.

Cheers,
Lester

Keeping up with the Tysonians - LOL!! Yeah I love Qobuz. They have a few issues with Chromecast still, but other than that I'm very pleased with them. Better classical selection than Tidal and better sound quality too. Today I'm in the mood for a bit of Haydn:

Tyson · « **Reply #2966 on:** 19 May 2019, 10:01 pm »

I just got back from the Colorado Symphony Orchestra with Sandy Cameron performing the Elfman violin concerto "Eleven Eleven". Wow, just wow. Maybe the best performance of anything I've ever seen in my life. Good lord, Sandy is a prodigy to end all prodigies. Still absorbing it, but damn. In the meantime, putting this on:

Butterworth · « **Reply #2967 on:** 20 May 2019, 06:50 pm »

John Adams Harmonielehre

andolink · « **Reply #2968 on:** 21 May 2019, 07:07 am »

Joseph Haydn: Keyboard Sonatas

Tyson · « **Reply #2969 on:** 21 May 2019, 06:00 pm »

Got my new Forte III speakers, woot!! I can tell already that they are a very nice step up over the Heresy IIIs. Just more detailed/clear and stronger bass. Starting the burn in process now, but even fresh out of the box they sound amazing on mandolin music:

Tyson · « **Reply #2970 on:** 21 May 2019, 10:21 pm »

Moving on to something a little more modern. The title is a bit funny - "Back to the Future", which is apt for some of the works (Rihm, Lutoslawski), and not so much for others (Ravel and Sibelius). Still, Mutter is a master as always:

Editing to add: The piece "En Reve" by Norbert Moret is really modern and aggressive, but also well done. I like it

andolink · « **Reply #2971 on:** 21 May 2019, 11:43 pm »

andolink · « **Reply #2972 on:** 22 May 2019, 06:18 am »

Francisco Guerrero (1951-1997): complete orchestral works

andolink · « **Reply #2973 on:** 22 May 2019, 08:39 am »

Morton Feldman : For Samuel Beckett
San Francisco Contemporary Players
Stephen Mosko, music director

LesterSleepsIn · « **Reply #2974 on:** 22 May 2019, 04:09 pm »

Taking a break from Qobuz and back to cds.

Tyson · « **Reply #2975 on:** 22 May 2019, 06:35 pm »

Working my way through the new set of Sibelius symphonies recorded by Paavo Jarvi. It's a very interesting set as it's the first complete set ever recorded by a French orchestra. Sound quality is spectacular. As for interpretation, I'm up to the 5th and can say it's very different than most interpretations. In a large majority of other performances, there's a surface coldness combined with an underlying emotional intensity, almost a feeling of yearning, underpinning it all. Sort of a cross between Nielsen and Tchaikovsky. But with Paavo, it's much more forthright and declamatory. At first I felt it lacked emotional depth. But after a while I have realized that its just different. It lines up more with Beethoven and (some parts of) Mahler. Very interesting indeed!

andolink · « **Reply #2976 on:** 22 May 2019, 07:49 pm »

LesTal · « **Reply #2977 on:** 22 May 2019, 08:18 pm »

andolink · « **Reply #2978 on:** 23 May 2019, 07:08 am »

Jacob Druckman (1928-1996): chamber music

andolink · « **Reply #2979 on:** 24 May 2019, 12:59 am »

Tadeusz Baird (1928-1981): orchestral works