What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

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New in my collection

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On 27-2-2019 at 3:30 AM, HutchFan said:

Johannes Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem - Herbert von Karajan, Berlin PO, Weiner Singverein, Gundula Janowitz, Eberhard Wächter (DGG)

Here's my take on Karajan: He could be very hit-or-miss, depending on the repertoire. Karajan's Sibelius and his Bruckner are legendary, but I've never really grooved to them. And HvK's Mahler gives me the willies! To my ears, they're a complete mismatch of composer and conductor. And yet . . . Karajan's Brahms is AMAZING.  It almost always wins me over. . . . His Brahms is like his Beethoven. It just sounds right.

Or at least it does to me.  

 

Also a bad combination are Mozart and Karajan. yak

Edited March 1, 2019 by Referentzhunter

[HutchFan]

1 minute ago, Referentzhunter said:

Also a bad combination are Mozart and Karajan. yak

I agree. 

Among the pre-HIP, "old school" conductors, my favorite for Mozart is Josef Krips.

 

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1 minute ago, HutchFan said:

I agree. 

Among the pre-HIP, "old school" conductors, my favorite for Mozart is Josef Krips.

 

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36 minutes ago, Referentzhunter said:

New in my collection

Very good ....

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3 minutes ago, soulpope said:

Very good ....

it is....

[HutchFan]

Back to Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Now listening to his Fourth Symphony -- as performed by Boult & the New Philharmonia Orchestra:

Picked up this LP in a local shop today for two bucks.

Now, I need to find Boult's recording of RVW's Sea Symphony (No. 1), and I'll have his complete EMI/Angel cycle on vinyl.

 

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Overture, Scherzo adn Finale

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Pierre Monteux !!! 

One euro find !

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WOWIE

[Alexander Hawkins]

The Bach - disc 1. As with Lipatti, one sole partita (or OK, in Lipatti's case, a couple of versions, but of the same one...) is both everything anyone could ever want, and a crying shame... 

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5 hours ago, soulpope said:

 

Lazar Berman !

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[Peter Friedman]

Disc 2 - Op.20/4, Op.20/5, Op.20/6

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One euro find now playing.

Haydn stringquartet is ok but nothing more because of the reason that they are young,spontaneous at the moment of recording than that they know what they are doing. Brahms doesn't work at all.

Nothing appears in this recording making it worth having in my opinion.

Edited March 2, 2019 by Referentzhunter

[Balladeer]

Dimitri Tchesnokov plays Igor Shamo (1925-82)
Complete Piano Music (Brilliant Classics) Disc1

Fantastic!

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[Alexander Hawkins]

1 hour ago, Referentzhunter said:

Love, LOVE this piece!

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[HutchFan]

Now spinning this LP:

 

[soulpope]

7 hours ago, HutchFan said:

 

Excellent ....