What are you listening to right now? (VOL I)

Posted by: Tam on 06 June 2005

Anyway, to kick things off, I'm currently, and probably for most of the rest of this week, listening to Radio 3's Beethoven Experience. They're doing one of the piano concertos at the moment and (number 2 with Glenn Gould). Anyway, the experience thing probably needs its own thread, but, even on this cheapo radio it's proving fairly enjoyable.

So, what are you listening to right now?

Posted on: 02 May 2007 by Graham Russell

Nice diddle-dee music and great eye candy

Posted on: 02 May 2007 by Graham Russell

Wow

Posted on: 02 May 2007 by nicnaim

Tinariwen - The radio tisdas sessions.

Regards

Nic

Posted on: 02 May 2007 by Sloop John B

SJB

Posted on: 02 May 2007 by BigH47

Playing Neon Bible again for the 3rd time. I really like this,Tk4 Intervention I especially like lovely church organ.

Posted on: 02 May 2007 by nicnaim

H,

Agreed, it is a grower, just like the first album.

Regards

Nic

quote:
Originally posted by BigH47:
Playing Neon Bible again for the 3rd time. I really like this,Tk4 Intervention I especially like lovely church organ.

Posted on: 02 May 2007 by Haim Ronen

A long story for a long drive.

Posted on: 02 May 2007 by Tam

Messiaen's From the Canyons to the Stars from de Leeuw and Asko and Schonberg ensembles (interesting it's the first disc in a long while that I've been able to flummox itunes with).

regards, Tam

Posted on: 02 May 2007 by Big Brother

quote:
Originally posted by Tam:
Dear Stefan,

Me neither. But the performance I have is from 1945 with the NY Phil. I'm told there's another from 1955 in Vienna which is much more special.

regards, Tam

Tam

Maybe you aren't used to the faster tempo, Walter's early Mahler performances were on the fast side, it takes getting used to from the super slow romanticisms of more modern accounts. The 1938 9th was my introduction of this piece and it required no adjustment on my part.

BB

Posted on: 02 May 2007 by Tam

Maybe. I tend to favour middling tempi (for example, I find Bernstein's final 9th, which weighs in around an hour and a half just too long). And, from memory, the pace was one of the things I didn't care for. Then again, I love what I've heard of the '38 Walter 9th (and am very fond of the later recording of the work I have from him). His quick NY second is also excellent.

I think with the '45 4th, my main complaint was I just found it a little dull. That and the soprano didn't really push my buttons (but then I'm extraordinarily fussy when it comes to the soloist in this work).

regards, Tam

Posted on: 02 May 2007 by Haim Ronen