What classical music did you listen to today?

[Corno Dolce]

Br. Colin,

I love Georg Tintner's Bruckner renditions on Naxos. I was listening to Bruckner's 7th conducted by Tintner - So glorious it is

 

[JHC]

Br. Colin,

I love Georg Tintner's Bruckner renditions on Naxos. I was listening to Bruckner's 7th conducted by Tintner - So glorious it is

Comrade CD, I will search out the 7th by Tintner, he really is good with Bruckner

 

[plainolguy]

Chopin
Polonaise No.6 and Scherzo No.2
Performed by Martha Argerich (Or so says the cover)

plain

 

[Chi_townPhilly]

I love Georg Tintner's Bruckner renditions on Naxos. I was listening to Bruckner's 7th conducted by Tintner - So glorious it is

I've made the point elsewhere... but I'm not sure what the best FIRST recommendation for a Bruckner cycle should be- but if a person gets TWO Bruckner cycles, ONE of them should be the Tintner NAXOS set!!

Tintner highlights! (in order) 3, 2, 7, 9, 6.
(disappointment- 5)

That aside, I'm currently working my way through the
Colin Davis/London SO recording of Les Troyens, by Berlioz.

 

[JHC]

I usually go for best performance rather than a complete cycle,
regarding the 9th IMO
Bruno Walter and Karajan's late 70's Bruckner 9th are equal for 1st place for this wonderful symphony.

 

[wljmrbill]

Emilio Sagi's unusual stage production of Rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville" with all Hispanic cast ( with - Don Diego Flores.. what an excellent job he does )

 

[Nima]

Regarding Bruckner, I have found his 1-9 symphonies on Amazon for 31 bucks and have also ordered Brahms complete Piano Works as well. I was thinking of canceling Brahms and getting the Bruckner one instead. Although, it does depend if I want to buy his Symphonies or the others solo Piano works. By the way, I have bought Brahms complete Symphonies a while ago. So tell me, what would you do, I am in a pickle!

 

[Corno Dolce]

Comrade CD

That would be "Товариш Депутать"

Of course, Eugen Jochum's "Bruckner" is really not that bad

 

[JHC]

That would be "Товариш Депутать"

I wish I had a crylic set up you could brush up my very basic Russian

Of course, Eugen Jochum's "Bruckner" is really not that bad

Yes I believe Jochum's is rated pretty highly.

 

[JHC]

I am just starting on "the 24" book 2 by Rosalyn Tureck a 1976 performance put out on BBC Legends, it seems very closely miked. but I do enjoy her Bach

 

[Corno Dolce]

I wish I had a crylic set up you could brush up my very basic Russian

Br. Colin

And I still struggle with Russian - Its not an easily acquired language. Btw, an average Russian citizen has a vocabulary between 2000 to 2500 words that they use. Aleksandr Pushkin, however, had a 22,000 word vocabulary - The man was not only a genius as a writer but he was a voracious reader too.

 

[JHC]

Br CD,
That sounds similar to the average Englander in Shakespeare's time say 2000 and the Bard about 15000, if my memory serves me right, I have not used my Russian for 45yrs so you can see how I would struggle

 

[Corno Dolce]

Br. Colin,

Shakespeare was a genius wordsmith with English as was Pushkin with Russian.

Do you think the world will ever witness another Shakespeare or Pushkin? My gut reaction is no - Those two giants ploughed up abyssal furrows in the fields of Literature. I perceive that they understood human nature in a way we other mortals can scarce comprehend - They lived in a time when there was very great human suffering. Yes, there is human suffering now too but...You'd think that there is a great bard toiling away somewhere in the world. The current recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature doesn't even come close to the aforementioned geniuses.

Back on topic: Now I listen to Shostakovich's 13th.

 

[JHC]

I think you are right Товариш Депутать :grin: no more great word smiths in the wings.

do you mean the Symphony "Babi-Yar" or the quartet? I will put $100 that you mean the sym

 

[Mat]

Which one Mat?
I have A good 2nd sym National SO of Ireland with George Tintner on Naxos such a bargain and the best 9th I have heard Columbia Sym Orch Bruno Walter a 1960 rec, it is electric

It comes from a complete set of Bruckner symphonies recorded by Barenboim and the Berliners.
Will have to look up Tintner in NML.

 

[mathetes1963]

Prokofiev- Symphony No.5

 

[Mat]

Hey Colin,

I searched NML and managed to find the Bruckner's 2nd recording you mentioned. Might give it a listen in the future.

 

[JHC]

Hey Colin,

I searched NML and managed to find the Bruckner's 2nd recording you mentioned. Might give it a listen in the future.

I think you will be pleasantly surprised

 

[Alban Berg]

Nothing too serious today. The wonderful symphony 4th by....

Guess?????? Tchaikovsky? No! Beethoven? neither...Brahms?

No!

Franz Scmidt.

Martin

 

[White Knight]

Thanks to the kindness of Matt, I was able to hear Litanies by Jehan Alain via you tube link.