Album of the Evening

[austinpop]

12 minutes ago, AnotherSpin said:

 

www.classicalcdreview.com/horenstein.html

www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/dec98/mahler.html

 

Thanks, very interesting! Will have to look for this disc - it's not on Qobuz.

[AnotherSpin]

28 minutes ago, austinpop said:

 

Thanks, very interesting! Will have to look for this disc - it's not on Qobuz.

 

Idagio has it.

[sphinxsix]

I'm not an expert on Penderecki but IMHO this sounds very interesting (mp3 stream).

 

 

 

Nuclear reaction! Atom String Quartet are explosive.

 

 

[Teresa]

[The Computer Audiophile]

Love this album. 

 

[Norton]

On 6/9/2020 at 9:31 AM, Teresa said:

I would have to purchase another Mahler 8th, which I'm unwilling to do based on past experiences.

The Solti Mahler cycle is my favourite and the SQ on CD is everything you’d expect from recordings of the DECCA SXL era. 2,5 and 6 are fab.

 

I was going to recommend just buying the whole boxed cycle, but it looks to have increased a lot in price.  I’m sure I paid less than £20 but looks to be £65 in UK now.

[DeathFugue]

It's a shame this label went out of business, as they produced SACDs with superb performances, sound, and booklets. I listened to Vol.1 this morning--contains No.7, 23, and 26.

 

 

 

[Musicophile]

Still one of my favorite recordings of the Cello Suites (24/96 from Qobuz). 
 

 

[Teresa]

12 hours ago, Norton said:

The Solti Mahler cycle is my favourite and the SQ on CD is everything you’d expect from recordings of the DECCA SXL era. 2,5 and 6 are fab...

 My favorite Mahler symphony is No. 1 followed by 5, 6 and 7. I also like Nos. 2, 3 and 4 despite the small amount of singing. 

 

I dislike Maher's 8th for the same reason I dislike Shostakovich's Symphony No. 14, the type and amount of singing which for me distracts the orchestral playing. In Shostakovich's case I prefer Symphonies Nos. 1, 15, 5, 7, 10, 4, 6, 9, 11, 8 and 12 I dislike Nos. 14, 13, 2, and 3.

 

The only classical singing I really like is Orff's Carmina Burana, in symphonies I tolerate singing if it doesn't distract too much from the orchestral writing. For singing I prefer folk and some Pop/Rock singers with nice sounding voices.

[Teresa]

[TubeLover]

15 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Love this album. 

 

Chris, I am a huge Cat Stevens fan. I have no less than six CD/SACD/Hi Rez versions of Tea For The Tillerman, which I would place in my ten favorite albums.  My first year in college saw his music being played in almost every dorm room. As a footnote, every dorm room was either playing Cat Stevens, James Taylor, or Led Zeppelin, to be entirely truthful. This is the only album he ever made that I have not listened to because of unfailingly terrible reviews by people who loved his music.Should I be listening to it? 

 

JC 

[AnotherSpin]

5 hours ago, Teresa said:

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The only classical singing I really like is Orff's Carmina Burana, in symphonies I tolerate singing if it doesn't distract too much from the orchestral writing. For singing I prefer folk and some Pop/Rock singers with nice sounding voices.

I would add some other great symphonies with choir and soloists, as Beethoven - Symphony No. 9, Szymanowski - Symphony No.3, Ralph Vaughan Williams - Symphony No.1 - A Sea Symphony. Or, from large scale pieces with orchestra and voices - Haydn’s Schöpfung, Bach’s Passions, Brahms and Mozart Requiems, Berlioz - Romeo and Juliette, or, from modern times - La Pasion segun San Marcos by Osvaldo Golijov. Or, The Fifth Century by Gavin Bryars - modern choral piece. Of course, there is a great choice of wonderful classical music with singing from all ages and for any taste 🙂

[AnotherSpin]

Gorgeous archive quality sound.

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

5 hours ago, TubeLover said:

Chris, I am a huge Cat Stevens fan. I have no less than six CD/SACD/Hi Rez versions of Tea For The Tillerman, which I would place in my ten favorite albums.  My first year in college saw his music being played in almost every dorm room. As a footnote, every dorm room was either playing Cat Stevens, James Taylor, or Led Zeppelin, to be entirely truthful. This is the only album he ever made that I have not listened to because of unfailingly terrible reviews by people who loved his music.Should I be listening to it? 

 

JC 

Two things. 
 

1. What a time to be alive, when all the dorms were playing great music. Wish it was that way when I was in college. 
 

2. I love this album. Produced by Rick Rubin, so it may be different than what people expect. It’s a must listen. 

[Musicophile]

[austinpop]

Another lovely recording by Dausgaard and the Seattle Symphony. That said, I'm still struggling to really get into Nielsen. None of the pieces I've heard so far have really grabbed me.

 

I know, I know — in re the recent Mahler 8 discussion — all a matter of taste.

 

[Teresa]

Right now I am playing Belafonte at Carnegie Hall, a great sounding live recording from 1959. According to the program notes "there is no re-recording of rehearsals or second tries, no splicing. This is what actually happened."

 

Why can't major labels record like this anymore?

 

I have the Analogue Productions SACD version. Analogue Productions also has a 200-gram LP version. The 24/96 download version is NOT the Analogue Productions version but from RCA and I don't trust major label downloads.

 

I have only heard the older Classic Records 180-gram LP and the Analogue Productions SACD versions, however I would imagine that the Analogue Productions 200-gram LP should be at least as good, perhaps even better than the SACD version.

 

UPDATE: Here is the link to the SACD version 

 

[Teresa]

22 minutes ago, austinpop said:

Another lovely recording by Dausgaard and the Seattle Symphony. That said, I'm still struggling to really get into Nielsen. None of the pieces I've heard so far have really grabbed me.

 

I know, I know — in re the recent Mahler 8 discussion — all a matter of taste.

 

 

Have you tried these two? They are my favorite Nielsen. The Orchestral works album on Dacapo includes 9 overtures and symphonic poems. And the 2nd Symphony on BIS includes my favorite work by Nielsen, the Aladdin Suite.  

[Bob Stern]

Nielsen

 

On the DaCapo album Teresa recommended, I greatly enjoy "Pan and Syrinx", "Helios" and the last 2 movements of "Snefrid".

 

For the symphonies, my favorite performances are Bernstein and Schonwandt.  I haven’t heard the new Dausgaard/Seattle.

 

@austinpopNielsen's 4th symphony is both his best and his least raucous.  Next best are 3 and 5.  The others are much less well regarded.

[AudioDoctor]

Norah Jones' new album has gone live in its entirety on Qobuz, and Tidal.

 

 

[sphinxsix]

Checking out now (mp3 stream). I have never become a huge fan of JS but this album sounds quite interesting and is the first one released by ECM after Scofield has taken a long break from the Eicher's label.

 

[zerung]

[AudioDoctor]

2 hours ago, AudioDoctor said:

Norah Jones' new album has gone live in its entirety on Qobuz, and Tidal.

 

 

 

IMHO, this is a definite purchase. As is this album here:

 

[lamode]

On 7/6/2013 at 4:23 PM, lfs said:

Clifford Brown With Strings

 

. . . inspired by Charlie Parker With Strings.

 

 

Listening to it now. Beautiful.

 

[sphinxsix]

One more mp3 material today - the new Scofield's album has qualified for the library, I'm still not a fan though . My expectations in case of this one are actually higher.