What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[mjzee]

Only two more discs to go to complete listening to the Bruno Walter box (I'm not going to listen to the 8 discs of interviews and rehearsals).

[HutchFan]

1 minute ago, mjzee said:

Only two more discs to go to complete listening to the Bruno Walter box (I'm not going to listen to the 8 discs of interviews and rehearsals).

Did any particular performances bowl you over??? I love Walter's way with Brahms & Mahler.

Coincidentally, I just ordered precisely that Bruckner recording a few days ago. 😉

[mjzee]

7 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Did any particular performances bowl you over??? I love Walter's way with Brahms & Mahler.

Coincidentally, I just ordered precisely that Bruckner recording a few days ago. 😉

I still consider myself a neophyte when it comes to classical music.  I buy these boxes and play them one disc at a time, often in the background, to acclimate myself to the music and see what I pick out.  So what strikes me is sometimes the compositions or the composer, or sometimes how one conductor or orchestra differs from another.  I don't know a lot of Bruckner (although a search of my collection reveals I have 8 discs: 4 by Walter, 2 by Szell, 1 by Haitink, and one by Runnicles), but this composition strikes me as reminiscent of Wagner.  In general, I find Walter's results appealing: lush, detailed, lively, but not as hard-edged and energetic as, say, Szell.  Does that at all jibe with your impressions?

[HutchFan]

42 minutes ago, mjzee said:

Does that at all jibe with your impressions?

Yes! Very much so.

 

[mjzee]

In my comparison of Bruckner with Wagner, it helped that the prior disc in the Walter box contained Wagner's Lohengrin, Siegfried Idyll and Tannhauser Ouverture & Bacchanale (Venusberg).  The style of those were so striking that it stayed with me.  Then, when I heard the Bruckner, I noted some similarities.  I'm not sure I would have made that comparison if the Wagner disc was, say, 5 discs back.

[HutchFan]

Yep. Bruckner considered Wagner to be his "master." So Bruckner's entire corpus is very much influenced by Wagner.

[Chuck Nessa]

It's important to remember Bruckner was an organist. I hear it in all the symphonies.

[soulpope]

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

14 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Yep. Bruckner considered Wagner to be his "master." So Bruckner's entire corpus is very much influenced by Wagner.

His music is comparable to a cathedral's architecture ....

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

14 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

It's important to remember Bruckner was an organist. I hear it in all the symphonies.

Yes, I absolutely agree.  Wagnerian chromaticism + those organ-like sonorities = Bruckner   

 

Now listening to this again:

 

Yepes was an extraordinary guitarist.

with his custom-made 10-string guitar

 

[soulpope]

On 12/9/2022 at 12:21 AM, HutchFan said:

Unsurprisingly ❤❤❤😇 ....

[HutchFan]

Next up:

Disc 2 - works by Ravel, Falla, and Rodrigo

 

 

34 minutes ago, soulpope said:

Unsurprisingly ❤❤❤😇 ....

Yes, I feel the same. 

 

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

9 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

Very good indeed ....

[Balladeer]

Maria Gabrys - Schubert, Chopin & Brahms - late piano works (Ars)

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, Balladeer said:

Maria Gabrys - Schubert, Chopin & Brahms - late piano works (Ars)

Reviews sound favourable .... your impressions .... ?

[Balladeer]

2 hours ago, soulpope said:

Reviews sound favourable .... your impressions .... ?

Excellent set, expertly played - recommended!

[soulpope]

28 minutes ago, Balladeer said:

Excellent set, expertly played - recommended!

Thnx for your feedback ....

[Peter Friedman]

Beethoven - Piano Sonatas No.11, No.12, No.13

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

[soulpope]

[Peter Friedman]

Tchaikovsky String Quartets No.1 and No.2