What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[Peter Friedman]

[StarThrower]

[jeffcrom]

Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1; Glenn Gould (Sony)

[A Lark Ascending]

Melencolia/Ritual Fragment/Meridian

Op 18 No 3

Edited July 22, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[king ubu]

 

Had this in the mail yesterday, and played Op. 20 right away ... that then prompted me to search for this here:

Played Opp. 1 and 2, now into Op. 17 (quite a difference indeed) and looking forward to their take on Op. 20 later today or maybe tomorrow.

Don't have any complete set, so alas I am missing Op. 9 as of now.

[Peter Friedman]

Piano Quartet No.3, Op.60

[Balladeer]

Alexander Melnikov - Alexandre Scriabin (Harmonia Mundi)

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, Balladeer said:

Alexander Melnikov - Alexandre Scriabin (Harmonia Mundi)

Very good ....

[Peter Friedman]

Haydn - Op.64/2

Onslow - Symphony No.2, Op.42

[A Lark Ascending]

Op 18 No. 5 of the latter.

Edited July 23, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[alankin]

Franz Joseph Haydn – Quartet for Strings in E major Op.2/2 Hob.III/8
— John Williams (guitar), Alan Loveday (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Amaryllis Fleming (cello)
Niccolò Paganini – Trio for Violin Cello and Guitar in D Major
— John Williams (guitar), Alan Loveday (violin), Amaryllis Fleming (cello) (Columbia / Sony Classical), CD 6 from:

 

[king ubu]

On 22.7.2016 at 1:47 PM, king ubu said:

 

Had this in the mail yesterday, and played Op. 20 right away ... that then prompted me to search for this here:

Played Opp. 1 and 2, now into Op. 17 (quite a difference indeed) and looking forward to their take on Op. 20 later today or maybe tomorrow.

Don't have any complete set, so alas I am missing Op. 9 as of now.

Went on with Opp. 20 and 33 by the Schneider Quartet - what a great bunch of pieces, and thoroughly interesting to see the development and changes from one set to the next ... now playing Op. 33 by the Mosaïques - quite a contrast, but I guess these two are cool to have alongside!

[Peter Friedman]

Huber - Erste Serenade Op.86

Mendelssohn - String Quintet No.2, Op.87

[A Lark Ascending]

[Balladeer]

Benjamin Feilmair - Busoni: Complete Works for Clarinet and Piano (Paladino)

[alankin]

Ludwig van Beethoven 
– Concerto for Violin in D major Op.61
– Romance for Violin and Orchestra No.1 in G major Op.40
– Romance for Violin and Orchestra No.2 in F major Op.50
Salvatore Accardo (violin) – Filarmonica della Scala – Carlo Maria Giulini (Sony Classical)
 
 

[Peter Friedman]

Haydn - Op.50/1

Brahms - Clarinet Trio Op.114 - Karl Leister,  Christoph Eschenbach, Georg Donderer

 

[Peter Friedman]

[Peter Friedman]

Onslow - Symphony No.4, Op.71

Brahms - Symphony No.3

[A Lark Ascending]

Never noticed the similarity between 'Fetes' from the Nocturnes and the Holst of 'The Planets' before. 15 years or so between them so I's imagine Holst was familiar through performance or score.  

Edited July 25, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[alankin]

Now playing:
Sergei Prokofiev – Piano Concertos — No.2 Op.16, No. 3 Op.26
— André Previn (piano) – London Symphony Orchestra – Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca / London)

[Peter Friedman]

[JSngry]

 

Found for a buck, very much a dollar well spent. Not my usual area and probably won't ever be, but the Holst items are a real treat harmonically, and the RVW things speak what they speak, so hey. But I do like choral music that ventures basic basic diatonic/triadic harmony, voices resonate in ALL kinds of ways, and there is more than enough of that here to make for an engaging listen.

[JSngry]

 

Here's another batch of stuff by yet another American composer whose works I yet to hear performed live. I think I would really enjoy hearing these, they seem pretty meaty and/or visceral without being in the least bit glaring.

[A Lark Ascending]

3 hours ago, JSngry said:

 

Found for a buck, very much a dollar well spent. Not my usual area and probably won't ever be, but the Holst items are a real treat harmonically, and the RVW things speak what they speak, so hey. But I do like choral music that ventures basic basic diatonic/triadic harmony, voices resonate in ALL kinds of ways, and there is more than enough of that here to make for an engaging listen.

If you come across Holst's 'The Hymn of Jesus' for a buck, give it a go.

Worth hearing a little Victorian/Edwardian choral music (it was hugely popular) or a contemporary like Bantock to get an idea of how fresh RVW was - I always find the former a bit stodgy (even a fair bit of Elgar). From what I've read as well as the folk music influence RVW was heavily influenced by Tudor church music (you hear that in his moments of agnostic spiritual ecstasy) and I suspect the brief lesson/s he had from Ravel might explain why he is often (not always...he can gallumph) more translucent than what went before.

Today:

Arnold - Symphonies 1 & 2