What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[soulpope]

[Peter Friedman]

[l p]

12/07/1955.  the first 15minutes was not recorded, so there is a filler from a different date on all issues.

 

Edited July 29, 2016 by l p

[l p]

05/20/1949 Turandot @ Buenos Aires 
06/03/1950 Aida @ mexico city

[David Ayers]

Next up for me, further evidence of the conspiracy to denude the human spirit. 

 

Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major 50’

interval

Reinbert de Leeuw
Der nächtliche Wanderer 54’
UK premiere

Peter Serkin piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Oliver Knussen conductor

Of course we love 'Ollie' over here and he has been big at Tanglewood too (see the American composers thread). 

 

** for my interest, can you guys outside UK listen to Proms on BBC radio iplayer? **

Edited July 30, 2016 by David Ayers

[Peter Friedman]

[Balladeer]

Boris Giltburg - Schumann: Carnaval, Davidsbündlertänze, Papillons (Naxos), 

[alankin]

Dmitri Shostakovich 
– Quartet for Strings No.15 in E flat minor Op.144
– Quartet for Strings No.8 in C minor Op.110
– Quartet for Strings No.9 in E flat major Op.117
Fitzwilliam String Quartet (Decca Records), CD 14:

  
 

[alankin]

Joaquin Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco – Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra No.1 in D major Op.99
— John Williams (guitar) – Members of the Philadelpha Orchestra – Eugene Ormandy (Columbia / Sony Classical)

   

Edited July 30, 2016 by alankin

[alankin]

Now playing:
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 

 
 

[StarThrower]

[six string]

WP  Bach's Solo Cello Suites 3,4,5 by Mischa Maisky (DG)

 

NP Bach's Solo Cello Suites 1,2,3 by Anner Bylsma (Vivarte/Sony)

first listens for both of these.  I was interested in hearing more versions of one of my favorite classical pieces.

[soulpope]

14 hours ago, Balladeer said:

Boris Giltburg - Schumann: Carnaval, Davidsbündlertänze, Papillons (Naxos), 

Interesting performances ....

[six string]

NP anner Bylsma's Bach Solo Cello Suites (Sony) second disc (4,5,6

I'm really loving this performance a lot.  The instrument's sound reminds me of my Casals recording, lots of wood.  His Suite #1 has a rhythm to it that is more of a shifting of tempo instead of hard counts,. It sounds like he is pushing and pulling and gives ot a serpentine feel to it.  I find it exhilarating.

[Peter Friedman]

Mozart - Piano Quartet No.1, K,478

Brahms - String Quartet No.1, Op.51/1

[soulpope]

3 hours ago, six string said:

NP anner Bylsma's Bach Solo Cello Suites (Sony) second disc (4,5,6

I'm really loving this performance a lot.  The instrument's sound reminds me of my Casals recording, lots of wood.  His Suite #1 has a rhythm to it that is more of a shifting of tempo instead of hard counts,. It sounds like he is pushing and pulling and gives ot a serpentine feel to it.  I find it exhilarating.

!!

[Peter Friedman]

Haydn - Op.50/2

Beethoven - Symphony No.7 & King Stephen Overture

[soulpope]

Earlier today .... :

Very good ....

[A Lark Ascending]

Howells - disc of short orch pieces

Finzi - Lo the Full Final Sacrifice

 

Handel - Concerti Grossi Op 6

 

Bach - English Suites 1, 2, 3

 

Bruckner - Symphony 1

 

Birtwistle - Gawain's Journey, The Triumph of Time, Ritual Fragment

Edited August 1, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[David Ayers]

 

Lunch with this 1939 concerto.

[Peter Friedman]

[alankin]

Johann Sebastian Bach 
– Sonata for Viola da Gamba (Cello) and Piano No.1 in G major BWV 1027
– Sonata for Viola da Gamba (Cello) and Piano No.2 in D major BWV 1028
– Sonata for Viola da Gamba (Cello) and Piano No.3 in G minor BWV 1029
Mischa Maisky (cello), Martha Argerich (piano) (Deutsche Grammophon), CD 21 from:

 
 

[Balladeer]

Richie Beirach, Gregor Huebner, George Mraz - Round about Mompou (ACT)

Ravishing variations over Federico Mompous Musica Callada. 
With his "Round about" cylce of three albums (Bartok, Mompou, Monteverdi) Beirach proves to be a musical genius.
And by presenting German violinist Gregor Huebner he came up with a sensational discovery.
Marvellous music that belongs to a dozen albums I esteem extremely high.

 

Edited August 1, 2016 by Balladeer

[alankin]

Robert Schumann 
– Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 in A minor Op.105
– Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2 in D minor Op.121
Gidon Kremer (violin), Martha Argerich (piano) (Deutsche Grammophon), CD 24 from:

 

[HutchFan]

Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 / Eugen Jochum, Staatskapelle Dresden 
Magnificent! If I'm taking just ONE Bruckner recording to my desert island, THIS IS IT.

 

Now listening to more music from this wonderful conductor. This time it's LvB's Eroica with the London SO. 

Edited August 1, 2016 by HutchFan