What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[soulpope]

[Peter Friedman]

[Peter Friedman]

[l p]

studio 1953 and 1954

[StarThrower]

[Balladeer]

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

Fantastic 

[Peter Friedman]

[jeffcrom]

On 8/2/2016 at 10:38 PM, jeffcrom said:

It's been too long since I listened to any of Stockhausen's music. Tonight it's the "Greeting" and first act of Donnerstag aus Licht. I don't begin to understand what's going on here as an opera / story, but the music is wonderful.

Finished up last night with Act 3, scene two and "Michael's Farewell." Whatever plot/story there is still doesn't make any sense to me, but what great music.

[A Lark Ascending]

100th anniversary of his death on the Somme today. 

"The Ring Dance of the Nazarene" lost me completely; but the choral pieces afterwards are very engaging. 

[Peter Friedman]

Piano Trio No. 31, 36 & 37

[David Ayers]

On 30 July 2016 at 11:36 AM, David Ayers said:

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? **

 

Fine evening. On iplayer so don't just take my word for it: http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ez2gwh#b07m5gx0

Next up: Dutilleux and Mahler...

 

[HutchFan]

On 8/4/2016 at 1:11 AM, soulpope said:

Fantastic ....

 

One of the first classical LPs that I remember buying:

 

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

 

One of the first classical LPs that I remember buying:

 

Agreed - reg Granados euvre for piano Alicia De Larrocha is IMO state of art ....

[A Lark Ascending]

I like that Granados record too - one of my first CDs. I like the Albeniz from around the same time even better. 

4, 5, 6

Edited August 6, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[Peter Friedman]

Franck- Piano Quintet - Curzon

[alankin]

Camille Saint-Saëns – The Carnival of the Animals
— Martha Argerich, Nelson Freire (pianos),  (violin), a.o.Gidon Kremer, Isabelle van Keulen (violins), Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Mischa Maisky (cello), Georg Hortnagl (double bass), Irena Grafenauer (flute), Eduard Brunner (clarinet), Markus Steckeler (xylophone), Edith Salmen-Weber (glockenspiel)
Alan Ridout – Ferdinand the Bull for speaker and solo violin
— Elena Bashkirova (spoken vocals), Gidon Kremer (violin)
Frieder Meschwitz – Tier-Gebete for speaker and piano
— Gidon Kremer (speaker), Elena Bashkirova (piano)
Alan Ridout – Little Sad Sound a melodrama for speaker and double bass
— Alois Posch (Double Bass), Gidon Kremer (speaker) (Philips / Deutsche Grammophon)

 
 

[A Lark Ascending]

[Peter Friedman]

[StarThrower]

Violin Concerto Henryk Szeryng Concertgebouw/Haitink

[Chuck Nessa]

1 hour ago, StarThrower said:

Violin Concerto Henryk Szeryng Concertgebouw/Haitink

I have always admired Szeryng's recording of the Brahms with Monteux and the LSO. 

[StarThrower]

1 hour ago, Chuck Nessa said:

I have always admired Szeryng's recording of the Brahms with Monteux and the LSO. 

I enjoyed this other one quite a bit. I hadn't heard the Brahms violin concerto in 20-25 years. And for anyone looking for a very inexpensive Brahms set, the Ultimate Brahms sells for under 8 dollars at importcds.com Recording info here. http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=225384

[soulpope]

[soulpope]

The overtures ....

[A Lark Ascending]

Sinfonia Concertante

Think DG were going for the "My Little Princess" market with that cover.  

Edited August 7, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[alankin]

Ludwig van Beethoven 
– Twelve Variations for Cello and Piano in F major on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" from Mozart's The Magic Flute Op.66
– Sonata for Cello and Piano No.1 in F major Op.5/1
– Sonata for Cello and Piano No.2 in G minor Op.5/2
– Seven Variations for Cello and Piano on Mozart's "Bei Männern", WoO 46
— Mischa Maisky (cello), Martha Argerich (piano) (Deutsche Grammophon), CD 27 from: