What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[StarThrower]

[A Lark Ascending]

 

Number 8 in both cases. 

SQ1 again

Edited August 19, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[l p]

1955 studio

[l p]

 

[A Lark Ascending]

1, 2, 3 of the Brandenburgs (disc 1)

Disc 6 of Boulez - Eclat-Multiples; Domaines (solo and with other instruments); Improvise - pour le Dr Kalmus

[soulpope]

3 hours ago, A Lark Ascending said:

Excellent (also Vol. 2) ....

[StarThrower]

[soulpope]

7 hours ago, rostasi said:

!!

[A Lark Ascending]

12 hours ago, soulpope said:

Excellent (also Vol. 2) ....

On the cards for today. Bacewicz seems to be enjoying a sudden upsurge of interest. I noticed another recording of the complete quartets (The Silesian Quartet on Chandos) gaining high praise in the UK classical recording magazines. 

The two symphonies. 

[soulpope]

Earlier today :

Glenn Gould and Bach .... desert island music ....

[HutchFan]

Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Alfred Brendel, Bernard Haitink, London PO (Philips / MHS)

[StarThrower]

Chamber works collection.

[Balladeer]

Lars Vogt - For Children (Avi)
features Thomas Larcher: Poems, Robert Schumann: Album für die Jugend, Bela Bartok: For Children

 

[A Lark Ascending]

Very much enjoyed both of these discs. Music that fits nicely alongside the string quartets of Bartok, Shostakovich, Janacek, Britten, Tippett etc but with a voice of its own. Something seems to change between 4 and 5...the last three seem more 'contemporary' (for want of a better word).

 

Also a lot of fun. Only previously known Antheil by name. Very much in the style of inter-war Paris (unsurprisingly as he hung out there) with the Poulenc, Milhaud, Ravel and Stravinsky (the first PC comes close to stealing bits of Petrushka) influences to the fore. 

[StarThrower]

[A Lark Ascending]

18 hours ago, StarThrower said:

Aurora Orchestra are a sight to behold - very young, all standing, no music. (I think I just referred to performers above the composer there...will take myself outside for a good thrashing).

Ravishing disc. Someone I need to get to know better.  

Somewhat later:

Disc 2 of the Bach. 

Edited August 21, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[alankin]

Ludwig van Beethoven 
– Sonata for Cello and Piano No.3 in A major Op.69
– Sonata for Cello and Piano No.4 in C major Op.102/1
– Sonata for Cello and Piano No.5 in D major Op.102/2
– Twelve Variations for Cello and Piano in G major on a theme by Handel WoO 45
Mischa Maisky (cello), Martha Argerich (piano) (Deutsche Grammophon)

 
 

Edited August 21, 2016 by alankin

[A Lark Ascending]

Off latter: Scènes De Ballet, Jeu de Cartes, Bluebird - Pas De Deux. 'Stravinsky for Lovers'

Number 4.

Edited August 22, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[mikeweil]

Arguably the finest recording of these pieces, on a copy of a Nicholas Dumont harpsichord by John Philips. Excellent sound, too.

[alankin]

Johannes Brahms – Piano Sonata No.3 in F minor,Op.5 ,  Intermezzo in E major Op.116/6, Romance in F major Op.118/5 
— Arthur Rubinstein (RCA Victor Red Seal / Living Stereo – Sony Music), CD 73

 
 

[soulpope]

3 hours ago, mikeweil said:

Arguably the finest recording of these pieces, on a copy of a Nicholas Dumont harpsichord by John Philips. Excellent sound, too.

Agreed - dreamlike recording ....

[mikeweil]

Just ordered her latest with a selection of pieces by Jean Henry D'Anglebert:

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, mikeweil said:

Just ordered her latest with a selection of pieces by Jean Henry D'Anglebert:

Pls share your impressions then later  ....

[mikeweil]

Will do, of course!

[A Lark Ascending]

Interesting to hear and subtly done. But the arrangements inevitably miss the fleet-footedness of the originals.