What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

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No 1 of latter. 

Later that same day...

Disc 2 - piano pieces - off last. 

And the following morning:

Disc 1 of the first.

Edited August 24, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

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Violin, Double and Cello Concertos (CD6)

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Lars Vogt - For Children (Cavi)

Music programatically written for children and youth. But intended of course for adults.
You have dreamy miniatures of contemporary composer Thomas Larcher written exclusively for Vogt, some haunting Schumann and those knockout Bartok pieces.

Sven Vogt is  a remarkable young pianist. Simon rattle raved about Vogt´s touch. It´s truely sublime and this little gem of an album is proof.

BTW "For children" has the cutest cover pic I´ve seen in classical music...

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7 hours ago, StarThrower said:

Beautiful Martinu performances ....

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Been enjoying this for quite a few years now. There only appears to be one other full CD devoted to Pulkkis. Surprised - it's contemporary but colourful and accessible.   

Disc 2

Edited August 25, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

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Thereof Partitas 1-3 ....

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SQ 1 again (using the Baedeker guide - wouldn't have noticed the second violin's wah-wah jazz trumpet effects in the third movement without it).  

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1 hour ago, A Lark Ascending said:

SQ 1 again (using the Baedeker guide - wouldn't have noticed the second violin's wah-wah jazz trumpet effects in the third movement without it).  

As previously mentioned .... IMO excellent performances

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Symphony No. 6 / Capriccio Italien / Manfred / The Tempest

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Clementi - Symphonies No.2 & No.4 & Overture in D - The Philharmonia / D'Avalos - ASV

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1 hour ago, StarThrower said:

Looks interesting ....

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1 hour ago, soulpope said:

Looks interesting ....

I already had the symphonies on EMI, which I enjoyed a lot. Last Christmas I had a gift certificate for Presto Classical, so I decided to pick up this new Hartmann set on Challenge Classics. It sounds great! Hartmann's symphonies are all different, which makes for a fascinating listening experience.

Edited August 26, 2016 by StarThrower

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Blomstedt`s Brucker 4 (and 7 !!) with Staatskapelle Dresden recorded for Denon never fails touching me ....

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Simply had to follow up with this one ....

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Raff - Piano Trios 1 & 4 - Trio Opus 8 - CPO

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Piano Trio (Op 8); Horn Trio (Op 40)

And the following morning:

And another listen to Op. 8 of the Brahms record. 

Edited August 27, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

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Great music and great performance.

[Balladeer]

Benjamin Appl (baritone) & James Baillieu:
Stunden, Tage, Ewigkeiten - Heinrich Heine-Lieder (Champs Hill)