What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[A Lark Ascending]

Disc 1 of the latter - 48, 90, 56

Spotify for the first three - if I'd had that at 16! 

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[Balladeer]

Soyeon Kate Lee - Scriabin piano music - Sonate fantaise, Impromptus, Nocturnes (Naxos)

Lesser-known works. But if you dig especially Scriabin´s earlier music like me it´s a real treat

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, Balladeer said:

Soyeon Kate Lee - Scriabin piano music - Sonate fantaise, Impromptus, Nocturnes (Naxos)

Lesser-known works. But if you dig especially Scriabin´s earlier music like me it´s a real treat

Interesting selection .... might this one give a try ....

[alankin]

Claude Debussy – Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Hector Berlioz – Le carnaval romain Overture Op.9
Manuel de Falla – El amor brujo: Suite
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No.2 in D major Op.73
— Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra – Leopold Stokowski (Q Disc / Radio Netherlands Music), CD 2 from:

 

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, alankin said:

Claude Debussy – Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Hector Berlioz – Le carnaval romain Overture Op.9
Manuel de Falla – El amor brujo: Suite
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No.2 in D major Op.73
— Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra – Leopold Stokowski (Q Disc / Radio Netherlands Music), CD 2 from:

 

A treasure trove ....

[HutchFan]

7 hours ago, soulpope said:

IMO one of the top choices from the Hyperion Schubert Lied series ....

Hmm. Interesting. I should look into that CD.

 

Prompted by your post, I'm now spinning this one:

The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Vol. 21 / Edith Mathis, Graham Johnson

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

Hmm. Interesting. I should look into that CD.

 

Prompted by your post, I'm now spinning this one:

The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Vol. 21 / Edith Mathis, Graham Johnson

Edith Mathis would be IMO another top choice .... and Lucia Popp + Brigitte Fassbaender ....

[HutchFan]

1 hour ago, soulpope said:

Edith Mathis would be IMO another top choice .... and Lucia Popp + Brigitte Fassbaender ....

Funny that you mention Fassbaender. I've eyed that one too. Love her voice.

Popp has never grabbed my ear. Maybe I should give her Schubert a try.

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

Funny that you mention Fassbaender. I've eyed that one too. Love her voice.

Popp has never grabbed my ear. Maybe I should give her Schubert a try.

Don't want to be pushy at all but dont miss out on this Hyperion Lucia Popp Schubert Lied recital .... this is truly superb ....

[HutchFan]

1 hour ago, soulpope said:

Don't want to be pushy at all but dont miss out on this Hyperion Lucia Popp Schubert Lied recital .... this is truly superb ....

Not pushy at all, soulpope!  On the contrary, thank you for the recommendations.  

[StarThrower]

[HutchFan]

Listening to Joseph Haydn on vinyl tonight:

Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 99 & 100 "Military" / Jochum, London PO (DG)

 

Hadyn: Symphonies Nos. 93 & 94 "Surprise" / Szell, Cleveland O (Columbia)

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[HutchFan]

Now back to Schubert:

Schubert: A Program of Piano Music and Songs / Elly Ameling (sop), Jörg Demus (p) (RCA Victrola)

Gorgeous singing.

[soulpope]

3 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Now back to Schubert:

Schubert: A Program of Piano Music and Songs / Elly Ameling (sop), Jörg Demus (p) (RCA Victrola)

Gorgeous singing.

!!

[A Lark Ascending]

Interesting profile. I now know how to make pizza. Jealous of his Cape Breton retreat. I love the way he ploughs on regardless of the brickbats from The Anointed. 

Edited September 10, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[soulpope]

Sublime and flamboyant performances ....

[HutchFan]

Now listening to Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Nos. 16, 17 "Tempest," and 24, as performed by Wilhelm Kempff, from this set:

[soulpope]

A(nother) masterful Schubert Lieder performance ....

[A Lark Ascending]

Dug out the Dove after hearing some interesting snippets from various records on this morning's record review programme on the BBC. 

Enjoyed the Harpsichord Concerto on the latter but the native American flute on the Piano Concerto tried my patience.  

[alankin]

John Williams Plays Spanish Music (Columbia Masterworks / Sony Classical)

Isaac Albéniz 
– Cantos de España Op.232/1 Preludio [Asturias Op.47/5]
– 6 Hojas de album "España" Op.165: No.2 Tango (transc. Segovia)
– Cantos de España Op.232/4: Córdoba (transc. Williams)
Mateo Pérez de Albéniz – Sonata for Keyboard in D major Op.13
Manuel de Falla 
– El sombrero de tres picos: Dance of the Corregidor
– El amor brujo: El circulo mágico (Fisherman's Story)
– El sombrero de tres picos: Miller's Dance "Farruca"
Enrique Granados 
– Valses poeticos
– Tonadillas en un estilo antiguo: No.8 La maja de Goya
Miguel Llobet 
– 10 Canciones populares catalanas: No.1 La nit de Nadal (transc. Miguel Llobet)
– 10 Canciones populares catalanas: No.8 El Noi de la Mare (transc. Miguel Llobet)
Federico Moreno-Torroba 
– Nocturno for Guitar
– Madroños
Joaquin Rodrigo – 3 Piezas españolas for Guitar: No.1 Fandango
Gaspar Sanz – Instrucción de música sobre la guitarra espanola Book 1: Canarios (transc. Williams)

CD 10 from:

 
 

[alankin]

Béla Bartók – Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion Sz 110
Maurice Ravel – Ma mère l'oye (Mother Goose) for two pianos and percussion (arr. Peter Sadlo)
Maurice Ravel – Rapsodie espagnole for two pianos and percussion (arr. Peter Sadlo)
— Peter Sadlo (percussion), Martha Argerich (piano), Nelson Freire (piano), Edgar Guggeis (percussion) (Deutsche Grammophon)

   
 

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[soulpope]

thereof String Quartets 12 + 14 .... (near) perfect execution and fantastic sound ....

[soulpope]

Thereof Sonatas 26 + 27 ....

[HutchFan]

Hans Hotter - Great German Songs - Album 2: Brahms, Wolf, Loewe (Seraphim)
One LP side consists of lieder by Brahms (despite what the mislabeled cover says). Hotter's singing is extraordinary.

[HutchFan]

Dvořák: The Water Goblin; My Home; The Noonday Witch; The Hussite / Istvan Kertesz, London SO (London)