What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[l p]

1958 & 1959

Edited September 12, 2016 by l p

[HutchFan]

Prompted by LP's transcription disc above:

Bach-Busoni: Piano Transcriptions / Peter Rösel (Berlin Classics)

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

Prompted by LP's transcription disc above:

Bach-Busoni: Piano Transcriptions / Peter Rösel (Berlin Classics)

Very, very good performance by Peter Rösel ....

[HutchFan]

Brahms: String Quintets, Op. 88 & Op. 111 / Brandis Quartett, Brett Dean (Brilliant Classics, originally released on Nimbus)

[A Lark Ascending]

[soulpope]

Yesterday evening .... still sounds as good as the new release I`ve bought 15+ years ago ....

[soulpope]

[soulpope]

I`ve been (lucky enough) subscriber of the Alban Berg Quartett seasonal concerts for more than a decade .... and Schubert was never in better hands than with these guys ....

[soulpope]

[HutchFan]

Schubert: Lieder / Janet Baker, Gerald Moore, Geoffrey Parsons (EMI)

[A Lark Ascending]

Brahms Op 101

Bach: 79, 192 (change at Clapham) and 80. 

Have had 2 1/2 Dove records for a few years without them jumping out at me. But after a radio programme a few days back re-listened and really took to them. The name Britten comes up very quickly when he's mentioned - his emphasis on vocal music, commitment to community music and music that can connect widely. There's also a gentle minimalism in there too - more Adams than Reich or Glass. Looking forward to hearing a couple of his operas - he's written loads!  (The other pieces on the flute record are lovely too)

Edited September 13, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[HutchFan]

7 hours ago, soulpope said:

I`ve been (lucky enough) subscriber of the Alban Berg Quartett seasonal concerts for more than a decade .... and Schubert was never in better hands than with these guys ....

Yes, the ABQ is tremendous.  I'm JEALOUS that you get to see/hear them in person frequently.  

I think their Beethoven is even better than than their Schubert!

 

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Yes, the ABQ is tremendous.  I'm JEALOUS that you get to see/hear them in person frequently.  

I think their Beethoven is even better than than their Schubert!

 

Hard to tell .... they were superb with Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Bartok and Janacek but also with 20th century composers like Rihm, Einem, Lutoslawski and Berio .... unfortunately their spiritual leader Thomas Kakuska died in 2005 - the three remaining members tried to go on with a pupil of Kakuska, but the magic was gone and they finally disbanded in 2008 ..... unfortunately the Alban Berg Quartett never was recorded adequately .... I can asssure you that on stage they were in another league - attending these concerts was similar attending a high mass .... those were the days ....

Edited September 13, 2016 by soulpope

[Peter Friedman]

Op.55/1 & Op.55/2

[HutchFan]

Ballades, Op. 10; Rhapsodies, Op. 79, and other short works

[jeffcrom]

Albert Schweitzer playing Bach in the 1930s. Surprisingly good recordings and transfers.

[HutchFan]

Carlo Maria Giulini - Great Conductors of the 20th Century
Pulled this out so I could hear Giulini's Beethoven 7 with the Chicago SO.  It's a superb rendition.

Edited September 14, 2016 by HutchFan

[soulpope]

4 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Carlo Maria Giulini - Great Conductors of the 20th Century
Pulled this out so I could hear Giulini's Beethoven 7 with the Chicago SO.  It's a superb rendition.

This "Great Conductors Of The 20th Century" series unearthed some tremendous performances ....

Edited September 14, 2016 by soulpope

[A Lark Ascending]

Rameau's greatest hits assembled as a sort of instrumental suite. Real skipping round the kitchen music (with the odd pining lament [was there ever a greater tear-jerker than 'Tristes apprets']). Works on the exercise bike too. 

Edited September 14, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[soulpope]

Each listening of this recording unfolds new details and aspects .... a major coup indeed ....

Edited September 14, 2016 by soulpope

[Peter Friedman]

Blanc - Septett, Op.40

Dvorak - Piano Quintet, Op.81

[alankin]

Ludwig van Beethoven – Concerto for Piano No.1 in C major Op.15
– Concerto for Piano No.2 in B flat major Op.19
— Jos van Immerseel (fortepiano) – Tafelmusik on period instruments, Jeanne Lamon music director – Bruno Weil (Vivarte / Sony Classical)

 
 

[l p]

Three-Part Inventions, BWV 788-801 (from Moscow, 1957)

concertos #1, and #5

[A Lark Ascending]

First three parts.

The Dove is a real beauty. Written in memory of a young man who drowned. Very much of the world of Britten's 'Spring Symphony'. I don't know its performance history but I would imagine this could be very popular. The forces needed - orchestra, choirs, vocal soloists- probably prevent it from being a regular with local community music groups. But it's immediate enough to get a place there. 

Edited September 14, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[soulpope]

Earlier this evening .... :