What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[alankin]

Now playing: CD 36 from The All-Baroque Box: From Monteverdi to Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach 
– Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in B flat major BWV 1051 — Simon Standage (violin)
– Concerto for Violin No.1 in A minor BWV 1041 — Simon Standage (violin)
– Concerto for Violin No.2 in E major BWV 1042 — Simon Standage (violin)
– Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor BWV 1043 — Elizabeth Wilcock (violin), Simon Standage (violin) 
The English Concert on authentic instruments – Trevor Pinnock (Archiv Produktion – DG)

 

Edited October 14, 2016 by alankin

[Peter Friedman]

Beethoven Cello Sonata Op.5, No.1

Schubert String Quartet D.804

[A Lark Ascending]

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[alankin]

Johann Sebastian Bach – Italian Concerto BWV 971
– Overture in the French style in B minor BWV 831
– Duet for Organ in E minor BWV 802
– Duet for Organ in F major BWV 803
– Duet for Organ in G major BWV 804
– Duet for Organ in A minor BWV 805
— Sviatoslav Richter (piano) (Phillips / Decca) CD 3

Johannes Brahms – Sonata for Piano No.1 in C major Op.1
– Sonata for Piano No.2 in F sharp minor Op.2
— Sviatoslav Richter (piano) (Philips / Decca) CD 20

 

[Peter Friedman]

Haydn - Symphony No.88 - Berlin Philharmonic / Furtwangler

Brahms - String Quartet No.2 - Amadeus Quartet

[A Lark Ascending]

Only the one listen but this seems the most immediately appealing of the series so far. A short one and a long multi-sectioned quartet. And how can you resist something called "Lighthouses of Orkney and Shetland". I've never been to Shetland but have very fond memories of Orkney. 

Edited October 16, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[soulpope]

Celibidache for sure knew how to celebrate a Mass ....

Edited October 16, 2016 by soulpope

[soulpope]

And this lady knew how to play Bach (here Goldberg Variations) ....

[soulpope]

Thereof Dvorak 8 ....

[Peter Friedman]

[alankin]

Now playing, CD 35:
Robert Schumann
– Adagio and Allegro for Horn/Cello and Piano in A flat major Op.70
– 3 Phantasiestücke for Clarinet and Piano Op.73
– 3 Romances for Oboe and Piano Op.94/1 in A minor Nicht schnell
– 5 Stücke im Volkston for Cello and Piano Op.102
– Märchenbilder for Viola and Piano Op.113/1 Nicht schnell
Mischa Maisky (cello), Martha Argerich (piano) (Deutsche Grammophon)

Ludwig van Beethoven 
– Sonata for Violin and Piano No.9 in A major Op.47 "Kreutzer"
Gidon Kremer, Martha Argerich (piano) (violin) (Deutsche Grammophon)

    
 

[alankin]

Now playing: CD 22
John Williams & Friends: Two Guitars, Two Marimbas & Bass  (Columbia Masterworks / Sony Classical)

Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for 2 Mandolins in G major RV 532
Louis-Claude Daquin – Premier livre de pièces: Troisième Suite - Le coucou
Johann Sebastian Bach – Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben Cantata BWV 147: Chorale - Jesus bleibet meine Freude
Georg Philipp Telemann – Bourée alla Polacca
Henry Purcell – Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Basso Continuo: No.11 in F minor Z 800
Johann Sebastian Bach – Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Harpsichord in C major BWV 1037: IV Gigue
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Sonata for Piano No.11 in A major K 331 (300i): 3rd movement Rondo alla turca
— John Williams (guitar), Carlos Bonell (guitar), Brian Gascoigne (marimbas & vibraphone, transcriptions), Morris Pert (marimbas, vibraphone), Keith Marjoram (double bass)

Johann Sebastian Bach – Suite for Cello solo No.3 in C major BWV 1009: V & VI Bourée I & II
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Adagio for Glass Harmonica in C major K 356 (617a)
— John Williams (guitar)

 
 

[Peter Friedman]

Haydn - Symphony No.96 "The Miracle"

Schubert - String Quartet D.46

[soulpope]

[A Lark Ascending]

Another listen to:

No. 3 of the latter, once again with a helping hand from Robert Simpson. I've 'known' the piece since the late 70s (an Ole Schmidt LP if I recall correctly - that should get me connoisseur points!!!) but Simpson's analysis doesn't half increase your enjoyment (when I understand it!). Some great bits when his personal irritations at contemporary orthodoxies boil over. On the opening tune of the fourth movement: "The simplicity of the main tune is of a kind not cared for greatly by those intelligentsia who, in these times of desperate circumspection, cannot see how a man can express deep feelings without being psychologically in need of attention."   And there's more!!!! I'd assumed the book was written in the 50s/60s but it says 1986. Suspect he got annoyed at Minimalism too. 

[soulpope]

[alankin]

Martha Argerich and Friends: Live from the Lugano Festival 2009 – Chamber Music - CD 2 (EMI Classics)

Béla Bartók – Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2 Sz 76
— Renaud Capuçon (violin), Khatia Buniatishvili (piano)
Franz Liszt – Reminiscences of Mozart's "Don Juan" for 2 Pianos S.656
— Mauricio Vallina (piano), Martha Argerich (piano)
Mikhail Glinka – Sextet for Piano and Strings in E flat major
— Mark Drobinsky (cello), Géza Hosszu-Legocky (violin), Polina Leschenko (piano), Alissa Margulis (violin), Lida Chen (viola), Enrico Fagone (double bass)
Sergei Rachmaninov – 2 Pieces for Piano 6 Hands: Romance & Waltz
— Anton Gerzenberg (piano), Daniel Gerzenberg (piano), Lilya Zilberstein (piano)
Sergei Rachmaninov – Russian Rhapsody for 2 Pianos in E minor
— Alexander Mogilevsky (piano), Lilya Zilberstein (piano)

[Peter Friedman]

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[A Lark Ascending]

Serenade for Strings and Symph 4

Edited October 18, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[Balladeer]

Richie Beirach, Gregor Hübner, George Mraz - Round about Federico Mompou (ACT)

[Peter Friedman]

Beethoven String Quartet Op.18/1 - Quatuor Mosaiques

Beethoven String Trio arrangement of Symphony No.2 - Canadian Trio

[soulpope]

Never sounded better to me ....