What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[soulpope]

Thereof Symphonies 40 + 41 ....

[A Lark Ascending]

No. 5 and The Tempest. Guess what I'll be listening to later! 

Says on the notes that the scherzo of No. 2 was partly inspired by The Who and the Velvet Underground. You can tell by the picture on the cover that he war a right lad in't 60s.

First heard the Weill songs in the old (sorry, classic!) Lotte Lenya recordings - hard to get beyond Lenya's voice but I think Lemper gets the feel just right. And there are lots of songs across the two volumes I've not heard on the Lenya LPs I have. 

Edited October 19, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[mikeweil]

IMHO, one of the most interesting Bach harpsichord recordings in the last ten years.

Here's video (he plays a different harpsichord on the CD, a great sounding German model).

 

[Peter Friedman]

[JSngry]

Released by the New Voice Singles label, which has the interesting concept of releasing new works as a single disc, with no other material included. This provides not only a lower price point, but the rather nifty ability to listen to a work in its entirety without it being preceded or followed by another work, which is a first world problem indeed, but still, nice. This work runs just a tad over 25 minutes, so it would have been two sides of an LP.

It's a good piece, a 9/11 thing, and played very well. I'm finding value in at least a few consecutive replays.

[JSngry]

Another New Voice Singles release, and another piece that is very enjoyable to listen to on its own for the 21-ish minutes it occupies.

Oh! Apparently "New Voice Singles" is a nameplate that the Chiara Quartet uses to release some of their their own work. Nice!

[Peter Friedman]

Those who have expressed concern about "precious" performances of Mozart Piano Concertos need not worry about this one. Moravec, as well as The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Josef Vlach, show passion, intensity and a firm hand with the keyboard and baton. This , in my view, an outstanding recording of Piano Concerto No.25, K.503.

[alankin]

Hector Berlioz 
– Grande Ouverture de Benvenuto Cellini Op.23
– Les Troyens à Carthage: Prélude
– Symphonie fantastique Op.14
Vincent d'Indy 
– Istar - Symphonic Variations Op.42
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra – Pierre Monteux (RCA Victor / Sony Classical)

 
 

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

Those who have expressed concern about "precious" performances of Mozart Piano Concertos need not worry about this one. Moravec, as well as The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Josef Vlach, show passion, intensity and a firm hand with the keyboard and baton. This , in my view, an outstanding recording of Piano Concerto No.25, K.503.

Ivan Moravec plays superbly ....

[Chuck Nessa]

On 10/17/2016 at 2:07 AM, soulpope said:

Terrific and I am now waiting for the delivery of the Weissenberg box of RCA recordings. 

I was amazed  to discover the Morton Gould RCA box. I know and admire much of this set. It was in my mail today when I returned from Canada. 

 

[A Lark Ascending]

Romeo and Juliet and Symph 6 off first; SQ1 and Sextet off second.

 

[alankin]

Now playing, CD 41 from the Symphony Edition:
Carl Nielsen 
– Symphony No.2 Op.16 "The Four Temperaments"
– Symphony No.4 Op.29 "The Inextinguishable"
New York Philharmonic – Leonard Bernstein (Sony Classics)

 

The four temperaments are choleric, phlegmatic, melancholic, and sanguine.  I'll avoid a temptation to state which temperament I think fits which Presidential candidate.

Edited October 20, 2016 by alankin

[Peter Friedman]

Haydn - String Quartet Op. 50/6 "The Frog" - The Schneider Quartet

Schubert - String Quartet D.112 - Takacs Quartet

[OliverM]

16 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Terrific and I am now waiting for the delivery of the Weissenberg box of RCA recordings. 

I was amazed  to discover the Morton Gould RCA box. I know and admire much of this set. It was in my mail today when I returned from Canada. 

Very interesting, thanks for pointing this out!

 

[A Lark Ascending]

Sq 2 + 3 from t'first. 

Edited October 21, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[soulpope]

[Peter Friedman]

[StarThrower]

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, conductor: Myung-Whun Chung

[soulpope]

Earlier today .... :

[A Lark Ascending]

Just the Dvorak

A recent BBC Music Magazine disc. They usually trawl the BBC archives for standard repertoire for these discs but every now and then they pull out something like this. Commissions from over the years by Weir, McCabe, Arnold, Harvey and Colin Matthews; and lesser known names like Matthew Kelley, David Sawer, Tammas Slater. More please.  

[Balladeer]

Marta Deyanova - Skriabin: Mazurkas (Nimbus)

[alankin]

Franz Schubert 
– Symphony No.5 in B-flat major D.485 — Columbia Symphony Orchestra
– Symphony No.7 (8) in B minor D.759 "Unfinished" — New York Philharmonic

Ludwig van Beethoven 
– Overture "Leonore III" Op.72a — New York Philharmonic

Bruno Walter (Sony Classical)

 

Edited October 22, 2016 by alankin

[alankin]

Gustav Holst – The Planets Op.32 H.125
Camille Saint-Saëns – Symphony No.3 in C minor Op.78 "Organ" — Anita Priest (organ) 
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra – Zubin Mehta (Decca Records)

    
 

[alankin]

Now playing CD 34:
Dmitri Shostakovich – Trio for Piano and Strings No.2 in E minor Op.67
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Trio for Piano and Strings in A minor Op.50
Peter Kiesewetter – Tango Pathétique
— Martha Argerich (piano), Gidon Kremer (violin), Mischa Maisky (cello) (Deutsche Grammophon)

   
 

Edited October 22, 2016 by alankin

[soulpope]

6 hours ago, alankin said:

Franz Schubert 
– Symphony No.5 in B-flat major D.485 — Columbia Symphony Orchestra
– Symphony No.7 (8) in B minor D.759 "Unfinished" — New York Philharmonic

Ludwig van Beethoven 
– Overture "Leonore III" Op.72a — New York Philharmonic

Bruno Walter (Sony Classical)

 

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