What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[A Lark Ascending]

Attractive, slightly brittle neo-Romantic from the 1930s/40s. A bit Waltonish.   

[soulpope]

Treasurable ....

[alankin]

On 11/30/2016 at 9:21 AM, Peter Friedman said:

Me too!

Frédéric Chopin – Piano Sonata No.2 Op.35, 12 Etudes, op.10, Barcarolle, op.60
— Nelson Freire, piano (Decca / MHS)

 

[Peter Friedman]

K.174 and K.406

Grumiaux  Trio plus 2

[alankin]

Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.5 in C shapr minor
— Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester – Gary Bertini (EMI Classics)

 

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, alankin said:

Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.5 in C shapr minor
— Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester – Gary Bertini (EMI Classics)

 

Exquisite Mahler cycle - and the Mahler 5 is one of its crown jewels ....

[Peter Friedman]

No.9, Op.14/1 & No.10, Op.14/2

[StarThrower]

[A Lark Ascending]

This morning:

Edited December 2, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[soulpope]

[Peter Friedman]

Schubert  - String Quartet D.887

[Peter Friedman]

The music on this CD is clearly not my cup of tea. Rather dull and lacking in interest in my view.I suspect there are those who would have a quite different opinion. It goes into my disposal box.

[A Lark Ascending]

No. 3 off latter. A tough listen. With the help of a guide the overall structure of each movement seems quite conventional. But keeping the themes in mind in order to hear where they go is not easy. A few details emerged from the fog in the third and fourth movements but I think this is going to need a lot more listening to make sense of. 

Disc 10 of the latter - choral music. A mixture of Brahms-like German-ness (though I imagine the lyrics are about the need of the workers to own the means of production rather than nightingales, forests and indifferent rural maidens) and agit-prop. 'The Internationale' creeps out at a couple of points. 

This morning:

Edited December 3, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[soulpope]

Earlier today .... :

[Peter Friedman]

Symphony No.5

[StarThrower]

[alankin]

Now playing, CD 14:
Patrick Gowers – Chamber Concerto for Guitar (CBS / Sony Classical)
— John Williams (guitar), John Scott (alto saxophone), Pat Halling (violin), Stephen Shingles (viola), Denis Vigay (cello), Herbie Flowers (bass guitar), Tristan Fry (drums), Patrick Gowers (organ), Godfrey Salmon (conductor)  
Domenico Scarlatti 
– Sonata for Harpsichord in E major K 380/L 23
– Sonata for Harpsichord in A major K 208/L 238
– Sonata for Harpsichord in A minor K 175/L 429
– Sonata for Harpsichord in A major K 322/L 483
– Sonata for Harpsichord in D minor K 213/L 108
– Sonata for Harpsichord in C major K 159/L 104
— John Williams (guitar)
Patrick Gowers – Double for Guitar and Electric Organ (after Scarlatti)
— John Williams (guitar), Patrick Gowers (organ)

 

Interesting liner notes by Gowers discussing the origins of his concerto and how he incorporated elements of jazz and Baroque and early music into the composition.  

And Williams writes about the influence of Spanish guitar in Scarlatti's sonatas and the suitability of many of them for the guitar.  (Scarlatti spent the last 37 years of his life in Madrid and Lisbon).
 

[Balladeer]

Vladimir Feltsman - A Tribute to Silvestrov (Nimbus)

[soulpope]

3 hours ago, Balladeer said:

Vladimir Feltsman - A Tribute to Silvestrov (Nimbus)

!!

[A Lark Ascending]

No. 3 again. Still fog.

Have yourself a Baroque little Christmas. 

[soulpope]

Earlier today .... :

(IMO) a classic ....

[Peter Friedman]

Piano Trio No.1

[StarThrower]

Disc 2 Le Loup symphony fragments, symphony no.1, Le Loup complete ballet

[Peter Friedman]

No.11, Op.22 and No.13, Op.27/1

[alankin]

George Frideric Handel 
– Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV351
– Concerto a due cori No.1 in B flat major HWV 332 — Ronald George (French horn), Julie Brye (oboe), Washington McClain (oboe), Derek Conrod (French horn), Michael McCraw (bassoon), Stanley King (oboe), Teresa Wasiak (French horn), Thomas Müller (French horn), John Abberger (oboe), Nadina Mackie Jackson (bassoon)
– Concerto a due cori No.2 in F major HWV 333 — Stanley King (oboe), Julie Brye (oboe), Michael McCraw (bassoon), Teresa Wasiak (French horn), Derek Conrod (French horn), Ronald George (French horn), Washington McClain (oboe), Nadina Mackie Jackson (bassoon), Thomas Müller (French horn), John Abberger (oboe)
– Concerto a due cori No.3 in F major HWV 334 — Derek Conrod (French horn), Teresa Wasiak (French horn), Thomas Müller (French horn), Ronald George (French horn), Washington McClain (oboe), Stanley King (oboe), John Abberger (oboe), Michael McCraw (bassoon), Nadina Mackie Jackson (bassoon), Julie Brye (oboe) 
Tafelmusik – Jeanne Lamon (Vivarte / Sony Classical)