What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[mikeweil]

This series of German SWR (South West Radio) is being sold at low prices at the moment - the label clears its stock. This specific one was not among them but is nonetheless fascinating, the orchestra premiered many recordings of Koechlin's unique works.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Lagerräumung+SWRmusic?searchtype=campaigntext&rubric=classic 

[mikeweil]

[Stefan Wood]

19 hours ago, JSngry said:

Neat record!

yes indeed!

[alankin]

Now playing, CD 13:
Frédéric Chopin – 14 Waltzes
– Waltz for Piano in E flat major B.62 Op.18 "Grande valse brillante"
– 3 Waltzes for Piano Op.34
– Waltz for Piano in A flat major B.131 Op.42 "Grande Valse"
– 3 Waltzes for Piano B.164 Op.64
– 2 Waltzes for Piano Op.69
– 3 Waltzes for Piano Op.70
– Waltz for Piano in E minor B.56 Op. posth.
— Alfred Cortot (piano)

Frédéric Chopin 
– Concerto for Piano No.2 in F minor B.43 Op.21
Alfred Cortot (piano) – Orchestra – John Barbirolli (EMI Classics)

 

[Peter Friedman]

String Sextet No.1, Op.18

[soulpope]

6 hours ago, mikeweil said:

Excellent ....

[Peter Friedman]

Op.59, No.1

[A Lark Ascending]

22 hours ago, mikeweil said:

This series of German SWR (South West Radio) is being sold at low prices at the moment - the label clears its stock. This specific one was not among them but is nonetheless fascinating, the orchestra premiered many recordings of Koechlin's unique works.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Lagerräumung+SWRmusic?searchtype=campaigntext&rubric=classic 

I really like Koechlin's music. Makes a nice place to visit when you've played all your Debussy and Ravel to death (as if you could!) but want to hear something from a world not too far away. Jean Cras is another composer from around the same time I enjoy (his day job was being an admiral; clearly knew a bit more about the sea than you'd get from observing it from a hotel in Eastbourne).

Yesterday a bit thin on the posh stuff:

  

This morning the ultimate Xmas party record:

Edited December 17, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[Peter Friedman]

Mozart - String Quintet No.6,  K.614

Beethoven - Piano Sonatas No.21, Op.53 "Waldstein" and No.22, Op.54

[soulpope]

Earlier today .... :

[StarThrower]

No. 5

[soulpope]

[alankin]

Now playing, CD 18:
Frédéric Chopin 
– 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/6 in B minor
– 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/7 in A major
– 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/8 in F sharp minor
– 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/9 in E major
– 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/10 in C sharp minor
– 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/11 in B major
– 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/19 in E flat major
– 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/17 in A flat major
– 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/23 in F major
– 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/24 in D minor
– Barcarolle for Piano in F sharp major B.158 Op.60
– Nocturne No.4 for Piano Op.15/1 in F major
– Polonaise-fantaisie for Piano in A flat major B.159 Op.61
Franz Liszt 
– Sonata for Piano in B minor S.178
Sviatoslav Richter (Decca)

 

[StarThrower]

[A Lark Ascending]

Can't say I care much for this - conjures up visions of 'man the hunter' beating his chest in the morning before setting out to procure mammoth steaks single-handed. The lyrics are probably about something much more uplifting but my Finnish is rusty. 

Another Xmas favourite. 

[soulpope]

Fantastic performance ....

[Balladeer]

Gabriel Gorog plays Felix Blumenfeld 24 preludes (Suoni e Colori)

[StarThrower]

La Nativite Du Seigneur

[mikeweil]

After Koechlin, I played a lot of Séverac's piano music over the last two days - the Babier disc is my favourite, btw:

Next, two harpsichord anthologies - the Maurer is one of the best of its kind in recent years.

 

[soulpope]

6 hours ago, Balladeer said:

Gabriel Gorog plays Felix Blumenfeld 24 preludes (Suoni e Colori)

Interesting music ....

 

[Peter Friedman]

Dichter - Beethoven Piano Sonata No.8, Op.13 "Pathetique"

Buchbinder - Beethoven Piano Sonata No.23, Op.57 "Appassionata"

[Peter Friedman]

Violin Concerto, Op.77

[alankin]

Jean Sibelius – Symphony No.2 in D major Op.43
— Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – Paavo Berglund (EMI / Warner Classics)

 

[soulpope]

7 hours ago, alankin said:

Jean Sibelius – Symphony No.2 in D major Op.43
— Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – Paavo Berglund (EMI / Warner Classics)

 

Excellent Sibelius cycle ....

[A Lark Ascending]

The volume of the series that gathers up the odds and ends. Bridge wrote lots of occasional and functional music and you can imagine much of this being performed in palm courts in posh Brighton hotels in the early 20thC. There is a song from 1924 (by which time Bridge's ears were well tuned to radical musical developments in mainland Europe) where the orchestration and harmony sound rather like Zemlinsky. Otherwise, for Bridge-o-philes only. The rest of the series, on the other hand, has some astounding music.

 

18thC seasonal churchy music, absolutely awash with shepherds (and the odd angel). What Jane Austin probably sang in church at Christmas. Most agreeable.