What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[alankin]

Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No.8 in C minor Op.65
— WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln – Rudolf Barshai (Brilliant Classics)

 

[Peter Friedman]

Brahms - Cello Sonata No.2, Op.99

Mozart - Symphony No.39

[mikeweil]

This morning:

Now playing:

This is music I grew up with - some of it was featured every week on local classical radio programs, although in other recordings, probably the most famous by the composer's younger sister, Marie-Claire Alain. I loved it instantly, but never got around to buy a recording until last week, when there was a sale on Naxos CDs for less than two bucks a disc. Lebrun plays very well on an excellently suited organ by Cavaillé-Coll - some of my favourite organ music, and highly original.

20 hours ago, papsrus said:

Thanks yeah, it's a ride all right. ... Hence the title, yes?

The title comes from one of Royer's pieces, Le Vertigo - a vivid description of that condition.

Edited March 13, 2017 by mikeweil

[Peter Friedman]

Beethoven Violin Concerto

[alankin]

Now playing, CD 5:

"Perahia Plays and Conducts Mozart" (Columbia – Sony Classics)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
– Concerto for Piano No.14 in E flat major K 449
– Concerto for Piano No.24 in C minor K 491
— Murray Perahia (piano) – English Chamber Orchestra – Murray Perahia 

 

Edited March 14, 2017 by alankin

[Peter Friedman]

[mikeweil]

[alankin]

Now playing, CD 21:
Ludwig van Beethoven – Quartet for Strings No.5 in A major Op.18/5
– Quartet for Strings No.6 in B flat major Op.18/6
— Paolo Borciani (violin), Elisa Pegreffi (violin), Piero Farulli (viola), Franco Rossi (cello) – Quartetto Italiano (Philips / Decca Music)

 
 

[paul secor]

41 minutes ago, alankin said:

Now playing, CD 21:
Ludwig van Beethoven – Quartet for Strings No.5 in A major Op.18/5
– Quartet for Strings No.6 in B flat major Op.18/6
— Paolo Borciani (violin), Elisa Pegreffi (violin), Piero Farulli (viola), Franco Rossi (cello) – Quartetto Italiano (Philips / Decca Music)

 
 

They look very serious and severe in the photos I've seen. Is their music like that? Or perhaps I've just seen the wrong photos.

[alankin]

53 minutes ago, paul secor said:

They look very serious and severe in the photos I've seen. Is their music like that? Or perhaps I've just seen the wrong photos.

Well, I don't think you can perform Beethoven unless you're serious, but they sound more joyful than severe to me.

[Peter Friedman]

Op.18/5 and Op.18/6

[soulpope]

[mikeweil]

Music by  Angelo Michele Bartolotti (1615-1669), Estienne le Moyne, Robert de Visee (1650-1725)

[l p]

 

1951 cbc records
 

[Peter Friedman]

Op.76/1, Op.76/2 & Op.76/3

[paul secor]

On ‎3‎/‎15‎/‎2017 at 10:19 AM, alankin said:

Well, I don't think you can perform Beethoven unless you're serious, but they sound more joyful than severe to me.

Good to know. I should have worded my query differently. You can certainly be serious and can sing and be joyful all at the same time.

[JSngry]

Let's talk about doing all that at the same time, all that and then some.

[T.D.]

Just Sinfonia (with the New Swingle Singers!). Eindrücke is a kind of once fashionable Darmstadtian serial piece that never interested me (disclosure: I enjoy certain serial works and composers, but it's not a big percentage of my listening).

[Peter Friedman]

Mozart - Piano Concerto No.21, K.467

Schumann - Symphony No.1 "Spring"

[T.D.]

A personal favorite.

[Peter Friedman]

[alankin]

Now playing, CD 27:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
– Vesperae solennes de confessore K 339 — Gwynne Howell (bass), Ryland Davies (tenor), Elisabeth Bainbridge (alto), John Constable (organ) – London Symphony Chorus
– Kyrie in D minor K 341 (368a) — John Constable (organ) – London Symphony Chorus
– Ave verum corpus in D major K 618 — John Constable (organ) – London Symphony Chorus
– Exsultate jubilate K 165 (158a) — John Constable (organ) – London Symphony Chorus
– Zaide K 344 (336b): Ruhe sanft mein holdes Leben
– Die Zauberflöte K 620: Ach ich fühl's es ist verschwunden
– Così fan tutte K 588: Ei parte...Per pietà ben mio
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) – London Symphony Orchestra – Sir Colin Davis (Philips)

 
 

[soulpope]

4 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

Looks interesting ....

[Peter Friedman]

Bach - English Suite Bo.1, BWV 806

Saint Saens  - Cello Concerto No.1, Op.33

[Peter Friedman]