What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[soulpope]

[Peter Friedman]

Dvorak - Piano Quartet No.2, Op.87

Schumann - Violin Sonata No.2

[alankin]

Ludwig van Beethoven
– Quartet for Strings No.7 in F major Op.59/1 "Razumovsky"
– Quartet for Strings No.8 in E minor Op.59/2 "Razumovsky"
Sándor Végh (violin); Sándor Zöldy (violin); Georges Janzer (viola); Paul Szabo (cello) – Végh String Quartet (Scribendum / Les Discophiles Français)

Edited April 4, 2017 by alankin

[Peter Friedman]

Op.74/1, Op.74/2, & Op.74/3

[soulpope]

From a superb Sibelius cycle ....

[alankin]

Ludwig van Beethoven – Concerto for Piano No.1 in C major Op.15
— Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) – Cleveland Orchestra – Vladimir Ashkenazy (London / Decca)

 

[HutchFan]

7 hours ago, soulpope said:

From a superb Sibelius cycle ....

Agreed!

Along with Barbirolli's, Ashkenazy's is my favorite Sibelius cycle.

[Peter Friedman]

English Suite No.4, No. 5 and No.6

[alankin]

Robert Schumann 
– Trio for Piano and Strings No.2 in F Op.80
– Fantasiestucke Op.88 for piano, violin and cello
— Menahem Pressler (piano), Isadore Cohen (violin), Peter Wiley (cello) – Beaux Arts Trio (Philips)

[soulpope]

[mikeweil]

It's nice to hear this on two harpsichords, and it is well recorded, but the two ladies lack a bit of vigor and rhythmic precision. The composer instructs both players to play the continuo part in the left hand, but I rarely hear themdo that. A certain sameness on a superficial level creeps in. Good, but indispensable only for harpsichord fanatics like me.

[Peter Friedman]

K.305, K.306, K.376, K.377

[Peter Friedman]

Milstein / Firkusny - Beethoven Violin Sonata No.5, Op.24 "Spring"

Argerich / Maisky - Franck Cello Sonata  (transcription of violin sonata)

[soulpope]

Earlier today .... :

[mikeweil]

That one is on my wish list!

So far today:

[Balladeer]

Exil - Eric Le Van plays piano music by composers with roots in two continents:
 Wolfgang Erich Korngold, Erich Zeisl, Ernst Toch, Arnold Schönberg, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (Music & Arts)

[soulpope]

57 minutes ago, mikeweil said:

That one is on my wish list!

The second installment is as good as the initial Barriere release .... another winner from Bruno Cocset  ....

[mikeweil]

The first volume seems to be oop - waitiing for a reissue in alpha's new series. Used copies are expensive.

[soulpope]

50 minutes ago, mikeweil said:

The first volume seems to be oop - waitiing for a reissue in alpha's new series. Used copies are expensive.

This should definitely happen - the original release was laden with awards and seemingly a good seller too ....

[Peter Friedman]

D.960

[soulpope]

Outstanding reading of Bruckner 7 ....

[mikeweil]

The former is the only recording of a manuscript discovered in 2005 whose first part was attributed to Louis Marchand in an article never published, as far as I can see. Experts - like Moroney, who delivers an excellent performance of Marchand's printed works in the latter CD - has his doubt as long as he has not examined the manuscript and thinks the music on Martinoli's CD belongs to a writer from a stylistically later era - it sounds just this to to my ears, too. Might be from one of Marchand's students - a simplified version of one his pieces points in this direction, at least to me. Moroney's disc portaits a harpsichord virtuoso of the highest ranks - the music from the 1754 manuscript is abit too simply structured for a composer of his stature.

[alankin]

Now playing, CDs 4 & 6:
Franz Joseph Haydn 
– Sonata for Keyboard No.32 in G minor Hob.XVI:44
– Sonata for Keyboard No.54 in G major Hob.XVI:40
– Sonata for Keyboard No.55 in B flat major Hob.XVI:41
– Sonata for Keyboard No.58 in C major Hob.XVI:48
– Sonata for Keyboard No.62 in E flat major Hob.XVI:52
– Sonata for Keyboard No.39 in D major Hob.XVI:24
– Sonata for Keyboard No.62 in E flat major Hob.XVI:52
Carl Maria von Weber 
– Sonata for Piano No.3 in D minor J 206 Op.49
Sviatoslav Richter (piano) (Decca)

 

[Peter Friedman]

 

Mozart Piano Concerto No.5, K.175

Brahms - Piano Trio No.2, Op.87

Edited April 9, 2017 by Peter Friedman

[Peter Friedman]

No.13, Op.106