What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[soulpope]

Formidable ....

[Peter Friedman]

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[soulpope]

[Larry Kart]

Very promising so far, powerful cast. The libretto, along with extensive scholarly information about the opera, can be found on-line. I took a chance on this after being impressed by Taneyev's chamber music.

[soulpope]

[Peter Friedman]

Mozart - Piano Concerto No.13, K.415

Brahms - String Quartet No.3, Op.67

[T.D.]

On 12/10/2017 at 6:16 PM, T.D. said:

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Now the French Suites (+ overture).

[Peter Friedman]

Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 - R. Serkin / Ormandy

[soulpope]

Earlier today .... :

Tennstedt and Mahler being always a winner ....

[Peter Friedman]

[alankin]

On 12/8/2017 at 0:36 AM, soulpope said:

Really do like a lot the Ives recordings with Tilson Thomas heading the Concertgebouw Orchestra ....

I have the two CDs he did with the CSO.  I'll have to look for the ones with the Concertgebouw Orchestra...

Now playing, CD 65 from the big Brilliant Classics – Legendary Russian Soloists box:

Edvard Grieg 
– Sonata for Violin and Piano No.3 in C minor Op.45
– Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 in F major Op.8
Leonid Kogan (violin), Grigori Ginzburg (piano)

Isaac Albeniz 
– Suite Iberia Book 1: No.2 El puerto arr. for violin & piano)
– Suite española Op.47/3: Sevilla arr. for violin & piano)
Leonid Kogan (violin), Andrei Mytnik (piano)

Claude Debussy 
– Ariettes oubliées: No.2 Il pleure dans mon coeur
Leonid Kogan (violin), Nina Kogan (piano)

Henri Vieuxtemps 
– Three Morceaux for Violin and Piano Op.32/2 Rondino
Leonid Kogan (violin), Vladimir Yampolsky (piano)

Pablo de Sarasate
 – Spanish Dances for Violin and Piano Op.21/1 Malagueña
Leonid Kogan (violin), Abram Makarov (piano) 

 
 

Edited December 14, 2017 by alankin

[HutchFan]

On 12/8/2017 at 1:51 AM, soulpope said:

Logical next step .... :

Certainly the best version of the Second Orchestral Set that I've ever heard.  

From my Charles Ives site:

This recording is another demonstration why, in my view, Tilson Thomas is the most consistently fine conductor of Ives' music. He has the clearest command of Ives' musical idiom, and he makes this work come alive. The first movement is both familiar and mysterious, characteristics that MTT regularly discovers in Ives' music. The second movement has a swinging, rhythmic flair lacking in any other recording. The third movement is as epic and audacious as anything Ives ever wrote. Tilson Thomas captures the spirit of the movement. It's both tenderly elegiac and resolutely determined. Ives considered this to be one of his greatest musical achievements, and it's easy to understand why: It sounds great! My recommendation is that you play this exultant music very loud! The Concertgebouw Orchestra plays with an unparalleled, refined power. No surprise there. But perhaps a bit more surprising, they play completely idiomatically. They sound very much at home in Ives' unique, very American sound world. This is one of Ives' greatest works, wonderfully played and recorded.

[alankin]

Now playing, from Anthology 6 of the RCO:
Jean Sibelius – Symphony No.4 in A minor Op.63
— Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra – Paavo Berglund (RCO Live)

 

Edited December 14, 2017 by alankin

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, alankin said:

Now playing, CD 3 from:

Jean Sibelius – Symphony No.4 in A minor Op.63
— Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra – Paavo Berglund (RCO Live)

Terrific performance ....

[soulpope]

4 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Certainly the best version of the Second Orchestral Set that I've ever heard.  

From my Charles Ives site:

This recording is another demonstration why, in my view, Tilson Thomas is the most consistently fine conductor of Ives' music. He has the clearest command of Ives' musical idiom, and he makes this work come alive. The first movement is both familiar and mysterious, characteristics that MTT regularly discovers in Ives' music. The second movement has a swinging, rhythmic flair lacking in any other recording. The third movement is as epic and audacious as anything Ives ever wrote. Tilson Thomas captures the spirit of the movement. It's both tenderly elegiac and resolutely determined. Ives considered this to be one of his greatest musical achievements, and it's easy to understand why: It sounds great! My recommendation is that you play this exultant music very loud! The Concertgebouw Orchestra plays with an unparalleled, refined power. No surprise there. But perhaps a bit more surprising, they play completely idiomatically. They sound very much at home in Ives' unique, very American sound world. This is one of Ives' greatest works, wonderfully played and recorded.

Your write-up is spot on ....

[Balladeer]

Janet Hilton (cl) & Jakob Fichert (p) - Max Reger - Clarinet Sonatas (Naxos)

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, Balladeer said:

Janet Hilton (cl) & Jakob Fichert (p) - Max Reger - Clarinet Sonatas (Naxos)

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[Peter Friedman]

Mozart - String Quartet K.465 "Dissonance"

Mendelssohn - String Quartet Op.43/3

[soulpope]

[Chuck Nessa]

Disc 3 - Symphonia Serena & Symphonie "Die Harmonie der Welt".

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Disc 3 - Symphonia Serena & Symphonie "Die Harmonie der Welt".

Beautiful .... and superbly recorded ....

[soulpope]

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