What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[soulpope]

39 minutes ago, Referentzhunter said:

Piano Concertos Nos. 11 & 17

Excellent ....

[Referentzhunter]

Just now, soulpope said:

Excellent ....

Super essential ! A true treasure. Enjoying this set to the maximum.

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In the morning .... :

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[Peter Friedman]

[Д.Д.]

On repeat all day today:

 

 

[J.A.W.]

Now listening to late sonatas from this set on free Spotify:

 

[HutchFan]

LvB's Piano Sonatas for me too.

Pollini's recordings of Sonatas No. 28 and No. 29 "Hammerklavier":

[Referentzhunter]

[soulpope]

8 hours ago, HutchFan said:

LvB's Piano Sonatas for me too.

Pollini's recordings of Sonatas No. 28 and No. 29 "Hammerklavier":

Very interesting view on the late Beethoven Sonatas ....

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Next stop .... :

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In the loop .... :

[Peter Friedman]

Kempff - Mozart Piano Concerto No.9, K.271 "Jeunehomme" (recorded in 1953)

Lange-Muller - Violin Concerto Op.69

and Langgaard - Violin Concerto

[Referentzhunter]

I accomplished to complete this serie finally.

23 Februari was Häendel's birthday so playing his music these days has something extra.

Edited February 24, 2020 by Referentzhunter

[HutchFan]

6 hours ago, soulpope said:

Very interesting view on the late Beethoven Sonatas ....

Yes, I agree.  Pollini's interpretation is analytical, cool, Apollonian.  He's certainly a child of A.B. Michelangeli, figuratively-speaking.  

It also seems like Pollini's technique is so formidable that he can negotiate this music without straining. I think that (almost) effortlessness is part of the equation too.

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Schumann, Kinderszenen

[Peter Friedman]

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1812 Ouverture & Polonaise & Walzer aus 'Eugin Onegin'

 

Edited February 24, 2020 by Referentzhunter

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[Alexander Hawkins]

3 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Yes, I agree.  Pollini's interpretation is analytical, cool, Apollonian.  He's certainly a child of A.B. Michelangeli, figuratively-speaking.  

It also seems like Pollini's technique is so formidable that he can negotiate this music without straining. I think that (almost) effortlessness is part of the equation too.

Pollini blows my mind in Beethoven...I think his structural grasp is a huge benefit in these later sonatas in particular, where the musical forms are so radical. Take e.g. the slow movement of the Hammerklavier - he has no trouble making those 17+ minutes hold together. Also - the 'cool' thing - I do understand this, but I don't necessarily always sign up to the characterisation. The way he treats the repeated G major chord in op.110 before the inversion of the fugue just at the end of the piece is mesmerising and almost shocking to me in his hands; or for another example, the intensity of the last movement of his op.57. Anyway - for sure just a personal thing!

I can't wait to hear his just-released new recordings of 109, 110, and 111.

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Piano Concertos Nos. 13 & 14