What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[HutchFan]

[soulpope]

3 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Desert island music ....

[Peter Friedman]

[Ron S]

Mozart, Overtures

Colin Davis, Staatskapelle Dresden (RCA)

[Peter Friedman]

String Quartets in A Major, Op.2/1, B Flat Major 

[Ron S]

Copland, Music for Films

Leonard Slatkin, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (RCA)

[Ron S]

Just finished listening to a fascinating CD of relatively obscure Copland music written for: (1) a puppet show at the 1939 NY World's Fair ("From Sorcery to Science); (2) a documentary film shown at the 1939 NY World's Fair ("The City (Suite)"); (3) a WWII documentary about the resettlement of refugees in the US ("The Cummington Story (Suite, Arr. Sheffer)"); and (4) a WWII Hollywood film about Ukrainians fighting Nazi invaders ("The North Star (Suite)"), which seems relevant right now.

Copland, Celluloid Copland--World Premiere Film Music

Jonathan Sheffer, Eos Orchestra (Telarc)

Edited June 12, 2023 by Ron S

[Peter Friedman]

[Ron S]

Mozart, Posthorn Serenade / Marches in D, K. 335 No. 1 and No. 2

Sandor Vegh, Camerata Acaedemica des Mozarteums Salzburg (Philips)

Edited June 13, 2023 by Ron S

[mjzee]

Perlman DG box, disc 20.

[Peter Friedman]

[Ron S]

Copland, Symphony No. 3 / Symphony for Organ and Orchestra

Leonard Bernstein, E. Power Biggs (organ), New York Philharmonic (Sony)

[mjzee]

Decca - The Mono Years, disc 21.  Also includes:

[Chuck Nessa]

Schnabel, Fournier & Szigeti - on deck for tomorrow.

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

Now playing:

As far as I'm concerned, Netania Davrath "owns" Canteloube's Songs of the Auvergne. 

It's a perfect pairing.  No other singer even comes close. 

 

Earlier:

 

[Peter Friedman]

Saint-Saens - Piano Concerto No.5

Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto

[mjzee]

5 hours ago, HutchFan said:

As far as I'm concerned, Netania Davrath "owns" Canteloube's Songs of the Auvergne. 

It's a perfect pairing.  No other singer even comes close. 

She had a beautiful voice.  I have pieces sung by her on the following Bach Guild (Vanguard) releases: Big Beethoven Box, Big Baroque Box Volume 4, Big Schubert Box, Big Haydn Box, and Big Jewish Music Box.

[HutchFan]

30 minutes ago, mjzee said:

She had a beautiful voice.

Yes!!!  I think her voice is very distinctive too.  It's unstudied (in the best sense) and natural.  Not at all "operatic."

Have you heard Davrath's rendition of Mahler's Fourth -- with Abravanel & the Utah SO?  It's amazing, another perfect pairing of artist and repertoire.

 

[T.D.]

[Peter Friedman]

Symphony No.1 "Winter Dreams"

[mikeweil]

This morning:

[Referentzhunter]

Beethoven Sonatas

[Peter Friedman]

[Peter Friedman]

String Quartets -  Op.80 and Quartet in F Major