What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[Balladeer]

Adam Birnbaum - Preludes (Chelsea Music Festival Records)

[Peter Friedman]

[Peter Friedman]

[mjzee]

The Decca Sound - The Piano Edition, disc 38.  Also includes:

 

On 1/4/2024 at 8:54 AM, HutchFan said:

Saint-Saëns: Complete Symphonies / Jean Martinon, Orchestre National de l'ORTF (Erato)
Disc 2 
- Symphony in F Major "Urbs Roma" 
- Symphony No. 3 in C Minor Op. 78 "Organ"

 

HutchFan, I notice you recently played a version by Martinon from the '70's.  This version with Moura Lympany is from 1951.

[soulpope]

Leif Segerstam and Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia perform Bruckner 8 "live" @ Palacio de la Opera de A Coruna on October 21st, 2016 .... excellent ....

[soulpope]

Likely my favourite Schubert String Quintet performance ....

[soulpope]

The Schuppanzigh Quartett outdid themselves here .... sensational peformance .... and recording quality ....

Edited January 8, 2024 by soulpope

[Peter Friedman]

Op.33/4   Op.33/5   Op.33/6

[mjzee]

Kurt Masur - The Complete Warner Classics Edition, disc 28.

[Peter Friedman]

[mjzee]

Reinhard Goebel Complete Archiv box, disc 13.

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

Klaus Tennstedt and Philadelphia Orchestra perform Bruckner 8 "live" in 1989 .... this conductor's live performances always were something else ....

[soulpope]

Arcadi Volodos plays Schubert and Liszt "live" @ Teatro Cultura Artistica Sao Paolo on October 17th, 2005 .... majestic ....

[soulpope]

Vaclav Neumann and CPO perform Dvorak Requiem "live" @ Katedrala Svateho Vaclava Praha in 1988 .... touching ....

[soulpope]

Before .... :

A jewel in the crown of Harmonia Mundi regarding their Sebastien Dauce + Ensemble Correspondance releases .... highly recommended ....

[Peter Friedman]

[Referentzhunter]

Thrift store find of yesterday.

[HutchFan]

First listen:

Terrific, so far.

 

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, Referentzhunter said:

Thrift store find of yesterday.

Excellent ....

[Peter Friedman]

[mikeweil]

This probably was the release that initiated my love for harpsichord music, although the sound disappoints me after so many years. Almost monophonic, and the microphones at too much of a distance, as if it were a grand piano in a concert hall. There are many better sounding recordings from that time (1976). Alan Curtis plays very well, though. The cover, btw, shows the harpschord lid of Balbastre's own instrument, used later by the Pleyel company to build a fortepiano. 

Edited January 9, 2024 by mikeweil

[HutchFan]

Now spinning:

Roussel - Bacchus et Ariane (Suites Nos. 1 & 2) / Martinon, ON de l'ORTF (Erato)

 

[HutchFan]

More 20th c. French music:

Darius Milhaud: Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit ; La Création Du Monde / Orchestre du Theatre Des Champs-Elysees, conducted by the composer (Nonesuch, rec. 1958)

I've added this LP to my collection after first hearing the music on YT just a few weeks ago.  It's music that's bursting with life!

 

3 hours ago, mikeweil said:

This probably was the release that initiated my love for harpsichord music, although the sound disappoints me after so many years. Almost monophonic, and the microphones at too much of a distance, as if it were a grand piano in a concert hall. There are many better sounding recordings from that time (1976). Alan Curtis plays very well, though. The cover, btw, shows the harpschord lid of Balbastre's own instrument, used later by the Pleyel company to build a fortepiano. 

Mike, is there a harpsichord thread on the forum where you (and others) have discussed your favorite recordings?  If not, I'd love to hear about your desert-island harpsichord discs. It's an area of music that I know very little about.

 

Edited January 10, 2024 by HutchFan

[mikeweil]

24 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Mike, is there a harpsichord thread on the forum where you (and others) have discussed your favorite recordings?  If not, I'd love to hear about your desert-island harpsichord discs. It's an area of music that I know very little about.

 

AFAIK there is no such thread. Somebody will have to start one ....