What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[soulpope]

Recorded @ Alexander Hall Princeton University in 1987 .... outstanding interpretation of complex (and only at the first glance callous) music ....

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

Before .... :

Thereof the Quartets op 33 .... recorded @ Studio 3 West Hampstead in February 1965 ....

[soulpope]

Lubov Timofeyeva  plays Chopin, Rachmaninov, Scriabin and Prokofiev "live" @ Japan in 1998 .... sumptuous ....

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

Vitaly Margulis plays Scriabin, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov in 1977 ....

[soulpope]

Igor Zhukov plays Scriabin "live" in 1997 ....

[soulpope]

Thereof Brahms .... recorded @ Sofiensaal Wien in October 1964 ....

[soulpope]

Recorded October 11th, 1991 .... similarly to their Schubert co-operation Market Price and Graham Johnson again work wonders here .....

[soulpope]

Thereof Schumann and Liszt both recorded @ Concertgebouw Amsterdam (October 1966 and April 1977) .... Arrau`s execution is amazing (and beautifully recorded) .... a "must have" from this series still available for little money ....

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

12 minutes ago, Peter Friedman said:

💗💗💗 ....

[Ron S]

Concluding my current traversal of the Auryn Quartet's complete Haydn string quartets:

Haydn, String Quartets, Op. 77 Nos. 1 and 2, Op. 103, Op. 42

Auryn Quartet (Tacet)

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

53 minutes ago, Ron S said:

Concluding my current traversal of the Auryn Quartet's complete Haydn string quartets:

Haydn, String Quartets, Op. 77 Nos. 1 and 2, Op. 103, Op. 42

Auryn Quartet (Tacet)

Which individual performances did you enjoy most .... ?

[Ron S]

1 hour ago, soulpope said:

Which individual performances did you enjoy most .... ?

Too many to count--or remember!  😜 It really is a uniformly great series.  Off the top of my head though--and by no means an exhaustive list--a couple that really stood out for me were Op. 20 and Op. 50.  But really, all are very good and many--most?--are great.  

[soulpope]

2 minutes ago, Ron S said:

Too many to count--or remember!  😜 It really is a uniformly great series.  Off the top of my head though--and by no means an exhaustive list--a couple that really stood out for me were Op. 20 and Op. 50.  But really, all are very good and many--most?--are great.  

Thnx + understood ...

[soulpope]

Marc-Andre Hamelin plays Liszt "live" @ Royal Albert Hall on August 24th, 2011 ....

[soulpope]

Marc-Andre Hamelin plays Catoire, Prokofiev, Scriabin and Schubert "live" @ Brahmssaal Musikverein Wien on October 19th, 2022 .... saw this concert performed in Covid-19 infested times ....

[soulpope]

Recorded @ Studio Christuskirche, Berlin  in 1977 (Symphony 😎 and 1981 (Symphony 7) ....  gorgeous playing by the Staatskapelle Berlin under Othmas Suitner`s guidance .... btw the sound quality is remarkable 🧐👌 ....

[Chuck Nessa]

[soulpope]

Earlier .... :

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Recorded @ Auditorio RSI Lugano on Novemeber 28th, 1989 .... wonderful ....

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

Recorded "live" @  Philharmonie am Gasteig München on September 12th, 1993 .... Sergiu Celibidache`s Bruckner aka the art of floating ....

[Ron S]

Well, I almost stopped listening to music while this forum was down because, really, what's the point?  😜  But I DID listen to some anyway, including:

Hanson, Symphony No. 1 / "Merry Mount" Suite / "Pan and the Priest" Symphonic Poem / Rhythmic Variations on Two Ancient Hymns

Kenneth Schermerhorn, Nashville Symphony Orchestra (Naxos)

 

Now listening to:

Schumann, Piano Quintet (arranged for string orchestra by Earl Wild)

Dohnanyi, Piano Quintet No. 1 (arranged for string orchestra by Earl Wild)

Earl Wild (piano), Isaiah Jackson, American String Orchestra (Ivory Classics)