What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[Referentzhunter]

thriftstore-find i will keep ...

[HutchFan]

32 minutes ago, Referentzhunter said:

... and what leads to make you enjoy his compositions if i may ask so ?

Nielsen's music strikes me as being full of "life force."  It has a sort of transcendent, supra-human vitality.

I'd recommend his Fourth Symphony, subtitled "Inextinguishable."  That was Nielsen's first work that captured my ear.

I think this image does a great job of representing Nielsen's music:  The living EARTH & SEA.  

 

22 minutes ago, Referentzhunter said:

ahh ... Clara Haskil/Ferenc Fricsay giving a nice Mozart experience. Classic stuff. Bye the way for some reason Ferenc Fricsay delivers most of the time a majestic performance (for me). And yes, Haskil has probably a proper connection with mister goatman himself ! 

@Referentzhunter, just to confirm: mister goatman refers to W.A. Mozart, correct?

 

Edited May 14, 2024 by HutchFan

[HutchFan]

1 hour ago, Referentzhunter said:

Oistrach/Ormandy, for the cutting tension !

Yes, I agree!  Oistrakh/Ormandy is a magnificent performance, my "go to" for Sibelius' VC.

But I will also confess that -- on purely subjective grounds -- Heifetz's vibrato does not appeal to me.  I MUCH prefer Oistrakh's sound (or others) in most repertoire, relative to Heifetz.

 

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

Now giving this new-to-me LP a first listen:

Vincent d'Indy: Symphony No. 2 / Michel Plasson & the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse (EMI, 1982)

These French La Voix de Son Maître LPs are such beautiful objects -- and the music is consistently terrific too.

[soulpope]

8 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Now giving this new-to-me LP a first listen:

Vincent d'Indy: Symphony No. 2 / Michel Plasson & the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse (EMI, 1982)

These French La Voix de Son Maître LPs are such beautiful objects -- and the music is consistently terrific too.

Good one ....

[soulpope]

Recorded in August 1989 .... Elly Ameling a perfect Schubert Lied singer .... case closed ....

[mikeweil]

[Peter Friedman]

[Peter Friedman]

Schubert - Piano Sonatas D.568   and   D.850

[HutchFan]

Liszt - Liebstraum: Favorite Piano Works / Jorge Bolet (Decca)
CD 2

 

 

14 hours ago, soulpope said:

Elly Ameling a perfect Schubert Lied singer .... case closed ....

Agreed.

The way she handles Brahms & Schumann ain't too shabby either.   

 

[HutchFan]

Next up:

Villa-Lobos: Instrumental & Orchestral Works
Disc 2
- Fantasia for Soprano Saxophone & Chamber Orchestra / John Harle (ss), Marriner, ASMF
- Concerto for Guitar & Small Orchestra / Angel Romero (g), López-Cobos, London PO
- A Próle do Bébé No. 1 and other works for solo piano / Cristina Ortiz (p)

 

[HutchFan]

I'm now listening to Brahms' Symphony No. 3, as performed by István Kertész & the Vienna PO:

 

Earlier, it was Brahms' Symphony No. 2 and his Serenade No. 2, again performed by Kertész & the VPO:

[soulpope]

7 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Agreed.

The way she handles Brahms & Schumann ain't too shabby either.   

Agreed 😉😇 ....

[soulpope]

Recorded  @ Casino Zögernitz Wien in January 1990 and March 1992 ....  the ensemble`s precision is astounding (again and again) ....

[soulpope]

Recorded @ RCA Studio New York in September 1985 .... afterthoughts of a fulfilling life ....

[Referentzhunter]

On 5/14/2024 at 4:16 PM, HutchFan said:

 

@Referentzhunter, just to confirm: mister goatman refers to W.A. Mozart, correct?

 

Thanks for your honest comments. I certainly going to listen to the symphony you advised me to listen to.

'Goatman' is a character from a Folklore-story from England (some say United States wich is incorrect i believe, not sure) and refers to the Devil himself. An unexpected guest appears at a desolate old building. Someone drops something, tries to grap it from the ground under the table and sees the guest has no feed but hooves. I believe bad things happen afterwards. 

The story escalated to all sorts of substories.

[Referentzhunter]

On 5/15/2024 at 9:37 AM, soulpope said:

Elly Ameling a perfect Schubert Lied singer .... case closed ....

yes ... she has the right things going on

[Peter Friedman]

[Peter Friedman]

[Peter Friedman]

Piano Concerto No.12  and  No.15  Walter Klein

[soulpope]

Suggests that musicians can interpret the composers of their motherland particularly well .... sometimes ....

[HutchFan]

 

4 hours ago, soulpope said:

Suggests that musicians can interpret the composers of their motherland particularly well .... sometimes ....

Yes. 😊 Well put.

 

[Peter Friedman]

Schubert- String Quartet D.32   and  D.804

[T.D.]