What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[Peter Friedman]

[T.D.]

I am a fan of Grumiaux, and he's especially good in Mozart.

[mikeweil]

Yesterday:

Absolutely fantastic recordings!

[T.D.]

One of my best recording buys of 2025

[T.D.]

Indicative of my bad taste (Bach purists would recoil in horror - for instance https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-11709/ )

Edited Tuesday at 03:28 AM by T.D.

[Peter Friedman]

11 hours ago, T.D. said:

Indicative of my bad taste (Bach purists would recoil in horror - for instance https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-11709/ )

T.D. I have not heard Maria Tipo play Bach, but my clear Preference is for piano , not harpsichord.

This Kempff CD  a fine example.

[T.D.]

Peter, I also prefer Bach on piano. I do own a handful of harpsichord recordings, incl. Hantai's Goldberg Variations and Suzuki's Kunst der Fuge (the latter of which I really enjoy).

Don't have any Bach by Kempff, but his Beethoven sonata cycle is my favorite.

I have a bunch of Bach piano recordings. Listen to Sergey Schepkin the most. Other pianists include Feltsman, Schiff, Feinberg, Gould, Tipo and Martins, the latter two of whom are known for idiosyncratic interpretations (maybe Gould is in that category too, but he's much more respected 🙂).

[Peter Friedman]

2 hours ago, T.D. said:

Peter, I also prefer Bach on piano. I do own a handful of harpsichord recordings, incl. Hantai's Goldberg Variations and Suzuki's Kunst der Fuge (the latter of which I really enjoy).

Don't have any Bach by Kempff, but his Beethoven sonata cycle is my favorite.

I have a bunch of Bach piano recordings. Listen to Sergey Schepkin the most. Other pianists include Feltsman, Schiff, Feinberg, Gould, Tipo and Martins, the latter two of whom are known for idiosyncratic interpretations (maybe Gould is in that category too, but he's much more respected 🙂).

T.D. In the last few years I have been doing a lot of streaming. Here are some Bach piano recording artists  I have listened to over the past  (roughly)3 years:

Pires, Hewitt, Kissin, Mejoueva, Anderszwski,Friere, Cobasso, Tharaud, Okonsar, Nikolayeva, Goode, Haebler

[Peter Friedman]

[T.D.]

6 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

T.D. In the last few years I have been doing a lot of streaming. Here are some Bach piano recording artists  I have listened to over the past  (roughly)3 years:

Pires, Hewitt, Kissin, Mejoueva, Anderszwski,Friere, Cobasso, Tharaud, Okonsar, Nikolayeva, Goode, Haebler

Good list. I'll definitely try to hear more Kissin. I've listened to his Bach-Busoni Chaconne on youtube a few times and think it's the best I've heard. When I lived in/near NYC and attended a lot of concerts, Kissin was one of the biggest star soloists at Carnegie Hall.

[psu_13]

Pacifica Quartet and the Cavatina Duo. River of Fire.

[Peter Friedman]

Op.18/1  and  Op.18/2

[mikeweil]

Last night disc 1, disc 2 tonight:

[HutchFan]

Disc 5 - Piano Concertos by Mozart (Nos. 20 & 24) and Beethoven (No. 3)
with Igor Markevitch & the Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux

 

[T.D.]

Japanese CD twofer (UCCD-9687/8) of Grumiaux and Haskil playing Mozart violin sonatas K.378, K.304, K.376, K.301, K.454 and K.526

I can't find an image. It seems to be a combination of 2 previously released single discs. I bought this because (at the time) it was the easiest way to get the K.454 and K.526.

I already had (still do) this recording of the other 4:

[Peter Friedman]