What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[soulpope]

[soulpope]

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

[mikeweil]

Andrea de Carlo's fourth release in the Alessandro Stradella Project, excellent as its predecessors. Fantastic singers, and quite different from the previously available recording of this oratorio, as it omits the violin parts and thus the sinfonia that obviously were added after thecomposer's death and are not on the level of his craft. Stradella's imagination in scoring continuo parts is unsurpassed, in my opinion. 

[soulpope]

5 hours ago, mikeweil said:

Andrea de Carlo's fourth release in the Alessandro Stradella Project, excellent as its predecessors. Fantastic singers, and quite different from the previously available recording of this oratorio, as it omits the violin parts and thus the sinfonia that obviously were added after thecomposer's death and are not on the level of his craft. Stradella's imagination in scoring continuo parts is unsurpassed, in my opinion. 

Impressive cover art too ....

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

Schubert: Klaviersonate Nr. 21 B-Dur, D.960 / Géza Anda (DGG)

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[soulpope]

[Peter Friedman]

24 Preludes Op.28

[soulpope]

[soulpope]

Still wondering why this superb recording is not shouted from the rooftops ....

[Peter Friedman]

Op.47 "Kreutzer"

[Peter Friedman]

Oistrakh - Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante K.364

Bruch - String Octet

[Larry Kart]

Oistrakh K. 364 

[Balladeer]

Kate Lindsey with Baptiste Trotignon - Thousands of Miles (Alpha)



[soulpope]

Earlier today .... :

[nemo7]

jerry goldsmith/planet of the apes/the hunt

[erwbol]

Ronald Brautigam: Beethoven the Complete Sonatas

Sonata No.17 in D minor, Op.31 No.2

Sturm im Wasserglas Sonata 

Edited June 4, 2017 by erwbol

[Peter Friedman]

Haydn - String Quartet Op.33/6 and Op.42

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.2

[erwbol]

3 hours ago, erwbol said:

Ronald Brautigam: Beethoven the Complete Sonatas

Sonata No.17 in D minor, Op.31 No.2

Sturm im Wasserglas Sonata 

Now Op. 28 Pastorale.

[HutchFan]

James Levine Conducts Mahler (RCA/Sony)
Disc 4: Symphony No. 7 / Chicago SO 

[Peter Friedman]

Piano Quintet Op.81

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

James Levine Conducts Mahler (RCA/Sony)
Disc 4: Symphony No. 7 / Chicago SO 

Levine has an interesting approach to Mahler - and the 7th being (IMO) the jewel in the crown ....

[HutchFan]

1 hour ago, soulpope said:

Levine has an interesting approach to Mahler - and the 7th being (IMO) the jewel in the crown ....

Yes, it's an excellent performance of the Seventh.  I would probably choose the Third as my favorite performance in Levine's set.  The Fourth is very strong too.

IMO, these three works are Levine's most convincing performances.