What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[Peter Friedman]

Haebler - Mozart Piano Quartet No.2, K.493

Ferras - Brahms Violin Sonata No.1, Op.78

[soulpope]

[Peter Friedman]

Schubert - Symphony No.3, D.200

Rontgen - Piano Trios No.9 & No.10

[Alexander Hawkins]

Edited May 18, 2018 by Alexander Hawkins

[soulpope]

18 minutes ago, Alexander Hawkins said:

You`re obviously on a adventurous Janacek journey  ....

[Alexander Hawkins]

I am indeed. Various pieces I've known and loved for a long while, but was only passingly familiar with most of the operas; so have been listening to these virtually non-stop for weeks (it seems!) now. I don't think it had ever quite sunk in just how *individual* Janacek was/is. And the sound of the Czech orchestras, and language, is just another reason...incredible...

[soulpope]

8 minutes ago, Alexander Hawkins said:

I am indeed. Various pieces I've known and loved for a long while, but was only passingly familiar with most of the operas; so have been listening to these virtually non-stop for weeks (it seems!) now. I don't think it had ever quite sunk in just how *individual* Janacek was/is. And the sound of the Czech orchestras, and language, is just another reason...incredible...

Agree about the sound of Czech Ocherstras (of the past) .... obviously I`m biased regarding the language`s beauty  ....

[Peter Friedman]

Herzogenberg - Cello Sonata No.2, Op.64

Saint-Saens - Symphony No.1, Op.2

[Peter Friedman]

Chopin - Scherzos

Dvorak - String Quartet No.13, Op.106

[soulpope]

[mikeweil]

Beautiful music, excellently played, on two wonderful instruments, in perfect recorded sound - nothing left to ask for.

http://www.encelade.net/index.php/en/

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, mikeweil said:

Beautiful music, excellently played, on two wonderful instruments, in perfect recorded sound - nothing left to ask for.

http://www.encelade.net/index.php/en/

This looks tasty indeed ....

[Peter Friedman]

Gade - Violin Sonata No.3, Op.59

Ries - Piano Quartet  Op.17

[Balladeer]

Robert Fürstenthal - Songs and Ballads of Life and Passing (Toccata)

[soulpope]

14 minutes ago, Balladeer said:

Robert Fürstenthal - Songs and Ballads of Life and Passing (Toccata)

Great singing by Rafael Fingerlos ....

[Peter Friedman]

Symphony in F Major "Urbs Roma" and Symphony No.3 "Organ"

[HutchFan]

On 5/11/2018 at 2:56 PM, soulpope said:

That looks interesting!

 

 

NP:

Brahms: Lieder / Margaret Price, James Lockhart (Orfeo)
Exquisite in every way.

[HutchFan]

Now spinning this LP, prompted by soulpope's Géza Anda records earlier in this thread:

I love the absolute directness of Anda's Chopin playing. No perfume, no fussiness. "Manly" Chopin.

Not that other approaches to this music are off-track. It's just that Anda draws out aspects of this music that others sometimes overlook -- a sort of pithy strength.

Edited May 20, 2018 by HutchFan

[soulpope]

5 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Now spinning this LP, prompted by soulpope's Géza Anda records earlier in this thread:

I love the absolute directness of Anda's Chopin playing. No perfume, no fussiness. "Manly" Chopin.

Not that other approaches to this music are off-track. It's just that Anda draws out aspects of this music that others sometimes overlook -- a sort of pithy strength.

Geza Anda superb with Chopin .... btw he ain't no slouch with Schumann and Schubert either ....

[soulpope]

Also his Beethoven + Brahms a revelation ....

[soulpope]

11 hours ago, HutchFan said:

NP:

Brahms: Lieder / Margaret Price, James Lockhart (Orfeo)
Exquisite in every way.

To me one of the best female "Lieder" performers ever ...

[Peter Friedman]

Schubert - Piano Sonata D.894

Saint-Saens - Piano Concert No.2, Op.22

[soulpope]

[Peter Friedman]

Beethoven - Symphony No.6 "Pastoral"

[soulpope]

Schubert Piano Sonata D 960 Richard Goode (Nonesuch) 1985 .... very good ....