What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[Chuck Nessa]

12 hours ago, Marzz said:

Chuck, I (think) I have the CD of these Quintets? This one, recorded in Spain (Girona) 1975 and issued via Ensayo.

https://www.discogs.com/Boccherini-Quinteto-Boccherini-Three-Quintets-For-Strings-La-Musica-Notturna-Di-Madrid-Minuetto-From/release/10374297

But I've never heard the HNH LP. Was it this one? - https://www.discogs.com/Quintetto-Boccherini-Boccherini-Quintets/release/9651952

 

Here's another partial listing listing of HNH https://www.discogs.com/label/602645-HNH-Records-Incorporated

 

Yes those are the recordings I mentioned. IIRC, the original Ensayo issue was a 2 lp set and we only issued 1 disc.

[ejp626]

Julian Bream - Popular Classics for Spanish Guitar

[T.D.]

[Peter Friedman]

Mendelssohn - String Quartet Op.13

Chopin - 4 Scherzi

[JSngry]

Had this in the car all week, may well leave it in for another.

The "foo foo" factor in Mozart's instrumental music has always seemed to me to be hardwired into it, and/or my reception of it, and normally it hits hard and fast and I just leave the room ASAP.

But not with this set. I can't tell you how or why, but this sounds like music with meat, all meat, not a spec of foo foo. I mean, if I listen for it, I can find it, but the point is, I'm (usually) too absorbed in the meat to even think about the foo foo, much less go looking for it.

This was one helluva band!

And this is one helluva set:

[erwbol]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEbRP6PBqQk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fau_hHNh5ng

Edited August 17, 2019 by erwbol

[erwbol]

Pollini, because I'll be playing nothing but Igor Levit for a while once his complete Beethoven piano sonatas box arrives next month.

[Alexander Hawkins]

3 hours ago, erwbol said:

Pollini, because I'll be playing nothing but Igor Levit for a while once his complete Beethoven piano sonatas box arrives next month.

Astonishing piano playing IMHO. Of course there are many, many versions of these late sonatas I love, but if I had to save one from the flames, it'd be Pollini for me...

[soulpope]

Masterful ....

[Peter Friedman]

Brahms - String Quartet No.1, Op.51/1

Schubert - Symphony No.4, D.417 "Tragic"

[Alexander Hawkins]

No. 4.

[soulpope]

4 hours ago, Alexander Hawkins said:

No. 4.

Excellent ....

[Marzz]

On 8/16/2019 at 6:27 AM, Chuck Nessa said:

Yes those are the recordings I mentioned. IIRC, the original Ensayo issue was a 2 lp set and we only issued 1 disc.

Thanks.

I hadn't noticed before that the 2LP set you mentioned has the complete Op.13, whereas my CD (and others I could locate on the 'net) have only the Minuetto included. There's certainly enough space on the cd. Anyway, gave it a couple of spins this weekend, very enjoyable, spirited performances!

 

NP:  from the Quartetto Italiano Box,

Boccherini Op.6, no.1, (CD18)

Beethoven, Op.59, no.1 (CD22)

 

[soulpope]

Earlier .... :

[Referentzhunter]

[Peter Friedman]

Schubert - Moments musicaux D.780  and  Piano Sonata D.845

 

[Balladeer]

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

[Referentzhunter]

cd 1

Edited August 21, 2019 by Referentzhunter

[Peter Friedman]

1 hour ago, Referentzhunter said:

Excellent. I have a Japanese set on CD.

[Peter Friedman]

[Peter Friedman]

Beethoven - Violin Sonata No.8

Brahms - Piano Quartet No.1

[soulpope]

Earlier .... :

[Peter Friedman]

Op.33/1, Op.33/2  and  Op.33/3

[soulpope]

Earlier today .... :

[Peter Friedman]