What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[Д.Д.]

7 hours ago, Marzz said:

 

Not familiar with the performers, but this Janacek sonata is gorgeous. The first classical CD I bought was of Janacek and Prokofiev piano & violin sonatas! 

[soulpope]

9 hours ago, Marzz said:

  Will have to play that one later! 

 

NP. 

Excellent ....

[HutchFan]

NP:

Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas / Rudolf Buchbinder (Teldec)

Disc 1
- Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2/3
- Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major ('Grand Sonata'), Op. 7
- Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10/2
- Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14/1

 

 

Earlier:

Outstanding. 

[soulpope]

56 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

NP:

Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas / Rudolf Buchbinder (Teldec)

Disc 1
- Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2/3
- Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major ('Grand Sonata'), Op. 7
- Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10/2
- Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14/1

What do you think about Buchbinder`s Beethoven .... ?

[HutchFan]

2 minutes ago, soulpope said:

What do you think about Buchbinder`s Beethoven .... ?

I like Buchbinder's Teldec cycle very much.  (I haven't heard his more recent live cycle on RCA.)  IMO, he's at his best in the early- and middle-period sonatas.

I think of him as a "down-the-middle"-type interpreter (like Brendel, maybe?) -- but with a lyrical streak.  His lyricism and sense of time are what initially caught my ear.

[Peter Friedman]

The Schubert Appeggione Sonata here is outstanding.

[soulpope]

44 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

I like Buchbinder's Teldec cycle very much.  (I haven't heard his more recent live cycle on RCA.)  IMO, he's at his best in the early- and middle-period sonatas.

I think of him as a "down-the-middle"-type interpreter (like Brendel, maybe?) -- but with a lyrical streak.  His lyricism and sense of time are what initially caught my ear.

Thnx for your feedback .... "down-the-middle" hits the spot of my sentiment .... still quite an achievement to play the music this way at all, but not my favorite approach .....

[Rooster_Ties]

18 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

I agree completely. This, and a number of Ives pieces, can absorb different approaches. I also have the 4th by Serebrier.

John Adam’s conducting Germany’s ‘Ensemble Modern’ (Ives 4) is my go-to recording, fwiw.

It’s an expanded orchestra-size group, and not the typically smaller chamber-size Ensemble Modern config (but the EM is at its core).

A bit tricky to find on CD (I ordered  mine directly from the EM website 15+ years ago), but there are download options available - though be careful, I understand some download sites only have like 15-seconds(!) of the second movement (and the free streaming version on YouTube is the same).

The CD version (which I have) is just 30 minutes long - but was worth every single penny (imho).

https://www.discogs.com/Charles-Ives-Fourth-Symphony/release/8369773

[HutchFan]

6 minutes ago, Rooster_Ties said:

John Adam’s conducting Germany’s ‘Ensemble Modern’ (Ives 4) is my go-to recording, fwiw.

It’s an expanded orchestra-size group, and not the typically smaller chamber-size Ensemble Modern config (but the EM is at its core).

A bit tricky to find on CD (I ordered  mine directly from the EM website 15+ years ago), but there are download options available - though be careful, I understand some download sites only have like 15-seconds(!) of the second movement (and the free streaming version on YouTube is the same).

The CD version (which I have) is just 30 minutes long - but was worth every single penny (imho).

https://www.discogs.com/Charles-Ives-Fourth-Symphony/release/8369773

I like that version very much too!

 

 

[Peter Friedman]

2 hours ago, soulpope said:

What do you think about Buchbinder`s Beethoven .... ?

Actually Buchbinder's Beethoven piano Sonatas are among my very favorites. I have his box set on RCA and am highly pleased with it.

[Д.Д.]

2 hours ago, Rooster_Ties said:

John Adam’s conducting Germany’s ‘Ensemble Modern’ (Ives 4) is my go-to recording, fwiw.

It’s an expanded orchestra-size group, and not the typically smaller chamber-size Ensemble Modern config (but the EM is at its core).

A bit tricky to find on CD (I ordered  mine directly from the EM website 15+ years ago), but there are download options available - though be careful, I understand some download sites only have like 15-seconds(!) of the second movement (and the free streaming version on YouTube is the same).

The CD version (which I have) is just 30 minutes long - but was worth every single penny (imho).

https://www.discogs.com/Charles-Ives-Fourth-Symphony/release/8369773

Yes, you're right, 2nd movement )Allegretto) only 12 seconds long on Spotify! I sent a request to Ensemble Modern to make it at least 24 seconds.  

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, Peter Friedman said:

Actually Buchbinder's Beethoven piano Sonatas are among my very favorites. I have his box set on RCA and am highly pleased with it.

Thnx for your feedback .... btw I believe we are blessed having a number of hear worthy Beethoven piano cycles on offer ....

[Peter Friedman]

Beethoven - Op18/6

Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings Op.48

[Marzz]

On 4/27/2020 at 3:21 AM, Д.Д. said:

Not familiar with the performers, but this Janacek sonata is gorgeous. The first classical CD I bought was of Janacek and Prokofiev piano & violin sonatas! 

Oh yes it is! I think this performance is wonderful as well. I like Isabelle Faust very much and have most of her recordings. This and her Bartok recordings are favourites.

EDIT: yes, as Mr. soulpope commented it is excellent indeed 

 

playing Bartok now,

Edited April 28, 2020 by Marzz

[Referentzhunter]

Kk 268 t/m 286

[soulpope]

Thereof the Violin Concerto .... surprising indeed - "must have" performance ....

[soulpope]

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[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

Discs 4 & 5
"Bleeding Chunks" from Wagner's operas:
- Das Rheingold
- Die Walküre
- Götterdämmerung
- Tristan und Isolde
- Tannhäuser
- Rienzi
- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Music that plays to Stokowski's strengths as a conductor: Color! Mood!! Drama!!! 

 

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

Disc 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 and Khachaturian: Symphony No. 3 - with the Chicago SO

Disc 10
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade - with the Royal PO

Edited April 29, 2020 by HutchFan

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[soulpope]

Clouds but still no rain in Vienna .... :