What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[Referentzhunter]

 

 

 

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, Referentzhunter said:

thriftstore-joy

 

 

Outstanding ....

[HutchFan]

You can't go wrong with Charles Munch & the BSO performing this sort of French repertoire.

 

[Chuck Nessa]

Just now, HutchFan said:

You can't go wrong with Charles Munch & the BSO performing this sort of French repertoire.

 

As you might suspect, I have the big RCA box and the "Warner Classics" set.

[HutchFan]

25 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said:

As you might suspect, I have the big RCA box and the "Warner Classics" set.

 

I wish I'd ordered the RCA set when it was available! ... Over the last few weeks, I've ordered the Munch Conducts Berlioz and Munch Conducts Romantic Masterworks budget sets as substitutes. I already had many of these recordings (particularly the Berlioz), but I decided to order the sets anyway and then give the duplicates to a friend of mine.

I wish Sony/RCA would do a comparable Munch conduct French Masterworks budget set that would scoop up his RCA Debussy, Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Franck, Honegger, Roussel, etc.  Again, I have many of these already -- notably Munch's Ravel on a couple SACDs, which I will NEVER give away -- but it would be convenient to have all of it in a box.

... Per your recommendation, I still have my eye on the Munch Warner set.  

 

By the way, Chuck, have you (or others) read Kern Holoman's biography of Munch?

Seems like it might be interesting.  

Holoman's biography of Berlioz was very good indeed.  But I've not read his Munch book.

 

Edited June 23, 2020 by HutchFan

[HutchFan]

I'm now listening to Ashkenazy's excellent recording of Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony with the Concertgebouw, as heard on this set:

[Chuck Nessa]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

 

I wish I'd ordered the RCA set when it was available! ... Over the last few weeks, I've ordered the Munch Conducts Berlioz and Munch Conducts Romantic Masterworks budget sets as substitutes. I already had many of these recordings (particularly the Berlioz), but I decided to order the sets anyway and then give the duplicates to a friend of mine.

I wish Sony/RCA would do a comparable Munch conduct French Masterworks budget set that would scoop up his RCA Debussy, Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Franck, Honegger, Roussel, etc.  Again, I have many of these already -- notably Munch's Ravel on a couple SACDs, which I will NEVER give away -- but it would be convenient to have all of it in a box.

... Per your recommendation, I still have my eye on the Munch Warner set.  

 

By the way, Chuck, have you (or others) read Kern Holoman's biography of Munch?

Seems like it might be interesting.  

Holoman's biography of Berlioz was very good indeed.  But I've not read his Munch book.

 

No, for the book. I got the big box when issued for a bit over $2 a disc. Have a bunch of singles to dispose of.

[mikeweil]

5 hours ago, Referentzhunter said:

 

 

 

That's a great recording of fascinating music. Ave Maria in a 9-beat rhythm divided 3-2-2-2 ........

[soulpope]

Sinopoli`s shining hour .... superb performance indeed ....

[soulpope]

Speaking of shining hours ....

[soulpope]

[Peter Friedman]

Disc 2 - String Quartets No.4, Op.137 and No.8, Op.192,3

[Peter Friedman]

Beethoven - Op.18/5   -  Georg Schumann - Cello Sonata Op.19

[soulpope]

Classic recording ....

[soulpope]

[soulpope]

Happy B-Day Kurt Schwertsik ...

[soulpope]

[soulpope]

[Balladeer]

Francisco Bernier - Vals sin Nombre (Contrastes)

[Peter Friedman]

No.1, Op.1/1  and  No.2, Op.1/2

[Marzz]

Starting the day with the Bach Cello Suites (Ophélie Gaillard)

Edited June 25, 2020 by Marzz

[soulpope]

[soulpope]

6 hours ago, Marzz said:

Starting the day with the Bach Cello Suites (Ophélie Gaillard)

Excellent ....

[Referentzhunter]

On 24-6-2020 at 3:03 AM, mikeweil said:

That's a great recording of fascinating music. Ave Maria in a 9-beat rhythm divided 3-2-2-2 ........

immense, totally fascinating recording indeed ! Thank you for adding the 9-beat rhythm information.

[soulpope]