What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[mjzee]

Reinhard Goebel complete Archiv box, disc 47.

[mjzee]

Disc 5.

[Ron S]

Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 4 / Piano Sonata No. 27 / 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor

Ivan Moravec (piano), Martin Turnovsky, Orchestra of the Vienna Musikverein (VAI Audio)

[Ron S]

Beethoven, Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-10

Isabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (piano) (Harmonia Mundi)

[soulpope]

6 hours ago, Ron S said:

Beethoven, Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-10

Isabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (piano) (Harmonia Mundi)

Excellent .....

[mikeweil]

I am somewhat disappointed. The label used a modern Steinwaay D piano, ignoring the fact that its sound and touch are quite different from the pianos when these recordings were made. Some subleties are lost, the magic the Condon Collection recordings transmit is lost.

[Peter Friedman]

Dvorak - String Quartets No.13  and  No.14

[HutchFan]

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 21 & 28, performed by Emil Gilels (DG)

 

The record I'm playing is a "Bonus LP" that came with Gilels' set of Brahms' piano concertos with Jochum:

[HutchFan]

More LvB piano sonatas:

Bruce Hungerford - The Beethoven Legacy: Piano Sonatas (Piano Classics; originally released on Vanguard)

Disc 1
- Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique"
- Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"
- Sonata No. 17 "Sturm"
- Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein"

Hungerford plays the Hits!   

 

[JSngry]

2 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Hungerford plays the Hits!   

Glenn Gould made a similarly themed album and penned his own liner notes, which are genuinely hilarious!

Both the record and the liner notes are highly recommended!

[HutchFan]

51 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Glenn Gould made a similarly themed album and penned his own liner notes, which are genuinely hilarious!

Both the record and the liner notes are highly recommended!

Interesting!  I'll check it out. 👍

 

[JSngry]

28 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Interesting!  I'll check it out. 👍

 

Not sure if those liner notes are found on other issues, so shop carefully!

[mikeweil]

[JSngry]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

Not sure if those liner notes are found on other issues, so shop carefully!

What I should have added is that Gould takes a comically cynical air of condescension towards these "hits", like, hey everybody's gotta eat, and then plays them in such a way as to prove his point. I swear it's a veryhi-concept comedy album! But only with the notes...

I like Gould a lot, and if that's because I never learned why I shouldn't, hey...oh well.

[Chuck Nessa]

2 hours ago, JSngry said:

Not sure if those liner notes are found on other issues, so shop carefully!

This box reprints the liner texts in the massive book.

[JSngry]

Are they considered humorous? I LMAOed, but maybe that's just me.

What cinches it for me is how he plays them exactly like he critiques them in the notes. He didn't have to do it like that. It's like a total throwing of shade.

[Chuck Nessa]

56 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Are they considered humorous? I LMAOed, but maybe that's just me.

What cinches it for me is how he plays them exactly like he critiques them in the notes. He didn't have to do it like that. It's like a total throwing of shade.

Not just you.

[JSngry]

Now we know what to give for Christmas!

[Peter Friedman]

Mozart - String Quartet K.458  Juilliard String Quartet (Epic)

Mozart - String Quartet K.499  Juilliard String Quartet  (Orfeo)

[Referentzhunter]

[Referentzhunter]

On 6/18/2024 at 3:22 AM, mjzee said:

Kurt Masur - The Complete Warner Classics Edition, disc 60.

I'm finding that Teldec recorded the orchestra a little too far away - there's more room reverberation than if miked closer, therefore more echo and less detail.  Do you think differently?  Just curious.

oehh difficult question. I think i understand what you mean by room reverberation and echo but i definetely hear everything, love the echo ! The violin does sound a little distant sometimes maybe ... from what i remember.

 

[Peter Friedman]

Piano Trio D.897, D.28  and Arpeggione Sonata

[Peter Friedman]

[Peter Friedman]

Beethoven- Piano Sonatas No.2, 16, 24, 30 

[HutchFan]

 

 

On 6/20/2024 at 1:04 AM, JSngry said:

Now we know what to give for Christmas!

Jim, I'll keep an eye out for it under my Christmas tree.