What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[Peter Friedman]

Disc 2 - D.960

[alankin]

Now playing, CD 12:
Frédéric Chopin 
– Barcarolle for Piano in F sharp major B.158 Op.60
– 12 Etudes for Piano Op.10
– 12 Etudes for Piano Op.25
Alfred Cortot (EMI Classics)

 

[Peter Friedman]

[A Lark Ascending]

The 'Sea Symphony'. Never my favourite RVW - always sounds like a bunch of public school boys and girls playing at being sailors (admittedly the sort of sailor likely to gaze skyward and mumble things about 'the soul'). RVW in his best rumi-cum-roar-um mode at the start. But it sounded nice whilst decorating - one needs to commune with the beyond when sticking on masking tape. .

The two symphs. The 3rd is pleasant without remaining long in my mind; but the 4th is a Late-Romantic gem, very much of the world of Mahler or very early Schoenberg ' - 'Further Adventures of the Verklarte Nacht couple'. 

SQ 1 off latter.

Edited November 25, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[soulpope]

Lovely .... to say the least ....

[alankin]

Now playing, CD 15:
André Previn – Concerto for Guitar
Manuel Ponce – Concierto del Sur for Guitar
— John Williams (guitar) – London Symphony Orchestra – André Previn (piano) (Columbia / Sony Classical)

 
 

[JSngry]

 

Interesting...

[Peter Friedman]

No.1, Op.2/1 and No.2, Op.2/2

[Peter Friedman]

Symphony No.3 and "Youth" Symphony

[StarThrower]

[Peter Friedman]

Beethoven - Violin Sonata No.8, Op.30/3

Sibelius - Symphony No.6

[soulpope]

5 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

Symphony No.3 and "Youth" Symphony

!!

[StarThrower]

^^^

Just got the Mariss Jansons Rachmaninov box on Warner Classics.

 

NP:

 

[A Lark Ascending]

Parts 1 - 3. Time to let the reindeer loose.

Edited November 26, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[JSngry]

certainly not easy music or an easy opinion about it.

[Balladeer]

Todd Levy (clarinet) & Elena Abend (piano): Brahms & Schumann (Avie)

[Peter Friedman]

Piano Sonata No.3, Op.2/3 and No.4, Op.7

[alankin]

Now playing, CD 37 "Live in Japan":
Frédéric Chopin – Introduction and Polonaise for Cello and Piano in C major Op.3
César Franck – Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major M 8
Claude Debussy – Sonata for Cello and Piano
Frédéric Chopin – Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor B.160 Op.65
— Martha Argerich (piano), Mischa Maisky (cello) (Deutsche Grammophon)

 
 

[StarThrower]

[MomsMobley]

to the extent a harpsichordist can be 'hyped'... Mehan Esfahani deserves it.

this is marketing / promo but I can't fault it for being so; his new Goldberg Var is excellent also.

 

[A Lark Ascending]

Parts 4-6 of the Chrimbo sing-a-long. 

[manfred]

Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri. 

 

[mikeweil]

I was very much excited about this when I heard of this release but I am a bit underwhelmed - I do not like the sound of the room, a small church whose naked raw stone wall acoustic has a very short reverb time which kind of doubles the sound of each string plucked. I like the harpsichord, which shows that French builders of the time where up to par with the Flemish. Delage is one to watch, I am sure he will be one of the most important harpsichord players in years to come; not all of his takes on these well-known pieces do convince me, he sounds a bit rushed in some, although this suits his view of Couperin's second book as voluptuous music emphasizing sound over structure very well. I just wish the recording would have a more intimate sound, this here sounds a bit hard. Still, a very dedicated and personal vision of some great music worth a listen.

[soulpope]

4 hours ago, mikeweil said:

I was very much excited about this when I heard of this release but I am a bit underwhelmed - I do not like the sound of the room, a small church whose naked raw stone wall acoustic has a very short reverb time which kind of doubles the sound of each string plucked. I like the harpsichord, which shows that French builders of the time where up to par with the Flemish. Delage is one to watch, I am sure he will be one of the most important harpsichord players in years to come; not all of his takes on these well-known pieces do convince me, he sounds a bit rushed in some, although this suits his view of Couperin's second book as voluptuous music emphasizing sound over structure very well. I just wish the recording would have a more intimate sound, this here sounds a bit hard. Still, a very dedicated and personal vision of some great music worth a listen.

Thnx for sharing your impressions ....

[Peter Friedman]

 

 

 

Edited November 27, 2016 by Peter Friedman