What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[Peter Friedman]

Back from a trip to Chicago to visit family. 

[JSngry]

Welcome back!

[HutchFan]

Disc 2

 

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

More Chopin:

Disc 5 - Nocturnes

 

[HutchFan]

From my Ives site:

Many years after publishing the work, Ives remarked that the "Concord" Sonata was his one work that never seemed finished; it was a perpetual work in motion, a continual improvisation: "I don't know as I shall ever write [my improvisations] out, as it may take away the daily pleasure of playing this music and seeing it grow and feeling that it is not finished... I may always have the pleasure of not finishing it..."

. . . 

I love that quote, that way of thinking about music.  It's a jazz-like way of relating to music rather than a stance one normally associates with "classical" music.

 

[Peter Friedman]

Spohr - Symphonies No.4  & 5

[Chuck Nessa]

6 hours ago, HutchFan said:

From my Ives site:

Many years after publishing the work, Ives remarked that the "Concord" Sonata was his one work that never seemed finished; it was a perpetual work in motion, a continual improvisation: "I don't know as I shall ever write [my improvisations] out, as it may take away the daily pleasure of playing this music and seeing it grow and feeling that it is not finished... I may always have the pleasure of not finishing it..."

. . . 

I love that quote, that way of thinking about music.  It's a jazz-like way of relating to music rather than a stance one normally associates with "classical" music.

 

Thanks, I spent over an hour rummaging thru the Ives pages.

[Peter Friedman]

Symphonies No.1  and No.2

[HutchFan]

3 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Thanks, I spent over an hour rummaging thru the Ives pages.

Excellent.   

 

[Peter Friedman]

Haydn - Op.50/4,,  Op.50/5,   Op.50/6  -Amarti Quartet

[mikeweil]

Last night before going to sleep:

The latter two contain extremely beautiful music in excellent performances!

[mjzee]

Riccardo Muti - The Complete Warner Symphonic Recordings, disc 72.

[HutchFan]

NP:

[HutchFan]

Next up:

A powerful version of RVW's Fifth.

 

[HutchFan]

I'm now streaming Chopin's Ballades as performed by Samson François:

 

[Peter Friedman]

[Peter Friedman]

Beethoven - Piano Sonatas No.1,  No.2,  No.3

[HutchFan]

- Scriabin: Le Poeme de l'Extase
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Op.34
- Dvořák: Slavonic Dance in E Minor, Op.72 No.2

 

as heard in this set:

Edited June 26 by HutchFan

[HutchFan]

NP:

Disc 2 - Works by Albert Roussel:
- Symphony No.2 in B Flat, Op. 23
- Pour une Fête de Printemps, Op.22
- Symphony No.3 in G Minor, Op.42

 

[Peter Friedman]

[Referentzhunter]

On 6/23/2025 at 11:29 PM, HutchFan said:

Disc 2

 

Very good Chopin pianist ! 

[Referentzhunter]

Barock music often appears to be soulless. Not on this recording ...

Edited June 26 by Referentzhunter

[HutchFan]

32 minutes ago, Referentzhunter said:

Very good Chopin pianist ! 

Yes, I agree.   

 

[Referentzhunter]