Topic: What are you listening to?

[Keemun]

Didn't Mahler leave some doodles on a napkin that were extrapolated into a performing version of his 11th symphony?

[Harry]

Dutch Organs build between 1511-1896.
Volume XVII.
Works by the following composers:
John Stanley, Mozart, played by Jan Jongepier on a Carl Friedrich August Naber organ 1848.
Monn, Stanley, Wesley, played by Jan Jongepier on a Lambertus van Dam & Zn organ 1848.
Haydn, Joseph Hector Fiocco, played by Geert Bierlings on a Petrus van Oeckelen organ 1840-49.
Rinck, Otto Dienel, Mendelssohn, Wilhelm Gottlieb Hauff jr, played by Peter van Dijk on a Petrus van Oeckelen organ 1851.
Theodore Dubois, played by Anja Hendrikx on a Franciscus Cornelius Smits organ 1852.
Mozart, Hummel, Beethoven, Czerny, played by Rob Nederlof on a Johannes Josephus Vollebregt organ 1854.

[Harry]

Dutch Organs between 1511-1896.
Volume XVI.
Works by Ignazio Sperger, Vincenzo Petrali, played by Cor van Wageningen on a Henricus Dominicus Lindsen organ 1831.
Rinck, played by Kees van Eersel on a Luitjen Jacobus and Jacob van Dam organ 1832.
Rheinberger, Schumann and Otto Scherzer, played by Theo Jellema on a Lambertus van Dam & Zn 1842.
CPE Bach, AG Ritter, Beethoven,Mendelssohn, played by Erwin Wieringa on a Johann Heinrich Holtgrave organ 1843.
Stanley, Mozart, played by Jan Jongepier on a Carl Friedrich August Naber organ 1848.

Devastatingly beautiful recorded and performed, a must for every organ lover

[Harry]

Didn't Mahler leave some doodles on a napkin that were extrapolated into a performing version of his 11th symphony?

Yes, how did you know?

[Harry]

Bartók - String Quartets 2, 4 and 6 (Takács)
Nielsen - Symphonies 1 and 2 (Kuchar/Janáček Philharmonic)

What are your votes about the Nielsen box Corey?

[Kullervo]

What are your votes about the Nielsen box Corey?

My introduction to Nielsen, and I'm very happy with it.

[Harry]

My introduction to Nielsen, and I'm very happy with it.

Understandably so, for this inexpensive set offers fairly high quality.

[bhodges]

New World A-Comin' for piano solo & orchestra (13'47)
Sir Roland Hanna (piano) / Stephen Hart (clarinet)
American Composers Orchestra
Maurice Peress (conductor)

Well, given the title and a certain momentous event in the U.S., this would seem like the Piece of the Day.  Comments!  I'm intrigued by the disc in general...

--Bruce

[James]

Well, given the title and a certain momentous event in the U.S., this would seem like the Piece of the Day.  Comments!  I'm intrigued by the disc in general...

--Bruce

If you like Ellington go for it Bruce!

[Keemun]

Suk: Asrael, Symphony in C minor (Neumann/Czech PO)

[erato]

I am still hoping that erato will tell us about 'Weinberger'?

I know of Jaromir Weinberger(1896-1967) but he didn't write symphonies.

Moisei Vainberg or Weinberg(1919-1996) did write an 11th but I don't think that it is on disc.

I meant Weinberg - sorry for the confusion. And I was certain I had it on disc (writing from the office this morning) - but turns out it is the 10th I have. Still hoping for Chandos though.

[Dundonnell]

I meant Weinberg - sorry for the confusion. And I was certain I had it on disc (writing from the office this morning) - but turns out it is the 10th I have. Still hoping for Chandos though.

Thanks for clearing that up I thought that you might have meant Weinberg Chandos starts series like this one and then they sometimes seem to grind to a halt mysteriously I hope this one doesn't but there are so many Weinberg symphonies that I am not optimistic.

[erato]

Thanks for clearing that up I thought that you might have meant Weinberg Chandos starts series like this one and then they sometimes seem to grind to a halt mysteriously I hope this one doesn't but there are so many Weinberg symphonies that I am not optimistic.

I think he is a few up (27) on HB who also has a series that ground to a halt.

I have just listened to the 5th symphony on Chandos, and the vol 2 of string quartets on cpo, both very good discs.

[mozartsneighbor]

Suk: Asrael, Symphony in C minor (Neumann/Czech PO)

What's your opinion on that piece? I am planning to get to know that very soon, after a friend sang it's praises.

[mozartsneighbor]

This evening:

The Gluck arias cd sung by Bartoli is better than I remembered, since on this one she keeps her vocal mannerisms to a minimum and the aria selection is wonderful. The Fauré piano music is a one-disc selection from Stott's complete set, which I am very much inclined to buy given the astounding quality of both the music and the interpreter.
Haydn's emperor quartet includes the tune that is now the anthem of the country where I live. Austria has a lovely national anthem indeed.

[Opus106]

Currently: The voice in my head urging me to buy a copy of the WTC. (Book 1, at the least.)

[k a rl h e nn i ng]

Igor Fyodorovich
The Rake's Progress

[Opus106]

Haydn's emperor quartet includes the tune that is now the anthem of the country where I live. Austria has a lovely national anthem indeed.

I didn't know Austria and Germany shared the tune.

I knew the German anthem's tune even before I began listening to western classical: thanks to the Schumacher years in Formula 1 in the early years of this decade. 

[mozartsneighbor]

Currently: The voice in my head urging me to buy a copy of the WTC. (Book 1, at the least.)

Is it just one voice, or are there several, each suggesting a different interpreter?
The voice in my head has taken the cue from yours and is telling me to listen to Book 1 of WTC too. It wants Richter playing. I guess I will have to comply.

[Opus106]

Is it just one voice, or are there several, each suggesting a different interpreter?

That would be like quasi-fugue, wouldn't it? One voice and only one choice, unfortunately. I know I can get my hands on the Gould discs. And it's pretty cheap, too, compared to the Amazon price - my standard for low prices. Cheaper than the mp3 album, in fact.