What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Brian]

Igor Conducts Igor
Petrushka
Columbia Symphony Orchestra

bedtime after this! 

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Haydn, piano sonata No.39, Richter.

[Que]

Rontgen, Julius (1855-1932) - Chamber Music & Cello Concertos - wonderful music by this forgotten composer - I was intrigued by the use of a chest x-ray on the chamber disc; of course, the discoverer of the x-ray was Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen, who won the Nobel Prize in 1901 - the liner notes claim that Julius was a 'distant relative' - not sure what that means;(...)

From a Dutch source: Julius' grandfather, Johann Engelbert Röntgen, and the father of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen were first cousins and both were born in Lennep, Germany.

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[Que]

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[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Fascinating story ! I myself wondered if there was a link between the composer and the X-Ray inventor, but only gave it a passing thought. I've been immersed in genealogical and history works these days, so this connection just jumped to the mind

A friend of mine always quipped Röntgen - radiant music!

[eyeresist]

Brian, thanks for your reply. Here are some puppies.

[rubio]

Cortot's Chopin hit all the right buttons for me, and the Biddulp transfer is very nice. The 1931 3rd Sonata is one of the many highlights. This is Chopin brimming with Cortot's personality.

[RussellG]

Terrific sonics on this one, recorded in St. Nicholas church, Aachen, 2005:

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

The Bainton is very good. Nothing new, perhaps, but masterfully so (think Bax, Vaughan Williams, Moeran). Still have to listen to the Boughton.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Boughton's symphony was stirring stuff. Now -

Bacewicz, 4th String Quartet (Dafo SQ, Dux)

Marvellous music, very very appealing. The opening reminded me a lot of Strauss's Metamorphosen...

I am falling in love with a Polish lady -

Bacewicz, Concerto for String Orchestra No. 1 (PCO Stanienda)

[sporkadelic]

I'm up earlier than expected this morning (one of those "not a morning person" types) and I figured this would be a good one to start the day.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Edmund Rubbra, Symphony No. 4 (Del Mar/Lyrita)

Widely regarded (in Britain, that is...) as a mid-century masterpiece, this work certainly didn't disappoint me. Four very varied movements of great beauty and power. You sense there is more going on than meets the ear the first time, so the symphony deserves repeated hearings.

[Sergeant Rock]

Sarge

[George]

I'm up earlier than expected this morning (one of those "not a morning person" types) and I figured this would be a good one to start the day.

Very cool, I have never so much as even heard of that one. How is it?

Me, I listened to the first movement of Moravec/Marriner's Mozart PC 20 in d minor on the way to work. I find this interpretation to be a bit too sunny for me.   

[karlhenning]

A little light music!

SHOSTAKOVICH | Symphony No 10
Halle Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

An old friend of mine swears by the Sixth played by those very forces.

[karlhenning]

En route to work this morning, on the Sansa Fuze:

Sergei Sergeyevich
Le pas d'acier, Opus 41
Cologne West German Radio Symphony
Mischa Jurowski

[sporkadelic]

Very cool, I have never so much as even heard of that one. How is it?

I like it a lot, but you have to accept the notion of Grieg's Romantic graffiti applied to the Mozart originals.  The CD didn't stay long in the catalogue, for whatever reason.

[Keemun]

Some days (at work) I decide to listen to music I'm not very familiar with, or music I've not yet heard in hopes of a new discovery.  But today I've decided to listen to my favorites.    Now listening to:

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (Boulez/VPO)

[Jay F]

Brian, thanks for your reply. Here are some puppies.

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[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Pettersson, Symphony No. 15 (Segerstam)

One word - Wow! Schnittke meets Bruckner, and Mahler drops by. I am absolutely in awe of this work, after only one hearing. Simply terrific.