What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Que]

Q

[springrite]

Being very much a Taoist, I wonder what this music is like. I have the piano concerto and, knowing the composer's language, I know it won't sound Taoist in the least, but I still wonder...

[Wanderer]

First time listening to:



Lovely music sung to perfection.



Got this mainly for the Medtner lieder; an excellent recital.



Good but nothing exceptional. I expected the orchestra to be better than the pianist, but surprisingly there are moments when the mighty Concertgebouw sounds indecisive and heavy-handed. Who is this conductor?

[Harry]

Very nice, Harry! I like the a minor quartet very much.   

Yes isn't it?
I wonder about so much chamber music coming my way, and finding so much quality.

[Harry]

And to make matters even more difficult for Que, I am now playing the fourth disc of this set, and what can I say, I am salivating..... Don't even look further if you desire works from Marais, this is the set to have to hold to cherish, no doubt about it.

[karlhenning]

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 - Jansons/Pittsburgh SO

Very good!

[Harry]

Again surprised by the beautiful sounds that come of this twofar, released by Brilliant and a bargain any time.
The harpsichord is captured in excellent sound, performed by people that clearly care for this music.

Some music samples.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/SESSIONID/737dd5f50e6c143b650b9826c587d8fc/classic/detail/-/art/The-Forqueray-Family-Kammermusik-f-Viola-d-Gamba-Cembalo/hnum/8175933

[Harry]

Nikolai Miaskovsky.

Symphony No. 17, &  No. 20.

Fine works. I slowly find the essence of this composer, and it is akin to my notions of orchestral beauty.

Some music samples from this box

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Nikolai-Miaskowsky-Symphonien-Nr-1-27/hnum/3261078

[Harry]

This one arrived this morning, and what I can say its a state of the art recording.
And the music is quite something, meaning very special, beginning with the excellent sonata for two Violins in A minor, a fine key to write in. This is going to be a interesting journey through some music of this composer, of which I have very little. Naxos is changing that, and with excellent musicians.

Some music samples

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Eugene-Ysaye-Streichtrio-Le-Chimay/hnum/3475775

[SonicMan46]

Beethoven - Complete String Trios

Adaskin String Trio (Emlyn Ngai (violin); Steve Larson (viola); Mark Fraser (cello))

MUICA OMNIA mo0106

Nice option for Beethoven's string trios.

Antoine - will be quite interested in your comments on these works on the Musica Omnia label!  I have a couple of sets already but have been enjoying the releases by Watchorn's label - Dave 

 

[George]

Violin Sonatas by Busoni, Bartok, Brahms  

Great stuff, though listening to this music revealed that I have blown out yet another pair of Senneheiser MX500 earbuds, the second pair in the last 3 months. 

[ChamberNut]

Antoine - will be quite interested in your comments on these works on the Musica Omnia label!  I have a couple of sets already but have been enjoying the releases by Watchorn's label - Dave 

 

Dave, I have and love that Zurich Trio set! 

[Florestan]

Antoine - will be quite interested in your comments on these works on the Musica Omnia label!  I have a couple of sets already but have been enjoying the releases by Watchorn's label - Dave 

 

One might add this one, which is also excellent:

[Harry]

Oscar Strauss.
Operetta in three acts.
Libretto by Felix Dormann & Leopold Jacobson, after a novello "Nur der Prinzgemahl"by Hans Muller.

Soloists: Kurt Grosskurth, Kathe Graus, Peter Alexander, Herbert Ernst Groh, Hans Putz, Willy Hofmann, Lilian Benningsen, Hans Olsen, Hans Hansen, Herta Talmar, Gretl Wachter, Friedel Munzer.

Sunshine Quartet, Choir der Musikhochschule Koln, Kolner Rundfunkorchester, Franz Marszalek.
Recorded in 1954.

A most excellent recording from this operetta, well sung, and remastered.
Some music samples.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Oscar-Straus-Ein-Walzertraum/hnum/1452228

[pi2000]

Il matrimonio segreto
Domenico Cimarosa

Arleen Augér (Carolina)
Julia Varady (Elisetta)
Julia Hamari (Fidalma)
Ryland Davies (Paolino)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Geronimo)
Alberto Rinaldi (Comte Robinson)
English Chamber Orchestra
Direction Daniel Barenboïm

Brilliant Opera Collection

Very nice recording!

[not edward]

The Third really is great fun, particularly in a performance like this one.

[Keemun]

Mahler
Symphony No. 4
Szell
Cleveland Orchestra
Judith Raskin

[CD]

Musical chicken soup.

[Opus106]

How about I join you, Corey, in listening to music from the Couperin family?

Louis Couperin
Suites and Pavane (currently, one in A minor, with a prelude in the style of Mr. Froberger)
Gustav Leonhardt

[Franco]

Schoenberg: Three Pieces for Piano
Pollini