What are you listening to now?

[aligreto]

I have more or less, on CD and LP, most recordings of any Pettersson symphony ever issued, and the Lindbergh series is great and pretty differenet in their intimate and transparent textures.

Thank you for that 

[SymphonicAddict]

Agreed to all!

+2

[Malx]

Rameau, Pieces de Clavecin 1724 - Blandine Rannou.

Played with a wonderful clarity on what to my ear sounds like a fantastic instrument (A Marc Ducornet after Ruckers Antwerp 1624)

[Kontrapunctus]

I had never heard of this pianist before, but I'm glad I took a chance! Bold, powerful playing and superbly recorded (24/96)

[Traverso]

Rameau, Pieces de Clavecin 1724 - Blandine Rannou.

Played with a wonderful clarity on what to my ear sounds like a fantastic instrument (A Marc Ducornet after Ruckers Antwerp 1624)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sswuZ0QyMbM     

[André]

Lucerne 1953. Pretty good sound.

[kyjo]

Re: Raff's Ninth Symphony! Aha! Just what I keep thinking. Some of the orchestration in the Ninth is so utterly,ravishingly,gorgeous I can understand why Raff has such an enthusiastic following! Raff knockers who have judged this composer on the basis of the most well known and most highly rated symphony from this cycle,No 5;should check this one cd out. Listening to passages of this symphony makes me realise why Raff was so highly thought of in his day. I would personally place this on a higher level than the Fifth in respect of the sheer beauty and refinement of the orchestration. But I like them all,to be honest!! The playing and sound quality of these recordings are also top notch. And I love those Arnold Böcklin paintings they've used for the artwork. This one,in particular,is a beauty!

I agree with the majority that the Fifth (Lenore) is Raff's finest symphony (potentially his finest work), but the Ninth is certainly not far behind. Raff is a rather hit-or-miss composer with me - his 2nd and 10th symphonies, for example, bore me to tears for the most part.

[Ken B]

Craig Urquhart
Songs
Michael Slater's, tenor
Craig Urquhart, Piano

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[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

Ferneyhough: Transit

https://www.youtube.com/v/AoVeMl28wC0

[Mirror Image]

Copland
Connotations
Bernstein
New York Philharmonic



A craggy, dissonant work with an emotional gravitas. Connotations, Inscape, and the Piano Quartet (the Piano Variations probably should be mentioned here) find Copland working in a modern idiom, but one that is unique to him.

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

[Que]

Morning listening:

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Disc 4:  "Influences". Italian lutenist Alberto Crugnola plays music by David Kellner,  Wolff Jakob Lauffensteiner, Johann Michael Kühnel, Bernard Joachim Hagen en Silvius Leopold Weiss. Unlike discs 1-3, this recording was not previously issued on Symphonia.

Q

[Harry]

Morning listening:

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Disc 4:  "Influences". Italian lutenist Alberto Crugnola plays music by David Kellner,  Wolff Jakob Lauffensteiner, Johann Michael Kühnel, Bernard Joachim Hagen en Silvius Leopold Weiss. Unlike discs 1-3, this recording was not previously issued on Symphonia.

Q

Good morning Que.
Is it worth my while to put this on the order list?

[Que]

Good morning Que.
Is it worth my while to put this on the order list?

Definitely.. 
A very nice collection with Alberto Crugnola playing in a vivid and articulated but relaxed style. Very Italian. 
Well recorded too!

Q

[Harry]

Definitely.. 
A very nice collection with Alberto Crugnola playing in a vivid and articulated but relaxed style. Very Italian. 
Well recorded too!

Q

Thanks, I will order it then

[Mookalafalas]

I recall seeing this set getting dismissed out of hand in one of our threads. I came close to never putting it on. If I recall right, it was considered dull and mechanical. 
    I guess I like dull and mechanical   It is rather stately, which can be the kiss of death in a lot of things---especially baroque music, but works well here...and then she completely turns the tempos on their heads.  Love the instrument, too.  For me, "Making the stone stony again" (listening to Goldbergs).
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[SurprisedByBeauty]

#morninglistening to #Takemitsu w/@torontosymphony under #Ozawa on @sony_classical Japan

: http://a-fwd.to/2rGTFVa

#20thcenturyclassical music from #ToruTakemitsu

[Draško]

Images I & II - Yuji Takahashi

(Rouvier plays the Preludes, Alain Planes Suite Bergamasque et al)

[Traverso]

I recall seeing this set getting dismissed out of hand in one of our threads. I came close to never putting it on. If I recall right, it was considered dull and mechanical. 
    I guess I like dull and mechanical   It is rather stately, which can be the kiss of death in a lot of things---especially baroque music, but works well here...and then she completely turns the tempos on their heads.  Love the instrument, too.  For me, "Making the stone stony again" (listening to Goldbergs).
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I must confess that I have never heard of her. What an incredible life she had, surviving in the worst conditions.
I can not say that I find her play attractive, but it is without a doubt that we should be grateful for her contribution to bringing the harpsichord back to life.

[Traverso]

Courtly music from France.