What are you listening to now?

[Karl Henning]

Two, actually. How many people have expressed any familiarity with Toch's music at all?  0:)

I will probably revisit at some point, now I have an allergic reaction to it.

Take your time, of course.

[Baron Scarpia]

Take your time, of course.

(Mental note, calculate life expectancy, add 5 years) 

[Judith]

Had a repertoirethon today.

Started with

Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Joshua Bell
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted byMichael Tilson Thomas

Beethoven Symphony no 5
Mahler Symphony no 1
(Separate CDs)
Riccardo Muti
Philadelphia Orchestra

Beethoven Piano Concerto no 1
Murray Perahia
Royal  Concertgebouw Orchestra
Conducted by Bernard Haitink

Walton Cello Concerto
Steven Isserlis
Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Paarvo Jarvi

Saint Saens

Organ Concerto
Berlin Philharmonic
James Levine

Piano Concerto no 2 in G Minor
Stephen Hough
CBSO
Conducted by Sakari Oramo

Couple of symphonies but mainly concertos today

[amw]

Beethoven Op.132.

The slow movement is about as slow as possible without falling apart, but quite beautiful, if you don't mind small amounts of vibrato.

[Traverso]

Bach

English Suites  Bob van Asperen  Cembalo

[Karl Henning]

Игорь Фëдорович
Sonata for Two Pianos
Benjamin Frith & Peter Hill

[Moonfish]

Vaughan Williams: 'Sinfonia Antartica'                  Ritchie/Gielgud/Boult/London PO

I always feel a chill listening to this symphony. Hot coffee, please! 
Marvelous playing by the London PO and Gielgud's voice certainly adds to the experience.

[Karl Henning]

Игорь Фëдорович
Symphony in C
LSO
MTT

[Mahlerian]

Игорь Фëдорович
Sonata for Two Pianos
Benjamin Frith & Peter Hill

素晴らしい。

[Baron Scarpia]

Игорь Фëдорович
Symphony in C
LSO
MTT

I see you've relapsed into giving only name and patronymic in Cyrillic. 

[Karl Henning]

Stravinsky recidivism. It's my curse.

[Baron Scarpia]

My recollection the Cyrillic alphabet (particularly the letters stolen directly from Greek) is good enough to sound out Igor and Fedor-something-vich. But who the hell is Igor Fedor-something-vich? Do you think we all have time to look this stuff up in the Groves dictionary of music to decipher your posts? 

[Moonfish]

Elgar: String Quartet in E minor
Bridge: Three Idylls
Walton: String Quartet in A minor

The Coull Quartet

[Sergeant Rock]

Melartin Symphony No.3 (new edition), Sakari Oramo conducting the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

https://www.youtube.com/v/CgLRS_sw5oA


Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Melartin Symphony No.1 C minor, Grin conducting the Tampere Phil




Sarge

[Mirror Image]

Martinů
Memorial To Lidice, H. 296
Eschenbach
Philadelphia Orchestra



A ravishingly gorgeous work expertly performed here by Eschenbach and the Philadelphians.

[Mirror Image]

Britten
Ballad Of Heroes, Op. 14
Hickox
LSO & Chorus



Magnificent!

[Moonfish]

Britten
Ballad Of Heroes, Op. 14
Hickox
LSO & Chorus



Magnificent!

Ah, I need to get "Brittenized"....!

[Moonfish]

I found a Bridge recording in my Groves box and have spent the last hour listening to a few of the tone poems and they are indeed very fine. Soothing, poetic and at times full of drama. It is easy to let one's mind wander into the realm of the music. Especially The Sea and Enter Spring, but I also enjoyed Summer and Lament very much.  I think I need to listen to it one more time!!!

Frank Bridge:
The Sea
Summer
Cherry Ripe
Enter Spring
Lament

Groves/Royal Liverpool PO

[Traverso]

Rameau

A refuge to rameau to soothe the nerves.