Topic: What are you listening to now?

[aligreto]

Awesome. I am trying to get my hands on all of the Kodály Quartet Haydn that I can. I've been listening to their op.33 a lot, and have one of their op.20 discs coming in the mail to me today (hopefully). They are so good. Haydn's string quartets are incredible.

Yes, I also like the Haydn String Quartets quite a lot. I do also like the Kodaly CDs on Naxos. I do not have them all but I have most of them and they serve the music very well for me.

[Maestro267]

A. Butterworth: Viola Concerto
Bradley (viola)/RSNO/Butterworth

Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem
New Philharmonia Orchestra/Britten

[Todd]

Dazzling, effortless virtuosity, but it's all Florestan and no Eusebius.

[aligreto]

Mozart: String Quartets Nos. 1-3 [Talich Quartet]





I find these to be very exciting and engaging works which are given very fine, ardent performances here.

[Traverso]

Bach

CD 1

[aligreto]

Beethoven: Triple Concerto [Oistrakh/Oborin/Knushevitsky - Sargent]





This is a bold, assertive reading of this very fine work. The slow movement is a particularly lyrical interpretation of this movement. The outer movements are both energetic and exuberant.

[vandermolen]

Andrew Davis's Vaughan Williams cycle (Teldec/Warner) has had quite a bad press (other than No.6 and 'Job'), nevertheless I have found this to be a very moving and involving performance. Ideal listening on a rainy Sunday afternoon:

[vandermolen]

A nice collection, and a good introduction to some American classics. If the performances are not all top drawer, they are all perfectly acceptable.

Yes, this was a very nice BBC Music Magazine disc.

[k a rl h e nn i ng]

I very much agree there.

 I had an unusually early morning, and my brain is still warming up ... I misread Andrei at first ... "the sacred music is best kept secret"... needless to say, I did a quick double-take.

[k a rl h e nn i ng]

For all the wisdom it holds  ?

"What are they all bellowing about?"

[k a rl h e nn i ng]

Mozart: String Quartets Nos. 1-3 [Talich Quartet]





I find these to be very exciting and engaging works which are given very fine, ardent performances here.

Beauty!

[Traverso]

"What are they all bellowing about?"

You have a fine way with words sir.,by the way,could Wagner have been an american ?

[k a rl h e nn i ng]

Nielsen
Symphonies # 1 & 6
NSO Ireland
Leaper

[Florestan]

"What are they all bellowing Bayreuth-barking about?"

Fixed.

[Ken B]

Thanks. What is funny, though, is that I mistook that box for this:



which I'm halfway through. 

(I also have the King set --- hence the error --- but haven't listened to it yet.)

I like the King set, though for individual pieces there are often better recordings it’s a very nice thing to have. His Purcell is superb.

[Que]

His Purcell is superb.

Now, that I can agree on! 

Q

[aligreto]

Dvorak: Symphony No. 5 [Jansons]





I really like this work and I think that it was a major step for the composer in his development. Jansons offers a particularly wonderful presentation of this very fine work. I particularly like the scoring for the woodwinds throughout this work.  The brass in the first movement, the lower register strings in the second movement as well as the brass in the final movement are also stand out features of the scoring. The final movement is a thrilling listen.

[aligreto]

I had an unusually early morning, and my brain is still warming up ... I misread Andrei at first ... "the sacred music is best kept secret"... needless to say, I did a quick double-take.

That is definitely allowed, kind sir.

[aligreto]

Beauty!

Indeed; very assertive, engaging and enjoyable music making.

[André]

Dvorak: Symphony No. 5 [Jansons]





I really like this work and I think that it was a major step for the composer in his development. Jansons offers a particularly wonderful presentation of this very fine work. I particularly like the scoring for the woodwinds throughout this work.  The brass in the first movement, the lower register strings in the second movement as well as the brass in the final movement are also stand out features of the scoring. The final movement is a thrilling listen.

It’s a marvelous work indeed, Dvorak proudly hitting his stride. One of the only two symphonies by Dvorak I’ve heard in concert (the other being no 7).