What are you listening to now?

[Papy Oli]

Can't think of a better way to spend your birthday!  Best wishes. 

Happy birthday, Olivier!
I hope you're enjoying the set.

Thank you Gurn and Karlo ! 

Loved the set so far but The "Seven Last Words" didn't do much for me actually and have stopped halfway...it was only the first listen to the work so I will revisit later on 

Now : Dvorak SQ.2 (Stamitz).

[Fafner]

Josef Suk - Asrael
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Václav Neumann

[Brian]

Seeing if Monkey Greg is right...



...he is! Love the brisk pace taken in the first movement. Fantastic performance all around.

[Lisztianwagner]

First listen to this version:

Pyotr Il'ych Tchaikovsky
Overture 1812

http://www.youtube.com/v/ZrsYD46W1U0

[TheGSMoeller]

Seeing if Monkey Greg is right...



...he is! Love the brisk pace taken in the first movement. Fantastic performance all around.

whew!     Glad you enjoyed it, Brian.

[TheGSMoeller]

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to the Violin Concerto. Absolutely spellbinding performance from Little. Love her playing so much.

[Mirror Image]

Seeing if Monkey Greg is right...



...he is! Love the brisk pace taken in the first movement. Fantastic performance all around.

Yep, that's a damn good Bruckner 6th right there. Possibly Nagano's best Bruckner recording.

[Todd]

[Mookalafalas]

  Actually, I'm listening to Scherchen's 2,4,8 as well.  I'm finding it extraordinarily engaging.

[Willow Pattern]

Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 In D Minor, WAB 109, "Unfinished"

For this evening: Symphonies 8 & 9 from HVK and Symphony 8 from Celibidache (yes, the very long one!)

[wintersway]

Niels Gade Symphonies Vol.2 & 4

[Fafner]

Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 / Francesca di Rimini
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit

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This was my first Tchaikovsky CD back in the early 90's. It still compares quite favourably.

[Harry]

CD II of this set. Delightful!

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[Karl Henning]

Seeing if Monkey Greg is right...



...he is! Love the brisk pace taken in the first movement. Fantastic performance all around.

Yes! Monkey Greg FTW!

[Harry]

CD III, quite beautiful,


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[springrite]

Can't bring too many CDs to my trip to Australia because I have to leave plenty of space for the shopping lunatics disguised as my wife and daughter.

So these:

Bruckner 4 thru 9 (Furtwangler box)
Winterreise (DFD)
Mahler 1 and Song of the Wayfarer (Kubelik, DFD)
Schubert D850 and D960 (Sherman)
La Divina (Callas)
Goldberg (Gavrilov)
Mahler 2 and Kurtag's Stele (Gielen)
Beethoven Quartets (Vegh)
Scarlatti (Pogorelich)

Not a lot, but as usual, the Mahler is for Kimi.

[Sergeant Rock]

Loved the set so far but The "Seven Last Words" didn't do much for me actually...

That's not a work I would pick on my birthday...but do try it again when you are in a less celebratory and in a more contemplative mood. It's worth the effort.

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

I'm listening to Chailly's Bruckner 7...into the last movement now.




Sarge

[Harry]

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