What are you listening to now?

[Lisztianwagner]

DWTK Teil I
Sviatoslav Richter
[asin]B000026OHN[/asin]

Excellent idea, I'll join with Book II.

[Willow Pattern]

Ravel: Sheherezade

Ive been listening to this box all day - finding it pretty excellent. I think it may be my best purchase this year so far :

[Wakefield]

Get it.... There might be some fans of Egarr in the concertos, but for me Koopman is top choice. And Baumont is super.

Q

Here, here! Egarr does a great work, especially because of the small organs he uses... All the effect is very intimate; more "chamber music" than "orchestral". 

It's a fantastic "second version" of these works. 

[Willow Pattern]

Dutilleux: Symphony No. 1

Playing this Symphony for a first listen:

[Madiel]

Second listen of the day, and second listen ever, to Piano Trio No.2

[asin]B004S7ZYUW[/asin]

Yep, this piece was definitely worth adding to the collection. That opening alone is classic Shostakovich.

[Willow Pattern]

Messiaen: Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps

One of my favourite pieces of music - never tire of it :

[Sergeant Rock]

Haydn Symphony No.100 "Military" Knappertsbusch conducting the Berlin Phil, a performance recorded in 1933.




Sarge

[Karl Henning]

"Papa"
Symphony № 90 in C (H.I/90)
La Petite Bande
Kuijken

[asin]B00000J2PW[/asin]

[Sergeant Rock]

Liszt Mazeppa-Symphonic Poem No.6, Knapp conducting the Berlin Phil (a 1933 recording).




Sarge

[Karl Henning]

“Papa”
Symphony № 76 in E^b (H.I/76)
AAM
Hogwood

[asin]B009LNI0T0[/asin]

[Harry]

First listen. Second tier Britten. He should have burned those works.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2014/03/britten-benjamin-1913-1976-orchestral.html?spref=tw

[Brian]

One of the very best albums of 19th-century string quartets has been reissued. Let us all celebrate!



Okay, maybe it's just me celebrating. But this exceptional album (originally on Calliope) showcases three really fantastic post-Beethovenian string quartets by Kalliwoda, which, if you want a stylistic framework, lies somewhere on a straight line from the Op. 59 quartets directly to late Dvorak. I think Kalliwoda may have been the first composer to write a quartet movement that's almost entirely pizzicato (the best comparison, really, is Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony). The Talich Quartet play like true believers, and I hope you will be converted too. 

EDIT: Hah, forgot that there's a tune in the Second Quartet with a startling resemblance to "O Canada".

[North Star]

Excellent idea, I'll join with Book II.

Splendid! (I had no idea Bach's birthday is today, even though my recent listening and purchases might give another impression..)
What recordings of Bach's keyboard music - and the other works -  do you have, btw, Ilaria? Harpsichord/organ recordings? Karajan's Brandenburg Concertos?


Thread duty
]Bach
DWTK Teil I
Sviatoslav Richter
[asin]B000026OHN[/asin]

[Sergeant Rock]

Haydn Symphonies Nos. 97 and 98, Minkowski conducting Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble




Sarge

[TheGSMoeller]

Haydn Symphonies Nos. 97 and 98, Minkowski conducting Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble




Sarge

Fun performances all around, along with this great 98. I always get a kick out of the Drumroll intro in this set.

[TheGSMoeller]

Mendelssohn: Italian Symphony
Gardiner - Vienna Phil.

[SonicMan46]

Froberger, Johann (1616-1667) - Meditations & Fantasias w/ Siegbert Rampe on harpsichords, virginals, & organ - 2 CD set recorded in 1996 & 1998 - the newest addition to my expanding collection of this composer; up to 8 discs now - need to see 'how much' duplication is present before proceeding?  BUT, the Alina Rotaru recording seems worth a consideration, according to a rather extensive Review on Amazon HERE - any comments? Dave

 

[Mookalafalas]

Dvorak Sextet, on Westminster (1954).  I love these old Westminster discs....   Couldn't find a pic at Amazon, so linked to an ebay sale 

[North Star]

Froberger, Johann (1616-1667) - Meditations & Fantasias w/ Siegbert Rampe on harpsichords, virginals, & organ - 2 CD set recorded in 1996 & 1998 - the newest addition to my expanding collection of this composer; up to 8 discs now - need to see 'how much' duplication is present before proceeding?  BUT, the Alina Rotaru recording seems worth a consideration, according to a rather extensive Review on Amazon HERE - any comments? Dave

Most intriguing disc indeed!

Here's what a certain Peter G. Watchorn thinks of her Sweelinck disc:

This is a sensational CD by one of our most gifted harpsichordists of the younger generation. Alina Rotaru has passion, rhythmic precision and subtlety as well as that rarest quality among harpsichordists: the ability to make a beautiful, singing sound, which provides a backdrop against which the full range of her articulation and fine sense of phrasing is heard in full measure. For playing like hers you will need to go back to about 1968 and Gustav Leonhardt. What is also clear is that her technique and musicianship are at the service of Sweelinck. Do yourself a favour and invest in this CD. Let's hope that Alina Rotura makes many more just like it.

E: and here's some of her Froberger on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/v/QVkPb8OGeu8

[Karl Henning]

First listen. Second tier Britten. He should have burned those works.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2014/03/britten-benjamin-1913-1976-orchestral.html?spref=tw

Oh, not the Diversions!  Agreed that [what I remember of] the rest, the Canadian Carnival esp., merits dismissal as phone-it-in Britten . . . but I think very well of the Diversions.