What are you listening to now?

[North Star]

I have yet to hear "Zwickau", but you just heard some of my favorite pieces in one fell swoop. Especially the last one .

Why not No. 1?

Great pieces, indeed! It was my first listen to the Zwickau.
Because I've heard it more often than the others, in this set and otherwise.
(I've heard nos. 1, 3 & 4 live here in Oulu  )

E: Thread duty:
Schubert
Piano Sonatas Nos. 14 D. 784 in a minor & 19 in c minor, D. 958
Paul Lewis

[Madiel]

My brain always wants to connect that title to the Queen of Sheba.

Well of course it does. Saba is just the German version of Sheba.

[Wakefield]

Bruckner - Symphony No. 1 in C minor, WAB 101 (orig. 1866 unrevised version, prep. W. Carragan)
Philharmonie Festiva
Gerd Schalle

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I have confessed before I'm not the biggest fan of orchestral and symphonic music, at least as post Classical composers are concerned. I generally prefer chamber music and music for solo instruments. I have always seen this as a sort of reflection of my own personality, the same way as I prefer short stories and essays to novels. But surprisingly these days I have seen myself mesmerized by the symphonies of Bruckner, amazed by his ability to mix monumentality with the most delicate imaginable gestures. So, these days I have listened to his 1st symphony more than 10 times, both in this version and the version by Abbado and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. 

[André]

Bruckner works wonders for the mind 

[André]

Chopin: Polonaises. Maurizio Pollini 3.5 stars out of 5

Beethoven: Emperor Concerto, Rudolf Serkin, NYPO, Bruno Walter. The pianist was to re-record it in stereo  (very goodly with Bernstein), but this is the real article. Fiery, defiant, virtuosic and irresistible. Disc 6 of the Walter big box.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Wagner: Das Rheingold Act 1               Bavarian State opera chorus and orchestra/ Sawallisch

A first listen to the Sawallisch ring..

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Great Ring. Completely underrated, but Gramophone no less loved it!

[kishnevi]

Edit: Currently, LvB's "Missa Solemnis", 3rd or 4th listen. I think I will explore Beethoven soon. Out of the symphonies I am only familiar with his 5th, 7th, and 8th. You read that right.

Who is conducting/pianoizing/violinizing/vocalizing in those recordings?
Thread duty
Two of the symphonies you know already
LvB Symphony 7 in A Op. 92. Symphony 8 in F Op. 93
These are my favorite symphonies by B.  Kletzki and the Czechs do not disappoint but don't move any of my prior favorites down the list.  The sonics do not help, rather dull and flat.


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[EigenUser]

Who is conducting/pianoizing/violinizing/vocalizing in those recordings?
Thread duty
Two of the symphonies you know already
LvB Symphony 7 in A Op. 92. Symphony 8 in F Op. 93
These are my favorite symphonies by B.  Kletzki and the Czechs do not disappoint but don't move any of my prior favorites down the list.  The sonics do not help, rather dull and flat.

Gielen conducting, Leonskaja pianoizing, Tetzlaff violinizing, Lipovsek/Protschkal/Rydl vocalizing.

[kishnevi]

Gielen conducting, Leonskaja pianoizing, Tetzlaff violinizing, Lipovsek/Protschkal/Rydl vocalizing.

Sounds good especially Tetzlaff.

Thread duty
Ferdinand David
Twenty Virtuoso Studies After Moscheles for Solo Violin. No opus number given
Six Caprices for Solo Violin Op. 9
Reto Kuppel violin
One of the newer entries in Naxos's series focusing on 19th Century violinist/composers.

[Todd]

From Lana Del Rey to Webern.  I'm all over the map.

[listener]

SUK: Serenade for strings in E^b op. 6
R. STRAUSS:  Sextet from Capriccio  arr . for string orch.
JANÁČEK: Suite for String Orchestra
Los Angeles Chamber Orch.    Neville Marriner, cond.
And  the second half of the BEETHOVEN middle string quartets box
Op. 59/3, 74 & 95
The Cleveland Quartet

[North Star]

Handel
Solomon
Padmore, Connolly, Gritton, Sampson
Akademie für Alte Musik & RIAS Kammerchor
Reuss
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[Madiel]

Schumann, Piano Trio No.2 (Beaux Arts)

I've got this idea in my head of trying a 'piano trio month'.  My collection of trios has expanded a fair bit in recent times. However, it's still missing some rather key works. *eyes shopping list*

[Que]

Q

[EigenUser]

Sounds good especially Tetzlaff.

You're telling me?!

I haven't heard Tetzlaff's LvB VC yet -- in fact, I don't think I've heard the VC since I was taking private violin lessons years ago. I got this album for the "Missa Solemnis", a piece that is really growing on me. I woke up this morning with the "Credo" stuck in my head.

[offbeat]

the  immortal hour- rutland boughton -oh so nostalgic

[Lisztianwagner]

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No.4

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[SonicMan46]

A couple of new arrivals for the weekend - rave reviews X 2 each in the most recent issue of Fanfare w/ Dubins 'chiming in' on both (I've attached as a PDF file for those interested):

Beethoven, LV - Piano Trios w/ Trio Élégiaque (new recording from 2012) -

Prokofiev, Sergey - Piano Concertos w/ J-E Bavouzet & Noseda/BBC Philharmonic - Dave

 

[Wakefield]

Bruckner works wonders for the mind 

Yes, it's very exciting to discover a "new" composer of this level, especially when you have discarded other composers, usually thought as very close to him.

[Todd]

Some old-fashioned Brahms.