What are you listening to now?

[ritter]

This Rheingold:



from this recent purchase (which I received today):

[asin]B009EJSV2C[/asin]

I hadn't listented to this recording for some 25 years (at least). Some of the best singing of the time, and sumptuos orchestral playing by the Dresden Staatskapelle. A very sleek and no-nonsense approach to the work by Janowski (and that's fine for me  )...

And the presentation of this Ring is very luxurious (reproducing the original LP sets). Recommended!

[Drasko]

[André]

Herbert Howells: his magical Hymnus Paradisi ; plus the Concerto grosso for strings. On EMI

Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle (version for 2 pianos and harmonium. Süddeutsches Vokalensemble and excellent soloists under  Rolf Beck. I'm a sucker for this splendid work, esp. in the keayboards version. On  Berlin Classics. I think this is the best version I own.

[aligreto]

Merulo: Missa Virginis Mariae....

[prémont]

Merulo: Missa Virginis Mariae....

What do you think of the music?

[TheGSMoeller]

My favorite Stravinsky CD. I think I'll spin it myself.
Happy Sunday, Joe.

[Ken B]

My favorite Stravinsky CD.

You are a man of taste and refinement, as ever.

[Marc]

JS Bach: Chorales for Easter[BWV 625-630] from Orgelbuchlein....

Yes, those chorales are truly little gems.
It's a pity that this Herrick/Bach boxset went OOP.

[Cato]

Chicago SO/Boulez

A fantastic L'Oiseau de feu!!!

[asin] B000001GJD[/asin]

The "4D" sound is really fantastic!  And yes, the performance is perfect!

Wait until your hear the 5D version, Cato!     

How many speakers would I need?   

That record is a classic! Especially with the symphony by Martinon!

The Harrison 3rd was awesome. Will definitely revisit it at some point.

Now:



Another new acquisition. Listening to Lopatnikoff's Festival Overture. Sounds pretty nice if not lacking in some distinctiveness, but it's still good fun.

Are the performances of the works by Helps and Kurka from the 1960's or are they recent?

[Florestan]

Again



This is one of the best Easter oratorios I´ve ever heard. It sets to music the ubiquitous 18th-century-Metastasio-libretto that so many others splendidly made use of... but this one is really in a league of its own.

(One of the joys of being Eastern Orthodox is that musically speaking Easter is a two-week marathon --- and I have one more ahead  ).

[Lisztianwagner]

Richard Strauss
Eine Alpensinfnie


And happy birthday to one of the greatest conductors of all time......

[listener]

MAHLER "Resurrection" (Symphony no.2)
arranged by Heinrich von Bocklet for 2 pianos, 8 hands (double duet)
Brieley Cutting, Angela Turner, Stephen Emmerson, Stewart Kelly, pianists
78 minutes for this version

[Sergeant Rock]

Bach Easter Cantata "Bleib bei uns..." BWV 6, Harnoncourt conducting the Concentus musicus Wien and a battery of brats




Sarge

[Todd]

Proof, were additional proof needed, that Hilary Hahn is one of the great musicians working today.

[Christo]

Easter music, still. Hendrik Andriessen, De Veertien Stonden (The Fourteen [Canonical] Hours) (1941-42),
https://www.youtube.com/v/F6ALBCHLbvA
On Youtube:

[Sergeant Rock]

Messiaen Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum, Boulez conducting the Cleveland




Sarge

[Moonfish]

Proof, were additional proof needed, that Hilary Hahn is one of the great musicians working today.

+1
I heartily concur! A wonderful recording! I experienced a live performance of the Bach Partitas (with her as the soloist) back in 1999 and was very much struck by this young virtuoso. She definitely has recorded an interesting array of works (especially the last five years) shaping her own unique path.

[EigenUser]

Olivier Messiaen's Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum. An awesome piece. Happy Easter!
[asin]B000001GOV[/asin]

[Green Destiny]

MAHLER "Resurrection" (Symphony no.2)
arranged by Heinrich von Bocklet for 2 pianos, 8 hands (double duet)
Brieley Cutting, Angela Turner, Stephen Emmerson, Stewart Kelly, pianists
78 minutes for this version

Mahler for Piano! - very interesting

Some Mahler for me too - Symphony #6 from the Haitink box-set:



I listened to the opening of the 7th just prior to this listen after what Marc said about the tempos not being slow - I agree the timing (20 minutes) isn't slow but it still sounds a bit sluggish to me. Edit: Haitink varies the pace in the opening movement a bit compared to the other versions I heard. He is definitely slower in some sections though but overall has a similar pace in the majority of the piece to others. I think his interpretation is actually very good after giving it a re-listen. The other movements aren't unusally paced - very good version with lots of clarity.
The 6th is very nice too

[ritter]

Some Mahler here too...

Being broadcasted now on TV, the Second symphony from this set:



Leonard Bernstein conducts the Edinburgh Festival Chorus and the London Symphony Orchestra, with Sheila Armstrong (sop.) and Janet Baker (ms) as soloists.

I really can't warm to Bernstein's Mahler....