What are you listening to now?

[listener]

With pencils or cudgels?

pencils.    The process is still a manual one, with lots of checking at all levels from ballot distribution to count reporting.   And it pays more for 4 days than I used to get for 6.  I'll be working an advance and absentee poll.

[Karl Henning]

Well, dangle my chad!

Thread duty:

“Papa”
Symphony № 34 in d minor, H.I/34
The Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood

Da Haus rocks on!

[Geo Dude]

[The new erato]

A fine vol 5 in a very worthwhile series:

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Listening to Partita. Excellent performance.

[The new erato]

Chandos is doeing some very valuable work to very high standards. d'Indy, Dallapiccolla and the whole Italian circuit comes to mind beside the inevitable British stuff.

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Chandos is doeing some very valuable work to very high standards. d'Indy, Dallapiccolla and the whole Italian circuit comes to mind beside the inevitable British stuff.

Yes, I'm very grateful for their continuing excellence in recorded performances and for their catering to people who favor rarer repertoire.

[The new erato]

Smiling from ear to ear (helped by a bottle of Chateauneuf-du-Pape and the thought that tomorrow is a holiday). This is such great music and the recording is very fine!

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[SonicMan46]

Gyrowetz, Aldabert (1763-1850) - String Quartets, Piano Trios, & Flute Quartets - composer discussed recently in the classical thread - below the three discs of his music in my collection - this guy was quite prolific (See HERE) - a lot of operas, over 60 Symphonies, about 60 String Quartets, 40 Violin Sonatas, and more! 

   

[HIPster]

Domenico Scarlatti - Complete Keyboard Works
Sonatas K.81, 88, 89, 90, 91
CD #34

Scott Ross - hapsichord
Monica Huggett - violin
Christophe Coin - cello
Michel Henry - oboe
Marc Vallon - bassoon

A recent purchase that I am enjoying very much.

Enjoy the holiday, the wine and the new Gardiner, new erato!

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Listening to Tartiniana. A clear nod to the Neoclassicism of the day. Not top-drawer Dallapiccola, but quite good.

[Gold Knight]

Vaughan Williams--Symphony No.5 in D Major and Symphony No.9 in E Minor, both performed by the Sir  Adrian
Boult led London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Franz Schubert--Symphony No.2 in B-Flat Major, D 125 and Symphony No.6 in C Major, D589, both  featuring Nikolaus Harnoncourt and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

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Listening to Frammenti Sinfonici dal Balletto 'Marsia'. I really love this work.

[HIPster]

Good evening!

Some Sibelius tonight:

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Second Symphony now playing.  This is a recent purchase and I am very happy with it.  Sound and performance are excellent.  My first BIS SACD. . .

[Karl Henning]

Domenico Scarlatti - Complete Keyboard Works
Sonatas K.81, 88, 89, 90, 91
CD #34

Scott Ross - harpsichord
Monica Huggett - violin
Christophe Coin - cello
Michel Henry - oboe
Marc Vallon - bassoon

A recent purchase that I am enjoying very much.

Enjoy the holiday, the wine and the new Gardiner, new erato!

Good evening!

Some Sibelius tonight:

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Second Symphony now playing.  This is a recent purchase and I am very happy with it.  Sound and performance are excellent.  My first BIS SACD. . .

You're two for two in my book!

[HIPster]

Hi Karl.

Well, thanks, man. . .

As I mentioned above, the Siblelius is quite fine. This Scott Ross/Scarlatti however. . .  Wowie.  So glad that I took the plunge and went for it.  Fantastic.

Have a good night!

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Listening to Symphony No. 4. Great performance.

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Ah...it just doesn't get any better than Bernstein's performance of the 5th. Such an earth-shattering performance. Looking on Amazon, it seems this recording has gone up considerably in price since I bought my copy (I bought mine for $4). Strange...

[Geo Dude]

Earlier today:



I seem to be completely incompatible with the Schoenberg concerto so I won't comment on that other than to say I don't feel my incompatibility with this work is the fault of Hahn or the orchestra.  I loved the Sibelius, though some reviewers don't seem to.



Mixed feelings on the Brahms here; on the one hand Hahn's playing is great, on the other hand after becoming accustomed to the Harding/Faust recording with a chamber orchestra the large orchestra here just comes across as sounding soupy.  The tempos are somewhat on the lax side, too.  On the other hand, the Stravinsky--a work I'm only hearing for the second time--is great.  Is this from his neo-classical period?

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String quartet No. 1.

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On the other hand, the Stravinsky--a work I'm only hearing for the second time--is great.  Is this from his neo-classical period?

Yes, Stravinsky's Violin Concerto was written in 1931. A fine work too. I can understand your sentiments regarding the Schoenberg Violin Concerto but after a period of being immersed in the Second Viennese School of thought, it doesn't give me the same problems it once did. I have found much to enjoy in it actually. Maybe in some time you, too, can enjoy it.