What are you listening to now?

[Harry]

Vocal perfection....The Petrarca Madrigals.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2015/11/willaert-adrian-c1490-1562-musica-nova.html?spref=tw

[Brian]

The horn concerto might be my favorite Penderecki piece...maybe. Who can choose?!

[Harry]

Dutch Delight...... a bitter sweet delight I would say!


http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2015/11/dutch-delight-organ-music-from-golden.html?spref=tw

[Jaakko Keskinen]

[Marsch MacFiercesome]

More from Warner's wonderful complete Schwarzkopf recital box.

By 1968 Schwarzkopf's voice may have lost some of its silvery lightness, but it has taken on a creamy richness and the instrument remains as firm as ever, totally free of wobble or tarnish.

Here she and Szell are joined by Alfred Brendel on the piano for Ch'io mi scordi di te and Edith Peinemann for Morgen.

A lovely disc.

Schwarzkopf is pure chocolate ganache on that recording of the Strauss songs. . . and sometimes even German chocolate crème brûlée.

I just love that new Warner box set of her recitals to death. 

[aligreto]

Sandrine Piau's Opera Seria recital cd is pure delight.

+1 on that one 

[Sadko]

Johann Gottfried Walther

Organ Works - CD 1

Simone Stella

At an irresistible price, made even more irresistible by Stella, although 12 CDs of similar organ music is quite a lot to swallow, for me.

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[aligreto]

Mozart: String Quintets, CD 3 K. 593 & K. 614...





These two are my favourite performances of the set.

[Marsch MacFiercesome]

But then, She is distracting..................

Well, we all have our crosses to bear. . .



Salonen's LAPO incaranation of Kullervo has the most driving and heroic "Kullervo and His Sister" I've ever heard.

Its heroic, its epic, its Christmassy- and I love it.

Suitably appropriate music for any Christmas season.

[Marsch MacFiercesome]

+1 on that one  

Why not +10? 

[aligreto]

Why not +10? 

OK then +10 

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra. The dilemma I have with RVW is that once I listen to one work it ends up spilling into another one and so forth, because the music is damn great. A composer who has helped me cope with some emotional times and has inspired me with each successive listen. One of a kind composer.

[San Antone]

Thomas Tallis

[Brahmsian]

Now:



Listening to Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra.

Just listened to this last week.  Great work!    Same performance.

[Marsch MacFiercesome]

OK then +10 

+ 10 is a nice start.



The sheen of the BPO horns and the blending of the strings on Karajan's EMI Pathetique is breathtaking.

[Marsch MacFiercesome]

Now:



Listening to Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra. The dilemma I have with RVW is that once I listen to one work it ends up spilling into another one and so forth, because the music is damn great. A composer who has helped me cope with some emotional times and has inspired me with each successive listen. One of a kind composer.

Ab-so-LUTE-ly.

For me, RWV inspires feelings of nobility, beauty, and freedom.

[Mirror Image]

Just listened to this last week.  Great work!    Same performance.

Ab-so-LUTE-ly.

For me, RWV inspires feelings of nobility, beauty, and freedom.

He's certainly been a favorite of mine for years now.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



A new acquisition. Listening to the Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, Op. 20 with Ashkenazy/Maazel. Scintillating performance.

[aligreto]

Onslow: Quintet Op. 44....

[Karl Henning]

Bartok
String Quartet № 2, Op. 17 (Sz. 67, BB 75) (1915-17)
Belcea Quartet