What are you listening to now?

[SonicMan46]

Some Baroque music for the day:

Babell, William (ca. 1690-1723) - Oboe Sonatas w/ Concert Royal Köln; Karla Schröter on a Baroque oboe, a copy after Thomas Stanesby, ca. 1740.

Avison, Charles (1709-1770) - Concerti Grossi after Scarlatti w/ Roy Goodman (directing from the violin) and the Brandenburg Consort - PI performances - MusicWeb Review, for those interested.  Dave

 

[Karl Henning]

Bruckner
Symphony № 9 in d minor
NY Phil
Lenny
Recorded at Philharmonic Hall (now Avery Fisher Hall), Lincoln Center: 1969

[Brian]

Bruckner
Symphony № 9 in d minor
NY Phil
Lenny
Recorded at Philharmonic Hall (now Avery Fisher Hall), Lincoln Center: 1969

Is it as bad as MI says?

[North Star]

Alban Berg
Lyric Suite
LaSalle Quartet
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Rakhmaninov
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Ashkenazy & Concergebouw
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[Karl Henning]

Is it as bad as MI says?

It's a bit as if Bruckner moved his chair to sit closer to Tchaikovsky than to Wagner;  so there is really something of a different tone to this performance than most of the Bruckner I have heard.  But—I like it.  In my view, Lenny scores.

[Maestro267]

Brian: Symphony No. 8 in B flat minor
Royal Liverpool PO/Groves

Tovey: Piano Concerto in A major
Steven Osborne (piano)/BBC Scottish SO/Brabbins

[Mandryka]

https://www.youtube.com/v/2p5OiaIsZL8


More Batagov.

Listen to the partitas, I'm not sure what  to say about them other than that they're slow. Smoke a joint.

[Brian]

It's a bit as if Bruckner moved his chair to sit closer to Tchaikovsky than to Wagner;  so there is really something of a different tone to this performance than most of the Bruckner I have heard.  But—I like it.  In my view, Lenny scores.

Sold. This sounds fascinating.

[listener]

Music of VIERNE's because it's Friday
the Pièces de fantaisie op. 51 & 53     Gunter Kaunzinger,  organ at Waldsassen (Jann, 1989)
It likes playback at a relatively high volume, not unpleasant though
then MARTINŮ: Symphony no. 5, Symphony no 6 (Fantaisies Symphoniques)
Berlin S.O     Klaus Peter Flor cond.
and some piano pieces by Alexander DREYSCHOCK (1818-1869)
salon-like, played by Michael Krücker on a 1866 Herz (maker, not to be confused with Hertz)

[(poco) Sforzando]

FTFY: Recorded at Philharmonic Hall (later Avery Fisher Hall) (now David Geffen Hall) (sooner or later Donald Trump Hall), Lincoln Center: 1969

[aligreto]

Englund: Symphony No. 4....





First listen and what exciting, energetic and innovative music. The third movement "Nostalgia" is enchanting.

[aligreto]

Mass # 6, in E Flat, D. 950. A great Mass setting, and a beautiful interpretation. One of Harnoncourt's illuminating/illuminated efforts.

That set definitely appeals to me; I will put it on the List.

[ritter]

Inspired by the interesting convesration going on in the "Haydn's Haus" thread (hat tip to Brian and Gurn  ), first listen to Franz Josef Haydn's Symphony No. 53 in D major, "L'Imperiale", from this box (disc 23):

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Wunderbar!!!

[Karl Henning]

You're wicked, (poco) sfz!

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24. Extremely fine performance from HvK/Berliners.

[Spineur]

Cosi van tutte, on Arte TV now: Aix en Provence festival.  Great distrubution.  Nice staging by the film director Christophe Honoré.
This production will also appear at Edinburg festival this summer and can be watched in the concert section on Arte TV.  There is also a production of Debussy's Pelleas which I missed and intend to catch up through their web site.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Yep, definitely a masterful work and performance.

[Kontrapunctus]

Mahler's 9th



to test out my new Little Fwend, a tonearm lifter for manual turntables. Works beautifully. Pricey ($200), but it beats having my expensive stylus grind against the label when I fall asleep while listening!

[Autumn Leaves]

This morning's listening:



2 versions of Symphony #4



Symphonies #1 & 4

[kishnevi]

Sold. This sounds fascinating.

Please report.  I have this in my cart.
Real question is, do I go for the NYPO on Sony or the VPO on DG.