What are you listening to now?

[king ubu]

the stack #1:



Most interesting set indeed, and a great addition to the ICON box (which is, I guess, the main Fischer set to own ... but there's a couple of fine Brahms sonatas - nos. 1 and 3 - with Gioconda de Vito, though on EMI not on the Fischer ICON, methinks) ... guess it's for anyone into historical recordings (this is live and radio material, so sound is ... okay-ish to my ears ... but I assume absymal to those that can't even take a mono recording) - anyhow, enjoyed these six discs a lot - have played all of them before, but not in such an intense session, not all of them lined up.

(and it should read "the stacks", really, because if it were one, it would be nearly the size of Burj-al-whatevra ... decision taken to tackle them stackes, instead of drawing up smart plans on how to proceeed with listening - no clue how long this will last, may have been a one-off, as I just found the Weingartner Brahms set again and might be on another Brahms symphonies transversal next, who knows, fifteen cycles and all that ... up and down, and down and up)

[ritter]

Revisiting this gripping, impressive opera:

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[listener]

a lot of string quartets conveniently packaged in a Vox Box
SURiNACH, ROZSA, HINDEMITH (no.6 in Eb), BLOCH (no.3)
TCHEREPNIN (no.2, KORNGOLD  (no.2), STRAVINSKY (3 pieces)
The New World Quartet

[aligreto]

Mozart: Clarinet Quintet [Quatuor Mosaiques/Meyer]....





This work must contain some of the most sublime music that Mozart wrote.

[Ghost Sonata]

Sure do like a slower first movement (marked Molto Allegro) in #40 than I think many do.  What say you?  Lenny comes in at 8'33; Böhm's is even slower at 8'55.  I do love both recordings. [asin]B000001GO0[/asin]

[Autumn Leaves]

Now playing:



English Suites #1-3

Some early morning pre-work listening - this one is putting me in quite a good mood even though it's Monday

[king ubu]

the stack #2:

[SimonNZ]

Pietro Torri's Missa Pro Defunctis - Il Fondamento, Paul Dombrecht

[king ubu]

the stack #3:



... or rather disc five from the Hantaï naïve box, of which I've never yet played half of ... guess I'll go on with at least one more disc (likely the Frescobaldi or Bull - both of which I've played before)

[Ken B]

Saint-Saens
Wind sonatas

[TheGSMoeller]

Sure do like a slower first movement (marked Molto Allegro) in #40 than I think many do.  What say you?  Lenny comes in at 8'33; Böhm's is even slower at 8'55.  I do love both recordings. [asin]B000001GO0[/asin]

I love Bernsteins recordings of Mozart with Vienna. Then again I'm a huge admirer of his 80s period.
This is another good one, mostly the 25th.

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[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

I love Bernsteins recordings of Mozart with Vienna. Then again I'm a huge admirer of his 80s period.
This is another good one, mostly the 25th.

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At such slow tempos how are ALL THREE of those works able to fit on one disc? Surely it'd go for around 90 minutes in total?

[bluemooze]

Being one who is quick to pick up on trends, and acknowledging the leadership Thatfabulousalien and Ken B, I make my contribution to this thread:

classical music

[Ghost Sonata]

Previewing this for possible Hallowe'en use next month.  Some effects are much better than others, indeed many are comical.  Many are identified beforehand - wouldn't it be great if in real life all scary and dangerous things came pre-announced?  No more "What's that noise?" or "What's that smell?"  And Mozart picks-up a freebie - credit for the Toccata & Fugue in D minor.  Now that is frightening.

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

[Ghost Sonata]

At such slow tempos how are ALL THREE of those works able to fit on one disc? Surely it'd go for around 90 minutes in total?

75 minutes total.  Lenny picks up speed near the conclusions for his cigarette breaks.  seriously, it's a great recording; I love it, too.

[kishnevi]

Pietro Torri's Missa Pro Defunctis - Il Fondamento, Paul Dombrecht

What's a baroque area and how did it die?
TD
James Galway playing suites and flute concertos by Bach, Telemann, and Stamitz
CD 2 from this set
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[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

75 minutes total.  Lenny picks up speed near the conclusions for his cigarette breaks.  seriously, it's a great recording; I love it, too.

Recordings I've heard of the two symphonies alone are around 30 minutes and quite fast....how does Bernstein do it that takes up even less time? I'm not all too familiar with Mozart symphonies but i would like to explore them a little more one day.

[Brian]

Recordings I've heard of the two symphonies alone are around 30 minutes and qutterly fast....how does Bernstein do it that takes up even less time? I'm not all too familiar with Mozart symphonies but i would like to explore them a little more one day.

Also - Lenny probably omits repeats.

[Brian]

First listens to the piano concertos and symphonies here. Have heard some solo works, plus Symphonies 1 and 5.