What are you listening to now?

[Ghost Sonata]

Some very entertaining Saint-Saëns,* the Trumpet Septet

_{*actually, he is only very rarely disappointing...}

[Karl Henning]

List of contents only include 2nd Group & 4th Group....

I might have remembered so . . . I was a ringer in the Framingham State College Chorus when they sang two or three numbers from one of the other groups.

[Karl Henning]

Some very entertaining Saint-Saëns,* the Trumpet Septet

That piece is great fun.

[North Star]

So here's the question:  Are all the Rig Veda Hymns in this Collector's Edition?

(That could be the cruncher for me . . . .)

Just three (To Varuna, To Agni, Funeral Chant) from the 2nd group, and one (Hymn to Manas) from the 4th group, Karl.

Thread duty
Dvořák
String Quintet No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 (B. 180, 1893)
Josef Kluson (va) & Panocha Quartet
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[Karl Henning]

Just three (To Varuna, To Agni, Funeral Chant) from the 2nd group, and one (Hymn to Manas) from the 4th group, Karl.

Thanks for the enlightenment, Karlo!

[Harry]

I thank you!

I did start sketching the second movement this morning.

I so hope all is tonal!

[Harry]

Sibelius thought of Karajan as "the only one who truly understands my work."

Amen to that!

[Karl Henning]

I so hope all tonal!

[Crassus]

Four Portraits and Dénounement from 'The Gambler' Op. 49
Symphonic Suite from 'Semyon Kotko' Op. 81bis


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[aligreto]

Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 3 & 4....

[Mandryka]

Sibelius thought of Karajan as "the only one who truly understands my work."

Are you sure Sibelius was talking about the DG recording?

[Pat B]

Are you sure Sibelius was talking about the DG recording?

[SurprisedByBeauty]

#morninglistening to #Haydn w/@GoldmundQuartet on @NaxosRecords in early, middle, and late... http://ift.tt/2f9VkIT


What if this had been released, actually... 14 years prior to Gould? What if, what if?!


#morninglistening to #Bach w/#ClaudioArrau on @sony_classical: The first recorded #Goldber... http://ift.tt/2eQdprU

[San Antone]

And excellent set.  My only quibble is that it does not include his most famous work, the Requiem: Officium Defunctorum for 6 voices, 1605.  It does include the earlier requiem for 4 voices (1583), however, which is not readily available.

[Ken B]

And excellent set.  My only quibble is that it does not include his most famous work, the Requiem: Officium Defunctorum for 6 voices, 1605.  It does include the earlier requiem for 4 voices (1583), however, which is not readily available.

Can there be anyone so benighted as not to own several recordings of that already?

TD Spohr, Piano Quintet

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Sibelius thought of Karajan as "the only one who truly understands my work."

Amen to that!

Are you sure Sibelius was talking about the DG recording?

Yeah, that quote was in regards to a 1950s recording by the Philharmonia, back when Sibelius recordings (and perhaps performances of his music outside Finland) were thin on the ground. It was a good PR move on Sibelius's part since Karajan was an up-and-coming talent who showed much interest in the music.

In that proper context it doesn't appear to be an attempt to deify Karajan's recordings across the board. Certainly since that time the world has caught up to Karajan, at the very least.

[San Antone]

Can there be anyone so benighted as not to own several recordings of that already?

TD Spohr, Piano Quintet

You're right, of course.  Still, to have everything in one big box would make my completist gene so happy..

[North Star]

Yeah, that quote was in regards to a 1950s recording by the Philharmonia, back when Sibelius recordings (and perhaps performances of his music outside Finland) were thin on the ground. It was a good PR move on Sibelius's part since Karajan was an up-and-coming talent who showed much interest in the music.

In that proper context it doesn't appear to be an attempt to deify Karajan's recordings across the board. Certainly since that time the world has caught up to Karajan, at the very least.

Not to mention that Sibelius had a habit of praising most performances of his music.

Can there be anyone so benighted as not to own several recordings of that already?

Uh, could you not remind me of that?   

Thread duty
Vivaldi
Violin Concertos, Op. 8 Nos. 1-4
Midori Seiler
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Clemens-Maria Nuszbaumer

[Karl Henning]

Not to mention that Sibelius had a habit of praising most performances of his music.

It is a good-natured habit.

[Brian]