What are you listening to now?

[André]

Very good, but not great. Slightly too soft-grained for my liking - although the timpanist whacks intrepidly. Klemperer's momentous and monumental versions (I know 3 of them) are not challenged.

[Maestro267]

Brian: Symphony No. 29 in E flat major
New Russia State SO/Walker

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major ("The First of May")
Royal Liverpool PO & Choir/Petrenko

[Mahlerian]

Haydn: Symphony No. 85 in B-flat
New York Philharmonic, cond. Bernstein
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[aligreto]

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 [Solti]....





What a wonderful performance this is, full of power, pace, energy, drive and vibrancy for the most part and refined lyricism in the Andante.

[aligreto]

A genuine lady!

And a very fine singer 

[SurprisedByBeauty]

Snicker.

But I join Florestan in condemning the sexism of this cover by skipping over the soprano and showing the very male conductor, instead. However, in order not to step on any other artist's toes, a non-performing female was chosen to give this cover the proper feminist touch:

Not only the proper feminist touch, but this cover art is very fitting to the subject matter of the work on the CD...

Doesn't this picture just make you mind go: "Denn alles Fleisch ist wie Gras"?

But quickly a Thread Duty, lest there be more eye-rolling...

#morninglistening to ♡ #FranzSchmidt w/@Vienna_Phil on @sony_classical:http://a-fwd.to/78f3HjK

Terrific release o... http://ift.tt/2r3KF6d

[aligreto]

I'm listening to Beecham conducting Haydn Symphonies,now. He has just the right touch. A delightful set. Not the latest in HIP,of course,but the 'Beecham magic' prevails throughout!



Hope this post stays put?!!

You have posted many Beecham recording lately which I own and also like very much. I must reacquaint myself with some soon 

[amw]

I really appreciate how the number of people on this board who have never made a misogynistic comment or image macro keeps shrinking on a daily basis and no one ever seems even slightly disturbed by it. Really welcoming.



Op. 52.

I forget who recommended this but it's very good. Probably about Tipo or Cortot levels of good, with some fairly extreme ritenutos and maybe not quite enough half-light in the mezza voce sections. Piano is nice although sounds a little out of tune (I guess all pianos are out of tune, though. But more out of tune than a normal piano.)

D894 next from:

[Dancing Divertimentian]

I really appreciate how the number of people on this board who have never made a misogynistic comment or image macro keeps shrinking on a daily basis and no one ever seems even slightly disturbed by it. Really welcoming.

Now hold on...your infatuation with the F-bomb isn't particularly ingratiating, either.

[aligreto]

Barry: Au milieu [solo piano]....





In a word, driven, exhausting, electrifying and relentless! Superb playing by Noriko Kawai.

[amw]

Now hold on...your infatuation with the F-bomb isn't particularly ingratiating, either.

[Mahlerian]

I really appreciate how the number of people on this board who have never made a misogynistic comment or image macro keeps shrinking on a daily basis and no one ever seems even slightly disturbed by it. Really welcoming.

I find casual misogyny on the internet annoying, but speaking up about it generally just leads to complaints about being too sensitive.

Takemitsu: All in Twilight
Norio Sato


Ligeti: Passacaglia Ungharese, Hungarian Rock, Continuum
Elisabeth Chojnacka
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RIP to the harpsichordist, who played these demanding works with panache.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Yes, I figured your double-standard wouldn't sink in...

[Madiel]

Now hold on...your infatuation with the F-bomb isn't particularly ingratiating, either.

I'm sure the F-bombs are equal opportunity. Whereas the treatment of the sexes around here isn't.

To be honest, I find it quite weird that you attempt to compare these things and treat them as equal problems, with references to a "double standard". Because one is about a particular poster, but the other is about an ongoing and systemic undercurrent about how women are viewed.

[cilgwyn]

On now. Beecham conducting Mozart. Another of his best. Wonderful recordings.

[ritter]

On now. Beecham conducting Mozart. Another of his best. Wonderful recordings.

I've never much followed Beecham, but that looks like a very interesting CD to start with...

Regards,

[Dancing Divertimentian]

I'm sure the F-bombs are equal opportunity. Whereas the treatment of the sexes around here isn't.

To be honest, I find it quite weird that you attempt to compare these things and treat them as equal problems, with references to a "double standard". Because one is about a particular poster, but the other is about an ongoing and systemic undercurrent about how women are viewed.

Oh, for crying out loud...

[Madiel]

Oh, for crying out loud...

It's all a bit too hard if someone pushes back, yes?

Anyway, I got the eye-roll in hours ago. I just wrote it out.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

It's all a bit too hard if someone pushes back, yes?

Anyway, I got the eye-roll in hours ago. I just wrote it out.

Cute, but as is your habit, orfeo, you miss the point entirely.

[Madiel]

The point appears to have been to put amw back in her place.

THREAD DUTY: Prokofiev, Music for Children (12 piano pieces), op.65.

Pianist randomly selected for streaming is Yury Martynov.