What are you listening to now?

[Madiel]

Schumann, Kerner Lieder op.35

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First listen to this version, but one of the opuses that convinced me that Schumann was one of the great song composers and worthy of pursuing a box set like this one. Stirb', Lieb' und Freud'! is enough on its own to make the case.

[Madiel]

Brahms, Paganini Variations, op.35 (Harasiewicz)

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The opus number coincidence with the Schumann I just listened to is exactly that, coincidence.

According to my records, I last listened to this work on 3 December 2009. That's a while.

[Harry]

Disc 2.

Could anyone provide me with some complete info about the Döring organ in the Church of the Holy cross in Bettenhausen? Try what I may, I could not find any relevant info about this organ apart from a few sippets.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2018/01/bach-js-1685-1750-complete-organ-works_26.html?spref=tw

[The One]

It's the Classical Navigator series. It used historical maps (on varying scales) and encircled the work's place of origin/premiere. Charming idea for a series of budget (mid-, I think) re-releases of a variety of  works both familiar and slightly less familiar.

Thank you

[Karl Henning]

My lord, this is good.

Op 101., Pollini.

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This recording is beyond description. The first movement is one of my favorite in all of Beethoven's work, and the way Pollini paints the melting lyricism that is inextricably interrupted by searing outbursts is unmatched by any other recording I have heard. The power and control Pollini displays in the finale is astonishing.  One of the truly great recordings.

I suppose all this while, I have only been waiting for a push.  You, sir, have pushed well.

[Karl Henning]

Thread Duty:

Chopin
Impromptu № 3 in G^b, Op.51
Arrau

[NikF]

Stravinsky: Petrushka - Cambreling/SWR Symphony.

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[prémont]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKRQ_TnmIiQ

Transcribers imagination seems endless.

[Harry]

Disc 3.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2018/01/fete-du-ballet-compendium-of-ballet_26.html?spref=tw

[Karl Henning]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKRQ_TnmIiQ

Transcribers imagination seems endless.

Lovely.

[Madiel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKRQ_TnmIiQ

Transcribers imagination seems endless.

On the contrary, their imagination is limited to doing things with existing music. If anyone has endless imagination, it's composers.

[Todd]

Javier Perianes' version.  With an overall timing coming close to that of the composer's, Perianes reveals a far more tonally variegated and nuanced touch right from the outset, which is aided by the much better sound.  Some of his playing maintains something of Mompou's angular style, but with no rough edges.  In the Legato metallico, Perianes focuses a bit more on the legato playing than Haskell or Colom, but he nonetheless manages to add a bit of bite to the right hand playing and play with sufficient volume.  Indeed, his control and dynamic gradation sounds finer than those two pianists.  In the concluding Lento of the first book, Perianes pedals to good effect, creating a tonally lustrous, Debussyan soundworld.  The second book's Allegretto is dashed off with verve to start, and then Perianes quickly and seamlessly ratchets up tension, something he does again, more dramatically, in Tranquilo-tres calme.  In both instances, the quieter music nearly or actually rivals Volodos in terms of delicate beauty and sensitivity.  His take on Severo-serieux boasts extra-weighty, tolling bass notes married to edgy sounding upper registers, but every aspect of the playing is obviously under absolute control.  Most of the third book displays more distance or despondence than austerity, except in the relatively impassioned concluding Lento, which works quite nicely.  The final book ends up the most austere of the lot, but even here, Perianes can't help but use almost limitless pianistic nuance, to excellent effect.  Perianes also includes a wonderful encore in a masterfully executed Trois Variations.

Like Small in his even broader interpretation, Perianes expertly uses pauses and sustains for effect, creating an at times languid feel, yet the music never drags or sounds sluggish; it flows, one piece to the next, with an admirable inevitability.  Too, his is the most beautiful complete recording.  It has a lot going for it, perhaps enough to rate it alongside the even more distinctive and individual takes by Small and Colom.

[NikF]

Schmitt: Piano Duet & Duo Works Vol. 1 - The Invencia Piano Duo.

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[Mirror Image]

Ravel's Violin Sonata in G:

[HIPster]

This morning ~

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[SurprisedByBeauty]

#morninglistening to #Sibelius (kanssa sammakko) on #BIS w/#FolkeGräsbeck

http://a-fwd.to/HqrbrXh

on Sibelius' own @steinwayandsons piano.

Surprisingly (?) wonderful disc!

@surprisedBeauty music

[Wakefield]

Telemann: Concerti per molti stromenti
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin



http://amzn.to/2nfsqI5

Just delightful. Almost voluptuous.   

Here a fair (and short) review:

AllMusic Review by Blair Sanderson  [-]
Georg Philipp Telemann was one of the most prolific composers of the Baroque era, and his extremely varied oeuvre reveals a knack for experimentation and instrumentation that went beyond routine assignments of parts to conventional groupings. The works on this 2017 Harmonia Mundi album from the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin feature various combinations of trumpets, flutes, oboes, horns, timpani, and the standard deployment of strings and basso continuo, but also the mandolin, the hammered dulcimer, the harp, and the extremely rare calchedon (also called mandora, galizona, or gallichon), the long-necked lute depicted on the cover that was typically used as a bass instrument. The Akademie's brilliant performances in a historically informed style would make this program attractive even if the music were mundane, but these are among Telemann's most vivid concerted pieces, and the imaginative combinations and colorful playing are sure to please listeners, including the most jaded critics of Telemann's facility. Harmonia Mundi's recorded sound is immaculate, and the acoustics of Teldec Studio in Berlin give the group a delicious resonance. Highly recommended as one of the finest albums of 2017.

[Que]

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Act III

Q

[Judith]

Dvorak Cello Concerto in B Minor
Steven Isserlis
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Conducted by Daniel Harding

Beethoven Symphony no 8
Brahms Symphony no 4
Riccardo Muti
Philadelphia Orchestra

Sibelius Symphony no 7
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi

[Baron Scarpia]

I suppose all this while, I have only been waiting for a push.  You, sir, have pushed well.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.

I hope I didn't push too hard. Brings to mind a lyric of Bob Dylan, "I helped her out of a jam, I guess, but I used a little too much force."