What are you listening to now?

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André



Delightful. Just delightful. :)

Ghost of Baron Scarpia


Kontrapunctus

A high-voltage performance with sound to match. I hope this is the beginning of a new cycle.


staxomega

Whew, now on my third run through Russell Sherman's Beethoven piano sonata cycle. This is the most addicting cycle I've heard since Lucchesini's; not that the two are even remotely comparable in style. Arrau's Debussy recordings from the big Philips box has also been in my heavy rotation recently.


Karl Henning

Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on May 23, 2019, 11:37:43 AM
I think you're overdosing on Wolfgang Amadeus!  :o

I'm pacing myself.
And about to break for Stravinsky!
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Karl Henning

Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

springrite

Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

Zeus

#136187
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand"
Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Antoni Wit
Naxos



This sounds really, really good with my new headphones (ok, IEMs).

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01A60I4P6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
"There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love. There are simply different ways of doing it." – Emmanuel Radnitzky (Man Ray)

Karl Henning

Thread Duty:

Louis Andriessen
De Stijl (Part 3 of De Materie
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

JBS

It is not possible to overdose on Mozart
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CDs 3 and 4
#4 in G K41
#6 in B Flat K238
#3 in D K40
#10 in E Flat K 365 for 2 pianos [Till Engel second pianist]
#11 in F K413
#12 in A K414
#13 in C K415

Hollywood Beach Broadwalk

Mirror Image

#136190
Continuing my journey through RVW's symphonic cycle with Thomson at the mantle:

Symphony No. 4 in F minor
Bryden Thomson, conductor
LSO



Mirror Image

One more work before bed:

Moeran
Two Pieces for Small Orchestra (Lonely Waters, Whythorne's Shadow)
Vernon Handley, conductor
Ulster Orchestra



Ghost of Baron Scarpia

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on May 23, 2019, 05:43:55 PM
I just cannot help smiling at the name

The name is very familiar to me. Landau and Lifshitz were the standard  physics textbooks in the Soviet Union, also translated and published in the west.

Ghost of Baron Scarpia

Quote from: JBS on May 23, 2019, 06:38:50 PM
It is not possible to overdose on Mozart

CDs 3 and 4
#4 in G K41
#6 in B Flat K238
#3 in D K40
#10 in E Flat K 365 for 2 pianos [Till Engel second pianist]
#11 in F K413
#12 in A K414
#13 in C K415

That's not my experience. :)

vandermolen

#136194
Quote from: Mirror Image on May 23, 2019, 07:57:26 PM
One more work before bed:

Moeran
Two Pieces for Small Orchestra (Lonely Waters, Whythorne's Shadow)
Vernon Handley, conductor
Ulster Orchestra




Two great CDs! (Moeran and VW No.4)

TD
Symphony 24 (Miaskovsky)
One of his finest I think.

"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Mirror Image

Quote from: vandermolen on May 23, 2019, 08:57:23 PM
Two great CDs! (Moeran and VW No.4)

Yes, indeed, Jeffrey. I really like this particular work from Moeran. Of course, I love RVW's 4th. 8)

vandermolen

Quote from: Mirror Image on May 23, 2019, 08:59:06 PM
Yes, indeed, Jeffrey. I really like this particular work from Moeran. Of course, I love RVW's 4th. 8)
And I especially like Thomson's performance of it John.

TD
A Vision of Judgment. I have cilgwyn to thank for alerting us to the qualities of this fine and ultimately moving work:
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Irons

After mostly listening to Shostakovich symphonies with Russian conductors and orchestras it comes as a shock to encounter the polish of Ormandy and his Philadelphia orchestra. The excellence and beauty of sound - of orchestra, not so much recording - did not detract from the interpretation which it sometimes can. Ormandy feels Shostakovich's pain.



You must have a very good opinion of yourself to write a symphony - John Ireland.

I opened the door people rushed through and I was left holding the knob - Bo Diddley.

Harry

New acquisition. First listen.

Love is Strange, Works for Lute Consort, from the Rowallan and Straloch manuscripts.
John Johnson, Orlando Gibbons, Giovanni Coperario, Benjamin Cosyn, Anthony Holborne, Robert Parsons, Thomas Robinson, John Bull, John Dowland, John Danyel, Thomas Morley, Anonymous.


Recorded in 2005 on Alpha records.
Le Poeme Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre.

To my ears quite a spectacular recording. The works for Lute consort are a fine harmonious expression of the times of yore. It brings vividly the images of the prevalent musical culture, which offers much comfort to the ears and is balm for the soul. The performance and sound is outstanding. Much recommended.
Quote from Manuel, born in Spain, currently working at Fawlty Towers.

" I am from Barcelona, I know nothing.............."

ritter

Rudolf Serkin plas J.S. Bach. CD 3 of this set:

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BWV 903, 971, 992, 914 and 1016 (the latter with Adolf Busch, violin).