What are you listening to now?

[Opus106]

Oh what the heck, I'll try listening to (and watching with my mind's eye, perhaps) opera on CD.

Le Nozze di Figaro
René Jacobs and Cohorts

[Fafner]

CHAUSSON: Symphony in B flat major / Poeme / Viviane
Laurent Korcia, violin
Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy, Jerome Kaltenbach

[asin]B0000060CI[/asin]

[jlaurson]

Again:

  W. Lutosławski
Symphonies 1-4
Fanfare for LA Phil
Salonen / LA Phil
Sony
German link - UK link

Real moments of Turangalila in the Third Symphony...

[Mirror Image]

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, "A London Symphony"


Been listening to Disc 2 of this set today: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 8 - good stuff!

Absolutely Conor! My favorite RVW symphony set.

[Karl Henning]

(Just might be a first listen) . . . .

"Papa"
Pf Trio in E (Hob. XV:28)
Van Swieten Trio

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

(Just might be a first listen) . . . .

"Papa"
Pf Trio in E (Hob. XV:28)
Van Swieten Trio

Well I hope you will hear the worth in these performances Karl 

[Karl Henning]

I enjoy this box a great deal, mijn vriend, thanks!

[Fafner]

More Chausson 

CHAUSSON, E.: Poeme de l'amour et de la mer / BERLIOZ, H.: Les nuits d'ete / Schoenberg, A.:  Song of the Wood Dove
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
(Baker, Svetlanov, Giulini, Del Mar) (1963, 1975)

[asin]B00005Q5LM[/asin]

[Todd]

 



Dueling Gershwin recordings, one with orchestra, one without.

[Lisztianwagner]

William Schuman
Symphony No.6

http://www.youtube.com/v/7B4Qrsmy6G4

[Karl Henning]

Outstanding, Ilaria! Let me know afterwards what you think!

[Brian]

Three first listens to three truly awesome symphonies!



Wow, the 70th is a wild ride - instantly one of my top 5-10 Haydn symphonies.

[TheGSMoeller]

Three first listens to three truly awesome symphonies!



Wow, the 70th is a wild ride - instantly one of my top 5-10 Haydn symphonies.

Can't see pic, what disc?

(and it's my computer, some images such as from NaxosML won't show up properly)

[Brian]

Can't see pic, what disc?

(and it's my computer, some images such as from NaxosML won't show up properly)

Hobbit Fey's Haydn Fan Club Band plays 70/73/75.

[TheGSMoeller]

Hobbit Fey's Haydn Fan Club Band plays 70/73/75.

Ah! Was hoping it was Fey! That's my favorite volume.

[Karl Henning]

Three first listens to three truly awesome symphonies!

Wow, the 70th is a wild ride - instantly one of my top 5-10 Haydn symphonies.

Ah! Was hoping it was Fey! That's my favorite volume.

You guys!

"Papa"
Symphonies n^os 70, 73 (« La chasse ») & 75, all in D (H.I/70, 73 & 75)
Heidelberger Sinfoniker
Hobbit Boy

[asin]B00140L7DY[/asin]

[TheGSMoeller]

I never thought highly of 70 until this recording. And Fey injects the finale of La chasse with so much spunk it's hard to resist.

[jlaurson]

H. Berlioz
Grande Messe des morts
Sir Colin Davis / LSO
LSO Live SACDs
German link - UK link

[North Star]

Afternoon, gentlemen!


Karl, here is the Satie on guitar link again, if you missed it back then in the old thread.

have you checked out the Ubuweb Satie page? The piano pieces arranged for guitar there are so, so much better than one would think - not pretty hotel lounge muzak but steely, intense and very human playing.

Thread duty:
Now:
Debussy
La mer, L. 109* first listen (this recording)
Printemps, L. 61
Première rhapsodie pour clarinette et orchestre, L. 116[/i]
Charles Munch; Boston Symphony Orchestra*
Pierre Boulez; New Philharmonia Orchestra; John Alldis Choir, Gervase de Peyer (clarinet)
[asin]B006VKKAXU[/asin]

Earlier today:


Prokofiev
Symphony No. 6
Ozawa & BPO

Tchaikovsky
Voyevoda, Op. 78, Symphonic Ballad    first listen
Pletnev & Russian National Orchestra

Ives
The Unanswered Question
Symphony No. 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Morton Gould

Tchaikovsky
Symphony no. 6 'Pathetique'
Gatti & RPO
[asin]B00699QOWO[/asin]

Britten
Nocturne, Oo. 60*
Quatre Chansons Françaises^
Ian Bostridge, Rattle & Berliner Philharmoniker*
Jill Gomez (sop),  Rattle & CoBSO^
[asin]B001O5ZNY8[/asin]

[Sadko]

Tchaikovsky

Charodeyka [The Enchantress]

Mikhail Kiselyov (baritone)
Veronika Borisenko (mezzo soprano)
Georgy Nelepp (tenor)
Aleksey Korolyov (bass)
Anna Matyushina (mezzo soprano)
Mikhail Skazin (bass-baritone)
Natalya Sokolova (soprano)
Anatoly Tikhonov (baritone)
Vera Gradova (soprano)
Sergey Sladkopevtsev (tenor)
Leonid Khachaturov (bass-baritone)
Aleksey Usmanov (tenor)
Gennady Troitsky (bass)
Panteleymon Pontryagin (tenor)
Pavel Korobkov (baritone)
Khor vsesoyuznogo radio

Orkestr moskovskoy gosudarstvennoy filarmonii
Samuil Samosud 1954

Samuil Samosud was a great conductor of (not only) Russian operas, if I remember correctly there is not one of his recordings I know that I don't like. And mostly I find his casts convincing too, even if not all voices are always beautiful, there is something about the interpretations that sounds right and is very enjoyable.