What are you listening to now?

[North Star]

Britten
Cello Symphony
Isserlis & Hickox

The Little Sweep (First listen)
Sir Philip Ledger & Choral Scholars of King's College, Cambridge et al.
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[Sadko]

Mozart

Klavierkonzert Es-dur KV 271 "Jeunehomme", "Jenamy"

Alfred Brendel
ASMF
Neville Marriner

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[Karl Henning]

Britten
Cello Symphony
Isserlis & Hickox

The Little Sweep (First listen)
Sir Philip Ledger & Choral Scholars of King's College, Cambridge et al.
[asin]B001EOOC3W[/asin]

A wonderful box, to be sure!  G'day, Karlo!

Thread Duty

LvB
Violin Sonata № 9 in A, Op.47 « Kreutzer »
Zukerman, Hungerdunger & Barenboim

[Sadko]

Mozart

Klavierkonzert Es-dur KV 271 "Jenamy"

Dezső Ránki
Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra
János Rolla

Subtly nuanced playing by Ránki, and an equally responsive orchestra.

[Karl Henning]

What was I listening to last night?

Schoenberg
Moses und Aron
David Pittman-Jennings, Moses
Chris Merritt, Aron
The Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera
Zaans Jongenskoor
Jongens Muziekschool Waterland
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Boulez



This could just be the "my favorite x is the last one I heard" drill . . . this really is mighty good, and I hesitate to call it my favorite because, well, I just haven't listened to any of the others I've got lately.  (And when I think about it, this must be the fourth Moses und Aron I've got . . . .)

[North Star]

A wonderful box, to be sure!  G'day, Karlo!

Thread Duty

LvB
Violin Sonata № 9 in A, Op.47 « Kreutzer »
Zukerman, Hungerdunger & Barenboim

Good day, Karl!
Yes indeed, it's a great box - in several senses 
I need to get the rest of the operas, though, and then there are some other works like Curlew River that aren't there that interest me a great deal. Perhaps I need the big Decca box, too

[North Star]

Brahms
Symphony No. 4
Rattle & Berliners
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[North Star]

Brahms
Symphony No. 1
Rattle & Berliners

[Karl Henning]

More of this, because it is just such beautiful singing. And, luscious music.

Orlande de Lassus
Pomerium

[Sadko]

Pancrace Royer

Premier livre de pièces pour clavecin 1746

Christophe Rousset

[Karl Henning]

Schoenberg
Erste Kammersymphonie, Op.9
Ensemble Musique Oblique
Herreweghe

The booklet seems to suggest, actually, that maestro Herreweghe did not direct the Op. 9

[Karl Henning]

Frescobaldi
Hank Knox

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[Mandryka]

Ingrid Matthews plays the prelude to the third violin partita

She finds a lot of complex ineffable feeling in the music, what with all that rhythmic rubato and all. I'm wondering what to make of that, given that this is clearly derived from (or is it a derivative of?)  the symphonia to the cantata 'Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir' (BWV 29), which seems just simply jubilant and exuberant, given the text. Or maybe the symphonia is more complex than I understand.

[Karl Henning]

"Papa"
Symphony № 104 in D « London » H.I/104
Berliner Philharmoniker
Rosbaud

[Karl Henning]

Sibelius
Finlandia, Op.26 № 7
Berliner Philharmoniker
Rosbaud

[Todd]

One of Perahia's finest recordings.

[Willow Pattern]

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 In C Minor, WAB 108, "Apocalyptic"

A few more Bruckner Symphonies today - the 8th and 5th with Tintner and the 3rd and 6th with Karajan:

[TheGSMoeller]

One of Perahia's finest recordings.

I highly agree, Todd.


Thread duty....as exciting and magical as I've ever heard of the Eroica. Jarvi delivers the absolute perfect tempi for all four movements IMO. I may have this one on repeat for a while...AND here is an intoxicating opening to the 8th! I'm in love! Yee-haw!

Edit: halfway through the 8th's Allegro vivace E con brio, this is phenomenal.

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[Sadko]

One of Perahia's finest recordings.

I'll join in.

[SonicMan46]

Avison, Charles (1709-1770) - Concerti Grossi after Scarlatti w/ Goodman & Gang - a transitional (i.e. between late Baroque & early Classic periods) English composer who has been forgotten but composed some wonderful music from this era - believe I have at least a half dozen discs (and maybe a few others) - he is worth exploring if you are into the mid-portion of the 18th century - Dave