What are you listening to now?

[NJ Joe]

[Todd]

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Harrison's Seven Pastorales. Gorgeous music. I wish more labels took an interest in this composer's music.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



An absolute table-pounding aural feast for the ears.

[listener]

from the Concertgebouw Live box 5
SCHUBERT: Symphony no.5      Leonard Bernstein, cond.
BEETHOVEN: Mass in C, op., 96    Colin Davis cond.
and a return to RAVEL: Daphnis and Chloe
Oerchestre National de France/  Eliahu Inbal, cond.

[Todd]

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[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Symphony No. 12 'Helsingeborg'. A very short symphony. Not really long enough to sustain a dramatic narrative.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to The Planets. Absolutely scintillating performance from Mackerras/RLPO.

[Mookalafalas]

   From new Westminster legacy box. Slow and gorgeous.

[milk]

[Sadko]

Beethoven

Symphony no 8

Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer

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[Karl Henning]

My commute music yesterday and today has been:

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This is nothing short of fabulous.  Before now, I had respect for the B Minor Mass;  but this performance of the work maketh me to enjoy it, atop the respect.  Earlier, I might listen to a number or two for study, but the idea of listening to the entire work, was frankly something of a chore.  Here, it is a piece I want to listen to from start to finish.  This is how it ought to be!

[North Star]

My commute music yesterday and today has been:

This is nothing short of fabulous.  Before now, I had respect for the B Minor Mass;  but this performance of the work maketh me to enjoy it, atop the respect.  Earlier, I might listen to a number or two for study, but the idea of listening to the entire work, was frankly something of a chore.  Here, it is a piece I want to listen to from start to finish.  This is how it ought to be!

Good day, Karl!
I've had no trouble listening straight through the Butt & Dunedin Consort recording 

Thread duty:
Listened to the rest of the survey of Schumann's solo piano music by Eric Le Sage - now Waldszenen, the last one, before: Carnaval, 'Geistervariationen' et al., good stuff

[Karl Henning]

Good day, Karl!
I've had no trouble listening straight through the Butt & Dunedin Consort recording 

Good to know!  (I've not heard that one.  And in fact, I've not yet listened to the Harnoncourt/Concentus Wien/Arnold Schoenberg Chor version which is in the Bach in a Flash edition.)

[Brian]

Here's a CD I didn't know existed:



The pianist and label cleared the arrangements with Bernstein himself, who was so pleased that he insisted on flying to Sweden to pose for the album cover.

[SonicMan46]

Some more Avison for me this morning (yesterday's post below w/ some new images) - Dave

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


 

[Mirror Image]

Beethoven

Symphony no 8

Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer

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Nice! I have that set, too. I definitely will be giving it a spin soon.

[kishnevi]

And Beethoven for me as well, CD3 from the 50CD EMI France set
Symphonie no. 5 en ut mineur Op. 67
Symphonie no,. 7 en la majeur Op. 92
Orchestre Philharmonique de Berlin/Andre Cluytens

[marvinbrown]

Now:



Listening to Symphony No. 12 'Helsingeborg'. A very short symphony. Not really long enough to sustain a dramatic narrative.

  OH YES! Now there is a set I have not played in a very VERY long time!


  Langgaard's symphonies are not very well known, which is unfortunate as they have quite sweeping romantic movements. One can say that his longer symphonies are quite Wagnerian........ bless him  0:)
 
Pity he does not get more attention. Anyway he will be our little secret  , Mirror Image  .
  marvin

[HIPster]

My commute music yesterday and today has been:

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This is nothing short of fabulous.  Before now, I had respect for the B Minor Mass;  but this performance of the work maketh me to enjoy it, atop the respect.  Earlier, I might listen to a number or two for study, but the idea of listening to the entire work, was frankly something of a chore.  Here, it is a piece I want to listen to from start to finish.  This is how it ought to be!

+1 

This was one of my best purchases of last year.  One that I return to very often!

Glad to see that you are enjoying it, Karl!

You might be interested in this superb 3 disc set, on the Alpha label:
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Fulfilling my thread duty - now listening to Bach's Missa 1733 from the above set:
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