What are you listening to now?

[SonicMan46]

Graupner, Christoph (1683-1760) - Concertos, Overtures, & Sonatas w/ Gunar Letzbor & Ars Antiqua Austria - yet another addition to my expanding Graupner collection - excellent review from Fanfare reprinted HERE - Dave

[Ken B]

I love this piece! Did you find out about it from "The Exorcist"?

Nope. From my Henze loving friend back about 1977 or 78
I had the first 6 symphonies on vinyl.

[Moonfish]

The Castle of Fair Welcome     Gothic Voices

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[Moonfish]

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3       Rubinstein/Symphony of the Air/Krips

from the LS 2 box

[marvinbrown]

I love the English and French Suites. I learned a few movements of the 3rd French Suite on piano (Allemande and Minuet) and they are so therapeutic to play. It just fits so nicely. The left and right hands constantly pass lines back and forth -- especially in the Allemande.

  Thank you for drawing my attention to that movement  . I had not seen your message before I drove home. Needless to say the 3 discs are still in my car stereo I'll have to give French suite no.3 another listen on my drive to work. Incidentally I used to play piano many years ago. I never had the pleasure of playing any J.S. Bach beyond the Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565 and one of the ŴTC preludes (I forget which one). You are very lucky to be able to play some of Bach's lesser known pieces.

 

  marvin

[Ken B]

John Adams, "Screw You Schoenberg"

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[EigenUser]

John Adams, "Screw You Schoenberg"

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Is that the sequel to "My Father Knew Charles Ives"? Or the CS?

[EigenUser]

  Thank you for drawing my attention to that movement  . I had not seen your message before I drove home. Needless to say the 3 discs are still in my car stereo I'll have to give French suite no.3 another listen on my drive to work. Incidentally I used to play piano many years ago. I never had the pleasure of playing any J.S. Bach beyond the Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565 and one of the ŴTC preludes (I forget which one). You are very lucky to be able to play some of Bach's lesser known pieces.

 

  marvin

I have the book of the six French suites because my friend (a pianist) recommended them for me. I'm not used to playing Bach and I've never had piano lessons, so it took me a long time just to learn that one movement. I got discouraged trying to play the Courante (second movement) and gave up with Bach temporarily. I'd like to come back to it later.

[North Star]

Is that the sequel to "My Father Knew Charles Ives"? Or the CS?

I'd guess it's a reference to Harmonielehre

Thread duty

Gardiner's Schumann - really superb recordings.

[Ken B]

Is that the sequel to "My Father Knew Charles Ives"? Or the CS?

Well technically it's Harmonielehre. I elucidate the subtext. Good advice in retrospect ...

Let me ask you Nate. Why no Kurtag? As a Ligeti Bartok guy he seems someone you might like.

[nico1616]

Donizetti - Anna Bolena
Varviso/Decca

The curious case of Elena Souliotis, who had a brief career ruining her voice as soon as she became famous. 
Horne and Ghiaurov are magnificent though!

[EigenUser]

Well technically it's Harmonielehre. I elucidate the subtext. Good advice in retrospect ...

Let me ask you Nate. Why no Kurtag? As a Ligeti Bartok guy he seems someone you might like.

I've heard the "Stele" and the "Grabstein fur Stephan", but I didn't care much for it. "Stele" was okay, but I hated the plastic horns in the latter work. I thought it was kind of a cheap scare .

[André]

Bruckner: symphonies 1 (Haitink, COA) and 2 (Blomstedt, NDR - original version).

[Todd]

https://www.youtube.com/v/u66PKNJRQGE

[Ken B]

Bartok, S2PP, Perahia with Solti

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A super duper cheap bargain of high excellence.

[NJ Joe]

Paris

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[amw]

I've heard the "Stele" and the "Grabstein fur Stephan", but I didn't care much for it. "Stele" was okay, but I hated the plastic horns in the latter work. I thought it was kind of a cheap scare .

You just have to become more familiar with the broader vuvuzela repertoire I think.

http://imslp.org/wiki/Vuvuzela_Concerto_(Matthews,_John-Luke_Mark)

[EigenUser]

You just have to become more familiar with the broader vuvuzela repertoire I think.

http://imslp.org/wiki/Vuvuzela_Concerto_(Matthews,_John-Luke_Mark)

Ha! I love how they wrote the solo vuvuzela part in tenor clef.

[listener]

Light listening for a Monday morning
Vol . 36 of the Johann STRAUSS II series
Slovak State Phlharmonic Orch. Kosiče, Alfred Walter cond.
And Percy GRAINGER   In a Nutshell suite and 15 other pieces for piano
Nigel Coxe, piano

[EigenUser]

a political kindred spirit for Left Florestan too!

Thread duty: Hans Werner Henze: Un amour de Swann (1984)

expunging the Stockhausen I listened to earlier

"Tierkreis" for orchestra? I suppose this one's my fault, eh?