What are you listening to now?

[Madiel]

Richard Strauss: Don Quixote.

With Rudolf Kempe conducting the Staatskapelle Dresden, and Tortelier and Rostal as soloists.

Extraordinarily colourful and vivid music, including bleating brass sheep and fantastic use of a wind machine. Fabulous stuff.

[EigenUser]

Haydn Symphony No.38 C major




Sarge

What do you think of it?

[Sergeant Rock]

What do you think of it?

I'm afraid I have to add it to my Favorite Haydn Symphonies list. (That list is on the verge of becoming bloated and unmanageable  )

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Elgar In the South, Davis conducting the BBC




Sarge

[Karl Henning]

I'm afraid I have to add it to my Favorite Haydn Symphonies list. (That list is on the verge of becoming bloated and unmanageable  )

Sarge

Hah!

[Karl Henning]

After listening to both recordings of Thoreau in Concord Jail, a palate-cleanser:

Piston
Flute Quintet (1942)

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[Sergeant Rock]

Brahms, the Overtures, Szell conducting the Cleveland




Sarge

[Karl Henning]

“Papa”
Symphony № 38 in C (H.I/38)
AAM
Hogwood

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[kishnevi]

I'm afraid I have to add it to my Favorite Haydn Symphonies list. (That list is on the verge of becoming bloated and unmanageable  )

Sarge

How about a Favorite Favorite list?
Thread duty...Thomas Larcher
Smart Dust (2005)
Poems (1975-2010)
What Becomes (2009)
Tamara Stefanovich, piano
To be followed by
A Padmore Cycle (2010-11)
Mark Padmore tenor
Composer as pianist
Harmonia Mundi new release under the title What Becomes HMU 907604
Moderately impressive piano music, with vocal portion just beginning.

[Wanderer]

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[Todd]

https://www.youtube.com/v/23iT28bZx2g

[SonicMan46]

Fux, Johann (1660-1741) - Partite a 3 w/ Letzbor & Ars Antiguq Austria - new arrival (up to about a half dozen discs of his music).

Hoffmeister, Franz (1754-1812) - Flute Trios w/ Bent Larsen & Henrik Svtizer (flutes) and Niels Ullner (cello) - yesterday I enjoyed listening to his Flute Sonatas w/ Larsen, so did a MP3 DL (Classicsonline, just $7 w/ credit) and burned to CD-R (print my labels directly to disc now - look great) - Dave

 

[Todd]

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



A brief interview with the young Mr Grosvenor, whom I plan on seeing and hearing in recital next year, followed by some fine Mompou playing. 

[Sergeant Rock]

How about a Favorite Favorite list?

That might whittle it down a few 

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Sir Malcolm's String Quartet No.2 op.118




Sarge

[Wakefield]

Beethoven:
Sextet in E-flat major, for 2 horns, 2 violins, viola and cello Op. 81b
"Duett mit zwei obligaten Augengläsern" in E-flat major for viola & cello WoO 32
Quintet in A major for 2 violins, viola and 2 cellos fter sonata for violin & piano No. 9 in A major ("Kreutzer"), Op. 47]*

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L'Archibudelli
Vera Beths/ Lucy van Dael, violins
Anner Bylsma, violoncello
Lidewij Scheifes, violoncello*
Jürgen Kussmaul, viola
Ab Koster/ Knut Hasselmann, horns

Usually, L'Archibudelli is superb, but this particular recording is an absolute jewel. 

[andolink]

Florent Schmitt: Symphonie concertante, Op. 82
Hüseyin Sermet, piano
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo/David Robertson

Fortunato Chelleri: Symphony No. 1 in D major
Atalanta Fugiens/Vanni Moretto

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonatas-- No. 26 in E-flat major, op. 81a and No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
Ronald Brautigam, fortepiano

George Onslow: String Quartet in D minor, Op. 10 no. 2
Quatuor Ruggieri

[North Star]

*pounds the table!* 

Thread duty
Sibelius
Symphonies nos. 6 & 7
Maazel & Wiener Philharmoniker

[Moonfish]

Beethoven: String Quartets No 1, 11 & 16    Busch Quartet

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[king ubu]

Just about to finish my first complete listen to this marvellous little box:

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La Défense de la basse de viole contre les entreprises du violon et les prétentions du violoncelle

Ricercar Consort