What are you listening to now?

[mc ukrneal]

Day off. (Yippee!)

Much-needed yard work in the morning.

Then some early Pretenders and EMF to blow out the cobwebs.

And now:

What do you think of this? I had it on my wishlist for ages, but never got it for some reason. Then one day I ended up getting a box with the Dvorak concerto and I really enjoyed the piece (in the Steinberg Icon box). I wondered then if I should get a more modern version in modern sound.

[Sergeant Rock]

What do you think of this? I had it on my wishlist for ages, but never got it for some reason. Then one day I ended up getting a box with the Dvorak concerto and I really enjoyed the piece (in the Steinberg Icon box). I wondered then if I should get a more modern version in modern sound.

You should, this one (I think Brian would agree):



"I have no issue acclaiming it as the finest version yet to appear outside of the classic Czech tradition. Mutter treats the work in the grand style, turning in a performance of bold gestures, hugely contrasted in tone, tempo, and dynamics. She's assisted in no small degree by Manfred Honeck, a conductor of genius who plays the accompaniment for all it's worth, with the Berlin Philharmonic sounding magnificently committed." --Classics Today

MusicWeb likes it too.


Sarge

[Que]

Some Scarlatti:



Kk 49-66

I'm showing the previous issue, those interested can look for a bargain on the new issue HERE

Q

[Karl Henning]

Truth to tell,  the only Schonberg work I love is Verklarte Nacht.  The rest is meh or worse.  It does not help that I find him emotionally chilly,  something I don't experience with Berg or Webern (which is why I like them better).

We can still be friends

[Que]

Q

[Todd]

The fourth and final disc offers something of a surprise: the Kreutzer is a kick-ass, large-scale, energetic reading, with both artists giving it their all.  If the entire set was as good as this, it would be a top flight set.  Op 96 closes out the set and returns to the more polite style of the other recordings.

[lisa needs braces]

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

For many years, Saturday was opera day chez nous; dunno how we got outta that habit. 

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[SonicMan46]

New arrival today from the Amazon MP:

Vivaldi, Antonio - Concertos 2 - 6 CD Naive box - now listening to the Flute & next the Oboe Concertos - Dave

 

[Wakefield]

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"Vladimir Horowitz in Moscow: Scarlatti, Mozart Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Schubert, Liszt, Chopin, Schumann, Moszkowski."

Concert at the Moscow Conservatory on April 20, 1986. Horowitz had not returned to Moscow since 1925. No one seems to ignore the meaning of the moment: the old pianist who returns home, not only after a long journey, but at the end of his life. Full of wounds, but happy, at home, in the place where everyone love you without reservation.

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

A little quality VC time. 

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[Moonfish]

Beethoven: String Quartets Nos 1, 11 & 16         Busch Quartet

Vintage euphoria....

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[Moonfish]

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3  Fischer/Bayerischer Staatsorchester/Fricsay




R. Strauss: Aus Italien               
R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche   
R. Strauss: Excerpts from Salome
Wiener Philharmoniker/Krauss

I adore "Aus Italien", but Eulenspiegel eludes me.  Kempe's version of Aus Italien is closer to my heart.

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Musique a Versailles: Marais, D'Anglebert, A. Forqueray       S. Kuijken/ W. Kuijken/Leonhardt

A peaceful day in Versailles......

[Karl Henning]

Last night: some Prokofiev conducted by Jimmy.

[North Star]

Shostakovich
Symphony No. 10
Jansons & Philadelphia

[Karl Henning]

That one might be my favorite, Karlo.

[Moonfish]

New arrival today from the Amazon MP:

Vivaldi, Antonio - Concertos 2 - 6 CD Naive box - now listening to the Flute & next the Oboe Concertos - Dave

 

Ah, that does sound very tempting Dave!  The Naive series seems endless, but these compilations are attractive. Are you enjoying the Flute Concertos?

[Moonfish]

Shostakovich
Symphony No. 10
Jansons & Philadelphia

Hmm, I still need to swallow my red Shostakovich pill. I have had Jansons' set for a while, but for some reason I tend to always avoid Shostakovich sessions.      I know that many here at GMG are great fans, so I guess I should read the S thread. How do the Jansons performances compare with Barshai's?

[Moonfish]

For many years, Saturday was opera day chez nous; dunno how we got outta that habit. 

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We should all have an opera day!!!!   Hmm, perhaps we should run a thread called "The Opera of the Week" where we collectively tackle the morsels of the operatic realm?   

[listener]

PAINE: Symphony no.2 in A op. 34 ( Im Frühling)
NY Philharmonic       Zubin Mehta, cond.
another 'Spring' symphony !
and variations for guitar - SOR op. 28 'Que ne suis-je la fougère, GIULIANI: op. 45 Folies d'Espagne
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO -J'ai du bon tabac*; PONCE, ESCALANTE, GISMONTI, Lennox BERELEY and Carey BLYTON
Betho Davezac, guitar (Mazaru  Konno, Tokyo 1971)
*aha!! found it, the other use of the tune also found in  Koechlin's Les Bandar-Log