What are you listening to now?

[EigenUser]

And? Does it work?  I may try the same... The "combining" of pieces can sometime be very effective...A couple of years ago I saw the Bamberg Symphony under Jonathat Nott doing Ives's The Unanswered Question followed attaca by Schubert's Unfinshed Symphony, and the effect was magical...

After discovering it on accident by having them both on my "background music" playlist in this order (about a year ago), I don't think I could stand to listen to one without the other anymore. They are like cookies and milk. I've been doing this for about a year now with these two pieces. There are so many aspects of each work that go well together. The fade-out of the Ligeti and the fade-in of the Ravel is amazing. Both also pieces have lyrical lines with a lot of fast undercurrent.

That's a great idea with the Ives/Schubert! I'll try that sometime. I do like the Unfinished and I also like the Ives, too.

[SurprisedByBeauty]

 
#morninglistening @WienerKonzerthaus


C.P.E. Bach,
Complete Works for Solo Keyboard
A-M. Markovina
Haenssler

German link - UK link

#classicalmusic #morninglistening celebrating #CPEBach @HaensslerMusic | Stupendous, really. The quantity of it all seems to have no effect on the quality... the playing is superb and the modern instrument put to best possible use, it seems. Didn't think I could enjoy CPE-B that much, for that long.

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[SonicMan46]

Titz, Anton Ferdinand (1742-1810) - String Quartets V. 1 & 2 w/ Hoffmeister Quartet - German born (Nuremburg), some time in Vienna, then off to St. Petersburg and the court of Catherine the Great in 1771 - suffered some mental disorder in 1797 and died in Russia; have 3 volumes of these SQs - Dave

 

[Sadko]

Bizet

L'Arlésienne Suites 1 & 2
Carmen Suite

London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado

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[Brian]

Jens Laurson changed usernames??

[ritter]

There are so many aspects of each work that go well together. The fade-out of the Ligeti and the fade-in of the Ravel is amazing. Both also pieces have lyrical lines with a lot of fast undercurrent.

I works, boy does it work! 

I abandoned Currentzis's Figaro at the end of Act I, and am now with this:

György Ligeti: Melodien -- Schoenberg Ensemble, Reinbert de Leeuw (cond.)
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Maurice Ravel: Introduction et allegro - Annie Chalian (harp) and soloists
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[The new erato]

Superb disc from the post-Sibelian no 1 to the mysterious musings of late Nørgård.

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Great sound and playing. Nørgård really intrigues me.

[Mandryka]

Elgar Howarth conducts Ligeti's San Francisco Polyphony - a particularly exciting performance, and a sort of logical one (it flows naturally and interestingly)which I just found on spotify.

[SurprisedByBeauty]

Superb disc from the post-Sibelian no 1 to the mysterious musings of late Nørgård.



Great sound and playing. Nørgård really intrigues me.

neato! recorded at the Konzerthaus, incidentally... at a concert that was part of the Wiener Festwochen... and an added recording session.

Jens Laurson changed usernames??

Why, but this is the Konzerthaus posting. jlaurson will surely post under his own name as he has hitherto. Taking a page from his linking-playbook, though, except with Instagram photos. 

[The new erato]

A downplayed, really interesting and beautiful version of this masterful song-cycle. The near hysteria in some movements are toned down for a near chambermusic sensitivity, with some of the best recorded orcestral sound I've heard in quite some time.

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[Harry]

Superb disc from the post-Sibelian no 1 to the mysterious musings of late Nørgård.

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Great sound and playing. Nørgård really intrigues me.

For me, Norgard is a step too far, I have tried, I really did, but his soundscapes are difficult for me!

[North Star]

I works, boy does it work! 

György Ligeti: Melodien -- Schoenberg Ensemble, Reinbert de Leeuw (cond.)

Maurice Ravel: Introduction et allegro - Annie Chalian (harp) and soloists

+1, except I listened to Melos Ensemble's Ravel.
now Ligeti's Piano Concerto (Aimard & de Leeuw, Ligeti Project box)

[SonicMan46]

Some new arrivals today in the mail:

Heinichen, Johann David (1683-1729) - Dresden Wind Concertos w/ Thomas Albert & Fiori Musicali on period instruments - a 10/10 review from Classics Today - if you like Baroque oboes & flute, then a strong recommendation; also note that there is NO overlap w/ the superb 2-CD set of the 'Dresden Concerti' w/ Goebel & Musica Antiqua Köln.

Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713) - Opus 1 & 3 Sontatas w/ the Avison Ensemble - this is my 3rd Corelli double disc set w/ this superb group - Dave

 

[Lisztianwagner]

Béla Bartók
Dance Suite

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[listener]

Guitar etudes by CARULLI, SOR, GIULIANI, KÜHNERT, AGUADO Y GARCIA from collections 3 & 4 by Siegfired Behrend
Hans Michael Koch and Michael Tröster guitar
HINDEMITH:  Sinfonia Serena and the Horn Concerto
Dennis Brain, horn    Philharmonia Orch.,  Hindemith conducting

[Lisztianwagner]

From a dance to another one:

Leóš Janáček
Lachian Dances

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[ritter]

In the wake of my recent reading of Artaud's Les Tarahumaras:

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Rihm's fascination with (and use of as a source of inspration) Artaud's work is interesting, and has produced some remarkable pieces. Reminds me a bit of Barraqué's fixation with Broch's Death of Virgil.

[Moonfish]

#morninglistening @WienerKonzerthaus


C.P.E. Bach,
Complete Works for Solo Keyboard
A-M. Markovina
Haenssler

German link - UK link

#classicalmusic #morninglistening celebrating #CPEBach @HaensslerMusic | Stupendous, really. The quantity of it all seems to have no effect on the quality... the playing is superb and the modern instrument put to best possible use, it seems. Didn't think I could enjoy CPE-B that much, for that long.

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Very true! I never thought I could endure 26 cds of CPE Bach either, but Markovina very much surprised me! Great performances!!!!

[EigenUser]

Boulez's Messagesquisse for solo cello and six other cellos.
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[EigenUser]

Elgar Howarth conducts Ligeti's San Francisco Polyphony - a particularly exciting performance, and a sort of logical one (it flows naturally and interestingly)which I just found on spotify.

I like this performance a lot, but I do prefer the one on Teldec with Nott. That one has a slower tempo (but not too slow, which is a horrible problem with the Digital Concert Hall one with Rattle/BPO) and it brings out the lyricism of each of the melodic lines. The Howarth is very good, though. There's a fairly new one with Lintu that I haven't yet heard.