What are you listening to now?

[North Star]

So do I, but I keep trying. Listening to the Fifth now...and still not enjoying it 

Sarge

Burn, country-dwellers! (i.e., heathens) 

Thread duty
Mailbox Mondays - This, the Pärt Arbos (ECM) & Feldman's Crippled Symmetry arrived today. 

Messiaen
Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps
Tashi (Peter Serkin [pf], Ida Kavafian [vn], Fred Sherry [vc] & Richard Stoltzman [ct])
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[Drasko]

[Sergeant Rock]

Janáček Taras Bulba




Sarge

[Ken B]

LVB 9, Lennie and the Wieners

[EigenUser]

As a distinguished friend of Nate would say, "It ain't bad at all!" Actually it's very good. 

I like Verklarte Nacht a lot. Is this your first time hearing it? If you like it, I'd highly recommend Schoenberg's Chamber Symphony No. 1 as a next step. That one is my favorite Schoenberg and one of my favorite pieces ever. In a way it is similar to VN, but generally much livelier and more "edge-of-your-seat".

[Florestan]

I like Verklarte Nacht a lot. Is this your first time hearing it? If you like it, I'd highly recommend Schoenberg's Chamber Symphony No. 1 as a next step. That one is my favorite Schoenberg and one of my favorite pieces ever. In a way it is similar to VN, but generally much livelier and more "edge-of-your-seat".

First time hearing it attentively. Thank you for the rec, will give it a spin asap.

[Karl Henning]

Good on ya, Andrei!

[EigenUser]

First time hearing it attentively. Thank you for the rec, will give it a spin asap.

No problem!

I've been meaning to revisit these for awhile. Since I'm getting ice cream on Wednesday with a friend who is a big Chopin fan, I figure I might as well now.
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[Ken B]

This one.
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I also named the Richafort Requiem as one Nate would like.

[North Star]

I also named the Richafort Requiem as one Nate would like.

And the accompanying works (Josquin's Nymphes, nappes, Faulte d'argent, Nymphes des bois & Miserere mei, Deus, Appenzeller, Gombert & Vinders) are just as essential.


Thread duty

Mailbox Monday continues

Pärt
Arbos,    An den Wassern zu Babel saßen wir und weinten,    Pari intervallo
De Profundis,    Es sang vor langen Jahren,     Summa
Arbos,    Stabat Mater

Susan Bickley (alt); Gidon Kremer; Vladimir Mendelssohn
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organ)
The Hilliard Ensemble
Brass Ensemble of Staatsorchester Stuttsgart
Dennis Russell Davies
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[listener]

GRIFFES`  Thrree Poems of Fiona MacLeod, op. 11  The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan, op.8,   Three Tone Pictures op. 5
Boston Symphony Orch.  / /Ozawa, cond.
Four Impressions      Olivia Sharp, msop.  Diane Richardson, piano
+ Songs of the Dagger  Four German Songs
more J.C. BACH Concertos for fortepiano  with  Ingrid Haebler
and the disc of  music from the Basque country – GURIDI, ESCUDERO, ISASI, USANDIZAGA, ARÁMBARI, and RAVEL
Basque (Euskadi) National Orch.      several conductors

[Mirror Image]

Considered that in my most recent buying cycle (along with their Beethoven), but copies seemed to be rather on the pricey side these days.

Yeah, last time I looked at the set it was quite expensive and OOP. I'm glad I bought mine when I did.

[Pat B]

Almost certainly the Ave Maria. It's sort of like the Für Elise of the Renaissance. Hardcore early music fans will turn their noses up at you if you admit to liking it.
(I like it.)

I have that, performed by the Hilliard Ensemble. Their Virgin double is the only Josquin I own. I get the feeling hardcore early music fans turn their noses up at them too, like they're the Anthony Newman of early vocal music. Or maybe the Eugene Ormandy.

Thread duty: Beethoven String Quartet No. 12, op. 127 (Busch Quartet).

[Pat B]

Oh, hi WienerKonzerthaus who is definitely not jlaurson. But if you happen to see jlaurson, tell him hi too.

[Brian]

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. 

He did tell me he had a lady friend who does publicity at the Konzerthaus...

[Brian]

When Peter Power Pop speaks, I listen. First-ever venture into Cluytens' Beethoven:

[Brahmsian]

When Peter Power Pop speaks, I listen. First-ever venture into Cluytens' Beethoven:

Let us know your thoughts, Brian.  Between you and PPP, I'm intrigued now by this set! 

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

Some music has the power to alter moods, here's an example that moves the happy meter toward bliss range.  I expected these to be pleasant, even interesting; what I was not prepared for was just how sprightly and varied they are and while hardly profound, they survey a broader range of emotion than anticipated.  I think I'm going to listen to them a lot.  Performance and sonics are first rate: when I got up from my computer just now I thought for a split second I was going to bump into the pianoforte.

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[SonicMan46]

About an hour ago, I got back from a two-hour car trip to and from a train station across the St. Lawrence River from me, during which I was playing this in the car [EDIT: since the "click to buy" covers up the relevant info, it is Beethoven's Late String Quartets]:

   

Just curious - the Alexander SQ have recorded the Beethoven SQs twice - an earlier version is offered by Arte Nova (above middle); their most recent 'complete' release is on Foghorn Classics (above right which I own and has received superlative reviews) - appears that the label is also offering the recordings as three 3-CD sets - are these from the second set of performances or did Foghorn re-master the earlier set?  Thanks - Dave

[SurprisedByBeauty]

 
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Symphonies 99 & 100
T. Fey / Heidelberger Sinfoniker
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Oh, hi WienerKonzerthaus who is definitely not jlaurson. But if you happen to see jlaurson, tell him hi too.

Already done! 

No spreading of rumors, Brian!