What are you listening to now?

[Harry]

Came in today, one of a big pile of CD'S. Wonderful romantic music.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2015/01/new-acquisition-berger-wilhelm-peterson.html?spref=tw

[Pat B]

Earlier I listened to the aforementioned Fibich Quintet. What else I had heard of Fibich did not really prepare me for this. Will listen again. Thanks to Philo for posting.

Now: Rachmaninoff: Symphony 2 (Ashkenazy/Decca).

[listener]

Jan NOVÁK Capriccio for Cello and Small Orchestra  MARTINŮ: Cello Concerto no.1
FOERSTER: Cello Concerto
Jiří Bárta, cello  Prague Philharmonic Orch.  Jakub Hrůša, cond.
and a collection of Symphonic Poems and 3 Concert Overtures by Ernst TSCHIDERER (1830 - 1916)
Medea, King Lear, Werthers Leiden, Des Meeres and der Liebe Wellen
Orchestra of the Academy of st Blasius,  Karlheinz Siessl, cond.
His operas Blanche and Die Lady von Gretna-Green were apparently well received and having been written for regional performers might be easily revived if the music exists.

[Philo]

Durosoir's Piano Trio followed by Griffes's Symphonische Phantasie followed by Holmes's Andromede

[Que]

Some cool winds stuff - disc 2....

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[Harry]

Some cool winds stuff - disc 2....

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The Weiss by the way is fabulous, I have listen to the first disc, and it made me shudder with delight.

[Philo]

All Rachmaninoff

Ogdon playing Piano Sonata No. 1 followed by Kocsis playing Piano Sonata No. 2 follwed by Nasedkin playing Etudes-tableaux Op. 39

[Que]

The Weiss by the way is fabulous, I have listen to the first disc, and it made me shudder with delight.

Mine is on the way!

Q

[Cato]

To commemorate the death of Earl Wild, the local classical station played the Rachmaninov Third Piano Concerto with Jascha Horenstein conducting.

Wild offered an exciting performance!

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[Moonfish]

JS Bach: Cantatas   (BWV 63, 162, 155)       The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir/Koopman

I am not sure why (yet), but I really enjoy the Koopman forces in these cantatas. Very intimate performances.
The female/male voices are stellar - errr - angelic...!  0:) 0:)

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[Philo]

My favorite composition of Richard Strauss:

https://www.youtube.com/v/gnI4rL-Ex2g

[Cato]

Most excellent works from our Karl Henning:


http://www.youtube.com/v/kYWAm11MX4s


http://www.youtube.com/v/hlh61D6COvU

[SonicMan46]

Some cool winds stuff - disc 2....

 

Que - listening to the added CD above; 3 discs which also includes the 3 Piano/Wind Quintets - on modern instruments but an excellence and great sounding performance.  Just put in an order for the other set above on 'period instruments' (already had their Op. 68 disc but not the other two - in addition, own their performance of the Piano/Wind works w/ Christine Schornsheim) - lovely music all around!  Dave

[Wakefield]

JS Bach: Cantatas   (BWV 63, 162, 155)       The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir/Koopman

I am not sure why (yet), but I really enjoy the Koopman forces in these cantatas. Very intimate performances.
The female/male voices are stellar - errr - angelic...!  0:) 0:)

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Vols. 1-3 of Koopman's cycle are superb, so I'm not surprised at all. Enjoy! 

[Moonfish]

Sibelius: Violin Concerto     Wicks/The SO of Radio Stockholm/Ehrling

Magnificent! Camilla Wicks plays like a goddess!  Hahn used to be my top choice here, but I am afraid that Wicks' passionate playing wins me over! I wish she recorded many more of the "famous" violin concertos......

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https://www.youtube.com/v/oEEStY8gBco

[Moonfish]

Vols. 1-3 of Koopman's cycle are superb, so I'm not surprised at all. Enjoy! 

Wonderful! Actually so enticing that I am even considering the cycle rather than searching for the individual issues. Did the cycle as a whole come out as well as the early volumes?  In addition, does one really need one more cycle of the cantatas or is that simply an expression of CDCDCD?

[prémont]

Wonderful! Actually so enticing that I am even considering the cycle rather than searching for the individual issues. Did the cycle as a whole come out as well as the early volumes?  In addition, does one really need one more cycle of the cantatas or is that simply an expression of CDCDCD?

I own five cycles (Suzuki, Gardiner, Leonhardt/Harnoncourt, Leusink and Rilling). I would consider my possible purchase of Koopman´s very expensive cycle to reflect an extremely malignant manifestation of CDCDCD, so I try to palliate myself with the ones I have got already. 

[Wakefield]

I own five cycles (Suzuki, Gardiner, Leonhardt/Harnoncourt, Leusink and Rilling). I would consider my possible purchase of Koopman´s very expensive cycle to reflect an extremely malignant manifestation of CDCDCD, so I try to palliate myself with the ones I have got already. 

Six here: I bought the Koopman's sets during a long time, several years indeed, and it was financially painful.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure that in this case your reasons are more related to your scarce taste for Koopman than other considerations, am I wrong? 

The only disks (and DVDs) of cantatas I have discarded because of financial reason are those by the  J. S. Bach Foundation of St Gallen. 

[prémont]

Anyway, I'm pretty sure that in this case your reasons are more related to your scarce taste for Koopman than other considerations, am I wrong? 

No, I think the Koopman set is too expensive, and I really think I own enough recordings of the cantatas. Other than the ones I mentioned, I own many individual cantata CDs, e.g. Kuijkens 18 CDs, Gardiners Archive cantata set, quite a lot of Herreweghe´s cantata CDs, some by Rifkin and a bulk of cantata CDs by Werner and Roitsch, all in all >400 CDs with Bach cantatas. I would never get the time to listen to Koopman´s set.

[Philo]

Fast becoming one of my favorite composers:

https://www.youtube.com/v/VWsJP1ZljPQ