What are you listening to now?

[Moonfish]

TD
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5                         de Groot/RCO/Mengelberg         (May 9, 1942)

[Ken B]

Rameau
Hippolyte et Aricie
Christie, Les Arts Florissants

From the big Rameau opera box.

[Artem]

Perez is the first ever listen today.

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[Todd]

[Mirror Image]

Sibelius: Symphony No. 4
Karajan - Berlin

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Pounds the table! A smoldering performance of Sibelius' 4th.

Thread duty -



Listening to Lemminkainen Suite, Op. 22. I've owned this Salonen recording since 2012 and this is my first-listen to it. Anyway, sounds fantastic so far.

Next up:

[Mirror Image]

I turned the performance of Salonen's Lemminkainen Suite off as I'm just not feeling this performance at all. It seems a bit too detached to me even for Salonen. Not one of his better performances IMHO. I also didn't think the audio quality was up to par with some of the other Sony recordings I've heard. Perhaps my impressions will change over time, but I won't revisit this recording of Lemminkainen Suite any time soon.

[Brian]

Whoa, I did not know about this CD! How is it?

[listener]

spent the day with a group cleaning a display caboose (illustrated), spending  the evening with SPONTINI: Olympie
Julia Varady, Stefania Toczyska, Franco Tagliavini, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, George Fortune
RIAS-Kammerchor, Male Chorus of the Berlin Deutsche-Oper, RSO Berlin,  Gerd Albrecht, cond.

[The new erato]

The whole last week I´ve been listening alternatively to these two sets:





My reaction each time I hear this music (in whatever performance) is the same as it was when I listened to it for the first time: *this is the most melancholy beautiful music I have ever heard.*

What is even mote extraordinary is that this melancholy music mostly happens in major keys. Schubert was unusual in his handling of keys and key relationships.

[Florestan]

What is even mote extraordinary is that this melancholy music mostly happens in major keys. Schubert was unusual in his handling of keys and key relationships.

Exactly. In his hands C Major can be even sadder than B minor. 

[Florestan]

[Wakefield]

Whoa, I did not know about this CD! How is it?

It's excellent. Schiff is a true "fortepianist", not merely a pianist playing an old instrument.

[Karl Henning]

Listening to Symphony No. 5. Surprisingly good performance.

Not surprising, considering the Sarge likes it so well 

Good morning, John!

[Karl Henning]

Exactly. In his hands C Major can be even sadder than B minor. 

Oh, he cannot be doing it right, then 

G'day, Andrei!

[Florestan]

Oh, he cannot be doing it right, then 

G'day, Andrei!

Cheers, Karl!

[San Antone]

Whoa, I did not know about this CD! How is it?

Schiff plays fine but I am not sold on the instrument.  No sonatas, all Bagatelles and some works WoO.

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

I could listen to Brahms again most o' the day today, but even he would want me to try something else.  So :

[Karl Henning]

Pretty easy to listen to all Brahms, all the time . . . .

[Wanderer]

In a Mozart mood lately. Have been listening to:

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[Madiel]

Now:



Listening to Symphony No. 3 'Sinfonia Rustica'. Great stuff.

It is, but you need to develop your Holmboe palette to experience the glories of 8, 9 and 10...