What are you listening to now?

[Sadko]

Looks like something for me to hear.  I am slowly making my way through the long journey through Liszt's piano music recordings.  Is it a period instrument?

Minority vote: I found the instrument so unbearable that I got rid of the CD instantly.

[San Antone]

Minority vote: I found the instrument so unbearable that I got rid of the CD instantly.

I also did not have as positive reaction as did North Star and Jens.   

TD

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

Can a soul be embodied?  That is an enigma . . . .

[Karl Henning]

Liszt
Fantasia and Fugue on the Theme B-A-C-H, S529
Brendel

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[Karl Henning]

Liszt
Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 № 11: Harmonies du soir
Святослав Теофилович [ Svyatoslav Teofilovich (Richter) ]

[Karl Henning]

Liszt
Csárdás macabre, S.224
Brendel

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[Sergeant Rock]

Mozart Piano Concerto No.21 C major K.467, Schoonderwoerd conducting from the keyboard




Sarge

[Karl Henning]

Liszt
Csárdás obstinée, S.225 № 2
Immerseel

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Rattlin' good fun!

[Karl Henning]

Liszt
Mephisto Polka, S.217
Святослав Теофилович [ Svyatoslav Teofilovich (Richter) ]

Another piece which is more playful fun than "showy brilliance";  but it is certainly brilliant, as well.

[San Antone]

Liszt
Csárdás obstinée, S.225 № 2
Immerseel

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Rattlin' good fun!

I listened to about half of this, and didn't even notice at first that it included works with cello.  A nice surprise!

[Karl Henning]

I listened to about half of this, and didn't even notice at first that it included works with cello.  A nice surprise!

Yes!

Liszt
Resignazione, S.187a
Romance oubliée, S.527
Toccata, S.197a
Campanella

[Que]

[...] I also prefer his Weckmann set to Zehrer´s and Foccroulle´s, even if Davidsson (particularly his first set) is to be preferred to all of them.

Couldn't agree more, that Weckmann set by Davidsson on Motette - a great set, authentic performances with integrity. 

Siegbert Rampe plays Es ist das Heyl uns kommen her and O Lux Beata Trinitas by Matthias Weckmann.  It is a really magnificent organ (Scherer Tangermünde.) Rampe communicated commitment and inspiration. The music is a summit of civilization.

Great Weckmann performances as well...

Q

[aligreto]

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde....

[Sergeant Rock]

Haydn String Quartet F sharp minor op.50/4 played by the Festetics




Sarge

[San Antone]

The Liszt B Minor sandwiched between Mozart and Bartok - a nice program.

[Sergeant Rock]

The Liszt B Minor sandwiched between Mozart and Bartok - a nice program.

I don't know what it is about her Liszt Sonata but it opened up the work for me after decades of trying, and failing, with the "great" recordings.

Sarge

[listener]

from the Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos, vol. 44   Henryk MELCER  Piano Concertos 1& 2
Jonathan Plowright, piano  BBC Scottish S.O.,  Christoph König, cond.
of added interest for their athletic demands,
and an interesting collection of guitar music on Naxos including Malcolm ARNOLD: Fantasy op.107, R.R.BENNETT: Sonata for Solo Guitar, SALVADOR, MOPOU, Gordon McPHERSON and TARREGA
Dejan Ivanovic, guitar

[San Antone]

I don't know what it is about her Liszt Sonata but it opened up the work for me after decades of trying, and failing, with the "great" recordings.

Sarge

It is playing as I type this and I am enjoying it quite a bit. 

I really like the way she organized this recording, I forgot to mention in my original post that she also plays the Berg 1st Sonata - and that is a fantastic coupling with the B Minor since Berg drew from Liszt in his work.  And the way she plays the Mozart A Minor is fierce!  She ends the disc with Bartok Romanian Folk Dances, which are always a pleasure.

Nice to have all these on one disc.

[Sergeant Rock]

I really like the way she organized this recording....

That might be the reason it finally appealed to me: the Liszt in context, part of a larger program, a very attractive program.

Sarge

[ritter]

More from my recently purchased Berlioz / Munch / BSO set:



Tonight, Les Nuits d'été sung by Victoria de los Ángeles