What are you listening to now?

[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

[aligreto]

Messiaen: Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps....

[San Antone]

Giving this another try ...



Listening to this at home, instead of at work, it comes across better.   

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

Last of my Elgarian soul triptych "Music Makers" :

[André]

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




Sarge

Oh!? How did you like it, Sarge ?

[EigenUser]

Another person agreeing with James.

TD
Ernst Krenek (1900-1991): Sinfonia n.1 op.7 (1921) -- Radio-Philharmonie Hannover des NDR diretta da Takao Ukigaya
Youtube

I think Nate would like this. Some resemblance to Belmont's Chamber Symphony. More emphatic and lively, but parts have a similar feel.

Noted, thanks! I need to try something new. I'll try and remember to listen tomorrow while I'm working.

Currently, Feldman's Cello and Orchestra, then Coptic Light.

[reversepsychology]
Ken, don't listen to it!
[/reversepsychology]

[bhodges]

Last night, a program designed to honor a friend no longer with us. I hadn't heard the Nielsen Fifth in quite awhile - my loss. It feels like one of those pieces - like the Eroica or The Rite of Spring - that should be heard at least once every year or so, just to be reminded of how great it is.

Elliott Carter: Night Fantasies (Eric Huebner, piano)
Gerald Finzi: Dies Natalis (John Mark Ainsley/Corydon Singers/Matthew Best)
Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 5 (LSO/Sir Colin Davis)
Audra McDonald: Way Back to Paradise
R. Strauss: Four Last Songs (Lucia Popp/LPO/Klaus Tennstedt)

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--Bruce

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

Franz Krommer (1759-1831), putting the Fun back in Music ; it's Fusic! And has real joie d'ivre!

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[North Star]

Giving this another try ...

Listening to this at home, instead of at work, it comes across better.

Whew!

[Karl Henning]

(* chortle *)

[Ken B]

Beethoven 7 (live)
Schubert 8
Saito Kinen Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa

From the biggish box.