What are you listening to now?

[SimonNZ]

on the radio:

Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.1 - Diedre Irons, piano, Marc Taddei, cond.

[jochanaan]

on the radio:

Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.1 - Diedre Irons, piano, Marc Taddei, cond.

Well?

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Luonnotar, Op. 70. Great stuff.

[Todd]

[SimonNZ]

Well?

It's really very good, actually. But of course the top shelf of superb Beethoven PC recordings is so crowded now that its hard to say that yet another is an essential purchase. And this one doesn't try to have some unique angle or interpretation - its "just" a respectful, even fun, traditional-style performance of a high standard. But if somehow someone had only this recording they'd actually be well served.

(Diedre Irons is a local and teaches at the University here, and I've seen her live many times, and its always been a delight, even if not a "revelation")


playing now, on the radio:



William Herschel's Symphony No.2 - Matthias Bamert, cond.

the announcer said he was also a renownded astronomer and discoverer of the planet Uranus

[Brian]

   Wow, you do jump in with both feet   I'm glad you found stuff that impressed you.  Regarding the Schubert, I'm listening to her D959 again now.  For me it's all hers, like Schubert wrote it for her and all the other versions are interlopers. I've always liked Schubert, but at some level his Sonatas have been opaque to me; now, suddenly, Lankova takes me inside.
  No doubt opinions that extreme aren't likely to be widely shared. Anyway, I appreciate your giving her a shot    

OK, and thanks for your post too. I skipped D959 actually - it's a work I do not know well at all yet; I've only heard maybe 1-2 performances. But you can bet that when I sit down, some afternoon soon, and listen to Richter, Badura-Skoda, and A. Schiff play D959, and get really familiar with the piece, then right after that, Irina Lankova will be next!

Most definitely will be looking out for her in new release lists.

[Brian]

Penderecki Horn Concerto




Sarge

How'd'ja like?

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

Hindemith
Kammermusik
Members of Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Abbado

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This stuff is really cool, but the conductor is Chailly, no?

[Todd]

But you can bet that when I sit down, some afternoon soon, and listen to Richter, Badura-Skoda, and A. Schiff play D959, and get really familiar with the piece, then right after that, Irina Lankova will be next!

You may want to consider Brendel and Lupu and Kovacevich and Pollini and Endres and Zacharias and Serkin, too.  Just sayin'.  (Maybe even Paul Lewis.  I've not heard his recording, but in person he was superb.) 

[Que]

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This Couperin was a cousin of François, just in case anyone was wondering.

Q

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

I've been listening to this recently. Some really wonderful music here, and stuff I am again very unfamiliar with!

[Tsaraslondon]

Disc 20 of the Schwarzkopf box finds her paired with Fischer-Dieskau and Moore in music ideally suited to their gifts.

[aligreto]

Onslow: Piano Trio Op. 14 No. 1....

[jlaurson]

Gottfried August Homilius
Erwachet Ihr Christen
Virtuosi Saxonie / Ludwig Guettler
carus

[The new erato]

Is that you in the picture, Jens? Very cute.

[Brahmsian]

But also this:  I have the Emerson Mendelssohn cycle and liked it enough to never feel the need for any alternate.

Same here, Jeffrey. 

[Brahmsian]

About the Emersons: I totally agree, I am even tempted to suggest that their Mendelssohn is -with some distance- one of the best recordings that they have done.

One of their best.  One of my favourites, Gordo. 

[aligreto]

Rawsthorne: Oboe Concerto...





I found this to be a wistful, lyrical and sometimes poignant work, even in the Vivace final movement, that was most enjoyable.

[Sergeant Rock]

How'd'ja like?

Love it. The opening reminds me of the Rheingold prelude. Listening to it again now.





Sarge

[Brahmsian]

Love it. The opening reminds me of the Rheingold prelude. Listening to it again now.





Sarge

Wow, I will have to add this to the wishlist, along with a few other Penderecki recordings.  Love the Penderecki/Wit combination.