What are you listening to now?

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Symphony No. 3. Jeffrey (Vandermolen), you're right, this is an exceptional performance.

[The new erato]

A great set, with an incredible lineage of violin and piano sonatas and, (last I saw), a great bargain.

And very well played and recorded.

[André]

[Dancing Divertimentian]

En Saga.



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[Harry]

Enjoying some exquisite sacred choral music this afternoon:



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I will tell Nana that you like it my friend!

[Mandryka]

Kempff's first recording of D 960/ii. I find it really disturbing, a sort of mad introspective and hyperactive feeling, more interesting than his DG I would say. Well worth checking out. Better sound in the 1950s.

[XB-70 Valkyrie]

Very interesting. Although I like Kempff a great deal, especially in Brahms and Schumann, I never thought to listen to his D. 960--one of my favorite sonatas. My friend gave me a recording of her former piano teacher Ellsworth Snyder (one of John Cage's lovers, I believe), playing this work, and it really blew me away. I have never heard it played with such feeling and attention to tone. Even better than Richter's version in some regards.

[Que]

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It is a downright miracle (apart from liner notes in Dutch...) that series like this are still issued: thoughtfully constructed, with a hand picked selection of top ensembles and splendid presentation in beautifully printed hard cover booklets with liner notes and abundant art work.

This volume with Singer Pur is one of my favourites.

Q

[SimonNZ]

^Snap! I was listening to that disc this morning!

but playing now:



Michael Berkeley's Violin Concerto - Chloë Hanslip, violin, Jac van Steen, cond.

World premiere: 2016 BBC Proms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UayG15tOoRs

[Que]

^Snap! I was listening to that disc this morning!

Great minds...... 

And of course great music and musicianship play an important role in this as well. 

Q

[Autumn Leaves]

This afternoon's listening:



SQ's #11 & 14



Symphony #6

Even after my comments yesterday I felt compelled to give Schubert's Symphonies another shot - I guess its best not to be too negative about anything .
I think I like this Symphony - the last movement is great. Ill maybe listen to some more from this box when I log off for the night.

[Que]

My interest for Spanish late Renaissance and Baroque repertoire has rekindled lately, so one from my collection:

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Q

[aligreto]

JS Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 [Dart]....

[aligreto]

Brahms: Symphonies - Klemperer/Philharmonia.

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For a number of reasons over the past month or so I've been listening to Brahms even more than usual. But do you want to know a secret? Okay...I still haven't heard Ein deutsches Requiem - not even a moment of it.

It is a wonderful work. I have made it my personal Listening Project for this month. The Klemperer is a highly recommendable version to start with, just turn your volume up a notch and let yourself drown in the magnificent choral singing 

[NikF]

It is a wonderful work. I have made it my personal Listening Project for this month. The Klemperer is a highly recommendable version to start with, just turn your volume up a notch and let yourself drown in the magnificent choral singing 

Yeah, that sounds great. I don't usually save music (or books) for a rainy day, however in this instance I did. And so now I've the pleasure waiting.

[aligreto]

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1 & 3 [van Immerseel]....

[aligreto]

Yeah, that sounds great. I don't usually save music (or books) for a rainy day, however in this instance I did. And so now I've the pleasure waiting.

I hope that you enjoy it.

[North Star]

Brahms
Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45, nach Worten der Heiligen Schrift
Katharine Fuge (soprano) & Matthew Brook (baritone)
Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner
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[NikF]

Manjón: Works for Guitar - Raphaëlla Smits.

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Second listen.

I hope that you enjoy it.

Thanks.

[Que]

Brahms
Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45, nach Worten der Heiligen Schrift
Katharine Fuge (soprano) & Matthew Brook (baritone)
Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner
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From what I've heard from Gardiner's efforts in Brahms, he has a special thing going there....
So far I've failed to look into it any further though.....

Q