What are you listening 2 now?

[andolink]

Currently working my way through all of my Quatuor Mosaïques discs of Mozart string quartets starting with this one:



I'd taken quite a long break from Mozart's chamber music and listening to this group doing these quartets once again sounds fresh and exciting. 

[atardecer]

Brahms - Symphony 3
Klemperer

[Wanderer]

[Que]

Morning listening:



A selection of 17 motets from the edition of 374 motets(!) simply called Opus Musicum that Jacobus Handl ("Gallus") had printed in Prague between 1586 and 1591.

[Mookalafalas]

  Playing through this huge download set with extreme pleasure.

[vandermolen]

A jolly start to the day.
Dyson: At the Tabard Inn (Overture)

[Que]

Johann Vilsmayr was a violinist at the Salzburg court and a pupil of Biber.

[Que]

A delectable recording of recorder music at the court of Frederick the Great in the "autumn" of the recorder.

[Florestan]

[DavidW]

Beethoven SQ Op 59 #3 Prazak Quartet

[Christo]

Benjamin Britten, as many versions of his 'Festival Te Deum', composed in two days, 8 and 9 November 1944, as I can find on Youtube. Truly stunningly beautiful.

[Harry]

A Lute by Sixtus Rauwolf.
French and German Baroque Music.

REUSNER, Esaias (1636–79) Padoana.
DUFAULT, François (before 1604–c. 1672) Prelude.
MOUTON, Charles (1626–after 1699) Prelude 'La promenade'.
KELLNER, David (c. 1670–1748) Campanella.
'Mr PACHELBEL' (possibly Johann Pachelbel, c. 1653–1706)
Allemande 'L'Amant mal content'
Courante 'L'Amant soulage'
Sarabande 'L'Amant soupirant'
Gigue 'Raillerie des amans'
WEISS, Silvius Leopold (1687–1750).

Jakob Lindberg lute by Sixtus Rauwolf, Augsburg c. 1590.
Recorded: May 2016 at Länna Church, Sweden.

Second rerun, and it gets even better. A genius on this beautiful Lute. SOTA sound.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Felix Mendelssohn piano music. Brigitte Meyer.

[Harry]

JOHN JENKINS (1592-1678).
COMPLETE FOUR-PART CONSORT MUSIC.
2 CD'S. tt. 84:00 minutes.
FRETWORK.
Asako Morikawa treble viol
Reiko Ichise tenor viol
Sam Stadlen tenor viol
(Fantasies Nos. 1-9 & Pavan in D Minor)
Emily Ashton tenor viol
(Fantasies Nos. 10-17 & Pavan in E Minor)
Richard Boothby bass viol.
Recorded from & in St. Mary Magdalen Church, Sherborne, Gloucestershire, UK, 2016.

When one speaks of the golden age of English music for viol consort, the name John Jenkins will inevitably come up. Fretwork lets one hear why. SOTA sound. Immaculate performances.
This CD keeps both feet firmly in England's 17th century with John Jenkins  famous in his own day, and consistently one of the most essential composers for any self-respecting viola player from the very start of his career.

[Que]

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 5 in B Flat Major, 1878 Version Ed. Robert Haas Sergiu Celibidache, Münchner Philharmoniker

[Que]

[Lisztianwagner]

Sergei Bortkiewicz
Symphony No.1

Martyn Brabbins & BBC Scottish Symphony

[Florestan]

I hope Pierne's Piano Trio is way better than his Violin Sonata and Piano Quintet, two of the most boring pieces of music I've ever heard. 

[Que]

I hope Pierne's Piano Trio is way better than his Violin Sonata and Piano Quintet, two of the most boring pieces of music I've ever heard. 

I wouldn't call the Pierné boring, but obviously I got this recording for the Fauré!