What are you listening 2 now?

[NumberSix]

Belated but heartfelt welcome to our community, NS!

Thank you!

[NumberSix]

Brahms: Symphony No. 3 (+ Alto Rhapsody)
Muti, Philadelphia

Gotta get a little Symphony Saturday going, even though it's already early afternoon...

[ritter]

Aaron Copland's early, withdrawn and later rediscovered ballet Grohg, and Billy the Kid (full ballet, not the suite). Leonard Slatkin conducts the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Amirov - The Arabian Nights.

[Bachtoven]

[Traverso]

Dufay

[Linz]

Mahler Symphony No. 8 in E flat Major. Faye Robinson soprano I, Judith Blegen soprano II, Deborah Sasson soprano III, Florence Quivar, Contralto I, Lorna Myers Contralto II Kenneth Riegel tenor, Gwynne Howell bass, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Boy Choir, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa

[steve ridgway]

Messiaen: La Ville D'en Haut

[AnotherSpin]

Op. 106

[steve ridgway]

Schnittke: Cello Sonata 2

[steve ridgway]

Takemitsu: Air

[Que]

[Que]

I picked this set up as a bargain. Wasn't familiar with these lovely flute concertos in Galant style, which were in all probability written for King Frederick II of Prussia.

[classicalgeek]

Mozart
Piano Concertos nos. 22, 23
Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner
(on CD)



Beethoven
Cello Sonatas op. 5 nos. 1, 2; op. 69
Paul Tortelier, cello
Eric Heidsieck, piano
(on CD)



Rachmaninov
Isle of the Dead
Symphonic Dances
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn
(on CD)


And with that, my music collection is packed away for the move. It'll be just Spotify for a while!

[Maestro267]

Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio
Argerich, Maisky, Kremer

[Traverso]

Ockeghem







These are still my first choices...




The Intermerata Dei mater is impressive

[Iota]

Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms

What a wonder this work is. Also listened to the inspired Symphonies of Wind Instruments. A great gift was given to us on Jun 17th, 1882. Boulez (looking somewhat atypically concerned) is supreme.

[steve ridgway]

Best of luck with the move to your new location .

[DavidW]

My listening last night:

Mahler 7 Vanska, really great!  Like wow, he just nails the 7th.  Never a dull moment, every musician brings their A game.


Carter's String Quartets 2-4.  Phenomenally performed, wonderful music that balances dramatic tension with atmosphere.  Pacifica Quartet is one of my favorite ensembles.  Their Mendelssohn and Shostakovich are also great.


This morning Rautavaara Symphonies 5-6.  Heavy on atmosphere and color.

[VonStupp]

Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Sextet in F Major, for winds
Serenade in E-flat Major, for wind octet
Octet-Partita in E-flat Major, for wind octet
Concertino for Oboe in F Major, with wind octet
Consortium Classicum

I have heard the Oboe Concertino with orchestra before; Heinz Holliger and Leppard with the ECO. The work is quite different with chamber winds.

The rest of the music here is nothing but sunshine and smiles.
VS


Ländliches Fest (1728)
Jean Baptiste François Pater