What are you listening 2 now?

[ritter]

CD 1 from the Ravel / Lionel Bringuier / Tonhalle Zürich set: Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie, Tzigane (with Ray Chen), Le Tombeau de Couperin, and Boléro.

[VonStupp]

Eugene Goossens
The Apocalypse, op. 64

Grant Dixon, Evangelist
Sydney Philharmonia Choir
Sydney SO - Myer Fredman

A tense, modern-sounding oratorio based on Revelations.
VS

[Lisztianwagner]

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No.5

Karl Böhm & Wiener Philharmoniker

Choral Fantasy

Claudio Abbado & Wiener Philharmoniker

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Wanted to listen to this work again, but in a different performance:

Handel
Organ Concerto No. 13 In F Major, HWV 295 "Cuckoo and the Nightingale"
George Malcolm
ASMF
Marriner

From this set -

[Linz]

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, Paul Tortelier vilolin, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt

[Selig]

Fresh interpretation, full of details to appreciate, especially in the harpsichord part(s). And the texture is wonderful! Bezuidenhout's use of the 16' stop is sparse but effective.

[Hitch]

Dvořák - Bagatelles (for two violins, cello, and harmonium), Op. 47, B. 79
Vogler Quartet, Oliver Triendi
CPO

[prémont]

Fresh interpretation, full of details to appreciate, especially in the harpsichord part(s). And the texture is wonderful! Bezuidenhout's use of the 16' stop is sparse but effective.

Almost all recordings of these works suffer from bad balance between the upper harpsichord part and the violin part. But your words seem to imply that this isn't the case here.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Now playing disc 3 from The Grainger Edition on Chandos:

[Selig]

Almost all recordings of these works suffer from bad balance between the upper harpsichord part and the violin part. But your words seem to imply that this isn't the case here.

Yes, I get a satisying sense of hearing a true trio sonata in e.g. A major 1st movement, F minor 2nd movement...

I should also mention that I find Bezuidenhout outstanding in the G major sonata.

[DavidW]

Since acquiring the CD set of Kitajenko's Shostakovich cycle, I have listened/relistened to the 7th and 8th. The 8th is excellent, but the 7th is superb. It is almost as good as my favorite (Bernstein/CSO).

[André]

Symphony no 4. There are strong parallels between the 1st and the 4th symphonies. Both have a strikingly sibelian first movement, a rather unremarkable Allegretto con moto (same marking in both works), a formidable, glacial but meaty slow movement and a finale that makes a fine culmination (manically propulsive in no 1, slow and imposing, then sweeping in no 4). Even the orchestration is easily recognizable, with saturnine contrabassoon, swirling winds and violin/viola solos in the slow movement. Very strong work. As a whole this 2-disc set is remarkable.

[Christo]

Eugene Goossens
The Apocalypse, op. 64

Grant Dixon, Evangelist
Sydney Philharmonia Choir
Sydney SO - Myer Fredman

A tense, modern-sounding oratorio based on Revelations.
VS

Incredible! I do love Goossens' orchestral pieces, above all his two symphonies -- but didn't find time for his main oratorio yet. Should I give it a serious try, too? 

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E Major, 1885 Version. Ed.Leopold Nowak, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt

[ChamberNut]

Via: Idagio streaming

Sounds very good!

Bach

Toccatas, BWV 910-916

Martin Galling, Harpischord

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NP:

Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde
MInton, Kollo
CSO
Solti

From this Decca Japan hybrid SACD set -

[Brian]

That live Tennstedt album is a contender for the ugly cover art thread!

[Mapman]

Dvořák: Biblical Songs, Op. 99
Peckova, Gage

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NP:

Bach
Concerto in C Minor For Oboe & Violin, BWV 1060R
David Reichenberg, Simon Standage
The English Concert
Pinnock

From this set -

[JBS]

My Presto order landed today, while my Arkivmusic order from last week landed yesterday. So tonight it's been these two