What are you listening 2 now?

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Saariaho 


L'Amour de Loin

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NP: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 28 in A, Op. 101

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Beethoven, Piano Sonata No 12, Op 26, Annie Fischer, then Badura-Skoda on fortepiano




This is one where the Badura-Skoda recording on fortepiano brings out some aspects of the music that are not so apparent on modern piano. The first two movements are the most interesting to me, a theme and variations, then a bracing scherzo.

Bach, Flute Sonata BWV1034, The recording by Harnoncourt et. al. included in the Teldec Bach edition. Back in the day I had it on LP (which included full score). I sampled some more modern recordings by famous performers, but nothing matches the directness of expression in this old recording from the 1970's. It is brilliant from start to finish, but the first movement is uniquely haunting.

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NP: Some Beethoven overtures



The Abbado/Wiener Philharmoniker cycle on DG is excellent. I don't know why Abbado thought so little of it. I actually prefer it to his later one with the Berliners.

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Before lunch --- NP: Liszt 3 Concert Etudes, S 144

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Fornerod - Roy - Reichel - Mettraux: Swiss Symphonic Composers, Vol. 4.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

I recently enjoyed some snippets from this recording:

I suspect he is good at using chopsticks at sushi restaurants.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Krauss even coauthored the libretto of Strauss' last opera Capriccio, of which he conducted the world première. He also conducted the first performances of Friedenstag (dedicated by the composer to him) and of Die Liebe der Danae in Salzburg (dress rehearsal only in 1944, posthumous première in 1952).

The other conductor with whom Strauss had a close relationship was Karl Böhm.

I didn't know about Krauss at all. I will check his recordings.

[ritter]

I didn't know about Krauss at all. I will check his recordings.

They're well worth exploring! And his Wagner live from Bayreuth in 1953 is superb as well. One of my favourite conductors.

[prémont]

This recording ended up on my playlist because I was looking for a harpsichord performance of Ferdinand Tobias Richter's Toccatina, which is here included as a "filler" played by Jörg-Andreas Bötticher.

You can find the sheet music to the F T Richter Toccatina at IMSLP. It's the first movement of his first suite (d-minor).

[Wanderer]

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Claude Debussy Suite Bergamasque
Pour le Piano - Sarabande
La plus que lente (Valse)
Valse romantique
Claudio Arrau Final Sessions CD 7

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NP: Nielsen's 5th

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NP: Nørgård Symphony No. 6, "At the End of the Day"

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Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 7 In E Major, 1885 Version. Ed.Leopold Nowak
Deutches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Riccardo Chailly

[Que]

You can find the sheet music to the F T Richter Toccatina at IMSLP. It's the first movement of his first suite (d-minor).

Thnx! I'm surprised to find music that still is in need of recording. 

[prémont]

Thnx! I'm surprised to find music that still is in need of recording. 

Yes indeed. I can add, that Günther Fetz has recorded the toccatina on the organ (on a very fine CD recorded on the Gabler organ, Weingarten).

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9450747--the-queen-of-the-baroque-organs-in-southern-germany

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Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, 1889 Version (aka 1888/89) Ed. Leopold Nowak
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Eugen Jochum

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Alfred Schnittke
Symphony No.5 (Concerto Grosso No.4)

Neeme Järvi & Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

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NP: Bridge Enter Spring



I agree with @kyjo --- this is a bonafide masterpiece. Absolutely brilliant orchestration, lyricism, melodic ideas and development of these ideas. You know, it's interesting, Bridge was born in the seaside resort of Brighton and his student Britten was born in the coastal town of Lowestoft and I hear the sea in both composers music more often than not. In fact, even though this work from Bridge is titled Enter Spring, it very well could've been titled By the Shoreline as I hear more waves than anything that could be contributed to springtime.