What are you listening 2 now?

[ritter]

Delightful music, sparkling performance. Music that literally makes one happy.

Hat tip to Stürmisch Bewegt.

Delightful indeed (even if I haven't listened to it in years).

Most operas with a Spanish setting play in Seville, but this one uses my hometown of Madrid! 

Good day!

[Papy Oli]

Good morning all,

Finishing the Debussy section of the Boulez DG box. Loved what I heard yesterday, now onto:

Jeux -poème dansé
La Mer
Deux danses
5 poèmes de Charles Beaudelaire
3 Ballades de Francois Villon.

[Que]

[Florestan]

Delightful indeed (even if I haven't listened to it in years).

Most operas with a Spanish setting play in Seville, but this one uses my hometown of Madrid! 

Good day!

Good day, Rafael. There's also Adam's Le toreador set in Barcelona. 

[Stürmisch Bewegt]

Good day, Rafael. There's also Adam's Le toreador set in Barcelona.

And THAT work, by sheer coincidence, is scheduled for this Saturday's listening!  Thank you for nice comments. 

[Biffo]

Mahler: Fünf Rückert-Lieder - Janet Baker mezzo-soprano with the New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli

[Traverso]

Antonio Vivaldi

Concertos for Oboe,strings and Basso  Continuo  RV452,454,545,446,463 & 447

Klaus Thunemann Basson (RV545)
I Musici

[Stürmisch Bewegt]

It struck me this AM that Dvořák seems to have had an abiding interest in the dark side, or supernatural.  Or maybe he just thought his listeners did...  Anyway, thought I might do a music literature search and see if anyone has written authoritatively (or otherwise!) on that theme.  Beware the Noon Witch is all I can advise at present.

[aligreto]

Antonio Vivaldi

Concertos for Oboe,strings and Basso  Continuo  RV452,454,545,446,463 & 447

Klaus Thunemann Basson (RV545)
I Musici

Nice! Enjoy your listening.

[Biffo]

It struck me this AM that Dvořák seems to have had an abiding interest in the dark side, or supernatural.  Or maybe he just thought his listeners did...  Anyway, thought I might do a music literature search and see if anyone has written authoritatively (or otherwise!) on that theme.  Beware the Noon Witch is all I can advise at present.

I don't think Dvorak was unusual in his interest in the supernatural - it was fairly typical of the 19th century from Schubert and Weber through to Mahler. As far as opera was concerned audiences couldn't get enough of the supernatural - ghosts, demons, curses, fairies, dwarves, giants, dragons, mad scenes and other gothic paraphernalia.

[Florestan]

And THAT work, by sheer coincidence, is scheduled for this Saturday's listening!  Thank you for nice comments.

Thank YOU for pointing me to Le domino noir. As of late I've been on an opera / vocal music binge so discovering Auber was great. For tonight I scheduled Fra Diavolo.

[Traverso]

Nice! Enjoy your listening.

Thank you, it is a bit old school but that doesn't bother me, in a pleasant way it enables you to sing along with the melody lines which is always a good sign in my eyes. 

[aligreto]

Bach JS - Flute Sonatas, BWV 1030-1035 w/ Michala Petri on recorder, Hille Perl, & Mahan Esfahani - new acquisition to add to the ones shown below - each different, i.e. period flute, modern flute, and modern flute w/ guitar transcriptions - now a recorder!  Well, as expected Petri performs beautifully - these 6 works are on one disc (74+ mins long), while the others span 2 discs w/ extra pieces added; several reviews attached for those interested (note that Petri recorded these works w/ Keith Jarrett a while back - I've not heard that performance but may look on Spotify).  Dave

     

I am listening to CD 1 of this 2 CD set as I write....

[Traverso]

I am listening to CD 1 of this 2 CD set as I write....

I love the Bach flute sonatas,in fact sonatas  for a Traverso ,nice recordings

[aligreto]

I love the Bach flute sonatas,in fact sonatas  for a Traverso ,nice recordings

Naturally, I think of you Jan when I am listening to this music. 

[Mirror Image]

NP: R. Strauss Violin Sonata in E-flat, Op. 18 (Chung/Zimerman)

[SonicMan46]

Bach, CPE - Keyboard Works, CDs 7-10 w/ Ana-Marija Markovina on modern piano - last few days continuing my listening to this 26-disc box!

Bach, JS - Flute Sonatas w/ Michala Petri on recorder & Keith Jarrett on harpsichord - a recording from the early 1990s listen to on Spotify, as a comparison to my new acquisition w/ Petri from yesterday - quite enjoyable if a recorder version is desired; one of the Fanfare reviewers preferred this older performance over the newer one, which I liked better (Hille Perl's addition on the viola da gamba a plus for me).  Dave

 

[Papy Oli]

Massenet - Le Cid (Fremaux)

[Todd]

[Traverso]

Beethoven

String Quartets  op.18 No.1 & 2

Gewandhaus Quartet