What are you listening 2 now?

[Traverso]

Mozart

Symphonies No.17-20

[Papy Oli]

I am not a Celibidache fan

And on the ignore list you go      

[Pohjolas Daughter]

From the live (recorded) Richard Goode performance in Philadelphia--Bach: Partita in D Major, BWV 828 followed by...
Beethoven: Sonata in A Major, Op 101

Some Debussy to follow (in a few minutes).

PD

[DavidW]

And on the ignore list you go      

Right after I finish listening to this Celibidache Bruckner recording...

... any day now...

Well maybe in 2022 when this symphony finishes I'll put you on the ignore list.

[SonicMan46]

Bach, JS - Complete Keyboard Works w/ Ivo Janssen - listening to the Goldberg Variations and the Partitas from the 20-disc box, recorded between 1997-2006 on Yamaha Grand Pianos (CF III & C7) - I have many other recordings of these KB works w/ different performers and on various instruments, but was in the mood for piano today; more HERE, and a pic of an older Ivo below.  Dave

 

[Pohjolas Daughter]

From the live (recorded) Richard Goode performance in Philadelphia--Bach: Partita in D Major, BWV 828 followed by...
Beethoven: Sonata in A Major, Op 101

Some Debussy to follow (in a few minutes).

PD

Lovely concert.  The last section was selections from Debussy's Les Préludes, Bks. 1 & 2 with an encore of a Schubert impromptu. 

PD

[aligreto]

Mozart

Symphonies No.17-20

A wonderful set that. I have always liked it.

[aligreto]

And on the ignore list you go      

Right after I finish listening to this Celibidache Bruckner recording...

... any day now...

Well maybe in 2022 when this symphony finishes I'll put you on the ignore list.

DavidW's point basically sums it up for me. I have long held the opinion that Celibidache constructed his recording contracts so that he was paid by the hour and certainly made a very good living from it 

[steve ridgway]

Schnittke - Music for Piano and Chamber Orchestra. Very interesting piece from 1964 that starts out like Darmstadt School but finishes with all sorts of contrasting sounds going on over a plucked bass rhythm more like jazz.

[steve ridgway]

Takemitsu - The Dorian Horizon. Satisfyingly avant-garde apart from some jarringly harmonious bits I'm struggling to get used to.

[Harry]

Harry, please feel free to also post this in the "What Ballet Music Are You Listening To" thread.  . No obligation, but feel free to do so.

Give me a link and I will dear friend.

[steve ridgway]

Parmegiani - Violostries . Live violin plus tape manipulated violin sounds. Hard to believe this was from 1964 - if a rock group had produced it 10 or even 20 years later it would have been regarded as a classic.

[Harry]

New acquisition, first listen.

French Music for the Stage.

Ambroise Thomas.
Overture to Raymond, or the Queen's Secret.

Daniel Francois-Esprit Auber.
Overture to Fra Diavolo, or The Inn of Terracina.

Francois Adrien Boieldieu.
Overture "The Caliph of Bagdad", and "The White Lady".

Leo Delibes.
Scene du bal and Vieille Chanson from "Le Roi s'amuse".

Jules Massenet.
Espada, Ballet in one act.

Estonia National SO, Neeme Järvi.

Already the second CD that made me extremely happy, in so many ways. Delibes piece is to my ears a masterwork, every movement is beguiling, every note original, every melody harmony in the broadest sense, magical even.Thomas his short overture also made an entrance. Never heard it before, but its packed full with melodic surprises. And what superlatives could one use for Massenet's ballet, supreme ballet music? I would like to use bolder words, but am at a loss for words, this beauty is even beyond of what I could say. It bloody brilliant it is.
Trust Neeme Järvi and the Estonians to make a huge success of these works, that and the recording are brilliant too.

[André]

The Musikalische Rüstkammer (Musical Inventory) is a collection of arias written for the Leipzig Opera in the short period of its heyday, ca 1700-1715. They were transcribed (reduced) for voice and continuo - a delicate complement of harp, theorbo, violone, viola da gamba, archlute, baroque guitar and harpsichord, usually playing in pairs. The effect is a bit like the english songs one hears in those Jane Austen movies, albeit a century earlier in style and affect.

The selection here has been cleverly assembled, with lighter stuff first, acquiring depth and substance as it proceeds. There are 10 instrumental selections interspersed amid the 26 vocal pieces. Kobow is one of the most intelligent tenors of his generation, a true wordsmith in the Patzak or Schreier tradition. Superb support form the United Continuo Ensemble (bizarre name if you ask me).

[vandermolen]

Kalnins: Symphony No.6

[Karl Henning]

Dvořák
Symphony № 5 in F, Op. 76, B. 54
LSO
Kertész

Brahms
Symphony № 1 in c minor Op. 68
NY Phil
Lenny

[Carlo Gesualdo]

Josquin Desprez, ensemble Clément Janequin directed by Dominique Visse: Le Spetiesme Livre de CHANSONS , I only listen to it once  while doing shore , washing my floor for a third time, so I really can't say if I like it in a success story are not , I find it enjoyable, keeper, hardly know yet this soon, needing extra listening, to be fair play, to have  a verdict/ opinion on it yet, to be fair, seem enjoyable, first listen, this album on Ricercare, Outhere Records CD media.

But wait Up in  like 40 minutes my father is coming to visit, I will let him listen to Fra Bernardo:  Beauty Farm/ live, of Palestrina Missa Papae Marcelli this got a to be awesome a stunner, mean to celebrated Bruno Turner 90th Birthday and his Pro Cantione Antiqua ensemble, did not knew this release exist since it's brand new from 2021

[André]

[Stürmisch Bewegt]

Continuing in harpsichord mode.  Decades ago I used to converse with a well-known movie critic - who shall remain nameless - some of you would surely recognize him.  He almost invariably panned the foreign films I loved, particularly French ones for which he nursed the all-too-predictable antipathy of those who embrace Hollywood blockbusters, like he did, usually.  Anyway, he once accused me, half-jokingly, of sitting around with my friends, sipping tea, pinkies extended, listening to harpsichord music.  "How did you know?" I told him and we both had a laugh. 

[André]

Frédéric Devreese, Flemish composer: Evocations, a symphonic suite from 1966. I don't have any background info on the work. It's about 25 minutes long, plays continuously and is a quite memorable piece. Themes are strong and plentiful, giving the work a stature I didn't expect. Interestingly it drew parallels with the Arnold symphonies I listened to earlier - not in style, themes or orchestration, but in its sheer melodic wealth and abundance of dynamic contrasts. Devreese's music is rather sombre and shot through with drama and a feeling of anguish. Quite a find.

Thanks to Peter for letting me in on it !