What are you listening 2 now?

[Daverz]

Mahler 9 - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Libor Pešek



Seems like a good way to remember Maestro Pešek.

[classicalgeek]

Love the Martinů!

I've really been enjoying this set! I don't think I've heard a work by Martinu that I haven't enjoyed.

TD:
Strauss
+Burleske
*Parergon on themes from 'Symphonia Domestica'
*Panathenaenzug
*Malcolm Frager and +Peter Rosel, piano
Staatskapelle Dresden
Rudolf Kempe
(on CD)



I rather enjoyed the first two works... but 'Panathenaenzug' didn't really impress me...

[Daverz]

Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham

[classicalgeek]

Honegger
Les Misérables (complete film score)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Adriano
(on CD)

[Operafreak]

Debussy: Préludes & La Mer

Alexander Melnikov & Olga Pashchenko (piano)

[JBS]

Mahler 9 - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Libor Pešek



Seems like a good way to remember Maestro Pešek.

You just reminded me of a thing on my Amazon wishlist I've been intending to get.

TD

One of three CDs bundled into this set

[Harry]

J.S. Bach.
Complete Cantatas.
Volume 32.
Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit.
Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen.
Meinem Jesu lass ich nicht.
Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin.
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki.

[Harry]

Organ Works from the North German Baroque.
Volume 14.
CD II.
Paul Siefert. (1586-1666)
Complete Organ Works.
Friedhelm Flamme, Organ.
Instrument: Ernst Wilhelm Meyer in the Church of Schönhagen 1831.
Pitch: a= 442 Hz at 18 c.
Temperament: Modified Bach-Kellner.


A fine organ, sounds as an old Baroque instrument. Has a beautiful sound, well tuned and ultimately suited to Siefert's music.
Flamme is making a fine statement by his expressive yet calm approach. Very detailed recording. I like it very much, would not mind having such an instrument installed in my home.

[Traverso]

Monteverdi


Sacred Vocal


Kirkby,Partridge and David Thomas, in my opinion this recording has lost none of its brilliance, accompanied by the Parley of Instruments. This recording is more than forty years old, time flies.....

[Papy Oli]

Hindemith - Mathis der Mahler

Blomstedt / SFSO

[Que]

Wonderful music by Joseph-Hector Fiocco, a Baroque composer of Italian descent from the Southern Netherlands (presentday Belgium). Infusing French high Baroque with Italian influences. Greatly underrated IMO.

[Harry]

Wonderful music by Joseph-Hector Fiocco, a Baroque composer of Italian descent from the Southern Netherlands (presentday Belgium). Infusing French high Baroque with Italian influences. Greatly underrated IMO.

I have a few recordings with his music, and I tend to agree with you.

[Que]

I have a few recordings with his music, and I tend to agree with you.

If you can find these motet recordings (2 volumes) on Qobuz, do give them a listen. They will brighten up your day. 

[Tsaraslondon]

Brilliantly played Wagner Overtures and Preludes.

[Harry]

If you can find these motet recordings (2 volumes) on Qobuz, do give them a listen. They will brighten up your day. 

Found them, and they are up for listening, thank you for the thumbs up. Have a good weekend ahead

[Harry]

Dmitri Shostakovich.
CD V.
Symphony No. 6 & 12.
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink.

Nothing but praise for Haitink's take on Shostakovich's Symphonies. Excellent sound too.

[Operafreak]

Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus/Bertrand Chamayou (piano)

[Spotted Horses]

Ending my Mozart Sonata journey with the first sonata, K279. This is a substantial piece, particularly the vigorous first movement. Zacharias can't be faulted.



The one peculiar thing about Zacharias' set is that it does not include any of the Fantasias, some of which are closely associated with the Sonatas. I decided to listen to K396 in c minor. I was taken aback by how powerful this performance is, bring out an expressive side of Mozart's style. van Oort is brilliant in this work.



Note added: After noticing that this work is not included in some other sets of Mozart Piano music I discovered (wikipedia) that the piece was apparently left unfinished by Mozart and completed by Maximilian Stadler. It is not clear whether Stadler was working from sketches that Mozart left, beyond finished manuscript of the first part. A brilliant piece, no matter who wrote it.

Maybe next should be Haydn's piano sonatas? There are a lot of then. I have the Buchbinder set.

[Harry]

Jean Sibelius.
Symphonies No. 2 & 3.
Berliner-Sinfonie-Orchester, Kurt Sanderling.
Recorded 1970-1974, Jesus Christus Kirche Berlin, Edel Classics, licensed to Brilliant.

Sublime performances in very good sound. Worth considering buying them, even if you have fine performances. Sanderling delivers something very special, believe me you!

[Que]

The one peculiar thing about Zacharias' set is that it does not include any of the Fantasias, some of which are closely associated with the Sonatas. I decided to listen to K396 in c minor. I was taken aback by how powerful this performance is, bring out an expressive side of Mozart's style. van Oort is brilliant in this work.

Several of these Fantasias have made such a powerful impression that I couldn't imagine to be without them.

]Maybe next should be Haydn's piano sonatas? There are a lot of then. I have the Buchbinder set.

I have Beghin, Brautigam and Schornsheim, which are all very good indeed. (The Brautigam is the most successful of his Haydn-Mozart-Beethoven cycles IMO.)

But if I had to pick a single set, it would Tom Beghin (Naxos), for sure.