What are you listening 2 now?

[Brian]

Taking advantage of this album's appearance on streaming. I should turn the volume down; Osborne has a lot of sharp inhalation and exhalation sounds.

[SonicMan46]

Today, continuing w/ Franz Krommer's wind music for flute and oboe - Dave

 

 

[vandermolen]

Bax: Festival Overture
After a (for me) unpromising start the music soon drifts into a characteristically Baxian dream-like, magical world of memorable poetic fantasy. I love it!
Best Bax CD known to me:

[Florestan]

And I hope you'll be going to the Enescu Festival. A particularly delectable line-up this year, both program- and performer-wise!

Indeed, a spectacular program this year. Unfortunately, the concerts I'd have liked to attend were either sold-out in a matter of a few hours or had prices prohibitive for my wallet. 

[Mandryka]

Taking advantage of this album's appearance on streaming. I should turn the volume down; Osborne has a lot of sharp inhalation and exhalation sounds.

When this was released there was a huge amount of online praise -- in music forums like this one, from people who listen to a lot of this sort of music critically. He gave a London concert with the three sonatas  at the time, and we were gushing with enthusiasm.

I think that, in hindsight, it was all probably well deserved actually. 

[Symphonic Addict]

Roussel: Piano Trio and Violin Sonata No. 1

The early Piano Trio is precious, a wonderful blend between romanticism and impressionism. The Violin Sonata has more touches of the latter and it's superb, apparently "easy" to the ear, but it's more complex than shows.

Odd how the big labels haven't recorded Roussel's chamber works yet.

[Lisztianwagner]

Arnold Schönberg
3 Klavierstücke Op.11
5 Klavierstücke Op.23

Pianist: Maurizio Pollini

[Papy Oli]

A bit of Bach to wrap up the evening 

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

A bit of Bach to wrap up the evening 

Nice!

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Also sprach Zarathustra. Lenny, NY.

[Papy Oli]

Nice!

I have been looking for such a recording to fill a gap in my JSB works. It is less warm and less close than other recordings I have sampled and much to my liking. A strong contender for a purchase. 

[Todd]

[Papy Oli]

Also sprach Zarathustra. Lenny, NY.

a nice box too! 

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

I have been looking for such a recording to fill a gap in my JSB works. It is less warm and less close than other recordings I have sampled and much to my liking. A strong contender for a purchase.

Are you familiar with the recording by Konrad Junghänel? I like that as well.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

a nice box too! 

I wonder how the engineers could have achieved such an excellent sound quality. Arguably better than the German recordings? Who were they?

[Papy Oli]

Are you familiar with the recording by Konrad Junghänel? I like that as well.

I think I might have tried it, it looks vaguely familiar. I'll bookmark it and check it again. Thank you.

[Wanderer]

...sold-out in a matter of a few hours... . 

Ugh, a bummer. Hopefully, they'll broadcast some of these.

[Wanderer]

[VonStupp]

Ralph Vaughan Williams
Pastoral Symphony

Alison Barlow, soprano
RLPO - Vernon Handley

I have really been enjoying VW's 3rd Symphony, earlier from Thomson and now Handley.
VS

The Battle of Yser (1914), François Flameng

[brewski]

Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin (Boulez / Vienna Philharmonic, live at the 1992 Salzburg Festival). First time seeing this performance, and it's marvelous. Excellent sound and video, considering it's now over 30 years old.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhr_QJGzLjg

-Bruce