What are you listening 2 now?

[San Antone]

"Not masterpieces but they are undeniably pleasant and well written".

Someone posted on GMG (could have been Karl) some time ago about Mendelssohn, something like, "a second rate composer, but there is plenty of wonderful music by second rate composers."

TD

[vandermolen]

On the order list.
I also listened to the first Symphony on Naxos and found it like the third on the same label magnificent, but the Violin concerto from 1969 I found to be a horror, too much medernity there.
But this Chandos disc is amazing.

I can play that Chandos disc from beginning to end with great pleasure, although 'The Seven Beauties' remains my favourite work. I have recordings of it on Russian Disc and Naxos but the Chandos is best of all, enjoyable though the others are. Hope you enjoy it as much as I have Harry.

[aligreto]

Lawes: Suite for Two Guitars [Bream/Williams]

[Todd]

[amw]

If I had to pick a particular recording as being too interventionist, and couldn't pick the Glenn Gould Mozart sonatas, this would probably be it.

[Todd]

If I had to pick a particular recording as being too interventionist, and couldn't pick the Glenn Gould Mozart sonatas, this would probably be it.

Oof.

[Harry]

I can play that Chandos disc from beginning to end with great pleasure, although 'The Seven Beauties' remains my favourite work. I have recordings of it on Russian Disc and Naxos but the Chandos is best of all, enjoyable though the others are. Hope you enjoy it as much as I have Harry.

Yes the Delos disc with the seven beauties I heard too, that's the one with the said piece, but all in all the chandos is superior. I look forward to it. Thank you for posting it. I was not aware of this release.

[Traverso]

Mondonville 1711-1772

Pièces de Clavecin
           en Sonates

Lars Frydén violin
Gustav Leonhardt  Harpsichord

[aligreto]

Beethoven:  Symphony No. 6 [Klemperer]





This is, for a "Big Band" performance, played with quite a relatively light touch and is enjoyable. However, for me, it can tend to be a bit on the laboured side from time to time in terms of tempo.

[ChopinBroccoli]

Beethoven:  Symphony No. 6 [Klemperer]





This is, for a "Big Band" performance, played with quite a relatively light touch and is enjoyable. However, for me, it can tend to be a bit on the laboured side from time to time in terms of tempo.

Everything was slow with him... never heard a Klemperer record I wanted to buy 

[Mandryka]

I obtained it (bought is a strong word) but it is worth noting Another Timbre has finally joined the 21st century and posts streamable excerpts on their Bandcamp site: https://anothertimbre.bandcamp.com/

Somehow, I have no confidence that what I'm about to say isn't rubbish, but somehow, the first track of Triadic Memories seemed to flow very naturally and . . . logically. I just do not believe that this is structureless music, but I can't argue for it.

It would be nice to see the booklet that goes with the recording. I wonder why he divided Triadic Memories into two sections like that. I have a feeling that when it comes to Feldman, Philip Thomas knows how onions. 

[Mandryka]

Beethoven:  Symphony No. 6 [Klemperer]

It's so funny to see that picture again after all these years. I remember wearing out the Eroica.  I know someone who looks like that.

[Mandryka]

Mondonville 1711-1772

Pièces de Clavecin
           en Sonates

Lars Frydén violin
Gustav Leonhardt  Harpsichord

I've never heard that, is it interesting?

[Mandryka]

New music for me and rather interesting it is too.

[André]

Everything was slow with him... never heard a Klemperer record I wanted to buy

Klemperer slowed down considerably in old age, even more so in the recording studio. Recordings and concerts from the fifties show he could be quite the speed merchant, to the point where things tumble down almost uncontrollably at times.

[aligreto]

Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1 [Isserlis/Evans]





This wonderful work is given a very fine, robust and electric performance here. I like the excitement and exuberance of the work.

[aligreto]

Everything was slow with him... never heard a Klemperer record I wanted to buy

I do not think that slow is always necessarily bad. Oftentimes music can greatly benefit from being allowed to "breathe".

[staxomega]

I expect to post more to this thread, was participating in another forum's classical listening to thread and it's just turned to spam with "I have this" and posts with just emojis.

In my heavy listening- Quatuor Danel playing the Shostakovich String Quartets, making my way through a third listen, this will be making my best of 2019 purchase list. This morning the fourth and fifth quartets. Coming up going to start listening to Claude Frank's Beethoven piano sonata cycle. A recent blind purchase since the record store practically gave it away with some other CDs I bought.

[aukhawk]

If I could only hear one Beethoven 6th it would have to be Klemperer's.  Just sayin'.

[Wanderer]

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