What are you listening 2 now?

[Traverso]

Scarlatti

CD 25

Sonatas  KK 392-409

[Brass Hole]

One of the two Beethoven Violin Concerto recordings that I liked of this year:

[Biffo]

Richard Strauss: Don Quixote - Staatskapelle Dresden conducted by Rudolf Kempe with Paul Tortelier cello and Max Rostal viola from the 2013 remastering, sounds fine but I haven't compared it directly with the EMI 1999 issue. Wonderful performance.

[Todd]

Saving volume six for last to hear the still greatest ever Op 57 on the big guy's birthday.

[Traverso]

Beethoven

Symphony No.5

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Saving volume six for last to hear the still greatest ever Op 57 on the big guy's birthday.

Awh!  And that's tomorrow!  Where did the year go?  Oh, wait, never mind!

After a frustrating morning trying to sort out health insurance issues, I retreated into the arms of my beloved Beethoven...as in, I cracked open my Kempff box set (51-56 on DG) [hadn't visited it for a while] and put on Sonata op. 2, No. 1....more listening will have to wait for a while as errands to do before it starts snowing hard.

PD

[Traverso]

 Corelli

CD 2

Concertos 7-8-9-10-11 & 12

[Que]

Q

[Sergeant Rock]

Fartein Valen: Symphony No.4
This is most impressive. A darkly atmospheric work of considerable integrity.

I'm surprised but delighted you like Valen's Symphony. Considering all the negative comments recently from other members I was beginning to think I was the only one here to appreciate his music.

Sarge

[Traverso]

Strauss- Nicolai-Léhar

Overtures of Old Vienna

[Sergeant Rock]

Hmmm...I think the Santa hat looks better on Arnie. Valen would look better in an elf hat.

For example:

  I love the elf hat on Valen. Good job, John.

Sarge

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Quantz, Handel and CPE Bach from Oberlinger's own ensemble:

[vandermolen]

  I love the elf hat on Valen. Good job, John.

Sarge

Yes, excellent 10/10 John.

[Mirror Image]

  I love the elf hat on Valen. Good job, John.

Sarge

Thanks, Sarge. He has elvish features, so it worked out pretty well I think.

[vandermolen]

I'm surprised but delighted you like Valen's Symphony. Considering all the negative comments recently from other members I was beginning to think I was the only one here to appreciate his music.

Sarge

Thanks Sarge. I'm surprised that I like it too. A former, classical music-loving, colleague contacted me saying that he had a feeling that I might enjoy it. It does me no harm to try to get on terms, from time-to-time, with more gritty and less superficially approachable works than my usual fare. It is both challenging and can be rewarding. Furthermore the booklet photo of Valen, with or without John's Elf Hat, was irresistible.

[Todd]

[SonicMan46]

Beethoven, LV - Piano Sonatas w/ Andrea Lucchesini - since these are OOP, listening on Spotify and enjoying - understand Todd's 'Top 10' ranking of this pianist - however, for those who do not like clapping (me included), these are LIVE performances (the clapping is short and sudued if that makes a difference?) - coming up next Paul Badura-Skoda on 7 different original fortepianos (reviews mixed - see attachment); bought this box six months ago and have listened just once, so will do again - my current other fortepiano set is w/ Ronald Brautigam (reviews also attached).  Dave

 

[Brass Hole]

[Mirror Image]

Yes, excellent 10/10 John.

[Brass Hole]

Ah! Perfido Op 65: