What are you listening 2 now?

[Madiel]

Haydn op.2 no.1 (Auryn Quartet)

The trio in the 2nd movement is delicious.

The acoustic is a bit too resonant for my tastes, but I rather suspect that the playing is going to completely trump any of the limited alternatives for op.2.

[DavidW]

Excellent performance, has emotional weight but is not romanticized.

[Traverso]

Schubert


piano sonata in A flat major D557

2 scherzos D593 6 Moments musicaux D780

piano sonata in C minor D958

[André]

Maybe if I heard something else by Bruneau? There's not a lot available on the streaming services. I'm always open!

I don't think I've heard anything by Pavlova yet, though I'm curious. I'm gathering the 'faceless and forgettable' comment applies to her Fifth Symphony?

The whole disc actually. What I hear in these two works is eminently listenable, often quite beautiful but I don't detect a structure, a direction, a purpose. I feel like listening to movie credits music for a solid hour. Very pleasant as you make your way to the exit. Once you're out though, nothing remains.

[steve ridgway]

Xenakis - Akrata.

[Que]

[Todd]

Disc ten, the last of the three Mozart discs.  Old fashioned in the best possible way.

[Traverso]

 Mendelssohn


full of youthful spirit

[Lisztianwagner]

My very first attempt with Zemlinsky's music:

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My very first attempt with Zemlinsky's music:

Lovely! Zemlinsky is a great favorite of mine. Hope you're enjoying Lyrische Symphonie. This work is sometimes unfairly viewed as the Mahler Das Lied little brother, but I disagree. It's a work that stands on its own and has something of interest to say musically.

[Operafreak]

Volckmar - Trios & Quartets- Arte Ensemble

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Glazunov
String Quartets Nos. 2 & 4
Elegy for Strings, Op. 105
Utrecht String Quartet

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Ned Rorem: Symphony No. 3.
Utah Symphony Orchestra/Maurice Abravanel.

[Florestan]

NP:

Grieg
Lyric Pieces VIII & IX
Eva Knardahl

From this set -



I've been thoroughly enjoying this box set thus far. I'm still kicking myself that I haven't explored Grieg's solo piano music sooner. Knardahl performs incredibly well. In fact, I'll probably find myself imprinting on her performances and I'll end up developing one of those nasty biases, but I do plan on hearing some other pianists in this particular repertoire. I probably won't get the Naxos complete set, but I do plan to dip into my own collection and see what else I have --- I know I have some Leif Ove Andsnes and some others.

Excellent music, excellent set, excellent taste, John!

[Karl Henning]

Ned Rorem: Symphony No. 3.
Utah Symphony Orchestra/Maurice Abravanel.

I don't know the piece at all. What do you think?

TD:

CD 5
Liszt
Années de Pèlerinage, Troisième année, S. 163

CD 7
JSB
Vn Sonata in b minor, BWV 1014
Vn Sonata in A, BWV 1015
Vn Sonata in E, BWV 1016

with Lars Frydén, vn

[Mirror Image]

Excellent music, excellent set, excellent taste, John!

Thanks, Andrei. I thought I would give my ears a break from the noisy, avant-garde stuff that I also enjoy. I agree with you about this set. Of course, I don't have anything to compare it to since this is my first foray into Grieg's solo piano music, but man is it glorious so far!

[Florestan]

Thanks, Andrei. I thought I would give my ears a break from the noisy, avant-garde stuff that I also enjoy. I agree with you about this set. Of course, I don't have anything to compare it to since this is my first foray into Grieg's solo piano music, but man is it glorious so far!

I have 2 complete sets: the one above and the Geir Henning Braaten on Victoria (part of the complete piano, chamber music and songs*). I have never made any A/B comparison, though --- my favorite set is the one I currently listen to.

There are also very good one-disc selections, for instance Gilels, Andsnes and Hough.

*btw, try the songs as well --- they're rpobably his best kept secret.

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I have 2 complete sets: the one above and the Geir Henning Braaten on Victoria (part of the complete piano, chamber music and songs*). I have never made any A/B comparison, though --- my favorite set is the one I currently listen to.

There are also very good one-disc selections, for instance Gilels, Andsnes and Hough.

*btw, try the songs as well --- they're probably his best kept secret.

Thanks, I'm considering the lieder set on BIS at the moment (w/ Monica Groop and various pianists). I do own the Anne Sofie von Otter lieder recording on DG and it's excellent, but hardly represents this particular part of his oeuvre.

[Florestan]

Thanks, I'm considering the lieder set on BIS at the moment (w/ Monica Groop and various pianists). I do own the Anne Sofie von Otter lieder recording on DG and it's excellent, but hardly represents this particular part of his oeuvre.

A very recent and excellent one is this:

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A very recent and excellent one is this:

Yeah, I've seen that one, but I don't like Davidsen's voice that much. I'd like to find all of those lieder volumes from the Grieg Edition on the Victoria label, but they're difficult to track down individually, but I do like more variety in lieder in terms of vocalists, so it looks like I'll have to continue to search for them as the BIS box set only has Monica Groop.