What are you listening 2 now?

[Karl Henning]

Ernst Toch: Symphony #1


See my review under Toch Talk in the Composer Discussion!  An excellent symphony!

Yes!

[Karl Henning]

More SQs, but from the other shore of the Atlantic: The Juilliard String Quartet play Elliott Carter's Second and William Schuman's Third (the latter will be new to me).



CD 6 of this set:

Nice, Rafael!

[Harry]

J.S. Bach.

Solo & Double Violin Concertos.

In D minor and D minor, for Two violins. BWV 1043 & 1060.
A minor, & E major for Violin, BWV 1041 & 1042.

Andrew Manze & Rachel Podger, Violins.
The Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze.


Last played in 1997, so I start afresh. An Orchestra that sounds big, a broad spectrum. And two soloists of undisputed excellence. A balm for my ears. Not a rugged but rather an elegant performance. The pleasure is oozing in torrents from this recording. Tempi strike me as on the dot, expression is warm but never overdone. One can simply take no offence, all is highly approachable and soft grained.

[Papy Oli]

Schubert - Moments Musicaux (Serkin)

[Madiel]

Haydn op.76/6 in E flat major



Very satisfying.

Can we just pause for a moment and consider how it is that a Haydn work in E flat major has a 2nd movement in B major? The Romantics didn't invent this kind of thing.

[vers la flamme]

Gustav Mahler: Rückert-Lieder. Christa Ludwig, Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

What an amazing recording.

[Brian]

Sibelius - Romance in C major for strings



Gorgeous little piece that is not yet in my CD collection anywhere, even though it's been recorded quite a lot of times as an album filler. Clearly I need a version of it. This album does not otherwise have repertoire that I particularly need but I might give it a full listen on streaming anyway.

Very much worth a full listen on streaming - Finley is great and the orchestrations by Rautavaara are as much of an attraction as the original works.

[Papy Oli]

Schubert - 9th Symphony (Wand)

[Madiel]

Very much worth a full listen on streaming - Finley is great and the orchestrations by Rautavaara are as much of an attraction as the original works.

Duly noted.

[Todd]

[Biffo]

Shostakovich: The Execution of Stepan Razin - Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra & RSFSR Russian Chorus conducted by Kiril Kondrashin with Vitaly Gromadsky bass

[Traverso]

Boulez




Le Marteau Sans Maître

[SonicMan46]

Dussek, Jan (1760-1812) - Piano Sonatas w/ Markus Becker on piano; own all of the ten or so Brilliant volumes on fortepiano w/ different performers - Becker recorded the ones below in 2003/07 - surprised be has not a few more by now?  Dave

 

[vers la flamme]

Johannes Brahms: Symphony No.3 in F major, op.90. Marin Alsop, London Philharmonic Orchestra

All I want to hear lately is Brahms and (especially) Mahler. This is a stellar performance of this beautiful symphony. I think I've heard Brahms' 4 symphonies more than anyone else's. Constant companion these past few years since I've been into classical music.

[Harry]

Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter.

Serenades from "Concors discordia" Nuremberg, 1695.

Serenade No. 1-6.
L'Orfeo Barockorchester, Michi Gaigg.

My last listen was in 2006, and as with so many others I quite forgot what fine music is played here. The title of the music and the meaning escaped me.
Two musical worlds, France and Italy. In appearance overall France, influenced by Muffat no doubt, in fact it could be said that Aufschnaiter is Muffat's natural heir, which means in effect that the music is worthwhile, engaging, fresh in expression, and quite well composed. It gets a marvelous performance by this orchestra, in very good sound.

[Operafreak]

Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5 & 9- Itzhak Perlman (violin), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

[André]

Shostakovich: The Execution of Stepan Razin - Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra & RSFSR Russian Chorus conducted by Kiril Kondrashin with Vitaly Gromadsky bass

one of the greatest DSCH performances ever committed to disc.

[André]

[Biffo]

one of the greatest DSCH performances ever committed to disc.

Certainly one of my favourites

[Carlo Gesualdo]

AH!!! WOW!!!YEAH!!!

Listening to my last order just received this morning. From Tel-Aviv Israel (the Holy Land).

This awesome Carlo Gesualdo of 1961 published or release, whit Direction of Robert Craft, first and foremost promessing and guess what ... come closer... dammit I said Closer I won't hurt yah    Just Kidding for climax of post... so red capet this album most be put on a podium, You naively think I order  Carlo Gesualdo re-edition? or his it of this work on Sony essential, actually had two of these CD home Called: Gesualdo Prince Of the Madrigalist, is it bad , of course not, but is it really the same album, the title are not in ame order at first glimpse.
The sound is prenium even if CBS not the uttermost greatest Label, some give this release  a decent 4 out 5 stars, I would give it a 5 out of 5, see because Igor Stravinsky genious involved in it (uno), Robert Craft ain't no ''ace of spade'' either whit his excellent Naxos Released of Arnold Schoenberg, I am sold to this directors, for his skills & achievement (deuxio), than (tercio) this is an epic release has historic and accademic achievement and to learn or study polyphony of Gesualdo, finally to concluded (quatro) the sleeve is very nice a painting of Gesualdo, overall, I am so happy!



The story goes the record was 20 US +23 US= 43 US = a lots of canadians banana, so even if tempted I said oh well he is okay whit offers, so I will ask half of the price of record 10 US$ , thinkings naively he would not accept case close, but he accepted, so I was like darn, these Irsaelis are good at buzziness,he accepted and sent me the LP Excellent condition = media LP + Sleeve, so to this special sellers, to good honnest, hard working, cool sellers in Israel, mazel tov to you all!