What are you listening 2 now?

[aligreto]

JS Bach: Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Harpsichord BWV 1015 [Kuijken/Leonhardt]

[Mandryka]

Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D major, op.76 no.5, the "Largo". London Haydn Quartet

Love this set

Yes I listened recently to their op 76/2 and I thought it was really a revelation in fact. Like, more poetry than anyone else -- and a distinctive voice. They don't present it as Beethoveny.

In fact I want to say this, even though it may well be pony. London Haydn 76 suggests a direction Mozart could have taken but instead he went the way of the Prussian Quartets.

[Traverso]

The Pilgrimage to Santiago


2 CD's

[aligreto]

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 22 Op. 54 [Fischer]

[The new erato]

First disc of two finished:



This is really superb in all ways imaginable.

[Spotted Horses]

Schoenberg, String Quartet in D (composed before his string quartet "No 1").

Unexpectedly light, compared with what I expect from Schoenberg's "tonal" period. I listened to the LaSalle and Schoenberg Quartet recordings. I strongly prefer the later, not because of the performances, but because I find that DGG's recordings of string quartets from the 60's sound very strident to my ears.

[Todd]

[Lisztianwagner]

Schoenberg, String Quartet in D (composed before his string quartet "No 1").

Unexpectedly light, compared with what I expect from Schoenberg's "tonal" period. I listened to the LaSalle and Schoenberg Quartet recordings. I strongly prefer the later, not because of the performances, but because I find that DGG's recordings of string quartets from the 60's sound very strident to my ears.

Agreed, the String Quartet in D is a particular work that has nothing in common with the other Schönberg's compositions, but very beautiful and enchanting anyway.

Pounds the table for both the sets.

[Spotted Horses]

Pounds the table for both the sets.

Thankfully the Zemlinsky in the LaSalle set was recorded much later and has much better audio (to my ears).

[Lisztianwagner]

Thankfully the Zemlinsky in the LaSalle set was recorded much later and has much better audio (to my ears).

Agreed with that too; about Zemlinsky's String Quartets, I still prefer the LaSalle performance to the Schoenberg one (which it's marvelous anyway), but about Schönberg's String Quartets, now I've learnt to enjoy the Schoenberg set more.

[Biffo]

Schubert: Six Grandes Marches et Trios, D 819 - Christoph Eschenbach & Justus Frantz piano duet

[MusicTurner]

(... Chandos album of Delius vocal works / Terfel, Hickox ...)


There is a wonderful quote in the liner notes which describes that Delius' music is for
It certainly sums up this music for me, although I think Sea Drift is particularly excellent.

VS

A great album indeed, and one of the best regarding Delius' vocal music; maybe the best ...

[Traverso]

Dufay


Triste Plaisir



Enchantingly beautiful music that goes straight to the heart.Old music, yet only in name because it speaks as if it were today's music.Difficult no, unusual perhaps and especially for those who have never learned to listen and ignore the world of early music This music deserves to be heard alongside all the symphonic force of Mahler and Bruckner. Minimal means and optimal expressiveness. In the overwhelming amount of music available to us, this is a pearl that deserves to be heard. Is this a recommendation.....?

[Linz]

Bernstein Mahler Kindertotenlieder with Thomas Hampston, baritone  Wiener Philharmoniker

[Mapman]

Strauss: Don Quixote
Ma/Nelsons/Boston

One of the highlights of the box so far! They don't make the mistake of playing everything too beautifully, and insert ugliness where is belongs. The battle with the sheep is particularly successful, as is the "donkey music". Yo-Yo Ma is a great Don Quixote.

[Iota]

Mahler: Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection"
Concertgebouw, Elly Ameling (soprano), Aafje Heynis (contralto), Haitink (cond.)

Hopping onto the wave of Mahler listenings, I spun the above. Haitink seems to keep his gunpowder dry in the opening movement, feeling less intense than some others perhaps, but it all gradually melds into a coherent and magnificent whole. Stellar singing too.
Broadly I think I like Haitink's way with Mahler more than any other, there's something of understatement and transparency to it that takes it so naturally to the unearthly depths and heights. . 

[aligreto]

Arnold: Symphony No. 1 [Penny]





On first listen I found this to be an interesting work. I like its tones, its moods, atmospheres and its musical language. The first movement was very engaging throughout and I particularly like the scoring for brass and the lower register instruments.
The slow movement opens very calmly and serenely. However, discordant elements from the first movement soon invade this peaceful space to create interesting contrasts and sensations. It makes for a very interesting, appealing and atmospheric work.
The opening of the final movement is fraught and filled with tension. These levels are augmented as the movement proceeds and the woodwinds make a very fine contribution. This is very fine, atmospheric and compelling music.

I particularly like the scoring throughout the work. I find it to be very appealing as it portrays wonderful sonorities.

[aligreto]

Dufay


Triste Plaisir


Enchantingly beautiful music that goes straight to the heart.Old music, yet only in name because it speaks as if it were today's music.Difficult no, unusual perhaps and especially for those who have never learned to listen and ignore the world of early music This music deserves to be heard alongside all the symphonic force of Mahler and Bruckner. Minimal means and optimal expressiveness. In the overwhelming amount of music available to us, this is a pearl that deserves to be heard. Is this a recommendation.....?

A definite recommendation.
It is a very fine recording.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Hindemith conducts Hindemith.

[Linz]

George Szell and his Forgotten Recordings in very good Mono where required on disc 1 is Johann Sebastian Bach,  Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068, Bedřich Smetana,  The Moldau, Richard Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28 and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543