What are you listening 2 now?

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Went from 18th century harpsichord to 20th century Bartok!  I had listened to about half of the harp. album, but needed a respite (as often happens to me with a number of works played on the same instrument...too much at the same time all in a row, so I'll finish that later).

Listened to a very enjoyable recording of Bartok's Sonata for violin and piano no.1, Sz. 75 with Isabelle Faust and Ewa Kupiec.  It's in the "Initiales" series (2 CDs with various composers all with I. F. playing here).  Thoroughly enjoyable--particularly the final allegro!  On Harmonia Mundi.

PD

[Todd]

The Franck is meh, and I've never thought of Perahia as a Liszt guy.  The Mephisto Waltz is really off the mark. 

[Karl Henning]

CD 34

Prokofiev
Violin Concerto № 2 in g minor, Op. 63

Zino Francescatti, vn
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York (NY Phil)
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Rec. 27 Oct 1952

JS Bach
Concerto in E for Violin, Strings and Basso continuo, BWV 1042
Zino Francescatti, vn
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Geo. Szell
recorded 6 January 1953

Prokofiev
Piano Concerto № 3 in C, Op. 26
Dimitri Mitropoulos, pf & conductor
Robin Hood Dell Orchestra of Phila.
recorded 26 July 1946

[Karl Henning]

Went from 18th century harpsichord to 20th century Bartok!  I had listened to about half of the harp. album, but needed a respite (as often happens to me with a number of works played on the same instrument...too much at the same time all in a row, so I'll finish that later).

Listened to a very enjoyable recording of Bartok's Sonata for violin and piano no.1, Sz. 75 with Isabelle Faust and Ewa Kupiec.  It's in the "Initiales" series (2 CDs with various composers all with I. F. playing here).  Thoroughly enjoyable--particularly the final allegro!  On Harmonia Mundi.

PD

Nice!

[Traverso]

Bach


Christmas Oratorio

[Harry]

Antwerp Requiem c. 1650.
Philippus van Steelant.
Missa pro Defunctis.
Miserere mei Dus.
Missa pro Defunctis.
CantoLX & B'Rock Orchestra, Frank Agsteribbe, Musical direction and Harpsichord.

One of the best vocal recordings of this year, at least to me. It makes me so happy to hear this ensemble and the voices of CantoLX.
Very much recommended, it is a recording not to be missed by the usual suspects. Excellent sound.

[Operafreak]

Bach: Partitas Nos. 1, 5 & 6- Murray Perahia (piano)

[Papy Oli]

Ligeti - Sonata for Solo Cello

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Ligeti - Sonata for Solo Cello

Oooh!  Sounds like that would be (hopefully) right up my alley.  Who was playing it?

PD

[Papy Oli]

Oooh!  Sounds like that would be (hopefully) right up my alley.  Who was playing it?

PD

PD,
The artist is listed as Matt Haimovitz (cello)
(Recorded: 1990-09-09)

TD:

Ligeti - Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet



This is, well, joyful  . Certainly not what I was expecting Ligeti to be like . This exploration could be interesting (I only have "Atmospheres" in a Bernstein box and I think I listened to "Lux Aeterna" once before).

[Mandryka]

Ligeti - Sonata for Solo Cello

That's interesting, I didn't know he wrote a solo cello sonata.

[Papy Oli]

Ligeti - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1990-93)

[vandermolen]

Dmitri Shostakovich.
Symphony No. 4 i C minor.
LPO. Bernard Haitink.

Superb performance and top-notch recording.

+1

[vandermolen]

Sibelius 'Kullervo'
With my grateful thanks to John (MI)

[ritter]

More from the Markevitch Philips box: Haydn's Symphonies No. 103 and 104 with the Lamoureux Orchestra (Weber's Preciosa Overture with the RTVE Symphony Orchestra is also on this disc).




CD 1

[Spotted Horses]

Mozart Piano Sonata K309, Zacharias.



Not as ambitious or intense a piece as the Sonata K310, that I most recently listened to. Zacharias can't be faulted here. I think he finds the sound of Mozart on a modern piano.

[Papy Oli]

Ligeti - Volumina (1961-66)

[Traverso]

Vaughan Williams


Symphony No.3

A melodious opening of the "Pastoral Symphony", music to dream away to

[Todd]

from:



I believe this marks the first time I've listened to Nicola Vincentino, though perhaps not.  Not bad, but not a highlight of this set so far, either.

[Linz]

I have this 8 CD set of Zacharias CD1 is Concertos 21 with the Orchestre Symphonique de la Radio Bavaroise, David Zinman, Concerto 13, English Chamber Orchestra, David Zinman  and Concerto No. 8, Orchestre de Chambre de Pologne, Jerzy Maksymiuk