What are you listening 2 now?

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Excellent point, ignoring plot is often plan when listening to music for ballet. Many years ago attended a performance of "The Magic Flute" by the English National Opera. We loved it! An experience vivid in my memory to this day. I have difficulty replicating this sitting in my listening room facing a pair of speakers. Points to a lack of imagination, I guess.    

Perhaps try to attend more live performances? 

PD

[DavidW]

[foxandpeng]

Thank you for being so brave Mon cher ami! @foxandpeng
At least you tried "Alfonso the Wise", it takes stamina, I know!

  

[Traverso]

Strauss

Tod und veklärung

[NumberSix]

Vivaldi: Flute Concertos
Janet See
Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

[NumberSix]

Stokowski: Bach Symphonic Transcriptions
NBC Symphony
Radio: 1941-44

This is beautiful stuff. He also recorded his versions later with the Czechs. Those can be found in his big Decca box and also sound great.

[Florestan]

Mozart: The Piano Quartets
Francesca Dego (violin), Timothy Ridout (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Federico Colli (piano)

This is a very good performance în superb sound.

[DavidW]

[Bachtoven]

This set arrived today--I ordered it directly from Mr. Takacs. I started with Disc 9--no.28 and 29. Spectaular playing--plenty powerful in the big moments and very poetic in the more lyrical sections. The SACD audio is amazingly real and rich.

[Todd]

[NumberSix]

I believe it's Pearlman's Messiah that often gets recommended.

[ritter]

For the sesquicentennial 



Three consecutive opus numbers, 16, 17 & 18, for three magnificent über-expressionistic works by Schoenberg: the Five Orchestral Pieces, Erwartung (with Magda Laszló), and Die Glückliche Hand (with Keith Engen). Hermann Scherchen is very persuasive in this music.

[Linz]

Nicolo Paganini Complete Chamber Music CD5
Quartet for Violin, Viola, Guitar & Cello No. 4 in D major
Quartet for Violin, Viola, Guitar & Cello No. 5 in C major
Quartet for Violin, Viola, Guitar & Cello No. 6 in D minor

[SonicMan46]

Satie, Erik (1866-1925) - own the recordings below; solo piano repetition with Reinbert de Leeuw but I enjoyed his different approach vs. Thibaudet in the 5-disc box; the orchestral dual dates from 1968 w/ Abravanel and the Utah SO recorded in the Mormon Tabernacle - the sound is stupendous for its age and the performance wonderful - listen to Hurwitz's comments below.  Dave

   

[Lisztianwagner]

Arnold Schönberg
Suite Op. 29
Erwartung

Janis Martin (soprano)
Pierre Boulez & Ensemble Intercontemporain/BBC Symphony Orchestra

[NumberSix]

Haydn: Symphony No. 104
Norrington, SWR

[NumberSix]

Schoenberg: 5 Pieces for Orchestra
Doráti, London Symphony Orchestra

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, 1878 Version Ed. Fritz Oeser (Scherzo coda not included) Based on 1880 Stichvorlage, Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim

[Symphonic Addict]

You reminded me how much I used to love Frankel's symphonies and it must have been twenty years now... time for a fresh listen!

Very worthwhile pieces. Today I listened to Nos. 3-5 and I was a tad less impressed by the 3rd and 5th, but the 4th sounded more focused overall.

[DavidW]