What are you listening 2 now?

[Papy Oli]

Monsieur Foccroulle playing some JS Bach.

 

[DavidW]

I recommend you and all other Schubertians here, @Traverso included, this sleeper:



Possibly OOP and very hard to find, but anyone interested just PM me.

I can stream their recording of the Octet but not the SQs. So I might be PMing you. But I think I will try the Diogenes Q based on @Traverso 's endorsement.

[Florestan]

I can stream their recording of the Octet but not the SQs. So I might be PMing you. But I think I will try the Diogenes Q based on @Traverso 's endorsement.

I second the Diogenes.

[brewski]

Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra (NHK Symphony Orchestra / Michael Gielen, recorded Apr. 22, 1977). Haven't heard this piece in decades, and don't know it well enough to comment or compare, but enjoying it. Sound is mostly clear, though with a bit of hiss in the background.

Update: I see there's a version with Barenboim and Chicago that's synced to the score. Will likely give that a listen.

-Bruce

[Traverso]

I would like to disagree, I love the performance of the Schubert SQ very much, and rate the performance by the Leipzigers very high.

Of course it's just my opinion, I prefer a different approach. They are of course great musicians but I'm not enthusiastic about their performance.  I have other quartets that I find more enjoyable to listen to.

[Linz]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Overture to "Le nozze di Figaro" Symphony No. 38 «Prague» Orchestra of the !8th Century. Franz Bruggen

[Traverso]

 

[71 dB]

J. S. Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I
Luc Beauséjour, Harpsichord
Naxos 8.557625-26

[vandermolen]

Malcolm Arnold: Tam O'Shanter Overture
English Northern Philharmonia: Paul Daniel (Naxos) From: The Best of Arnold.

[Karl Henning]

@Cato @ritter & @steve ridgway , especially

[Le Buisson Ardent]

NP:

Stravinsky
Orpheus
Apollon musagète
Chicago SO
Columbia SO
Stravinsky



From the OOP Stravinsky Columbia (Sony) box set.

[Karl Henning]

NP:

Stravinsky
Orpheus
Apollon musagète
Chicago SO
Columbia SO
Stravinsky



From the OOP Stravinsky Columbia (Sony) box set.

Always good.

[Cato]

@Cato @ritter & @steve ridgway , especially

This work I have never heard, so I will try to listen this evening, when I will be alone for a while!

Concerning Schoenberg's 150th birthday, allow me to push one of my favorite works from his "middle" period:

Jakobsleiter!

The text (which he wrote) seems daunting, but Schoenberg makes it work!

[Karl Henning]

This work I have never heard, so I will try to listen this evening, when I will be alone for a while!

Concerning Schoenberg's 150th birthday, allow me to push one of my favorite works from his "middle" period:

Jakobsleiter!

The text (which he wrote) seems daunting, but Schoenberg makes it work!

Yes!

[Todd]

[steve ridgway]

Thanks Karl, I hadn't heard anything by Sessions before but this sounds pretty good .

[DavidW]

And for the epic conclusion... Act III.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

A fine program, beautifully played and recorded.

Good choice!

PD

[Karl Henning]

And now, this is sweet!

[Cato]

Thanks Karl, I hadn't heard anything by Sessions before but this sounds pretty good .

IN the late 1960's. RCA offered this recording:


https://www.amazon.com/Sessions-Symphony-Concerto-Quartet-Orchestra/dp/B0018A21OE