What are you listening 2 now?

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Now playing Thorvaldsdóttir Metacosmos

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Now playing Boulez Notations I-IV

[DavidW]

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, 1872 First concept version. Ed. William Carragan
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, François-Xavier Roth

[Iota]

Prompted by this post I'm listening to Morris' Mahler 5 - it really is very fine.  I remember having the old double LP gatefolds.  There was a player list and "The Symphonica of London" really was a who's-who of the finest London players of the time.  Worth considering too that Mahler was so less frequently performed so any performance/concert of this epic music was an "occasion" for both players and audiences.  These days it can feel like a-n-other-Mahler-cycle.......

Thanks for that post, very interesting, and it's good to hear your positive impression of the Mahler 5, I too had those Mahler gatefolds but some while ago got rid of 99 percent of my vinyl including them. Also very interesting to hear of the stellar credentials of the SOL players, not something I'd ever known, though obviously they played well. And it's so true what you say about Mahler performances feeling more pioneering and special back then, I'd kind of forgotten about that, and your post was a very happy reminder.

[ritter]

Charles Rosen plays Elliott Carter: Night Fantasies and Piano Sonata.

[Linz]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Quintet for Piano & Winds in E-Flat Major, K. 452
Ludwig van Beethoven Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-Flat Major, Op. 16, Sextet in E-Flat Major, Op. 81b
Melos Ensemble

[Lisztianwagner]

Richard Strauss
Symphonia Domestica

Herbert von Karajan & Berliner Philharmoniker

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Now playing Alwyn Symphony No. 4

[Karl Henning]

Exquisite!

[foxandpeng]

Dmitry Shostakovich
Complete SQs
SQ 2
Mandelring Quartet

I think the Mandelring Quartet cycle of the DSCH SQs is my favourite.

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Now playing Chopin Polonaise-Fantasy in A flat major, Op. 61

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Before dinner --- Schubert Fantasie in C, D. 934

[KevinP]

I'm faced with my common dilemma of which thread (classical or jazz) to put this in.

I bought this CD in the 1990s back and never really listened to the Peaslee piece until much later but like it a lot.

(The Russo piece is a standalone version of his soundtrack to the Hubbles' animated Everybody Rides the Carousel from '76, which can be viewed on YouTube and apparently other websites. The movie also features a then-unknown Meryl Streep.)

[ChamberNut]

Dmitry Shostakovich
Complete SQs
SQ 2
Mandelring Quartet

I think the Mandelring Quartet cycle of the DSCH SQs is my favourite.

I don't know if it's my favourite, but it is damn good! Glad to have it.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Fikret Amirov: Shur & Kürd Ovshari Mugams. Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Almeida.

[Symphonic Addict]

Enjoying these quartets much more than most of his symphonies.

[André]

This is the back cover of Trio Ostertag's integral set of Beethoven's works for string trio.

As one can see, the 3 trios from opus 9 are played in succession. 12 movements, 77 minutes when played non-stop. This can numb the effect the composer no doubt intended to make with these works. Beethoven seems to have no trouble churning out amiable dance movements and scholarly sonata ones. He comes into his own in the slow movements. Next time I'll listen to them in isolation, the better to savour their originality.

Disc 2 gives us an early, divertimento-like trio. It's cast in 6 movements lasting some 40 minutes. The central slow movement is very fine. The real find, an authentic gem is to be found at the tail end of this 2-disc set. The Serenade op 8 is an absolute charmer, with a central slow movement-cum-scherzo that is to die for. While not on the exalted level of Mozart's K563 trio (one of the greatest masterpieces of chamber music) it kept me most happy for its full duration.

[Karl Henning]

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This is lovely, Karl and you got Carson Cooman to perform it. Double nice.