What are you listening 2 now?

[AnotherSpin]

Yes, I try to keep my check of the BBC News website short to minimise mental pollution.

Now playing Strauss - Macbeth

More from the same source: "There is no such thing as peace of mind. Mind means disturbance; restlessness itself is mind."

[Que]

Of available recordings this is my favourite, hands down.

[vandermolen]

William Alwyn Symphony No. 3
Violin Concerto, Lydia Mordkovitch, violin 
London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox

That's a great Alwyn CD as it features two of his finest works. John Ireland thought that Alwyn's 3rd Symphony was the greatest British symphony since Elgar.

[hopefullytrusting]

Bruckner's Symphony No. 9 conducted by Honeck with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfFnLwDHBqQ

[AnotherSpin]

Antonio de Cabezón

Juan de la Rubia

[Que]

I love Boccherini's string trios, and his quintets. His string quartets are quite different in character: more Haydnesque, I'd say. And perhaps more pedestrian ...? Not that the two are connected!

[Irons]

Great. But avoid Seville and Cordoba in the summer months!

Wise advice. Seville is a great place to visit, but the crowds! Swept through Jewish quarter with my feet barely touching the ground. 

[Irons]

Liszt: Sonata in B Minor.

[Que]

Wise advice. Seville is a great place to visit, but the crowds! Swept through Jewish quarter with my feet barely touching the ground.

My wife and I visited in March last year - surprisingly warm weather and lively busy but but doable.

[AnotherSpin]

Jürg Frey: Voices

Exaudi Vocal Ensemble|

[Traverso]

Mompou

Musica Callada



 

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Maryla Jonas.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Magda Tagliaferro.

[Madiel]

Currently listening to the one track that ensured the Naive Vivaldi Edition could never quite leave my mind. Because I fell in love with it and bought it on iTunes some years ago. You are duly warned.

[Florestan]

[hopefullytrusting]

Bruckner's Symphony No. 9 conducted by Honeck with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfFnLwDHBqQ

Okay, this is easily my favorite Bruckner 9.

Now, Honeck's conducting Beethoven's 9 with the Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZs02Nls7HI&list=RDIZs02Nls7HI

(Spoiler alert: I am already loving the opening.)

[Karl Henning]

Aleksandr Melnikov and [members of] the Jerusalem Quartet playing Schumann's Piano Quintet, Op. 44 and [Piano Quartet, Op. 47]

[Spotted Horses]

Haven't had as much time to listen lately, and haven't kept up with my thread duty. I've been listening to some Respighi, mostly the Roman Trilogy.

I started with Dorati's Pines of Rome, Minneapolis, Mercury



This is an extraordinary recording. My favorite is the finale, I pini della Via Appia. I learned the piece in Karajan's BPO recording, which is heavy on poetry. We are overlooking the Via Appia and our mind wanders to ancient times, the pounding of feet on the pavement as the Roman Legions return from a campaign, exotic woodwind passages evoking foreign lands conquered, martial horns sounding from the mists of history. Dorati's performance and Mercury engineering bring a remarkable clarity to the music, where you can hear every horn call and reply. Brilliant, although perhaps not exactly what Respighi intended.

I then visited the other elements of Respighi's Roman Trilogy, plus Vetrate di chiesa, in different recordings. Maazel/Cleveland, Neschling, Francesco La Vecchia. I think over time I will listen through the complete Respighi orchestral music sets from La Vecchia and Neschling, maybe including the Downes set, which I have found to be excellent, although I don't think it includes the more famous pieces such as the Roman Trilogy.

[Karl Henning]

Haven't had as much time to listen lately, and haven't kept up with my thread duty. I've been listening to some Respighi, mostly the Roman Trilogy.

I started with Dorati's Pines of Rome, Minneapolis, Mercury



This is an extraordinary recording. My favorite is the finale, I pini della Via Appia. I learned the piece in Karajan's BPO recording, which is heavy on poetry. We are overlooking the Via Appia and our mind wanders to ancient times, the pounding of feet on the pavement as the Roman Legions return from a campaign, exotic woodwind passages evoking foreign lands conquered, martial horns sounding from the mists of history. Dorati's performance and Mercury engineering bring a remarkable clarity to the music, where you can hear every horn call and reply. Brilliant, although perhaps not exactly what Respighi intended.

I then visited the other elements of Respighi's Roman Trilogy, plus Vetrate di chiesa, in different recordings. Maazel/Cleveland, Neschling, Francesco La Vecchia. I think over time I will listen through the complete Respighi orchestral music sets from La Vecchia and Neschling, maybe including the Downes set, which I have found to be excellent, although I don't think it includes the more famous pieces such as the Roman Trilogy.

Curiously, I've been listening to Respighi of late, as well (rather more than is my wont) mostly the Antiche danze ed arie Suites.

[hopefullytrusting]

Okay, this is easily my favorite Bruckner 9.

Now, Honeck's conducting Beethoven's 9 with the Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZs02Nls7HI&list=RDIZs02Nls7HI

(Spoiler alert: I am already loving the opening.)

Unsurprisingly, it blew me away - easily my favorite 9th now.

Boulez's Notations with the Frankfurt Radio Symhphony Orchestra led by Honeck:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIlfuf2wUok