What are you listening 2 now?

[Cato]

The Brahms String Quintet #2: The Boston Symphony Chamber Players

I heard this one the radio and the cello was particularly prominent at one point: as if a sound engineer had cranked up the bass, for the pizzicato sounded like a Timpani solo!

Anyway, for many decades I ignored a great deal of Kammermusik, so this excellent work was unknown to me!

[ritter]

Both the Sinopoli Manon Lescaut you were listening to earlier, and this Karajan Tosca with Ricciarelli are recordings I very much enjoy.

Good evening, Tassos!

[Wanderer]

Both the Sinopoli Manon Lescaut you were listening to earlier, and this Karajan Tosca with Ricciarelli are recordings I very much enjoy.

Good evening, Tassos!

Me too. Except those cannons in the Te Deum!

Good evening, Rafael!

[Wanderer]

[Linz]

Johann Sebastian Bach Partita No. 1 in B-flat major BWV 825
Partita No. 5 G major BWV 829
Partita No. 6 in E minor BWV 830
Scott Ross

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Vladigerov, A Legend about the Lake.

[André]

Both the Sinopoli Manon Lescaut you were listening to earlier, and this Karajan Tosca with Ricciarelli are recordings I very much enjoy.

Good evening, Tassos!

Indeed, both are excellent. Sinopoli's Manon Lescaut in particular has unusual dramatic intensity.

[André]

Ruzicka is widely recorded, both as conductor and composer. This disc comprises Einschreibung (Inscription), a 'suite' made up of 6 powerful orchestral moments (played here by the NDR Symphony under Christoph Eschenbach), a work for oboe and chamber ensemble and finally, a massive, imposing orchestral piece titled Zurücknehmen... Retrospection for orchestra (which translates as taking back), commissioned by the Wiener Philharmoniker. It's played by the WP under Christian Thielemann. It's supposed to have as basis the 'horror chord' that starts the finale of Beethoven's 9th symphony as well as reminiscences of other Ruzicka works. What I hear reminds me strongly of Pettersson's music. I'm quite impressed by this offering, especially Einschreibung and Zurücknehmen.

[Madiel]

Vivaldi: violin concertos in G (RV 312) and A (RV 350)



I'd say this has been my favourite of the violin concerto volumes so far (plenty to go). Which is good given that I wasn't fond of the other Fasolis/I Barocchisti album that I've tried.

I believe that's 38 complete volumes listened to so far...

[JBS]

The first two CDs of this


Enjoying it, but I don't remember the Grumiaux Trio recording(I think that is the only other one I have) well enough to compare.

CD 1

K 174 in B Flat Major
K 593 in D Major
First version of the Allegro from K 174

CD 2
K 515 in C Major
K 516 in g minor

The booklet says absolutely nothing about the K 174 Allegro, so I have no idea of why the movement has two versions.

[Madiel]

Before and after lunch...



Two violin sonatas, RV 816 and 815, that were found in London. And an aria from the opera Ipermestra that is amongst the fragments housed in Berkeley, California!

[Wanderer]

[steve ridgway]

Scelsi - Chukrum

[steve ridgway]

Boulez - Sur Incises

Barenboim, 2018