What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Karl Henning]

ДШ
Симфония № 5 d-moll, соч. 47 [ Symphony № 5 in d minor, Opus 47 ]
CSO
Previn

[Sergeant Rock]

Vaughan Williams Symphony #8 D minor, Barbirolli conducting the Hallé




Sarge

[SonicMan46]

MORE Spohr on a drizzly afternoon -

 

[mc ukrneal]

MORE Spohr on a drizzly afternoon -

 

The second one (hyperion) is at Berkshire. I've put it in my cart for now.

[Conor71]

Hildegard Of Bingen: Sacred Music

[Lisztianwagner]

ДШ

Dmitri Shostakovich?

[Sergeant Rock]

Dvorak Symphony #4 D minor, Rowicki conducting the LSO




Sarge

[madaboutmahler]

Alkan is indeed an extraordinary composer. I second the Lewenthal suggestion and offer three more recommendations:



For more info, he has his own thread and everything.

Thank you for these recommendations. I think my dad has the Hamelin and the Gibbons, but not sure about the other one. Will search for it, thank you again!

And I agree with your enthusiasm for The Warriors, as I have also been telling Harry. Such a brilliant piece! Give it a try, Harry!

[Papy Oli]

Baldassare Galuppi - Keyboard Sonatas Vol.1
(Matteo Napoli / Naxos)

[North Star]

Just back from listening to Alkan's Grande Sonata 'Les Quatre Ages' for the first time.
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No wonder my dad is a massive Alkan fan! This piece is absolutely amazing! 

Browsing the pages I was amazed that, among the other Alkan discs, this wasn't recommended. Easily explained. Both of the sonatas are superb, indeed. I heartily second the Gibbons 2-fer recommendation, too.
And you really should listen to the rest of the Martinon/Debussy box soon 

[madaboutmahler]

Browsing the pages I was amazed that, among the other Alkan discs, this wasn't recommended. Easily explained. Both of the sonatas are superb, indeed. I heartily second the Gibbons 2-fer recommendation, too.
And you really should listen to the rest of the Martinon/Debussy box soon 

Thank you. And yes, I really should listen to the rest of the Martinon/Debussy box soon! The first disc was just so so amazing though! However, I'll probably end up saying the same thing about the other discs soon.

[Sadko]

Kun-Woo Paik

plays Debussy, Poulenc, Satie



CD 2 of this set, first listen.


PS. Constantly I have to look at the cover painting and find myself irritated by these strange hats.

[listener]

re ALKAN:
Dover had an edition of some of his works including the complete Concerto for Piano, it seems to be out of print though.  Used copies at amazon are at outrageous prices.  Raymond Lewenthal edited a collection which is worth tracking down for the introductory notes (published by Schirmer), nobody seems to want to part with their copy.

[AndanteCantabile]

[SonicMan46]

The second one (hyperion) is at Berkshire. I've put it in my cart for now.  Re: Spohr!

Well, I put in a small BRO order yesterday including the SQ disc below (have just one other from this Marco Polo series, i.e. V. 6) - actually for those interested in Spohr, there are a lot of good chamber CDs available there (believe that I've purchased many of my own from them) -

[Lethevich]

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Edit: only orchestral set no.1 - I am not in the mood for the rest. After that, this:

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I miss ASV, they recorded so many neat things

[Karl Henning]

 Quote from: Lisztianwagner on Today at 05:29:18 PM

Dmitri Shostakovich?

 
Aye.

[madaboutmahler]

re ALKAN:
Dover had an edition of some of his works including the complete Concerto for Piano, it seems to be out of print though.  Used copies at amazon are at outrageous prices.  Raymond Lewenthal edited a collection which is worth tracking down for the introductory notes (published by Schirmer), nobody seems to want to part with their copy.

Thank you for this!

[nesf]

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1

From Muti Tchaikovsky boxset.

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[Sadko]

Back to CD #1

Liszt

Kun-Woo Paik, piano

01. Mephisto-Walzer Nr. 1
02. Années de pèlerinage, I, La Suisse - Au lac de Wallenstadt
03. - Au bord d'une source
04. Variationen über B-A-C-H
05. Liebestraum Nr. 3 As-dur
06. Ungarische Rhapsodie Nr. 12 cis-moll
07. Les Jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este (Années de pèlerinage III, L'Italie)
08. Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude (Harmonies poétiques et religieuses)



I'm as thrilled as I was the other night.