What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Lilas Pastia]

This pile here is gone now, listen to all of them trice.

OK, the rabbit is out of the hat at last. Either there are three Harrys out there, or there are many more hours in a Harry day than in mine

[Gurn Blanston]

We agree! (About it being "gutsy") 



These are sonatas formerly attributed to Mozart - so, sort of fake Mozart.
According to the booklet the real composer remains unknown and some doubts remain.
Still, these are pretty good. Performance is excellent.

EDIT: definitely not Mozart.

Q

Yes, that IS an excellent disk. Not just the performance but the music. Given that the original numbers were K 55 - 60, the quality of the music alone should have been enough to tip off Köchel that this wasn't the work of an 11 year old boy. I don't care how precocious.

I'm enjoying this Mendelssohn, even though these are not my favorite performances, they are quite adequate.



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Now playing: Mendelssohn Symphonies - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Masur - FMB Symphony #1 in c Op 11 4th mvmt

[Solitary Wanderer]

Piano concerto #23

&

Rachmaninov ~  Symphony #2 Handley/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

[locrian]

[Dancing Divertimentian]

A shattering 14th.

[Florestan]

Oh, two people, to be sure, Harry!  And I note significantly that the symphonies are absent from our dear Andrei's listening 

To hear these four works, surely, is to love Elgar.

I've just started with his music, Karl. Rest assured I'll find my way to his Symphonies soon. 

Now listening to:

Beethoven - Piano Trio opp. 1 no. 1 & 2 - Szeryng, Fournier, Kempff

Followed by

Beethoven - Bagatelles - Alfred Brendel

[Lethevich]

Schumann - Chamber music (Warner)



A crappy pick 'n' mix box of 6 CDs, but it was only £3

[George]

Who are the performers, Lethe?

[Lethevich]

Who are the performers, Lethe?

I would probably get RSI and eye strain typing it out A site mentions these: Jean Hubeau and David Hovora (piano), Pierre Del Vescovo (horn), Pierre Pierrot (oboe) Walter Boeykens (clarinet), Quatuor Via Nova.

Nobody I recall hearing of before - I plan to use the set to find the works I like best, buy better versions and eventually donate the set to a friend.

[The new erato]

I would probably get RSI and eye strain typing it out A site mentions these: Jean Hubeau and David Hovora (piano), Pierre Del Vescovo (horn), Pierre Pierrot (oboe) Walter Boeykens (clarinet), Quatuor Via Nova.

Nobody I recall hearing of before - I plan to use the set to find the works I like best, buy better versions and eventually donate the set to a friend.

Old french stuff (Erato?) - have their Faure on Musical Heritage Society LPs from the early 70-ies. Quite classy stuff with OK but not good sound IIRC. Also available on a very cheap CD set.

[Florestan]

I would probably get RSI and eye strain typing it out A site mentions these: Jean Hubeau and David Hovora (piano), Pierre Del Vescovo (horn), Pierre Pierrot (oboe) Walter Boeykens (clarinet), Quatuor Via Nova.

Nobody I recall hearing of before - I plan to use the set to find the works I like best, buy better versions and eventually donate the set to a friend.

Why would you want to do that? I have this set and it's excellent on all accounts.

[Lethevich]

Why would you want to do that? I have this set and it's excellent on all accounts.

I guess I'll keep it if the new discs I buy aren't obviously better, but I haven't had great experiences with other Warner misc. artist sets (the Dvoraks were annoying, for example), and generally I find that single (well-liked) discs from a variety of sources may be more consistently inspired than a full box.

[Harry]

This morning I started with The Dream of Gerontius by our friend Elgar, out of it I listened to "I see not those false Spirits" performed by Jane Irwin, and Justin Lavender, and the City of Bermingham Symphony Chorus and Orchestra/Sakari Oramo, and I found it to be extremely good.

And afterwards, very unusual for me Puccini, Victoria de Los Angeles, singing, "Un bel di Vendrome" aided by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera house, covent Garden/Rudolf Kempe, a old recording, but what a fine voice.

[Harry]

Vivaldi.

Juditha Triumphans, Oratorio.

Gloria Banditelli, Maria Zadori, Judith Nemeth, Annette Markert, Katalin Gemes,
Savaria Vocal Ensemble/Capella Savaria/Nicholas Mc Gegan

Recording licensed from Hungaroton 1990.

This is the third time I play this Oratorio in the last two weeks. Every time it gets more in my framework, and no wonder if you are confronted with such a beautiful performance, with fine voices.
And the Capella Savaria under McGegan cannot be faulted. In all respects this is a very worthwhile recording, and it sounds wonderfully clear.

[karlhenning]

I've just started with his music, Karl. Rest assured I'll find my way to his Symphonies soon. 

Promise us you'll listen to the Cello Concerto and Falstaff first, Andrei!

[karlhenning]

Obviously she just stopped dead in her tracks staring at a McDonald's sign.

Transfixed by visions of Chicken McNuggets™? Well, perhaps you're right, at that.

[karlhenning]

This morning I started with The Dream of Gerontius by our friend Elgar, out of it I listened to "I see not those false Spirits" performed by Jane Irwin, and Justin Lavender, and the City of Bermingham Symphony Chorus and Orchestra/Sakari Oramo, and I found it to be extremely good.

Gerontius is a beauty, Harry, but it's not a piece for my ears in the morning (YMMV, of course).

Good day, mijn vriend!

[Harry]

Gerontius is a beauty, Harry, but it's not a piece for my ears in the morning (YMMV, of course).

Good day, mijn vriend!

That's why I only played one piece of it.
Goedemorgen Karl.

[BachQ]

Brahms, Piano Concerto no. 1 Gutierrez / Previn
Brahms, Piano Concerto no. 2 Hatto Gutierrez / Previn

[locrian]

CD booklet inscribed by Cliburn.  0:)