What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Harry]

Don - good day; picked up the CPO offering of the Juon Piano Quartets (shown below) not too long ago - my only disc of this composer - need to check out his other works!  Dave

When released I bought this CD on spot, so to say, and I am heartily glad I did, for the music is very special.

[ChamberNut]

Smetana

String Quartet No. 1 in E minor From My Life
String Quartet No. 2 in D minor

Moyzes Quartet

From My Homeland
No. 1 in A major
No. 2 in G minor

Takako Nishizaki, violin
Tatiana Franova, piano

Naxos

[Dr. Dread]

bach cello suites

[rubio]

A fine German Requiem by Kempe/BPO and excellent soloists Elizabeth Gruemmer og Fischer-Dieskau. Choir/orchestra is sensitively led by Kempe, and it's all very well-sung and musical. But I'm imprinted on Klemperer and miss some punch/drama e.g. in "Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras".

[karlhenning]

Górecki
Totus tuus
Robert Shaw Festival Singers

[karlhenning]

Pärt
Magnificat
Robert Shaw Festival Singers

[karlhenning]

Barber
Agnus Dei
Robert Shaw Festival Singers

This is a choral adaptation of the string Adagio . . . I'm not crazy about it as a choral piece.

[karlhenning]

Schoenberg
Friede auf Erden
Robert Shaw Festival Singers

Lovely!

[karlhenning]

Bartók
Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Sz106
Toronto Symphony
Jukka-Pekka Saraste

Love this piece!

[Dr. Dread]

mass in b minor

[Harry]

 

[Drasko]

[George]

As I expected, nice transfers by MOT.

Now playing: D 959 

[Subotnick]

I love Schubert's Octet. This is the first time I've listened to this particular recording. Only a few minutes in and it bodes well already.

[ChamberNut]

Bartók
Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Sz106
Toronto Symphony
Jukka-Pekka Saraste

Love this piece!

Ditto-sdorf! 

[Subotnick]

I was going to pay tribute to John Martyn by listening to One World. That I shall put off until tomorrow. I fancy some more Schubert before bed.

[SonicMan46]

Well, this afternoon decided to listen to some piano chamber music from different periods, one shown previously:

Paul Juon (1872-1940) - Piano Quartets w/ Oliver Triendl, Peter Bruns, et al - wonderfully done!

Justin Just (1750-1791) - Piano Trios w/ Trio 1790 on period instruments - great stuff! 

 

[karlhenning]

Debussy
Ibéria
Cz Phil
Jean Fournet

If forced to select one, I should likely designate the Images pour orchestre as my favorite Debussy work for orchestra.  Its sensuality is not at all aristocratic, and that's just fine.

Dmitri Dmitriyevich
Symphony № 9 in E-flat Major, Opus 70
Oslo Philharmonic
Jansons

[Solitary Wanderer]

[aquablob]

Mmhmm