What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[mc ukrneal]

Ah, Bach. JC Bach that is. I bought this with someone else in mind, but it's quite nice (more enjoyable than I was expecting). Listening to disc 1 of 3:

[karlhenning]

Now playing WT1 on harpichord by Christiane Jaccottet.  Having bought the 40-CD set over a year ago but the only CD's I have listened to so far are the recordings by Jaccottet, who was a first-rate harpsichordists.  The remaining CD's were mostly recordings by some second-rate ensembles.  But my sole objective for getting the set was ONLY the Jaccottet's recordings anyway.

And that sufficeth.

[Harry]

First listen.

Symphony No. 3 in C opus 48.

[Harry]

First listen

[Keemun]

Daily Dose of Bruckner:

Bruckner
Symphony No. 8
Tennstedt
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Live, December 20, 1974

[listener]

3 short pieces by VIERNE (no. opus numbers, not mentioned at all in the notes), DUPRÉ  Symphonie -Passion, COCHEREAU trancribed by David Briggs Improvisation on 'Alouette, Gentille Alouette'
David Briggs playing the Willis organ at St. George's Hall, Liverpool.  4 Manuals, Pedal has a 64' stop and 2 32' stops.   I hope the neighbours are out.

ALKAN  Trois Grandes Études  one for each hand separately, one for bothhands  op. 76
Trois Études de bravoure, op. 16                     Ronald Smith, piano

[DavidW]

The world recedes when listening to Penderecki's Threnody.

[Christo]

First listen
                   

First listen.
                   

                     

[Harry]

First listen.

The sound of Cultures, A musical journey through Baroque Europe.
Hungary, "Alla zingara. Alla Turca. Effects of the Turkish invasions on the musical panoramas of Central Europe.

Works from: Gregor Joseph Werner, Johann Josef Fux, Pal Esterhazy, Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Ebner, Daniel Georg Speer, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, and works anonymous from the 18th Century.

Performers on authentic instruments, recorded live 2002: Ars Antiqua Austria, Gunar Letzbor.
Noemi Kiss, Soprano.

[Harry]

                     

First I listen to the second Symphony, and a few days later to the third my friend.
So first listen.

[Harry]

First listen

Gio Zamboni Romano.
Sonate d'intavolatura di Leuto, Lucca 1718.

Luciano Contini, plays on a Arciliuto a 14 cori in La.
Martin Bowers, Essex 1989.
Recorded in 1994.

Fine cover!

[Keemun]

Mahler
Symphony No. 3
Michael Gielen
SWR Symphony Orchestra of Baden-Baden and Freiburg
Cornelia Kallisch, mezzo-soprano

[DavidRoss]

First hearing:

[George]

First hearing:

Ooooh, that looks nice! 

[Conor71]

Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2

[Tapkaara]

Missa pro pace by W. Kilar - Witold Lutoslawski Phil/Lower Silesian Oper Choir cond. by Marek Pijarowski

[Bogey]

[listener]

EGK    Peer Gynt
Bavarian Radio Chorus,  Munich Radio Orchestra,  Heiz Wallberg, cond.
Roland Hermann (Peer), Norma Sharp (Solveig), Cornelia Wulkopf (Aase), Janet Perry (Ingrid)
The musical idiom reminded me of Weill's ....Mahagonny,*  very easy to listen to, several changes of scene that make this a challenge to stage (lots of dance numbers) and mood.
Two booklets, one with good notes, the other with text and English and French translations.

*and Seven DeadlySins

[Brian]

TCHAIKOVSKY | String Quartet No 1 - New Haydn Quartet
BORODIN | String Quartet No 2 - Prague Quartet

First I listen to the second Symphony, and a few days later to the third my friend.
So first listen.

How do you like Wordsworth, Harry? Better than the poet?

[Que]

Firt run of this:



Stefan Johannes Bleicher plays the Gabler organ of the Basilica Weingarten, built by Josef Gabler from 1737 to 1750 (!) The organ sounds as it looks - uttterly dazzling. Perhaps a bit too "rich" for Bach?

Q