What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[mn dave]

First listen to this:

How does it sound? Four Amazonians like it lots.

[mn dave]

3rd Symphony

[Florestan]

How's that?

[Que]

See my earlier comments HERE. And a very good morning to all!

BTW There is currently a special offer on this label "Accord" - whith many interesting recordings of French and Italian Baroque music - at MDT.

Q

[Harry]

Good morning my friends.

From my collection I took this box again.
CD 1

Piano Trio's in G minor, G major, C major, F major.
Van Swieten Trio.

And the first cd starts wonderfully with the G major. Boy what a capital music making is going on here.
Well recorded too!

[Que]

Good morning my friends.

From my collection I took this box again.
CD 1

Piano Trio's in G minor, G major, C major, F major.
Van Swieten Trio.

And the first cd starts wonderfully with the G major. Boy what a capital music making is going on here.
Well recorded too!

Morning Harry. I took the liberty to get you the right picture!
And you're right: wonderful performances - still seem pretty "definitive" to me.

And now, I WANT those Baryton trios!!!!
Do you know when Brilliant is planning on releasing them - separately, that is?

Q

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Egon Wellesz, Symphony No. 1 (Rabl/CPO)

My third listen. I think I like it even more.

[Harry]

Morning Harry. I took the liberty to get you the right picture!
And you're right: wonderful performances - still seem pretty "definitive" to me.

And now, I WANT those Baryton trios!!!!
Do you know when Brilliant is planning on releasing them - separately, that is?

Q

Blimey, wrong image, must have been because of the early hour, thanks for correcting that.
Since this box from Brilliant is just on the market, it may take a while before some things are issued separately.
But as soon a s i sniffed it out I will alert the community.

[Harry]

From this box, the first Symphony, and still I think one of the better complete sets at all. The engineering is simply amazing, and the lucid sense of conducting is awesome too. I look forward to the rest of this very inexpensive box.

[Harry]

Also this box in the rerun, CD 1.

Concerto for Piano, and Orchestra in A minor, opus 16.
Lilya Zilberstein, Piano.

In Autumn, opus 11.
Symphonic Dances, opus 64.

When I first played this complete set I was duly impressed by the performances, and now coming back to it, I am still of the same mind, wonderfully recorded and performed.

[mozartsneighbor]

scarlatti keyboard sonatas landowska

Was listening to that last night too. Very "trippy" Scarlatti, often very aggressive. Not Scarlatti for everyday, but fun once in a while.

[mozartsneighbor]

Now:

[Harry]

And from yet another box.

Giuseppe Martucci.
Symphony No. 1.
Novelletta.
Notturno.
Tarantello

I am a stern defender of the Martucci faith, and these performances more than warrant it.
What beautiful music this is.

[Herman]

Mozart's F major sonata K332, by Michael Endres, as a first dip into this box, recommended by Todd.

Nice and dry.

[Que]

Sacred Cantata "Gladly shall I bear the cross" BWV 56 (18'57)
Knabenchor Hannover (choir) / Leonhardt Consort (ensemble)
Heinz Hennig (chorus master) / Gustav Leonhardt (conductor)
Michael Schopper (bass)

James, it seems that with the Harnoncourt/Leonhardt cantatas cycle you either love it or you hate it - how does these performances go with go?

Now:



Q

[mn dave]

How's that?

Well, I like it.

[Opus106]

Playing this CD after a looong time. This CD was part of my first purchase of classical music.

Mozart, W. A.
'Posthorn' Serenade, K. 320
Michael Laird (ph)/ASMF/Marriner

Reading about this work online, I came across this piece of information

thriftily, Mozart often constructed them in such a way that several movements could be extracted (and sold) as a complete symphony, while others could sometimes be assembled as a concerto.

http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=42:99305~T1

No wonder he's considered a genius!

[Harry]

And from yet another box.

Giuseppe Martucci.
Symphony No. 1.
Novelletta.
Notturno.
Tarantello

I am a stern defender of the Martucci faith, and these performances more than warrant it.
What beautiful music this is.
Second turn today!

[karlhenning]

Sacred Cantata "Gladly shall I bear the cross" BWV 56

Does remind me of that old favorite, "Gladly, the Cross-Eyed Bear."

[Harry]

Sacred Cantata "Contented rest, beloved inner joy" BWV 170 (22'56)
Gustav Leonhardt (conductor) / Leonhardt-Consort (ensemble)
Paul Esswood (counter-tenor)

James, why not post all the cantatas you are listening in one posting, since you do not add any explanation, that would be best.