What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Solitary Wanderer]

[Coopmv]

The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra's excellent Mozart album. Thinking of introducing my parents to HIP for the first time with this fabulous CD...have already introduced two friends to HIP with it, including one who will be studying at a university in Freiburg on a foreign exchange program next spring!

Brian,  This DVD by Freiburg Baroque Orchestra is awesome ...

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Hmm.  Don't think I've listened to it [Prokofiev's 2nd PS] as yet!

I'm so happy I finally did. Ingenious work. Full of everything Prokofiev.

[Homo Aestheticus]

Franz Lehar - The Merry Widow

BPO - Karajan

[Bogey]

In the tray:


Do not base this first one on the fairly lame cover....absolutely beautiful music.  An old Gurn rec. if I recall properly.  OOP and only one left on Amazon US.


This one going for $44 used Dave (Sonic).



And these two, which sound incredible on my system:

[PaulR]

Symphony #5

Wonderful work.......been a long time since I listened to it

[PaulR]

Symphony #5

Wonderful work.......been a long time since I listened to it

Now on to the first Sinfonietta.  Another good work

[Brian]

 

Brian,  This DVD by Freiburg Baroque Orchestra is awesome ...

Wow, thanks for the recommendation! That looks terrific. 

ATTERBERG | Symphony No 7
Stuttgart Radio Symphony
Ari Rasilainen

Four Atterberg symphonies in two days for me. It's a regular Atterthon!

[Brian]

SCHUBERT | The Death and the Maiden Quartet,
Arranged for Full Symphony Orchestra
by Andy Stein (of "A Prairie Home Companion" fame)

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta

[Valentino]

That doesn't look like death metal at all. How is it, Brian?

And good morning! Bach again. English suite again. No. 4 in F BWV 809 this time. Perahia. Again!

[Harry]

Franz Lehar - The Merry Widow

BPO - Karajan

Simply wonderful!

[Harry]

Good morning!

I start listening with yet again Volume VII of Haydn's Baryton trios. Good music can be repeated, so...No. 46-52.

[Valentino]

I love doing business with Germans. Damn polite people.

And effective too! Now playing op. 50/1

[George]

Which one are you in the photo, Valentino? 

[Valentino]

Oh, that's the band. But you knew that. 
The Arcana cover art is very similar to the one Astrée had on their first Mosaïques/Haydn releases. Quite far from that Takacs Schubert Maiden death metal.

[George]

Oh, that's the band. But you knew that. 

I didn't actually. It looked to me like a regular photo. 

[karlhenning]

The "Papa" survey continues!

Haydn
Symphony № 6 in D Major, Le matin
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
Adám Fischer

[Lethevich]

The "Papa" survey continues!

Haydn
Symphony № 6 in D Major, Le matin
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
Adám Fischer

I trust you will strictly follow them by ascending number? 0:) (I don't have the guts to do such a thing.)

[karlhenning]

I trust you will strictly follow them by ascending number? 0:) (I don't have the guts to do such a thing.)

That is actually the plan.  Happily, Haydn's cycle starts out fresh and strong.  Unlike Mozart, Haydn was already in his latter-20s when he began composing symphonies.

And now (although just a little early in the day here in Boston):

Haydn
Symphony № 7 in C Major, Le midi
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
Adám Fischer

[DavidRoss]

Copland Short Symphony, MTT/SFS  -- merits more frequent hearing.