What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Franco]

I too am listening to some Debussy right now: Pollini playing the Etudes, Book 1

[listener]

Dom CD 1415
Rightr now Bach ... for the G String with molto vibrato
plus Susato, Dampierre, an Andante from Bruckner, Donizetti, Rossini, Wagner (Tannhauser), Bozza and two "Frippery"s by I.E. Shaw (sic)  shd be L.E. Shaw
only 45 min. so I can make an appointment without feeling guilty about interrupting something.

[Novi]

I wanted to listen to some Ligeti tonight, but have inadvertently cleared up something that had been bothering me (well, kind of) for a while. When I heard Britten's Les Illuminations earlier in the year, I was sure that I knew the Rimbaud from somewhere. Aha! Mr Rihm!

[Henk]

disc 1

[Christo]

Inspired by the foresight of the world premiere of his Requiem (1935, but only rediscovered last year) in two weeks, Cornelis Dopper's Seventh Symphony `Zuiderzee' (1917) in a modern recording (even if all combined forces in his Wikipedia article seem to think there isn't any other recording available but Mengelberg's 1940 rendering  ).

                 

[Franco]

Schoenberg: Three Pieces, Op. 11/Paul Jacobs

Will continue with the rest of solo piano music by Schoenberg.

[Bogey]

I am making dinner tonight while my wife is carting our son back home from tennis and our daughter is finishing up her homework.  I say nothing goes better with dining than a little Haydn chamber music in the background as she walks in the door after a long day:

Haydn
String Quartets Op. 0, Op. 42, and Op. 103
The English String Quartet
Meridian
Recorded in 1986

[George]

Thanks! This is the one in my (jpc) basket, which is more than double the price:



Are they the same recordings and if so, how do they compare? I see that jpc also has the one you've linked for a comparable price, which would save me a lot of paypal hassle.

The one you have in your jpc basket (photo above) is the one to have. Same performances, but on the one pictured above the sound is noticeably better, less filtered and better piano tone. That set is easily worth $100 IMO. Grab it while you can!

[CD]

Review from Amazon:

atonal, amusical combinations of sounds by a mathematician who lacks the slightest fragment of a musical bone in his body. this cd contains music for the eye and head by all-star theorist milton babbitt. recommended listening for the intellectual and mathematically talented deaf person with score in hand.

Unfortunately, I am neither deaf nor mathematically inclined—yet I press on in my mistaken enjoyment.

[Coopmv]

Stereo

George,  You probably bought that last unopened CD ...   

[Coopmv]

Well, my advice would be:
buy yourself a CD
of this master rapidly.

I have all 6 volumes of Organ Works of Johann Ludwig Krebs by John Kitchen ...

[Bogey]

Think I'll pop my copy in now...your thoughts on that one, Bill?

George,
I found each cd very enjoyable, however, since it is fairly thick with different recordings, there is no flow to it, especially with its historical sound.  Next time, one piece at a time instead of letting roll.

[greg]

Pergolesi- Stabat Mater

Never heard before. I like. 

[Coopmv]

Pergolesi- Stabat Mater

Never heard before. I like. 

I have this work by AAM with Christopher Hogwood, an excellent recording ...

[Conor71]

Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues [Disc 1] - Keith Jarrett

[Que]

Pergolesi- Stabat Mater

Never heard before. I like. 

Ooooohhhh - BAROQUE, Greg!

I have this work by AAM with Christopher Hogwood, an excellent recording ...

My favourite is Alessandrini with Sara Mingardo and Gemma Bertagnoli (Naïve)

Some nice discussion here: A benchmark Pergolesi Stabat Mater?

Q

[Wanderer]

Good morning, everyone! 



Overture (1953)

Piano Concerto No. 2 (1934)

Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca (1955)

Piano Concerto No. 4 "Incantation" (1956)

[Subotnick]

Morning! A somewhat bracing way to start the day... 

[val]

JOHN TAVERNER:         Missa "Gloria Tibi Trinitas"             / The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips  (GIMELL)

A very beautiful work. It is the "In Nomine" from the Benedictus of this Mass that was the source of several variations by Brittish composers, Purcell included, in the 16th and 17th centuries.

[Antoine Marchand]

A short Mass to begin the day:

BACH - Missae Breves BWV 233-236
Cantus Cölln/ Konrad Junghanel
Harmonia mundi, 2 CD
1h50'

Great performances of these usually overlooked works. Nothing to be desired here, excepting a massive choir and big orchestra.  

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