What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Coopmv]

Just the thing for a Sunday afternoon.
A great recording.

John,  Is this set OOP?

[Harry]

Niccolo Fiorenza Mele.
Recorder Music.
Stefano Bagliano, Recorder/Conductor.
Collegium Pro Musica, on Authentic instruments.

Surprisingly pleasant music, well played and recorded. Usually I am no fan of the recorder, but this one convinced me otherwise.
Recommended.

[Que]

Worthy of the Diapason d'Or.

Q

[mahler10th]

John,  Is this set OOP?

I do not know...er...I bought it in a charity shop about five months ago.   

[Harry]

This is rapidly  becoming a all time favourite.

[Que]

John,  Is this set OOP?

I do not know...er...I bought it in a charity shop about five months ago.   

OOP since the Middle Ages!    OK, since the last century then!

Currently, you'd have to do with this:



Q

[Carolus]

Brahms piano quartet op.26, Festival quartet (1961) An
absolutely fantastic recording.

[zorzynek]

[SonicMan46]

Kullak, Theodor & Dreyschock, Alexander - Piano Concertos w/ Piers Lane & BBC Scottish SO - I'm slowly acquiring many of these Hyperion 'Romantic Piano Concerto' series, esp. at the BRO prices of $7 each!  The Adagio movement of the Kullak is just beautiful -   

Szymanowski, Karol - Complete Mazurkas w/ M-A Hamelin; already own Sinae Lee's 4-disc set of the complete solo piano works of this composer, but wanted to hear Hamelin in these works, also - 

 

[DavidRoss]

It's been long enough that I'm looking forward to hearing this with fresh ears.

[Harry]

Leo Weiner.
Piano Music Volume IV.
Istvan Kassai, Piano.

This composer is slowly but steadfastly growing on me. These are all transcriptions from divers Chamberworks, and its a World Premiere recording. Weiner's works need to be exposed, for there is no doubt that he is a very good composer, well worth hearing.

[Antoine Marchand]

Leo Weiner.
Piano Music Volume IV.
Istvan Kassai, Piano.

This composer is slowly but steadfastly growing on me.

With one hundred CDs from Abeille Musique waiting at the door (among others  ), he will need to work quickly. 

[Bulldog]

I have seen it quoted in more places than you care to know.

Bring it on, but I think you're well aware that there is no official date for the beginning or end of any musical era.

[Harry]

With one hundred CDs from Abeille Musique waiting at the door (among others  ), he will need to work quickly. 

He is pushing, having 4 recordings......

[Lethevich]

I neglect Howells too much, mainly due to his strong choral music which overshadows all the rest. It's unjust because so much of what he writes is superb - I recall enjoying the concerto for string orchestra, and so far the first movement is living up to this recollection. At times it conjurs up a feeling of Vaughan Williams at his most passionate, but there are more angular edges and the work remains rather earthbound where so much of VW's music tends to take wing at some point. VW also didn't write string music on quite this scale, so it's fascinating to continue to compare the two, but may not do Howells full justice. The comparison may also imply the Howells work as slightly unsuccessful, but I'm enjoying it thoroughly.

Edit: The piano concerto is nice life-affirming stuff. Not as pictoral as some, not quite as grand as John Ireland's one, not as four-square as Stanford. Good middling stuff, and not as trifling as I had expected.

[Drasko]

[Coopmv]

Bring it on, but I think you're well aware that there is no official date for the beginning or end of any musical era.

Here is just one.  There are also many booklets that came with baroque recordings that quoted the 1759 date.  I do not care to split hair with you but certainly accept the consensus view, your objection notwithstanding.   

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_music

[Coopmv]

OOP since the Middle Ages!    OK, since the last century then!

Currently, you'd have to do with this:



Q

This set has been in my collection since last fall ...

[George]

OOP since the Middle Ages!   

Wow, since before it was written? 

[Brian]

JANACEK | Glagolitic Mass
Czech Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra
Karel Ancerl

I listen to this about every three weeks, and since the last time was January 30 and I started feeling the hankering this afternoon, well, here we are. A great mass for Sundays.