What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Lethevich]

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD2 from this set ...

[Daverz]

Beautiful recordings from the late 40s.

[Conor71]

Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

[Que]

Good morning!

Q

[Wanderer]

First listening:



Good morning, Que! 

[val]

VILLA-LOBOS:   Symphony no. 10, "Amerindia"           / SWR Orchestra, Carl St. Clair

A powerful work, but too long and emphatic, in special in the last movement. It doesn't seem to me to be one of Villa Lobos best works.
This said, this Symphony - that includes a Choir and three vocal soloists- has very beautiful moments. The 4th movement, Largo, seems the most inspired moment of the work.

[Sergeant Rock]

Listening to Parry's Symphony #4 E minor.




Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Parry, Symphony #5 B minor

Sarge

[Franco]

Mozart: Violin Concertos
Viktoria Mullova

[Brahmsian]

Brahms

Ein Deutsches Requiem

Rundfunk-Solistenvereinigung und Rundfunchor Berlin

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Helmut Koch, conducting

Anna Tomova-Sintov, soprano
Gunther Leib, baritone

Brilliant Classics

[Brahmsian]

Unfortunately, I have also noticed that my Brilliant Classics copy (never listened to before) is defective at the very beginning of the violin concerto. Does anyone else have the same problem? 

Antoine, haven't noticed anything wrong with my copy. 

[Sergeant Rock]

Beethoven String Quartet #16 F major op.135



"The Guarnieri were definitely getting some spooky tones in the slow mvmt., very awesome. " --snyprrr


Sarge

[Scarpia]

Beethoven String Quartet #16 F major op.135



"The Guarnieri were definitely getting some spooky tones in the slow mvmt., very awesome. " --snyprrr


Sarge

I like that set, although I have the Brilliant classic edition.

[Antoine Marchand]

Antoine, haven't noticed anything wrong with my copy. 

Thanks.

It´s better so. I asked because frequently this kind of problems affect complete batches of discs. 

[Harry]

Listening to Parry's Symphony #4 E minor.




Sarge

I love his music!

[listener]

SCHUBERT  Sonata in c D.958,  Sonata in B, D.575     Wilhelm Kempff, piano
Havergal BRIAN:  In Memoriam,  For Valour, Festal Dance
    Hull Youth Symphony O.    rather rough and ragged, the Marco Polo CD's are preferred
HANDEL 3 Concerti a due cori
    English Chamber O.,   Leppard, cond.
Antonio CARREIRA and others
16th and 17th century organ music from the Cathedral of Évora, Portugal  (Oldovini, 1762)
    Joaquim Simões da Hora, organ

[Franco]

Mozart: Violin Concertos
Monica Huggett

[Harry]

Today I had the afternoon off from renovating my bathroom, and I can listen well into the evening, because my wife is off too, for a while, hey, in a good sense.
I so missed my music after a week of abstinence, it almost finished me.
The first two CD'S I listen too.

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, CD 2 of his complete harpsichord concertos. This set is a gem, well performed and recorded, with some very interesting music on it. The Concerto in E flat for 2 Harpsichords is a bit of a oddity, in the sense that the score asks for extra wind and brass, which is nice of course, but I have the idea that the conductor assembled the musicians on the street, put them together and said, now play this concerto, which they did, and it sounds like that. Strings are okay, but the rest made me giggle for a long time. Lots of fun though.



Another first listen was a CD with works of Branco, the third installment on Naxos, and a very successful one I may add. I simply adored and admire The Death of Manfred, written for strings only, it impressed me mightily, and moved me too. A world premiere! The third Symphony is gorgeous as is the Alentejana suite No. 2, very well performed and recorded by Phil Rowlands, needless to say its a stunning orchestral image.

[Keemun]

Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 24
Evgeny Kissin
Davis
LSO