What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Gurn Blanston]

Aren't those Ansermet Tchaikovsky recordings in mono?

Only the Rococo Variations. All the rest are stereo.

[Mirror Image]

Only the Rococo Variations. All the rest are stereo.

This sounds good. I might have to pick that set up at some point. It's not like I have any Tchaikovsky in my collection (UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE YEAR).

[Bogey]

Only the Rococo Variations. All the rest are stereo.

'Shame.

[Antoine Marchand]

Enjoying more than expected the recording of the "Emperor":



CD6
Glenn Gould, piano
American Symphony Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Rec. at the Manhattan Center, NY City, USA, 1966
T.T. 42:39

When I knew the Beethoven piano sonatas performed by Gould, I hated them; so my expectations here were not too high. But it's a wonderful recording, fluent and refreshing like a impetuous stream. Great work of Stokowski and his band, too (just minor quibbles in the first movement).

Highly recommended. 

[Bogey]

Haydn
Symphonies 1-5
Fischer/Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
Recorded 1990, Haydnsaal, Esterházy Palace, Eisenstadt, Austria



Beautiful....location and the music.

[Mirror Image]

Now:





Listening to Symphony No. 4 right now. This is such a beautiful work.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Well, I'm a great fan of the Gurrelieder, to be sure. I do realize that I must leave the Gothic be itself.

And goodness knows, it could just be down the rabbit-hole, and I'll become a Brianiac to match you, Johan! : )

The Venerable Karl Henning a "Brianiac to match" me... I feel threatened and elated.  ;-)

[listener]

Medieval Carols  -  Oxford Camerata   on Naxos    no texts
Ballet Music  FEENEY  Cinderella     MULDOWNEY The Brontës   
DAVIS   A Christmas Carol
Northern Ballet Theatre Orch.         

[Conor71]

Tradition


J.S Bach (1685 – 1750)
Christmas Oratorio
Munich Bach Chorus & Orchestra
Karl Richter
G.Janowitz, C.Ludwig, F.Wunderlich, F.Crass
Archiv


Hard to hold back the tears. This remains most wonderful, after all these years.

Just finished listening to this too - awesome recording! .

Now listening:

[Lethevich]

                                                                            Orchestrations of the Petite Suite and Printemps.

[DavidRoss]

Good morning, gents--and lady!

Listening to Symphony No. 4 right now. This is such a beautiful work.

Yep. As are the rest.

Now playing, via youtube, live performance by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's op. 111:
http://www.youtube.com/v/RBgSSK0m5kA&feature=related

[Que]

Another run of this recent acquisition:




Q

[MN Dave]

MN Dave: his first symphony is a lot more fun - much more harmonically wild (like his most famous pieces), but also more accessable than those somewhat amorphous later ones.

On first listen, I think I like five better than one but there are always further listens to find out for certain.

[Gurn Blanston]

Composed in the late 1720's (and published in Florence in 1732) by Padre Giustini, who was familiar with the work of Cristofori (inventor of the piano), this set of 12 sonatas is the very first music composed expressly for the piano as opposed to the harpsichord or clavichord. Stylistically, they range from Corelli-style 5 movement sonatas to cutting edge stile-galant earliest classical pieces. The piano is a reproduction of a 1726 Cristofori and has a surprisingly rich sound for what it is. Not only pleasant entertainment, but a fascinating historical document fr those who are interested in that sort of thing.

[The new erato]

Beautiful.

[MN Dave]

Beautiful.

Must need new glasses. That image looks kind of blurry. 

[Coopmv]

Another run of this recent acquisition:




Q

This has been added to my shopping list ...   

[The new erato]

Must need new glasses. That image looks kind of blurry. 

It is, but readable.

[Coopmv]

Composed in the late 1720's (and published in Florence in 1732) by Padre Giustini, who was familiar with the work of Cristofori (inventor of the piano), this set of 12 sonatas is the very first music composed expressly for the piano as opposed to the harpsichord or clavichord. Stylistically, they range from Corelli-style 5 movement sonatas to cutting edge stile-galant earliest classical pieces. The piano is a reproduction of a 1726 Cristofori and has a surprisingly rich sound for what it is. Not only pleasant entertainment, but a fascinating historical document fr those who are interested in that sort of thing.

Interesting.  1720 was still about 40 years before the "official" end of the baroque era, which most people over the years have pegged at 1759 with the death of Handel.  Given its modest price, this BC set is definitely worth looking into ...

[Coopmv]

Must need new glasses. That image looks kind of blurry. 

Is it bad picture or bad eyes?