What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[karlhenning]

(* Cracks open some smelling-salts *)

[PaulR]

Faure:  Requiem.

Good morning people

[mc ukrneal]

Faure:  Requiem.

Good morning people

What glorious music to wake to after fainting... 

[Opus106]

*Comes to as the first movement of Brahms' third symphony takes shape. Kubelik conducts the Vienna Philharmonic*

[bbrip]

Very beautiful. Unbelievable that such great ballet music is virtually unknown. 

[not edward]

Giving this a spin:

[asin]B000ARHNHG[/asin]

Enjoying the clarinet concerto, but confirming my previous impression of Gran Duo as a bit dull.

[The new erato]

Joseph Jongens beautiful harp concerto from this recently arrived 50 disc set:

[Keemun]

*faints*

*Faints alongside*

(* Cracks open some smelling-salts *)

Haha, funny.   

My present listening is back to normal for me:

Bruckner
Symphony No. 4
Celibidache
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Live: April 20, 1993 at Symphony Hall, Osaka, Japan

[Lethevich]

Very beautiful. Unbelievable that such great ballet music is virtually unknown. 

I need to hear that one - "unbelievable that such great [...] music is virtually unknown" is certainly how I would describe most of Pierné's compositions

[Coco]

Revisiting this

[abidoful]

RESPIGHI: CONCERTO IN MODO MISOLIDIO (1925)

Olli Mustonen, piano
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Sakari Oramo
ONDINE
Construction-wise reminds the Violin Sonata (in b-minor) in its three movements, the last being a passacaglia. Thematically little lacking in themes that woul have a clear profile? Anyway this was my first listen. Except for the third movement which I liked so much (it has a wonderfully lyric passage near the end of the movement) that I ha to listen it the second time.

[listener]

after sleeping in after working a 16-hr. day at a voting station, an all-BRAN, sorry ALL-BRAHMS session (nothing lax here)
Serenade no.1 in D, op. 11
Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia        Anshel Brusilow, cond.
Academic Festival Overture,   Variations on...Haydn,  Tragic Overture,  Alto Rhapsody
Hallé Orchestra,  James Loughran, cond      Bernadette Greevy, contralto
Liebeslieder Waltzes  opp. 52 & 65
Elsie Morison, Marjorie Thomas, Richard Lewis, Donald Bell    SATBar
Vronsky & Babin,  pianists

and for later:  TAKEMITSU November Steps  for shakuhachi, biwa and orch.
MESSIAEN   Turangalîla Symphony
Toronto Symphony        Seiji Ozawa

[bbrip]

Revisiting this

A lovely record indeed, It's been a longtime favorite in my collection 

[DavidW]

Giving this a spin:

[asin]B000ARHNHG[/asin]

Enjoying the clarinet concerto, but confirming my previous impression of Gran Duo as a bit dull.

That's what I think too, I only listen to the clarinet concerto now.

[karlhenning]

Hmm, I need to revisit the Gran Duo (not a retaliatory listen . . . I honestly don't much remember the piece).

[Scarpia]

I was thinking of listening to the π variations but now that the enigma is solved it seems pointless.  Really, 20 minutes to specify π to three decimal places.  Pffft.

[bbrip]

Right now Milhaud, Les Choephores.  Its becoming a French night here.  Only thing missing are escargots in garlic 

[wilhelm]

[bbrip]

Milhaud: Symphonie Nr. 5 op. 322 under the laser right now

[Conor71]

Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 In E minor, Op. 95, B 178, "From The New World"