What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Sadko]

Verdi

La Traviata
(from rehearsal)

Licia Albanese, Jan Peerce, Robert Merrill
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini

I'm overwhelmed! Just wanted to have a little contrasting look into this after Tristan, - and it is so gripping and moving, I can't stop. Now I understand why it is so famous.

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Now:

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Now:

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Listening to Symphony No. 1 right now.

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Now:

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Listening to Symphony No. 24.

[Conor71]

Haydn: String Quartet No. 42 In F Major, Op. 50/5, H 3/48, "Dream"


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[Wanderer]

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[mahler10th]

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It is International Womens Day today.  Seems to be a good choice for the occassion.

On the other hand, I am playing this, very nice but lacking a bit of weight on the cello.   

[DieNacht]

Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze / Gieseking / saga LP

Due to some positive recommendations on this site, I picked this one up today & am giving it a listen ... The cover says the recording is from the early 50s, but I´ll be checking whether there are several Gieseking performances. A very lively, personal and even eccentric performance, sometimes with a bit of the hurried punchyness characteristic of some of his recordings, but definitely one of the most interesting I´ve heard.

[Conor71]

Festa: Madonna Oyme


Now listening to Disc 09 of this interesting and beautiful box-set. This box is a real treasure trove of great music and performances!


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[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

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A fine disc, Tasos!

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Festa: Madonna Oyme


Now listening to Disc 09 of this interesting and beautiful box-set. This box is a real treasure trove of great music and performances!


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Yep, we all told you my friend!

[listener]

light music
RAWSTHORNE Divertimento BRITTEN Simple Symphony  ARNOLD Sinfonietta op. 48
and "Cream Puffs aus Wien"  Dances from Vienna in original scoring
(mainly 2 violins, viola, bass - no cello! - 2 horns, flute, and clarinet)
played by Willi Boskovsky and the Boskovsky Ensemble
SCHUBERT. LANNER, BEETHOVEN, STRAUSS  Jr. & Sr,
intimate sound, as if playing for me and not for a "room"

[fridden]

It is International Womens Day today.  Seems to be a good choice for the occassion.

Something really lacking in my collection is work by female composers. Does anybody have any recommendations ?

/fridden

[mc ukrneal]

Something really lacking in my collection is work by female composers. Does anybody have any recommendations ?

/fridden

Yes! Louise Farrenc! Fabulous stuff! Absolutely underrated.



Actually, anything from the CPO series is pretty good. Clara Schumann and Amy Beach come to mind as well. And then finally, this symphony by Alice Mary Smith:
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[Sergeant Rock]

Bartok Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Dorati conducting the Detroit SO



Edit: Listening the the third movement, it's really hard to keep The Shining's tricycle scene out of my head. Damn Kubrick 

Sarge

[Karl Henning]

On the other hand, I am playing this, very nice but lacking a bit of weight on the cello.   

Oh, the heartbreak of lightweight cello!

[Sergeant Rock]

Something really lacking in my collection is work by female composers. Does anybody have any recommendations ?

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Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Shostakovich Symphony #6 B minor, Caetani conducting the Giuseppe Verdi




Sarge

[Karl Henning]

Hast listened to that 'un afore, Sarge?

[Sergeant Rock]

Hast listened to that 'un afore, Sarge?

The Shostakovich? Not this performance.

Sarge