What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Opus106]

This LONG recital by Olli Mustonen, performed at Palau de la Música Catalana de Barcelone in Feb. 2011. I'm not sure how much I'll be able to listen at one sitting. First listen to the Tchaikovsky and Shchedrin sets, so maybe at least those two tonight.

Tchaikovsky: The Seasons
Shchedrin:  Preludes and Fugues Nos. 21, 2, 13, 14, 15
Scriabin: Preludes Op. 13 1-6, Op. 16 1-5; Sonata No. 10; Vers la flamme,

... and to finish things off, the prelude Op. 23 No. 10 by Rachmaninoff.

[mc ukrneal]

My annual Christmas Cheer disks;



Marvelously well-done, although Tchaikovsky can withstand nearly anyone (good thing too!).

Great sound on that one!

[madaboutmahler]

Just back from a first listen to:

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Swan Lake

Amazing piece! Really fantastic performance too!

Hope everyone is having an absolutely wonderful Christmas evening!

[Coopmv]

Played the Handel Messiah highlight by Adrian Boult a few hours ago - recorded in 1961, which is over a half century ago ...

[Gurn Blanston]

Great sound on that one!

Yes indeed. In fact, I retired my old Dorati set when I got this one. I only listen to it on Christmas, sort of a tradition with me partly resulting from burnout. The 'Characteristic Dances' on this recording are just splendid! 

Now;



The marvelous year of 1774, with some of Haydn's more interesting symphonies.

[listener]

R.R. BENNETT: Symphony no. 1    BERKELEY: Divertimento
BAX: Overture to a Picaresque Comedy
Royal Philharmonic Orch.,    Igor Buketoff, cond.
-feeling a bit guilty about letting someone's death be the prompt for paying attention to their work (Bennett)
VIVALDI:  3 Concertos for viola d'amore, 1 with mandolin, 1 with 2 mandolins
New York Sinfonietta     Max Goberman, cond.
WEBER: Grand Duo Concertante  op. 48      SCHUMANN: Phantasiestücke  op. 73
Reginald Kell, clarinet      Joel Rosen, piano

[Sergeant Rock]

Mozart Requiem, Celibidache conducting the Munich Phil




Sarge

[Lisztianwagner]

Bela Bartok
Bagatelles

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I hope everyone spent a great Christmas day!

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I'll be listening to this one tonight:

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This holiday mess will be over hopefully before 6 PM, so I'll manage to get on with my regularly scheduled listening.

Just finished this and all I have say is it's a really great work. I'll be listening to this one again soon.

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Really a splendid performance so far. Beautiful.

[TheGSMoeller]

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Listening to The Spirit of England. Incredibly beautiful work.

[Lake Swan]

Emil Gilels playing Prokofiev.

[Gold Knight]

On Spotify:

Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov--Symphony No.1 in E Minor, Op.1 and Symphony No.2, Op.9 {"Antar"}, both works featuring Andre Anichanov conducting the Saint Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra.

[Lake Swan]

Emil Gilels playing Tchaikovsky.

[kishnevi]

Just finished this and all I have say is it's a really great work. I'll be listening to this one again soon.

You'll be a Haydnisto yet

Thread duty:

in the form of CDs 1-5 of this set:
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although tonight I'm just listening to the SSII and Weinachtshistorie
SSII is found on CDs 3, 4 and the first five tracks of 5; tracks 6-23 of CD5 is the music of the day.

There are fourteen CDs to go before I've finished, but it's working out to be a set of very good performances.  I won't be able to say that it's all the Schutz you need, if only because some works (most important ones I'm aware of: Psalmen Davids and Symphoniae Sacrae III) are not included,  but based on what I've heard so far, it goes a good way towards that goal.

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You'll be a Haydnisto yet

I don't doubt. The man's music is so infectious, it gets right under my skin. He is my favorite Classical Era composer.

[Brahmsian]

I don't doubt. The man's music is so infectious, it gets right under my skin. He is my favorite Classical Era composer.

Hi John, Haydn's music is infectious!  Full of life and vitality!  I've listened to all of his string quartets, and none sound the same!  Haven't heard all his symphonies yet (maybe a dozen or so).  Great music!

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Hi John, Haydn's music is infectious!  Full of life and vitality!  I've listened to all of his string quartets, and none sound the same!  Haven't heard all his symphonies yet (maybe a dozen or so).  Great music!

I love his concerti, especially the ones for violin. The symphonies are great as well, especially the Paris and London symphonies. Wonderful music.

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Listening to Symphony No. 2. So far, a vivid account.

[Conor71]

Strauss (R): Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64


Ive been stuck on this box since I started listening to it yesterday - I managed to listen to most of it already and will probably finish it before the end of the day. Some of the works I hadnt heard before are really great - I particularly enjoyed the Violin Concerto and the tone poem Aus Italien. I like this Disc with Metamorphosen and Alpine symphony on it the best so far and have played it a few times. I have quite a bit of Karajans Strauss as well and want to do some comparative listening at some stage. I like Strauss but I have never really spent a lot of time with him before - I think I will continue listening to him for the rest of the day at least this time.