What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Mirror Image]

I do love the Introduction and Allegro, but the tranquillity and magic of the Serenade makes an even more special work for me. It's one of my all time favourites!

It's a lovely work, no doubt. I do love Sospiri and Elegy too. Such beautiful little trinkets.

[Gold Knight]

On Spotify:

Bohuslav Martinu--Symphony No.3, H.299 and Symphony No.4, H.305, both performed by the Neeme Jarvi led Bamberg Symphony Orchestra.
Carl Nielsen--Symphony No.4, Op.29 {"The Inextinguishable"} and Symphony No.5, Op.50, both works featuring Michael Schonwandt conducting the Danish National Symphony Orchestra.
Gavin Bryars--The Sinking Of The Titanic, performed by the Gavin Bryars Ensemble, helmed by the composer himself.

[North Star]

Good evening, Karlo! Great - well, I have not listening to Davis' set through yet, but the performance I have heard are extremely good. It's a set that I would highly recommend based on what I have heard so far. I'm sure John would prompt you to get Barbirolli regardless too though!

Thanks, I think I'll put it waiting in the cart.
Indeed 

[Mirror Image]

Good evening, Karlo! Great - well, I have not listening to Davis' set through yet, but the performance I have heard are extremely good. It's a set that I would highly recommend based on what I have heard so far. I'm sure John would prompt you to get Barbirolli regardless too though!

Yes! Buy the Barbirolli. You will not be sorry, Karlo. Passionate performances.

[SonicMan46]

Listening now:



Johan Bapist Cramer & Franz Schubert - I quite like the Cramer!

BOY - great price for this 4-CD box on the Amazon MP!  I already own 3 of the discs, so will just pick up the Schubert & Cramer one - have the latter's 'Piano Sonatas' and can use a PI Trout recording -

[Sadko]

  This is an EXCELLENT set!!!!!!

[Rachmaninov/Nebolsin]

Yes!

[SonicMan46]

Bertali, Antonio (1605-1669) - Sonate Festive w/ Musica Fiata; a mixture of large chamber works w/ horns & small more intimate ones - excellent performances from this outstanding PI group.

Caldara, Antonio (c. 1670-1736) - Trio & Cello Sonatas w/ Parnassi Musici, yet another great PI group - largely 5 of the Op. 1 Trio Sonatas & two late Cello Sonatas.

If you're into Baroque chamber works, then these are worth consideration - check the attachment for a review of each offering!

 

[Lisztianwagner]

Richard Wagner
Der fliegende Holländer

[asin]B000002S4R[/asin]

[Sammy]

Bowen String Quartets.  I prefer his solo piano works, but these quartet works aren't bad at all.


[asin]B002SKAGJA[/asin]

[Lake Swan]

DSCH string twinket #6 - Eder

[North Star]

Vaughan Williams
Sinfonia antarctica
Boult
[asin]B005DZIM0M[/asin]

[Mirror Image]

Vaughan Williams
Sinfonia antarctica
Boult
[asin]B005DZIM0M[/asin]

Nice! I'm listening to some RVW too, but from this set:

[asin]B000000AQ2[/asin]

Listening to Symphony No. 8. Such a great work. Just finished the Scherzo movement and I particularly loved the usage of brass in this movement.

[Lake Swan]

Listening now:

[asin]B0085U0GY2[/asin]

Thanks for the cue, Que. Listening now on Spotify.

[Wakefield]

.[asin]B005JZ36B6[/asin]

Schumann - String Quartets 1-3, Piano Quintet
Gringolts Quartet
Peter Laul

[Lake Swan]

.[asin]B0074XY8VS[/asin]

[Mirror Image]

Listening to this one again:



Listening to Enigma Variations. This is a fine performance, folks. Doesn't get much better than this IMHO.

[Lake Swan]

.[asin]B0074XY8VS[/asin]

Halfway through, this is really good.  0:)

[kishnevi]

Indeed, I didn't know of this other one!

I guess these are easily mixed up: Arkiv prints a review of "mine" (the Baroque version with music by Campra and Delalande to accompany neo-Gallician plain chant) in connection to "yours", the Romanesque!

How is the one above, BTW?  The review at allmusic is only lukewarm...


Q

Truth to tell, I'm not the one to ask, since I'm pretty "lukewarm" myself with most music from that era, and bought it on impulse at Barnes and Noble's brick and mortar store, to have something new to play for Christmas Day--for me anything from that period is simply an interesting change of pace.   I'll probably trot it out again next Christmas Day, but I doubt it will get a hearing before then.

BTW, that Handel Caldara disc Erato posted needs to off your shopping list and into your shopping cart.  It's quite excellent all around.

Thread duty:
sort of picking up from where I left off yesterday morning (two shifts of work and five hours of sleep intervening)
Beethoven String Quartets Op 18 Nos. 4-6  Takacs Quartet

[TheGSMoeller]

Jacobs' race-to-the-finish-line finale of Oxford is so much fun. Gonna be a Haydn evening.

[Mirror Image]

Now:

[asin]B004SVNIGK[/asin]

Listening to Symphony No. 3. Beautiful work, but with just enough grit in it to make it interesting.