What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Fafner]

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Ravel - La Valse. Bolero
Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

[DavidRoss]

Vaughan Williams Symphony No.2
Boult / London PO

Ditto!

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Listening to Dance Rhapsody No. 2. Fantastic performance!

[mahler10th]

BEETHOVEN
Symphony 4
Bavarian State Orchestra
CARLOS KLEIBER

Honestly, there really is something in Kleibers technique that you allows you to totally relish the music but not even know an Orchestra was playing it.              Er...this kind of thing.  So good.   

[TheGSMoeller]

 

Tonight's lineup is getting me back to my roots, to my first love, the music of Richard Strauss.

Don Quixote with Paul Tortelier on cello, and Kempe conducting.
Sextett from Capriccio performed by members of the Bremen German Chamber Philharmonic. Cover art is Paavo's audition photo for Twin Peaks 'The Red Room" scenes. Creepy.
Pieces (5) for Piano, Op. 3 by Glen Gould

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Listening to Hungarian Sketches. Fine performance of some even finer music.

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Listening to Pastoral Fanastia. Incredibly beautiful work.

[PaulR]

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Piano Concerto #2

Quite possibly my favorite disc of the concerti...........Need to re-listen to the Hamelin as well.

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Piano Concerto #2

Quite possibly my favorite disc of the concerti...........Need to re-listen to the Hamelin as well.

Hamelin/Litton is fine as is this one, Paul. Can't go wrong with either of them IMHO.

[PaulR]

Hamelin/Litton is fine as is this one, Paul. Can't go wrong with either of them IMHO.

True, did not mean to imply the Hamelin was lacking or anything, love that disc as well. 

[Mirror Image]

True, did not mean to imply the Hamelin was lacking or anything, love that disc as well.

I read nothing negative in your comment, Paul. These two recordings are my favorite performances of these works.

[listener]

GLAZUNOV: songs opp. 4, 27, 59, 60, 102, Duet op. 80
Margaret Cable, msop., Christopher Keyte, bar.,  Christopher Cox, piano
BRAHMS:  choral music, mainly a cappella including Fest- und Gedenksprüche op.100
Monteverdi-Choir Hamburg    Jürgen Jürgens, cond.
VIVES, CHAPI, BRETÓN, JIMENËZ and others 2 discs of Zarzuela preludes and intermezzos
Madrid Symphony Orch.,  Luis Fernandez, cond.

[Gold Knight]

On Spotify:

Joseph Haydn--Symphony No.43 in E-Flat Major {"Mercury"}, Symphony No.44 in E Minor {"Mourning"} and Symphony No.45 in F-Sharp Minor {"Farewell"}. All three works feature the Stefan Sanderling led Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. First listen ever to these symphonies; can't really say that any of them really "grabbed" me in any way. Some people have commented on other forums that much of Mozart's or Vivaldi's music sounds similar  to their ears. For me, this comment/observation would seem at least as applicable--if not more so--to this composer, at least based on these three symphonies. Or perhaps I am missing something here?

[Gold Knight]

Robert Schumann--Symphony No.3 in E-Flat Major, Op.97 {"Rhenish"} and Symphony No.4 in D Minor, Op.120. Both works are performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker under Herbert von Karajan.

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Listening to Violin Sonata No. 3. Such a gorgeous work with marvelous playing from Little and Lane.

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Listening to Delius' Two Pieces for Small Orchestra. The movement Summer Night on the River is playing now. Such seductive and evocative music.

[Daverz]

On Spotify:

Joseph Haydn--Symphony No.43 in E-Flat Major {"Mercury"}, Symphony No.44 in E Minor {"Mourning"} and Symphony No.45 in F-Sharp Minor {"Farewell"}. All three works feature the Stefan Sanderling led Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. First listen ever to these symphonies; can't really say that any of them really "grabbed" me in any way. Some people have commented on other forums that much of Mozart's or Vivaldi's music sounds similar  to their ears. For me, this comment/observation would seem at least as applicable--if not more so--to this composer, at least based on these three symphonies. Or perhaps I am missing something here?

Well, sure, these 3 Sturm und Drang symphonies are going to sound very similar to the uninitiated.  But if they didn't grab you, I'd be inclined to blame the performances. 

[Opus106]

Joseph Haydn--Some people have commented on other forums that much of Mozart's or Vivaldi's music sounds similar  to their ears. For me, this comment/observation would seem at least as applicable--if not more so--to this composer, at least based on these three symphonies.

Suggestion (assuming this recording exists in Spotify): Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 94, performed by Les Musiciens du Louvre, conducted by Marc Minkowski.

[The new erato]

First disc from this set:

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Nothing groundbreaking here, but well played, well recorded performances of fine, melodious and well written music. Definitely worth the time and the modest price.

This must be the same performances that have been available on cpo on single discs?

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

From this set CD 14.

Good for the mornings.....and added some coffee...

Cancoes Vilancicos, e Motetes Portugueses, Seculos XVI & XVII.