What are you listening 2 now?

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NP:

Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Alina Ibragimova, violin
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Jurowski




Superb!

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#54201
Last work before bed:

Ravel
Piano Trio in A minor
Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon, Frank Braley


From this set -



Undersea

Currently:



Brahms: Piano Concerto #1 in D Minor, Op. 15


Haven't listened to this piece in a while - very nice... :)
I'd like to be
Under the sea
In an octopus' garden
In the shade

- Ringo Starr

Que

Morning listening:



War and Peace, music by Obrecht, Desprez and De la Rue around the themes of L' homme armé and Da Pacem.

Undersea

Currently:



Haydn: Symphony #52 in C Minor, H 1/52


Have been binging on Haydn Symphonies this week - I have ordered Märzendorfers Symphony Cycle too...  :D
I'd like to be
Under the sea
In an octopus' garden
In the shade

- Ringo Starr

Irons

Quote from: Traverso on November 20, 2021, 05:24:53 AM
I definitely had higher expectations for this set of sonatas



Not just me then which is a relief.
You must have a very good opinion of yourself to write a symphony - John Ireland.

I opened the door people rushed through and I was left holding the knob - Bo Diddley.

Mandryka



Astonishing performance of the second Steigleder Ricercar in E - the meanest of meantone ricercars!
Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen

Irons

Quote from: Symphonic Addict on November 20, 2021, 03:32:16 PM
Speaking of Sibelius. Just extraordinary work and recording. Barbirolli was expert in heart-on-sleeve conducting.



Superior to the EMI in all respects. The whole set that Gerhardt and Wilkinson made for the Readers Digest are top drawer.
You must have a very good opinion of yourself to write a symphony - John Ireland.

I opened the door people rushed through and I was left holding the knob - Bo Diddley.

Tsaraslondon



I've never really got on with Mahler's 7th, which is why this disc, given away free with BBC Music Magazine, is the only version I own. It's a decent enough performance, but I should probably acquire another (Chailly or Abbado maybe?).
\"A beautiful voice is not enough.\" Maria Callas

vandermolen

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Sussex Folk Tunes for Cello and Orchestra (1922/24)
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Mookalafalas

Quote from: Que on November 19, 2021, 11:32:22 PM

What gorgeous music! Although the intricate dense textures might revael their secrets to experienced Early Music listeners only. And great performances, some of Beauty Farm's best IMO.

  Thanks for reminding me :) Loved this when it came out, but it disappeared into my collection.
   Playing it now with great pleasure. Even better than I remembered it.
It's all good...

Biffo

Johannes Ockeghem - Missa Caput - Laudantes Consort direcetd by Guy Janssens. From the box set 'In the Footsteps of Petrus Alamire'

VonStupp

Philip Glass
Itaipu

Atlanta SO & Chorus - Robert Shaw


At one point, Itaipu was the world's largest hydro-electric dam, located around Brazil and Paraguay.



"All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff."

Que

Joseph Wölfl performed by Laure Colladant:

   

Traverso

Telemann

If someone were to ask me which are your favorite pieces by Telemann, I would without a doubt opt for these wonderful Paris Quartets, which are also given a performance that adds to the festivity even more.

CD2


vers la flamme



George Frideric Handel: Saeviat Tellus, HWV 240. Emma Kirkby, Andrew Parrott, Taverner Players

This work (what would one call it? a cantata? a motet?) contains an absolutely gorgeous slow aria called "O nox dulcis". Seriously, it's beautiful; I could listen to it forever. Handel was a phenomenal composer. Definitely one of the greatest baroque composers.

vers la flamme

Quote from: Traverso on November 21, 2021, 05:04:32 AM
Telemann

If someone were to ask me which are your favorite pieces by Telemann, I would without a doubt opt for these wonderful Paris Quartets, which are also given a performance that adds to the festivity even more.

CD2



Looks excellent. I ordered it.

Iota



Bach: French Suite No.3 in B minor

Wolfgang Rubsam (piano)



This seems pretty generally disliked by the critics, but I must say I found it illuminating, pleasing to the ear and preferable to a number of other piano recordings I've heard. I've sometimes found other readings okay but uncommitted or a little more wrapping than gift, whereas Rubsam sounds in full and enthusiastic exploratory mode, despite the music's slighter stature within Bach's wider keyboard output.

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NP:

Shostakovich
Suite On Words By Michelangelo, Op. 145
Anatoli Kotscherga, bass
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Michail Jurowski


From this new acquisition -