What are you listening to now?

[San Antone]

Giving this another spin



I am liking it more and more. 

[Brian]

[aligreto]

Rautavaara: Violin Concerto [played by Oliveira, Helsinki Philharmonic/Segerstam]....





A first listen to this music for me and I found that I really like it.

[Drasko]

I've managed to hear this now. I like the way he plays very much. The SQ of my transfer is just listenable.

Shame about sq, it's actually very well recorded. Catches even the mechanism of the virginal used very clearly, as well as the difference in sound between the instruments.

Sorry not to be able to help with the transfer (don't know if you caught my previous post).

[Reckoner]

Chausson - Piano Trio

[aligreto]

Avison: Concertos Op. 3 Nos. 4, 3 & 1 [Avison Ensemble]....

[San Antone]

Inspired by the Neoclassical Stravinsky thread

[Monsieur Croche]

...also prompted by Mahlerian's Neoclassical Stravinsky thread.
Stravinsky ~ Duo Concertant Itzhak Perlman, Bruno Canino
mvmts I-III:
https://www.youtube.com/v/uxI6CTW3eKQ
mvmts IV-V:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKaXT6Xo_uI

and...What are the Russian words for "Cool Jazz" and "FUNKY?" 
Ebony Concerto [aka "Licorice Stick Concerto]
https://www.youtube.com/v/8M4VZJ8qpcU

[TheGSMoeller]

I rarely use the word, but I must with this.....essential.

[Kontrapunctus]

80 minutes of superbly played and recorded blissful Beethoven. (Well, my bliss was interrupted when one of my cats got in my lap, started "kneading" my stomach, moved over and "kneaded" my left armpit, all while intermittently patting my face with one of her paws!)

[ludwigii]

W.A. Mozart
Symphonies 35 "Haffner" & 36 "Linz"
Jirí Belohlávek

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Excellent performance, perhaps not at the level of the greatest conductors of the past (Bruno Walter, Fritz Reiner, Charles Kleiber, etc).
A first movement of the Haffner really implacable ! 
The last movement of the Linz is not exploited to the maximum, for example the development of that wonderful second theme. 

Online reviews assign maximum votes, but I partially agree.

[ludwigii]

W.A.Mozart
Symphony n.32-35-36
Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto - Peter Maag



Third cd of this Box set :

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Superlative Mozart readings, they say.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



A new acquisition. Giving Penderecki another try. Listening to Violin Concerto No. 1. Just started. I'm digging the dissonance and eerie atmosphere so far.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



A new acquisition. Giving Penderecki another try. Listening to Violin Concerto No. 1. Just started. I'm digging the dissonance and eerie atmosphere so far.

I thought my opinion would maybe change after some time away from Penderecki's music, but, alas, I still feel the same way I did from when I posted this in the composer's own thread:

I know this post will warrant a 'thanks for stopping by' reply, but I have a confession to make: I have yet to hear a Penderecki work I enjoy. Unlike many composers of his generation, I find it difficult to get through one of his works without constantly thinking "What's the point?" This isn't music like Takemitsu or Sculthorpe where I can get lost in their 'soundscapes' nor is this a composer like Hartmann or Lutoslawski where I can hear the past in their music and/or some kind of link to the great tradition that keeps it 'grounded' so to speak. Penderecki just feels like a composer that has been going through the motions for decades with the exception of his early, more experimental works. I mean he ranks up there with Pettersson as coming across as grandstanding with no platform to stand on. I understand misery (probably better than I should), but this shouldn't be your only resource as a composer. To sum up, I believe Penderecki is a one-trick pony that has really worn out that one trick decades ago.

All IMHO of course and it's okay to tell me I'm ignorant and I need to clean my ears out. I've heard it all before.

[SimonNZ]

František Xaver Brixi's Missa di Gloria - Wolfgang Kelber, cond.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Another new acquisition. Listening to Symphony No. 1 in D minor. Quite derivative and certainly of its' time, but I'm not sure I can get onboard with the lack of a distinctive style. I've enjoyed several of Zemlinsky's works in the past: the Lyric Symphony and Die Seejungfrau being personal favorites. We'll see how his Symphony No. 2 fares after finishing the 1st.

[Mirror Image]

My favorite recording of Strauss' Four Last Songs.

[anothername]

Richard Bonynge conducts Sutherland/ Horne and Conrad: The Age of Bel Canto.

[GioCar]

W.A.Mozart
Symphony n.32-35-36
Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto - Peter Maag



Third cd of this Box set :

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Superlative Mozart readings, they say.

I cannot but totally agree. His Mozart (and Mendelssohn) recordings are really amazing. One of the most underrated conductor imo.
Thanks for posting!

[SimonNZ]

Peteris Vasks' Plainscapes - Sigvards Kļava, cond.