What are you listening to now?

[ritter]

Unfortunately that is a Google Images stock photo. However I do own the vinyl box set....without the tickets 

I no longer have the tickets, but did get to see the Christie / Villégier / Les Arts Florissants production of Lully's Atys here in Madrid (at the Teatro de la Zarzuela) in 1992. Breathtaking! 

[aligreto]

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons [McGegan]





I like this recording for a number of reasons. The textures are light and it is therefore easy to follow all of the lines. The performances are crisp and sharp and are played with a light touch. The outer movements are snappy and are played in a great spirit and with gusto while the slow movements are given the appropriate amount of time for one to linger and to savour their delights. The soloist plays with feeling and fluidity throughout and the orchestral backing is also very good and therefore things like the chattering of the birds is convincing and the various storm scenes are suitably dramatic.

[aligreto]

I no longer have the tickets, but did get to see the Christie / Villégier / Les Arts Florissants production of Lully's Atys here in Madrid (at the Teatro de la Zarzuela) in 1992. Breathtaking! 

Good for you  It is such a wonderful work.

[aligreto]

Mozart: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord K.6 -K. 8 [Poulet/Verlet]





This is obviously very early Mozart but the one thing that always strikes me about this music is the scoring for the keyboard, which is admirably played by Verlet here.

[aligreto]

Soler: Sonatas for Harpsichord Nos. 85, 90 & 110 [Rowland]

[aligreto]

Rameau: Premier Livre de Clavecin, 1706 [Rousset]

[Zeus]

Suk: Ripening, Symphony #1
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek
Chandos

[asin] B003WL7EAI[/asin]

First listen.  Haven't heard the early symphony yet, but Ripening (Zrani) is quite the ride, in a very edgy post-romantic way.  Reminds me a fair amount of trippier Langgaard or maybe Koechlin.

This ain't your Daddy's Dvorak.

[aligreto]

Schubert: String Quartet No. 5 D.68 [Kodaly Quartet]





This is a wonderful work which is simply infused with joy and enthusiasm.

[SymphonicAddict]

Symphony Nr. 1 - First listen



I linked it with some Honegger-like echoes, as well Stravinsky, and with the unmistakable American flavour. It was very good and approachable.

[SymphonicAddict]

Symphony Nr. 4



This must be one of his greatest ones. I didn't recall how thrilling and powerful is. It's more than evident that this symphony is quite Nielsenesque, which is not something negative but certainly engaging. The ending is tremendous, very exciting.

Also, I concur with others about the great cover art of these CDs.

[SurprisedByBeauty]

#morninglistening to the #Korngold's #Symphony w/# @bbcphilharmonic on @chandosrecords

: http://a-fwd.to/6tskDtl

(on @DealWHudson's advice, who likes this performance especially)

#EdwardDownes & #BBCPhilharmonic

[Daverz]

Symphony Nr. 1 - First listen



I linked it with some Honegger-like echoes, as well Stravinsky, and with the unmistakable American flavour. It was very good and approachable.

You might also try the early neo-Classical Violin Concerto:

http://www.newworldrecords.org/album.cgi?rm=view&album_id=17458
https://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/classical/products/8071186--roger-sessions-violin-concerto-stefan-wolpe-symphony

[Judith]

Listened to this morning

Bach Orchestral Suites 1-4
ASMF

Listened to Brandenburg Concertos last week and curious about the suites which are in the same box set. Wasn't disappointed and even a few surprises.

[SurprisedByBeauty]

#morninglistening to #Mozart's #MagicFlute in #OttoKlemperer's classic recording for EMI / @warnerclassics:

: http://a-fwd.to/2LN9W0s

@Philharmonia + #NicolaiGedda #GundulaJanowitz#WalterBerry #LuciaPopp #GottlobFrick #FranzCrass #ElisabethSchwa... https://ift.tt/2LpoxuS

Goooooooorgeous edition of ... what? The best recording of the Magic Flute, ever? Or just a very good version of those recordings that excise all the text?
Certainly still darn good sounding and of course cast with an absurdly star-studded set of singers, down to every last role.
That said, among comparable versions, I cherish the 1955 Boehm a little more.

[Karl Henning]

Does a Singspiel work, if all the text be excised?

[SurprisedByBeauty]

Does a Singspiel work, if all the text be excised?

Of course, otherwise only German-speakers and libretto-readers would bother to listen to the Magic Flute. Most people come for the music, I suppose...

[kyjo]

Many of the elements we all love are already there in Braga Santos's Symphony No. 1 (he was 22), if not yet applied for maximum excitement (the finale is a bit of a let down).

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The Portuguese Symphony Orchestra sounds great.  I wonder why we don't hear them more on records.

I agree with you, except I don't think the finale is much of a letdown. The Sibelian ending is quite exciting in my view, if of course not as memorable and moving as that of the Fourth Symphony.

[kyjo]

Tasted my first slice of Pizzetti, soon to be followed by more. 

[Mandryka]

I have never thought about the OB in that way except once, when i listened to Hans Christoph Becker-Foss' recording. He does indeed play some of the chorale preludes attacca. I can not from the top of my head recall others.

I'd quite like to hear the Becker Foss recording, if you can upload it. I've been listening to Rübsam play Orgelbuchlein on the Gottfried Silbermann at Rotha - it's an interpretation and an organ sound which I like very much - Rübsam may buy into the suite conception, I say that because of the way he breaks up the orgelbuchlein with miscellaneous preludes and fugues to demarcate the different church festivals.

[Zeus]

Liszt: Intégrale des années de pélerinage
Bertrand Chamayou
Naive

[asin] B005CX78GE[/asin]