What are you listening to now?

[Florestan]

Chopin - Variations on La ci darem la mano

Recorded live, and I was in attendance. 

She played Op. 10/3 as encore.

Here's Paderewski's take:

https://www.youtube.com/v/kvvlOSmHDF4

[Florestan]

b]Andrei[/b],

Buenas noches, Rafael!

A tad cursi, good old Пётр Ильи́ч, no? 

No! Don Pedro, hijo de Elias was spot on, I agree with him 150%:

Mozart is the highest, the culminating point which beauty has reached in the sphere of music.

Amen!

[Ghost of Baron Scarpia]

She played Op. 10/3 as encore.

I saw Op. 10/3 and thought Beethoven. That's some encore! But, oh, Chopin, nevermind.

[Florestan]

I saw Op. 10/3 and thought Beethoven. That's some encore! But, oh, Chopin, nevermind.

Now that you got me started, though, take that:

Compared to Chopin, Beethoven is a semibarbaric nature whose great soul has been badly educated so that it had never learned to distinguish clearly between the sublime and the adventurous, between the simple and what was mediocre and in bad taste. --- Nietzsche

[SonicMan46]

Robert de Visée (c. 1655-1732/33) - Suites et al w/ period instruments (as listed on the back of the 4-CD jewel box) - from his Wiki bio, he 'was a lutenist, guitarist, theorboist and viol player at the court of the French kings Louis XIV and Louis XV, as well as a singer and composer for lute, theorbo and guitar.'  Apparently, one of his duties was to put the Sun king to sleep w/ his guitar playing - delightful music.  Dave

 

[Ghost of Baron Scarpia]

Now that you got me started, though, take that:

Compared to Chopin, Beethoven is a semibarbaric nature whose great soul has been badly educated so that it had never learned to distinguish clearly between the sublime and the adventurous, between the simple and what was mediocre and in bad taste. --- Nietzsche

This is the same Nietzsche that was seen conversing with the hindquarters of an ass that he had mistaken for Richard Wagner?

[Ghost of Baron Scarpia]

I found the von der Goltz Bach partitas on streaming and tried Partita No. 3. Really, really enjoyed it. Cheers, Jens and Scarpia...will definitely listen to the rest.

Now, my favorite Sibelius 2 (and yes, I know this is an eccentric choice!):

I'm a big fan of Paray/Detroit, but I've not heard that recording. I should, including the Dvorak coupling.

von der Goltz is on my wishlist, but I decided to listen to this other recording I've had for a few years, Amandine Beyer.

[asin]B005H3HXQE[/asin]

Just superb. The fast bits play themselves (well, if you have the technique) but I love the way she shapes the slow movements, particularly the double, triple, quadruple stopping. (Well, based on listening to Sonata 1 and Partita 1). Very fine!

[André]

Delightful. Just delightful.

[Ghost of Baron Scarpia]

Delightful. Just delightful.

...interesting.

[Kontrapunctus]

A high-voltage performance with sound to match. I hope this is the beginning of a new cycle.

[staxomega]

Whew, now on my third run through Russell Sherman's Beethoven piano sonata cycle. This is the most addicting cycle I've heard since Lucchesini's; not that the two are even remotely comparable in style. Arrau's Debussy recordings from the big Philips box has also been in my heavy rotation recently.

[Karl Henning]

I think you're overdosing on Wolfgang Amadeus! 

I'm pacing myself.
And about to break for Stravinsky!

[Karl Henning]

Stunning.

I just cannot help smiling at the name

[springrite]

I just cannot help smiling at the name

Constantly, I am sure...

[Zeus]

Mahler: Symphony No. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand"
Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Antoni Wit
Naxos



This sounds really, really good with my new headphones (ok, IEMs).

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01A60I4P6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Karl Henning]

Thread Duty:

Louis Andriessen
De Stijl (Part 3 of De Materie

[JBS]

It is not possible to overdose on Mozart
[asin]B00BGG8IFG[/asin]
CDs 3 and 4
#4 in G K41
#6 in B Flat K238
#3 in D K40
#10 in E Flat K 365 for 2 pianos [Till Engel second pianist]
#11 in F K413
#12 in A K414
#13 in C K415

[Mirror Image]

Continuing my journey through RVW's symphonic cycle with Thomson at the mantle:

Symphony No. 4 in F minor
Bryden Thomson, conductor
LSO

[Mirror Image]

One more work before bed:

Moeran
Two Pieces for Small Orchestra (Lonely Waters, Whythorne's Shadow)
Vernon Handley, conductor
Ulster Orchestra

[Ghost of Baron Scarpia]

I just cannot help smiling at the name

The name is very familiar to me. Landau and Lifshitz were the standard  physics textbooks in the Soviet Union, also translated and published in the west.