What are you listening 2 now?

[SonicMan46]

Well-Tempered Clavier, I & II from the same box below - listening last couple of days - Dave

Bach, JS - Complete Keyboard Works w/ Ivo Janssen - listening to the Goldberg Variations and the Partitas from the 20-disc box, recorded between 1997-2006 on Yamaha Grand Pianos (CF III & C7) - I have many other recordings of these KB works w/ different performers and on various instruments, but was in the mood for piano today; more HERE, and a pic of an older Ivo below.  Dave

 

[Harry]

Nino Rota.
Cello concertos No. I & II.
Il Gattopardo, suite per Orchestra piccolo.

Friedrich Kleinhapl, Cello.
Philharmonisches Orchester Augsburg, Dirk Kaftan.

Superb performances.

[Harry]

Andreas Romberg.
Violin Concertos, 4/12/9.

Chouchane Siranossian, Violin.
Capriccio Barockorchester, Dominik Kiefer.

This recently released disc is to me a winner. Not only do I like Romberg's music, but it gets a perfect performance in the shape of Chouchane Siranossian. What a fine sound she can produce. She is well aided by this orchestra, and perfectly captured in the recording.

[ritter]

Another CD I haven't listened to in ages...


An interesting combination of works: D'Indy's Suite dans le style ancien , op. 24, for trumpet, two flutes and string quartet, Roussel's String Trio, Koechlin's Sonatine n° 2, op 194, for oboe d'amore, flute, clarinet, strings and harpsichord, and Poulenc's Le bal masqué.

[Mirror Image]

Another CD I haven't listened to in ages...


An interesting combination of works: D'Indy's Suite dans le style ancien , op. 24, for trumpet, two flutes and string quartet, Roussel's String Trio, Koechlin's Sonatine n° 2, op 194, for oboe d'amore, flute, clarinet, strings and harpsichord, and Poulenc's Le bal masqué.

That's does look like an interesting disc sans the d'Indy whose music I never particularly cared for.

[Stürmisch Bewegt]

Sunday seems like an excellent Baroque Day (is it just the power of suggestion, from Suzanne Bona's long-running weekly radio program of the same name? Maybe: https://sundaybaroque.org/).  Anyway, cuing this up :

[Stürmisch Bewegt]

And pondering purchase of this :

[ritter]

That's does look like an interesting disc sans the d'Indy whose music I never particularly cared for.

It certainly is an attractive disc (even if Le bal masqué outstays its welcome IMHO). The d'Indy work is quite attractive in fact (this coming from someone who has mixed feelings regarding the composer).

[Karl Henning]

Sublime:

Bruckner
Symphony № 7 in d minor
NY Phil
Lenny

[steve ridgway]

I like it where the texture becomes less dense in the middle part of pulsion-mirroir, and I very much like Vegetal. But what I don't see is the connection to rock music.

I'm thinking of the more experimental 1970s groups featuring electric violin such as Curved Air and the first two albums by Ultravox! (before Midge Ure), then the post-punk sound. Violostries would have fitted in nicely with my rock collection around the early 1980s.

[steve ridgway]

Boulez - Éclat.

[The new erato]

I've listened to the first two discs of this today and what a superb work this is;



For some more information, look here:

https://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/reviews/graupner-antiochus-und-stratonica-boston-early-music-festival/

[SonicMan46]

Bach, JS - On the Lute w/ Nigel North - transcribed solo violin and cello works.  Dave

[steve ridgway]

Berio - Epifanie. I cheated and looked at my music player (on the gapless setting)  to see where Boulez ended and this began.

[André]

There's a special place in musical heaven for Schubert's first 4 symphonies  . Rilling's versions never fail to enthuse me. His way with tempi is sometimes surprising, with wide contrasts - gracious andantes hard on the heels of allegros that would challenge even world class ensembles. His 3rd is the most vivacious, bubblicious, con brio one I know. I've read that his orchestra is not of the first rank, but to me they sound great. They number only some 40 players but the recording is spacious and reverberant, with a firm aural picture, making them sound bigger. I love it.

[Karl Henning]

Copland

Symphony for Organ & Orchestra
Symphony № 3
e. Power Biggs
NY Phil
Lenny

I don't ever remember enjoying the Third as much as today.  That said, I do like the Organ Symphony even more.

[Karl Henning]

Dvořák
Symphony № 7 in d minor, Op. 70, B. 141

Franck
Symphony in d minor
NY Phil
Lenny

[Brahmsian]

Franck
Symphony in d minor
NY Phil
Lenny[/b]

How is that performance? I've heard it is supposed to be the definitive ultra Romantic take of this work (as opposed to Monteux/CSO).

[DavidW]

There's a special place in musical heaven for Schubert's first 4 symphonies  . Rilling's versions never fail to enthuse me. His way with tempi is sometimes surprising, with wide contrasts - gracious andantes hard on the heels of allegros that would challenge even world class ensembles. His 3rd is the most vivacious, bubblicious, con brio one I know. I've read that his orchestra is not of the first rank, but to me they sound great. They number only some 40 players but the recording is spacious and reverberant, with a firm aural picture, making them sound bigger. I love it.

I've been trying to figure out which recording to listen to for his early symphonies.  This helps!

Thread duty: cantata bwv 140

[André]

Hard to imagine this performance bettered. Conducting, execution and recorded sound are sumptuous. Stokowski at age 93 gives a high voltage, high calorie interpretation, both cracking and voluptuous.