What are you listening 2 now?

[Traverso]

Locatelli

Violin Concertos  Roberto Michelucci

[Mandryka]

Some orchesterlieder from this well-known classic:



As much as a Straussian as I am (or claim to be), this Schwarzkopf/Szell recording remained on my wish-list but I just never got around to buying it and this was 12 years ago! I'm proud to say that I now own this recording. It is absolutely divine. I'm saving the Vier Letzte Lieder for another time.

There was a Christmas song on that CD, three wise men sort of thing, which I used to enjoy.

[aligreto]

Varese: Arcana [Boulez]





Arcana is a powerful, emotional, turbulent and exciting work. It has an undercurrent of agitation, turbulence, brutality and menace. I really like the musical language of this work and I find it, emotionally, very engaging and compelling listening. The music is often brutal and it is perpetually on the edge, which is very exciting and exhilarating. The scoring delivers the message exceptionally well. Boulez directs a tuat and compellingly exciting and engaging version of this work. The drama, brutality and dramatic tension of this work is very palpable throughout the performance. This is a terrifically exhilarating performance of this wonderful work.

[aligreto]

Locatelli

Violin Concertos  Roberto Michelucci

What a pleasant way to start your day, Jan. 

[Traverso]

Beethoven

Seems a long time ago that I listened to Beethoven.These sonatas sound intimate under the hands of Backhaus with an inspired casualness.

piano sonatas 1-2-3 & 5

Wilhelm Backhaus

[Traverso]

What a pleasant way to start your day, Jan. 

Indeed Fergus,
they are very enjoyable violin concertos of which I find the first concerto very special. I cannot imagine a more beautiful performance than this one with I Musici. I am always moved by the beautifully played cadenza in the last movement.
I don't know of any HIP performance that can express this frenzied joy so overwhelmingly.

[aligreto]

Beethoven

Seems a long time ago that I listened to Beethoven.These sonatas sound intimate under the hands of Backhaus with an inspired casualness.

piano sonatas 1-2-3 & 5

Wilhelm Backhaus

I will join you Jan, this time with Piano Sonatas No. 9 & 10 Op. 14

[Traverso]

I will join you Jan, this time with Piano Sonatas No. 9 & 10 Op. 14

Fortunately the box with the complete recordings was sold out, if you are not careful you will get buried under a pile of CDs that you have yet to listen to.

That doesn't feel right, as they say in my country, "the eye is bigger than the stomach" if you want more than you can digest. 

[aligreto]

Fortunately the box with the complete recordings was sold out, if you are not careful you will get buried under a pile of CDs that you have yet to listen to.

That doesn't feel right, as they say in my country, "the eye is bigger than the stomach" if you want more than you can digest. 

I think that is a common complaint with quite a few people around here 

[Traverso]

I think that is a common complaint with quite a few people around here 

[Papy Oli]

A first listen to any mass by Haydn.

Haydn - Nelsonmesse (Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90)

[Karl Henning]

A first listen to any mass by Haydn.

Haydn - Nelsonmesse (Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90)

Nice!

[Papy Oli]

Nice!

Hi Karl,

Quite, liking it a lot so far.

[André]

Hi Karl,

Quite, liking it a lot so far.

You chose wisely  .

[Biffo]

Janacek: Glagolitic Mass - SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Slowakischer Philharmonischer Chor Bratislava & soloists conducted by Michael Gielen - from Vol 7 of the SWR Michael Gielen Edition

[steve ridgway]

John Cage - Credo In Us / ...More Works For Percussion. A great selection of sounds on this album.

Credo In Us (1942), for pianos, cans, buzzer and records
Imaginary Landscape No. 1 (1939), for piano, 2 oscillators and a Chinese cymbal
Inlets (1977), for three players of water-filled conch shells and one conch-player using circular breathing and the sound of fire
Imaginary Landscape No. 3 (1942), for coil, gongs, oscillators, tin cans, marimbula, buzzer
But What About The Noise Of Crumpling Paper Which He Used To Do In Order To Paint The Series Of "Papiers Froissés" Or Tearing Up Paper To Make "Papiers Déchirés"? Arp Was Stimulated By Water (Sea, Lake, And Flowing Waters Like Rivers), Forests (1985) for slightly resonant instruments made of wood, metal and glass, the sound of pouring or bubbling in water and crumpling and tearing paper

[Papy Oli]

Peterson-Berger - Symphony No.3

[Harry]

CPE Bach.
Clavierstücke, aus Sechs Sonaten fürs Clavier mit veränderten Reprisen.

Linda Nicholson plays on a Clavichord by Johann Adolph Hass, Hamburg 1767.
Pitch: a' =415 Hz.

I simply love these works on a Clavichord, they sound so natural and fitting for the instrument. Nothing then praise for Linda Nicholson. I had quite some fun with it. Audio quality is good too.

[Sergeant Rock]

Cecil Effinger (1914-1990) Little Symphony No. 1 (1945)
Morton Gould Cowboy Rhapsody




Sarge

[Mirror Image]

Divine is rather an apt word there, John. I think that you are in for a treat with her Vier Letzte Lieder.

Yes, I think so, too. I already listened to all of the orchesterlieder, so I'm definitely ready for the Vier Letzte Lieder. Some may complain about Schwarzkopf's vocal delivery, but I find rather unique and I never heard Strauss sung in this manner. It's as if she's able to channel the darker undertones within the music and bring them to the forefront. Szell is, of course, completely in his element and provides gorgeous accompaniment.