What are you listening 2 now?

[Operafreak]

Bohemian Tales- Augustin Hadelich (violin), Charles Owen (piano), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Jakub Hruša

[Iota]

Chopin: Preludes
Grigory Sokolov (piano) 

A unique pianist who seems to reach areas of expressivity and intimacy on the piano that nobody else ever has. The slower preludes in particular are breathtaking at times.

[Todd]

[Spotted Horses]

Sensational disc and program.

This looks like something I need to hear.

[Mirror Image]

If the complete operas are as good as the orchestral excerpts/fantasies/syntheses from them that I've heard, then sign me up! Now let me just set aside 3 hours out of my schedule to listen to one.

Der Rosenkavalier not only contains some of Strauss' most opulent orchestral music, but the vocal writing is beautifully done. If you don't like vocals, then perhaps operatic music isn't for you.

[aligreto]

Bach: St. Matthew Passion [Butt] Part II





This is a maiden listen to this particular version for me.

[Traverso]

Mahler-Zemlinsky & Szymanovski

[Linz]

St John's Passiom

[aligreto]

St John's Passiom

Oh, I would definitely like to hear that!

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Machine-gun piano! 

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Early morning listening:
Miaskovsky Symphony 17, USSR SR&TVSO, Alexander Gauk (the dedicatee of the symphony).
A great performance of one of NYM's finest symphonies:

Wonderful! 

[VonStupp]

One of my favorite works by him. Sheer sonic splendor!

It is a beauty, for sure! Nice that the work came from Strauss' desk as well.

VS

[SonicMan46]

This afternoon, finishing up my 'selective' listening to my Haydn String Quartet, Op. 77 & 103 collection w/ the two PI recordings below - Dave

 

[VonStupp]

Richard Strauss
Oboe Concerto in D Major
Horn Concerto 1 in E-flat Major, op. 11
Horn Concerto 2 in E-flat Major
Duet-Concertino in F Major for clarinet & bassoon

Martin Gabriel, oboe
Lars-Michael Stransky, horn (1)
Ronald Janezic, horn (2)
Peter Schmidl, clarinet
Michael Werba, bassoon

Vienna Philharmonic
André Previn

For this afternoon:

I don't think I have ever heard of the 'Vienna Horn' or 'Vienna Oboe', but these concertos are played on both of those instruments from players within the Vienna Phil.

VS

[Papy Oli]

Cantata BWV 4 & 31 (Fritz Werner).

[Karl Henning]

h/t to Kyle:

[Karl Henning]

True friendship is accepting one's friend's flaws even if they do not like the sound of solo piano. 

(* chortle *)

[Karl Henning]

Alexandre Tansman
Symphony 2 À Serge Koussevitzky
Symphony 3 Sinfonia Concertante
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Oleg Caetani

I like these Tansman symphonies. Undemanding and accessible.

Yes!

[Spotted Horses]

Alexandre Tansman
Symphony 2 À Serge Koussevitzky
Symphony 3 Sinfonia Concertante
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Oleg Caetani

I like these Tansman symphonies. Undemanding and accessible.

Much as I like the symphonies, I enjoy the chamber symphonies, concerti, ballet music more.

[Todd]

Alexander Lonquich and Nicolas Altstaedt, deliverers of bad-ass Beethoven Cello and Piano works, team with Barnabás Kelemen to deliver a Dumky Trio unlike any other version I've heard.  At times, there is so much vibrato, especially from Kelemen, that one thinks it might be way too much - until one understands that it's literally the perfect amount.  The ensemble have a tendency to play the slow passages very slowly, and then the fast passages very fast, to the point where it becomes predictable early on, but one not only accepts it, one eagerly awaits the next tempo shift.  Dynamic contrasts are likewise predictably but effectively varied.  And Lonquich's playing, with incredible tonal variation throughout, anchors the piece and once again makes one wish that he would just go ahead and record the entire great composer canon.  The disc starts with Kodály's Duo for Violin and Cello.  I recently listened to Gabetta and Kopatchinskaja in this piece and found it vibrant and exceedingly enjoyable.  This version easily surpasses that, with more intensity and more delicacy.  A peach of a recording.