What are you listening 2 now?

[Florestan]

I'm enjoying the Coull Quartet, beautiful tone and well recorded if a bit distant, but this is a first listen and I'm still familiarizing myself with Mendelssohn's chamber music so I don't really feel confident enough to make a recommendation.  I found this set for a whopping 3 dollars at Princeton, so I picked it up -- I only have one other set (Quatuor Ysaÿe) so I thought some variety was in order.

Thanks. I too have the Ysaye set but haven't listened to it yet. Anyway, as of late I've been on a Mendelssohn binge. Amazing composer.

[j winter]

Moving on to early Schubert, always a delight - symphonies 1 & 4, Harnoncourt RCO

[Linz]

Mahler Symphony No. 7 in E minor,  Edo de Waart, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic

[Lisztianwagner]

Today, in honour of Johann Strauss II:

Johann Strauss II
Sinngedichte, Op.1

Lorin Maazel & Wiener Philharmoniker

[SonicMan46]

Clementi, Muzio (1752-1832) - Symphonies, Chamber Music, and Keyboard Works - long lived multi-talented Italian-English pianist and composer (see quote for his other interests!).  He wrote mainly a LOT of piano music (LIST).  Howard Shelley has 7 double-CD recordings for 14 discs on piano - just listening to a few; Mastroprimiano has an 18-CD box on fortepiano, which I sampled not too long ago.  Dave

Muzio Clementi was an Italian composer, virtuoso pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer, who was mostly active in England; he was sponsored by Sir Peter Beckford who took him to England in 1766. Later, he toured Europe often from his base in London. On one occasion, in 1781, he and Mozart engaged in a piano competition (declared a tie?). Influenced by Scarlatti, Haydn and JC Bach, Clementi developed a fluent and technical legato style, which he passed on to a generation of pianists (see LINK). Clementi also produced pianos and was a music publisher. (Source)

      

[j winter]

CPE Bach sounds like a fine idea...

[Linz]

Carl Nielsen Symphony No. 5. Op.50, Flute Concerto, Andrew Nicholson flute, Entrance March (Aladdin Incidental Music) Hallé Mark Elder

[ritter]

Some Rossini tonight: his Stabat Mater (first performed in a Madrid convent, that stood just a couple of blocks from my home, but has long since been demolished).


Carlo Maria Giulini conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, and a splendid roster of soloists (Katia Ricciarelli, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Dalmacio González, and Ruggero Raimondi).

[Brian]

Somebody (perhaps Spotted Horses?) mentioned the Mozart divertimenti for three basset horns. A lot of recordings use other woodwind instruments, but I was able to find this one Qobuz that uses period basset horns.

[Spotted Horses]

Somebody (perhaps Spotted Horses?) mentioned the Mozart divertimenti for three basset horns. A lot of recordings use other woodwind instruments, but I was able to find this one Qobuz that uses period basset horns.

Cool. Quite possibly it was me. I only know the pieces from a modern basset horn recording.

[Que]

[Linz]

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphonies No. 1 in C major Op.21 and No. 6 in F major Op.68 "Patoral" London classical Players, Roger Norrington

[Symphonic Addict]

Schreker: Der Schatzgräber

Spicier and more gripping than Die Gezeichneten.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Gabriel Pierne Piano Concerto in C Minor, Op. 12. Dosse/Stuttgarter.

[Peter Power Pop]

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko)

[vandermolen]

Agreed about the stylistic connection between these two utter masterpieces. Besides being both written on biblical subjects, they both share compelling contrasts between sections of blissful beauty and sections of threatening spookiness!

I'm glad that you think so too Kyle. The connection between these works only struck me recently.

[Todd]

[classicalgeek]

Mozart
Piano Concerto no. 20
Piano Concerto no. 24
Clara Haskil, piano
Lamoreux Orchestra
Igor Markevitch
(on CD)



I found these merely OK - there's a certain heaviness to Haskil's playing that doesn't seem quite right in this music; the orchestra is a bit hit-or-miss as well. I much prefer Uchida (my go-to Mozart Piano Concerto performances), Perahia, and Schiff, to name a few.

Janacek
String Quartet no. 1 'Kreutzer Sonata'
String Quartet no. 2 'Intimate Letters'
Smetana Quartet
(on CD)



It's been a while since I heard the Janacek string quartets, and I keep finding new things to love about them. These are intense, exciting, gripping performances!

[Karl Henning]

Mozart
Piano Concerto no. 20
Piano Concerto no. 24
Clara Haskil, piano
Lamoreux Orchestra
Igor Markevitch
(on CD)



I found these merely OK - there's a certain heaviness to Haskil's playing that doesn't seem quite right in this music; the orchestra is a bit hit-or-miss as well. I much prefer Uchida (my go-to Mozart Piano Concerto performances), Perahia, and Schiff, to name a few.

Janacek
String Quartet no. 1 'Kreutzer Sonata'
String Quartet no. 2 'Intimate Letters'
Smetana Quartet
(on CD)



It's been a while since I heard the Janacek string quartets, and I keep finding new things to love about them. These are intense, exciting, gripping performances!

Maybe I just don't get out enough, but I've not yet heard the Janáček quartets played poorly.

TD:

"Wolferl"

Symphony in g minor, K. 183 (1773)

Not ashamed to admit that I had never heard this piece before watching the movie Amadeus ....

[JBS]

More stuff I've never heard before from the Brilliant Cesar Franck Edition