What are you listening 2 now?

[Bachtoven]

[JBS]

Can I ask what you thought of it? I've listened to each CD of that duo a couple of times; the best words I can use to describe it are "lush" and "a bit overripe".
TD
Devoting the evening to music probably no one has ever called lush or overripe.

Sonatas 12 through 18, with the Fantasia in c minor K475 and Adagio in b minor K 540, followed up by a CD that collects together some Mozartean infantilia (the pieces catalogued as K.1a-f and K. 2-5) with some more mature pieces and a 1959 recording of Piano Sonata 15.
CDs 14-16 of the Decca Haebler set

[foxandpeng]

Philip Glass
Complete String Quartets, Volume 1
String Quartets 1 - 4
Quatuor Molinari
ATMA Classique

I enjoy the repetitious nature of Glass's minimalism. It works well for me across his SQs.

[DavidW]

Can I ask what you thought of it? I've listened to each CD of that duo a couple of times; the best words I can use to describe it are "lush" and "a bit overripe".

It is a bit over the top but I really think it works.  The pianist is assertive and brings his own personality to the music.  Some might not care for it, especially in Faure where a lighter touch is usually called for.  So I like the recording, but I can also see why many might not.

[AnotherSpin]

Excellent 1988 recording from Finnish baritone Jorma Hynninen, @Mandryka recommendation.

[Que]

It is always a pleasure to encounter an ensemble that can deliver. This small, all male ensemble is doing excellent on its home turf.

https://www.classicstoday.com/review/gesualdo-sixs-english-motets/

https://www.classical-music.com/reviews/choral-song/english-motets-works-by-tallis-byrd-tomkins-et-al

[steve ridgway]

Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie

Pausing between the movements so I can read Messiaen's notes in the Complete Edition booklet. I can't play the CD from that yet as my MacBook has broken and I'm still deciding what action to take.

[AnotherSpin]

Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie

Pausing between the movements so I can read Messiaen's notes in the Complete Edition booklet. I can't play the CD from that yet as my MacBook has broken and I'm still deciding what action to take.

You played the CDs from the MacBook?

[Harry]

Rebecca Clarke.
Music for Viola.
See back cover for details.

This is awfully good. The more I listen to this composer, the more I feel akin to her. she's probably a very old soul! Her music, I feel is at the crossroads of various currents, moves at different moments through French music, modality, British folklore, harmonic boldness and exoticism. Clarke creates her own wholly atypical language from these currents that is decidedly modern. And this is a great attraction to me. I quite easily adapt to her soundworld. And given that this performance is among the best I so far heard, plus good sound, that I can safely recommend it, to those that are interested. This is as good as it gets.

[Florestan]

Stendhal considered La pietra del paragone (or rather, Il Sigillara as it was widely known back then) as Rossini's comic masterpiece, putting it above Il Barbiere, L'Italiana and La Cenerentola. I'm not sure I can agree, though (in fact, I strongly disagree). The music is indeed echt Rossini in comic mode, cheerful, witty and full of fire, with exceptional writing for winds. But... there is nothing in terms of memorability that can hold a candle to Il barbiere di Siviglia, either musically or comically. There are so many musical numbers and comic scenes in the latter that vividly stay in one's mind forever after listening to it, as opposed to none at all in La pietra except the overture and a haunting horn solo. This is not a criticism, for the opera is very enjoyable, it's a statement of facts. Pace Stendhal, there is a reason why Il barbiere is universally acclaimed as Rossini's comic masterpiece.

The recording is live but the stage sounds are not intrusive, the voices are realistically recorded and the orchestra shines (this being one of the most symphonic operas of il tedeschino Rossini). Highly recommended.

[Florestan]

Outstanding performance superbly recorded.

[AnotherSpin]

[Harry]

George Lloyd (1913-1998).
Orchestral Works. CD II.
Symphony No.3 in F, (1933).
Charade 'Scenes from the '60s (1968).

Symphony No.3 & Charade BBC Philharmonic. Recorded by arrangement with the BBC in Studio 7,
New Broadcasting House, Manchester 1992, conducted by the composer.

It is a treat, to listen to the music. Superb done.

[Todd]

[Harry]

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Complete Symphonies.
No. 4.
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski.
Recorded 2011, LIVE, at the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, London.

For me, one of the best cycles of these Symphonies I ever heard.

[DavidW]

The great symphony.  Actually wanted to dig into the box set someone else posted earlier but it is not on Idagio.  They have failed me again!  I really think I need to find something better than Qobuz or Idagio.

[Todd]

The great symphony.  Actually wanted to dig into the box set someone else posted earlier but it is not on Idagio.  They have failed me again!  I really think I need to find something better than Qobuz or Idagio.

Amazon Music?  It lists the set with 174 streamable tracks. 

[Spotted Horses]

Amazon Music?  It lists the set with 174 streamable tracks.

It's also available on Apple Music and I see it in the Qobuz download store. (I don't have Qobuz streaming so I can't confirm it's available to stream.)

[Harry]

SERGEI BORTKIEWICZ (1877–1952).

Symphony No 1 in D major Op 52 ('From my Homeland').
Symphony No 2 in E flat major Op 55.

See back cover for details.

For me these works were always something special, music that makes my heart beat faster, and opens up whole fiestas of colour and melodies, tantalizing to one's senses. SOTA sound and sublime performance.

[brewski]

Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie

Pausing between the movements so I can read Messiaen's notes in the Complete Edition booklet. I can't play the CD from that yet as my MacBook has broken and I'm still deciding what action to take.

Hope your MacBook gets fixed or replaced soon. This is one of my favorite recordings from the Chailly years with that orchestra, along with their Varèse box, and Berio's Sinfonia.

-Bruce