What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Harry]

Grieg.

Symphony in C minor.
Landkjenning opus 31.
Olav Trygvason opus 50.

I absolutely adore the many unknowm Grieg works in this box, especially the vocal ones to my surprise.

[ChamberNut]

Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)

National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
Theodore Kuchar
Naxos

[Harry]

Henry Purcell.
Ten Sonatas in four Parts, 1697.
Musica Amphion


This box with 7 cd's full of Purcell's music is a stunning and amazing release by Brilliant, for very little money I might add.
The performances are on a very high level, and the recordings are just fine.

[Ephemerid]

Feelin' kinda Frenchie today...

Debussy: Nocturnes
Debussy: La Mer
Boulez / Cleveland

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe (complete ballet)
Boulez / Berlin

[ChamberNut]

Tchaikovsky - * String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11

New Haydn Quartet
Naxos on-line

*Yesterday, I heard the 1st mvt. of this quartet, performed by the St. Lawrence SQ on CBC Radio 2, and thought it was fantastic! 

[Sergeant Rock]

Love that Blumine:




Sarge

[mahler10th]

How do I add a picture attatchment here?

[Keemun]

Keemun I have seen bits and pieces of that Yo-Yo-Ma six part film series on the Performance Channel here in England.  If I remember correctly Yo-Yo-Ma teams up with a dance company and together they adapt J.S. Bach's cello suites to a choreographed dance routine- it was quite original, I had never seen anything like this.

  marvin

Marvin, I've not seen the film, but I did read something about it.  I'd be interested to see it sometime, but for now I'm content to listen to the music.

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I am presently listening to this fine recording:

Bruckner: Symphony No. 2 (Jochum/Dresden)

[ChamberNut]

I am presently listening to this fine recording:

Bruckner: Symphony No. 2 (Jochum/Dresden)

Was this inspired by my morning listening? 

[ChamberNut]

I am presently listening to this fine recording:

Bruckner: Symphony No. 2 (Jochum/Dresden)

Just a superb coda in the final movement. 

[Keemun]

Was this inspired by my morning listening? 

Indeed.    I really like the second movement.

[Harry]

Wiener Music. Josep Lanner & Johann Strauss Sr.
Volume II out of XII.
Wiener & Berliner Philharmoniker/Robert Stolz.

Simply wonderful.

[Hector]

Ries' Symphonies 3 and 5 on CPO.

The only complete set, so far, but these performances from Howard Griffith would, I suspect, be difficult to equal.

Another job for the other Howard, Shelley, for Hyperion?

So much the Beethoven pupil Ries mimicked the Master to produce these lively, tuneful works.

[Kullervo]

Good morning!



Disc 1: Salve Regina, Missa Mi-Mi, Alma Redemptoris Mater, Missa Prolationum

[Haffner]

Love that Blumine:




Sarge

oooooOOOOOOoooo!



Replaying (for the umpteenth time) the Solti Rheingold, and loving how clear the separate instruments are.

[SonicMan46]

William Byrd (1540-1623) - My Ladye Nevells Booke w/ Elizabeth Farr playing four different harpsichords, which were designed or restored by Keith Hill; 3-CD set of 42 pieces; excellent liner notes by Farr mainly concentrating on performance of these pieces, and a shorter discussion by Hill on the instruments.  Highly recommended reviews by Scott on Amazon and on MusicWeb - 

[Lethevich]

How do I add a picture attatchment here?

Click "Additional Options" under the reply box, and use the browse button to attach

[mahler10th]

Thank you Lethe.

Now then....
A fellow in The Netherlands kindly sent me this - I'm not big on music pre 170, but I'm finding I like Handel more and more.  Thanks Harry, these are just great.

[BachQ]

Brahms PC1 in D Minor(Kuerti)  0:)  0:)
Bach, Prelude and Fugue in D Minor BWV 554 (Fagius)
Brahms PC1 in D Minor(P.Serkin)
Liszt Totentanz (Zimerman)
Brahms PC1 in D Minor (Lechner)

[Sergeant Rock]

The lovely Hélène, conjuring up a Romantic storm:




Sarge