What are you listening 2 now?

[Brian]

Grieg - Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, Op.13
Yehudi Menuhin, Robert Levin

I first met this enlivening piece many years ago when playing a so-so but atmospheric computer game, Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Silver Earring. The soundtrack had original music therein but also incorporated some movements from Grieg, Schumann, Dvořák and Tchaikovsky chamber pieces. Scouring beautifully detailed Victorian rooms (sometimes allegro animato as in the sonata's finale) in the company of such composers engendered said salon atmosphere.

I first encountered a lot of classical music through computer games as diverse as Europa Universalis and RollerCoaster Tycoon.

[Karl Henning]

Lenny and the Shostakovich Opus 70:

[AnotherSpin]

Bruckner: Symphony No.9
Carl Schuricht, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

[Linz]

I am also listening to:
Bruuckne Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, 1894 Original Version. Ed. Alfred Orel, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carl Schuricht

[JBS]

[Todd]

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Mozart piano sonatas. Meiko Miyazawa.

[Karl Henning]

A very little to my surprise, this has become one of my favorite Schoenberg pieces:

[NumberSix]

Sorabji: Transcendental Etudes, Nos. 63-71
Fredrik Ullén (Piano)

I know Sorabji's famous works are the long ones, but I thought I would give something simpler a try before diving into 4 or 8 hours.

[Madiel]

Poetic Tone Pictures

[NumberSix]

Kalevi Aho:

Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra (2010)
Martyn Brabbins, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Jörgen van Rijen (Trombone)

Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Orchestra (2011)
Martyn Brabbins, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Alain De Rudder (Trumpet)

[steve ridgway]

Maderna: Serenata III

[steve ridgway]

Schnittke: Symphony No. 7

[Madiel]

Beethoven: 1st Razumovsky quartet

[AnotherSpin]

Sorabji: Transcendental Etudes, Nos. 63-71
Fredrik Ullén (Piano)

I know Sorabji's famous works are the long ones, but I thought I would give something simpler a try before diving into 4 or 8 hours.

Perhaps you might be curious to dive into the heated discussion about Sorabji that took place here a few months ago.

[steve ridgway]

Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 8

[Mandryka]

Schnittke: Symphony No. 7

And . . .

[Mookalafalas]

Did you try the Stucky?

  I did, and it was lovely.

TD:

  Frankly, I normally skip the Brahms VC when I play through box sets--not because I don't like it, but because I've heard it so often; it generally doesn't wow anymore.
  BUT, this baby WOWs. And, once again, the sound is crazy good. The mic placement and engineering are to die for.

[Traverso]

Bach

Suite 1-4 & 5

[Maestro267]

Saint-Saëns: Bassoon Sonata
Dirk Meijer (bassoon), Jan van Liere (piano)