What are you listening 2 now?

[ritter]

Well, given Faure's reluctance to give names to his piano pieces (according to his son, he'd rather have prefered to title them Piano Piece No. This or That) ...

Yes, Fauré was Stockhausen avant la lettre... 

Good evening, Andrei!

Here, listening to Vlado Perlemuter play Mozart's Piano Sonatas K330 to K333, and the Fantasia in C minor K475.

[Florestan]

Yes, Fauré was Stockhausen avant la lettre... 

Non idem est si duo dicunt idem. 

Good evening, Andrei!

'Evening, Rafael!

Here, listening to Vlado Perlemuter play Mozart's Piano Sonatas K330 to K333, and the Fantasia in C minor K475.

Great set! 

[Linz]

Vivaldi 6 Double Concertos, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Janos Rolla & Jean-Pierre Rampal & Isaac Stern, Rolla, Rampal

[Todd]

[Lisztianwagner]

Leoš Janáček
String Quartets No. 1 & 2

Doric String Quartet

[Florestan]

Had some very hectic and stressful days, needed some very calm and soothing music.



Verily did the trick.

[VonStupp]

Wilhelm Stenhammar
String Quartet 1 in C Major
String Quartet 2 in C minor
Stenhammar Quartet

VS

[brewski]

Korngold: "Mein Sehnen, Mein Wähnen" from Die Tote Stadt. Baritone Yantian Sun is studying at Rutgers University, and pianist Carlos Avila is one of the best collaborators around. The last 60 seconds are magical.

-Bruce

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 5 in B Flat Major, 1878 Version Ed. Leopold Nowak Wiener Philharmoniker, Otto Klemperer

[Symphonic Addict]

Ravel: String Quartet

A fine, elegant account of this piece. I wonder if there have been atrocious performances of it.




and Foerster: Symphonies 3 and 4 from these recordings respectively:



There is a little of advance with respect to the first two. In the 3rd each movement gave me the impression of being better than the previous one.

Even though the majestic ending of the 4th lifted my spirits, it didn't thrill me much this time.

[DavidW]

Just the 6th in the latter case.

[hopefullytrusting]

A YouTuber was nice enough to compile and combine all of Naxos's Vivaldi' Cello Concertos (Raphael Wallfisch) into a single video, making for easy listening:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf2bxua3T2U

The music is, of course, rich and sonorous.  

[JBS]

Wilhelm Stenhammar
String Quartet 1 in C Major
String Quartet 2 in C minor
Stenhammar Quartet

VS

I think that's an excellent cycle of quartets that ought to be much better known.

TD
Continuing with this set


Sonatas number 8-11
In c minor Op 13 "Pathetique"
In E major Op 14/1
In G major Op 14/2
In B-flat major Op 22

[Symphonic Addict]

Not as interesting as the volume 1, but enjoyable, nonetheless. The Sunday Sonata is one of those strange inventions proper of this composer. In 4 movements, the first two are for violin and piano, whereas in the third and four movements only participate a solo organ and organ with orchestra respectively. Man, this is wacky, and a curiosity to behold.

[steve ridgway]

Maderna: Quadrivium



I particularly like all the percussion sounds .

[hopefullytrusting]

A Day of D'Indy! (over the next few days)
Rondino (4 trumpets)
Symphony 1
Symphony 2
Symphony 3
Cello Sonata
Choral varié (saxophone version)
Thème varié, fugue and chorale (piano)
Quatre romances sans paroles (piano)

[Kalevala]

Hope to put on some music later today; arm was smarting after latest Covid vaccine (normal for me).

K

[steve ridgway]

Berio: Sinfonia



A nice clear recording; plenty of engaging details could be picked out from the jumble of sounds and styles .

[steve ridgway]

Ligeti: San Francisco Polyphony



A nice sequence of overlapping and contrasting textures from different sections of the orchestra .

[steve ridgway]

Stravinsky: Orpheus



This is flowing along pleasantly so far .