What are you listening 2 now?

[Kalevala]

Lucie Horsch: The Frans Brüggen Project

You're back to you! 

K

p.s.  I'm beat.  It's been a long day. Maybe a music break for me?  Sweet dreams to all (or good morning or afternoon?).

[Number Six]

You're back to you! 

K

p.s.  I'm beat.  It's been a long day. Maybe a music break for me?  Sweet dreams to all (or good morning or afternoon?).

I figured out how to change my display name. 

[Number Six]

Alexis Weissenberg plays Haydn Sonatas

[AnotherSpin]

Presumably this is orchestral pieces? I can't find it on Apple Music.

I'm happy enough with Solti, Szell, and Karajan collections of preludes, etc. But it would be nice to hear this one. I found something similar from him on Decca just now, so that's good. 

This album is on Qobuz. If you're seriously interested in Wagner, you can't do without Knappertsbusch. If not that serious, Solti and Karajan will suffice.

[Kalevala]

I figured out how to change my display name. 

Good for you!

K

[Number Six]

This album is on Qobuz. If you're seriously interested in Wagner, you can't do without Knappertsbusch. If not that serious, Solti and Karajan will suffice.

Ouch, throwing the gauntlet! 

I found it on Spotify. Obviously, he has a lot of recordings of the operas. But for the moment, I just wanted the orchestral stuff. 

[Que]

Disc 2: Moralia 29-47, Harmoniæ Morales 1-19.

[Florestan]

These days more than ever I need music to take me as far as possible from the real, contemporary world. Yes, pure escapism. This charming recording in superb sound fits the bill to a tee.

[Lisztianwagner]

Who knew that Karajan and the VPO had a great Planets in them.  And this was his first recording of it.  In fact, I'd say this is the kind of music that he excelled in more than the core Germanic repetoire.  (I'm thinking of his Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Honegger, and Sibelius.)

So true, they recorded a terrific performance of The Planets, colourful and suggestive; the orchestral sonorities are vivid and beautifully changing, they greatly unfold the mutable textures of the piece. I think the recording Karajan made with the VPO is even better than the one he made with the BPO.
I certainly agree Karajan's style wonderfully fit Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Honegger and Sibelius, but his German repertoire isn't less extraordinary in my opinion.

[Traverso]

Dowland

CD 2

[Que]

I still don't get why Jacques Duphly continues to be so under appreciated... Too theatrical?  Anyway, if this superb 2CD selection from his four books of harpsichord music played by Christophe Rousset doesn't win you over, nothing will . Like Jean-Patrice Brosse in his complete Duphly series (Pierre Vérany), Rousset plays a sumptuous sounding harpsichord by Christian Kroll.

https://www.classicstoday.com/review/jacques-duphly-christophe-rousset-aparte/

[Traverso]

Beethoven

pianoconcerto No.5  (1964)

Claudio Arrau

Concertgebouw Orcherstra

Bernard Haitink

A bit of a strange box  contains two original Philips CDs from the Netherlands and one from Japan (3&4)

[Traverso]

Dvořák

CD 1

Slavonic Dances op.46*
Czech Suite op.39
Prague Waltzes
Polonaises
Polka

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra * 
Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Antal Dorati

[Brian]

I've seen enough recommendations for this new disc to try it rather than rolling my eyes at the silly cover/title.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

LvB sonatas. Paul Badura-Skoda.

[Karl Henning]

I've seen enough recommendations for this new disc to try it rather than rolling my eyes at the silly cover/title.

I await your report, sieur!

[Karl Henning]

"Papa"
Symphony № 2 in C, Hob. I:2
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood

Symphony № 3 in G, Hob. I:3
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies

[Brian]

I await your report, sieur!

I really love Golda Schultz' voice, but what makes this an interesting recital is how many of the tracks are group efforts - there are seven other credited singers taking a total of 15 other roles! The orchestra is mostly modern with period trumpet, horn, and fortepiano, which I like.

[Traverso]

Byrd

[Spotted Horses]

Bacewicz Piano Quintet No 1, Silesian Quartet, Switala



After listening to the Messages Quartet on DUX I listened to this version, which I find slightly less attractive because the piano sound is not as rich as in the DUX recording. However it remains clear that this is utterly brilliant music from Bacewicz.