What are you listening 2 now?

[pjme]

Some festive music !

On CD

[Traverso]

Sibelius

Finlandia

[Traverso]

Ravel

La Valse

Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink

[Karl Henning]

Haydn: keyboard sonata no.11 in B flat



Described as the most imposing of the early sonatas.

Beginning disc number 6 of the 11-disc set. So making progress.

I'd hop in, but I'm unsure which sonata is meant.

TD:

[Traverso]

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No.6

[Florestan]

Last 2024 listening



and



so that I'll step into 2025 with the bits and pieces of the KV 246 "Luetzow" playing in my head.

Five hours and a half till midnight. Wishing you all a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year 2025!

[Bachtoven]

I've been enjoying this recording of concertos and solo pieces by the 6 finalists.Contents:  https://shop.queenelisabethcompetition.be/a-64054219/cds/4cd-piano-2021/

[Tsaraslondon]

Elsa Dreisig is one of the more interesting of today's sopranos and here tackles different characters from the three Da Ponte operas. Fiordiligi, Dorabella and Despina from Cosi fan tutte, the Countess, Susanna and Cherubino from Le nozze di Figaro and Donna Anna, Donna Elvira and Zerlina from Don Giovanni, finishing up with three from Opera Seria, Idomeneo, Lucio Silla and La clemenza di Tito.

Not everything is equally successful. She is, for instance, a more natural Donna Elvira than Donna Anna, but she differentiates the different characters from the different operas really well, not something one can take for granted in Mozart opera recitals.

[Traverso]

Shakespeare's Musick

CD 1

Songs & dances

 

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E Major, 1885 Version. Ed.Leopold Nowak, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, François-Xavier Roth

[Number Six]

Vivaldi: Four Seasons and Violin Concertos
Itzhak Perlman, Israel Philharmonic

[Lisztianwagner]

Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartet No.14

Borodin Quartet

[Linz]

Contemporaries of Mozart volume 1 CD 1, Muzio Clementi, Symphony No.1 and Two Symphonies Op.18, London Mozart Players, Matthias Bamert

[Lisztianwagner]

The Strauss Family can't be left out to celebrate the New Year:

New Year's Concert 2012, Part I

Mariss Jansons & Wiener Philharmoniker

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 5 in B Flat Major, 1878 Version Ed. Leopold Nowak, Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim

[Daverz]

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 - Ashkenazy, Vienna PO, Mehta from 1967.

I was unaware of this recording until recently.  I assume it was "superseded" by the digital recordings with Haitink, but this recording with Mehta is very fine.  It's in Decca's Ashkenazy Concerto recordings box.

[vandermolen]

I thought I'd play out the year with one of my favourite discoveries of 2024 - Maximilian Steinberg's 3rd Symphony.
About 10 days ago I became a grandfather when my daughter produced a daughter. This was a very happy event for me but I am aware of the sadness that this month has brought for others and I am especially thinking of Luke at this time. Often I create a 'Happy Christmas' 'New Year' Thread but this month has been very busy with baby mayhem, However, let me use this space to wish you all a Happy New Year and Every Good Wish for 2025:
Jeffrey 'vandermolen'. 

[Bachtoven]

Popov's Symphony No.1 is so powerful, and the excellent performances are well captured on this SACD.

[VonStupp]

Heitor Villa-Lobos
String Quartet 1
String Quartet 2
String Quartet 3 'Quarteto de Pipocas'
Cuarteto Latinoamericano

Beginning Villa-Lobos' string quartets.
VS

From this set:

[ChamberNut]

I have heard before and REALLY enjoyed Ives' Symphony No. 1 and Central Park in the Park (different performance). These are great performances to my ears.

This was my first time, however, listening to Symphony No. 4.  Oh boy, A LOT to unpack here!? I enjoyed it for the most part, some parts I enjoyed more than others. While I was lukewarm on the Comedy 2nd movement, I was floored and in awe of the 3rd and Final movements. Boy, that final movement is truly unique! 9 out of 10 on this disc.