What are you listening 2 now?

[Mandryka]

Hard to say, it came to me spontaneously. The idea that the dog was being pulled along by its owner while it wanted to sniff around longer seemed like a funny image to me, certainly not meant with an insulting intention.

If it feels that whay I will avoid such expressions in the future.

No it didn't feel that way at all.  I want more of the same! 

[Tsaraslondon]

An absolute classic of the gramophone.

[Mandryka]

Ich Hatte Viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21

Hat tip to @Mandryka for the mention of Leusink and Co. Had a listen to BWV 21 this morning, and I like pretty much everything about it, though it may not be for everybody.
There's a certain rough and ready quality to it that whether deliberate or not, has the effect of making the music feel less ex cathedra, more like a fresh offering straight out the box, an interesting quality with its own potency. I liked the sound of the boys choir too for similar reasons, listening to Bach knock together a rehearsal in the local church rather than a performance in a grand setting. Plenty of approaches possible with these marvellous pieces, but I must say these ones have caught my ear.

Leusink's a bit of a pariah among the cognoscenti partly because they don't like the rough and ready quality -- you know what they're like -- but also because he makes quite a bit of cash out of his Bach concerts (people like Bach in Holland so he can sell tickets in little towns in the middle of nowhere)   but pays his singers a pittance, and apparently treats them shabbily (horrible food, one night cheap hotels with uncomfortable beds, third class travel. punishing regime  etc.)

[AnotherSpin]

Does anyone know which performance this is of Ravel's piano concerto?  22.30

Shazam reports that this is Michelangeli with the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Ettore Gracis.

[nico1616]

My third Mozart piano sonatas cycle, after Uchida and Pires. Maybe this one will become my favorite of the three.

[Traverso]

No it didn't feel that way at all.  I want more of the same! 

What a relief ,

I once posted a joke on another forum that I found too risky and I deleted the message. Then reactions, why did you delete that post, it was very funny.

You never know with these kinds of things. I don't make it up, it just bubbles up in me.
Especially nowadays where the sense of irony seems to have completely disappeared and even Falwty towers is broadcast with disclaimers.
I like to gnaw on chair legs...

It is not possible for the dog to walk on, he has to sniff, please let the animal go its own way!

[Traverso]

Shazam reports that this is Michelangeli with the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Ettore Gracis.

Thank you very much for the information. And it turns out that I have the performance in question.
It turns out that I listened more closely to the music in the television broadcast. I'll have to listen to that recording again soon.

[AnotherSpin]

Thank you very much for the information. And it turns out that I have the performance in question.
It turns out that I listened more closely to the music in the television broadcast. I'll have to listen to that recording again soon.

I'm not entirely sure Shazam got it right—mistakes do happen—and I haven't had the chance to compare it with the existing recordings by Michelangeli. Today, my wife and I are making use of a rare opportunity to visit our city apartment, which we aren't living in at the moment due to the threat of shelling. We're preparing some freshly caught fish for dinner. But if it truly is Michelangeli, I absolutely love his rendition of this magnificent concerto.

[Traverso]

I'm not entirely sure Shazam got it right—mistakes do happen—and I haven't had the chance to compare it with the existing recordings by Michelangeli. Today, my wife and I are making use of a rare opportunity to visit our city apartment, which we aren't living in at the moment due to the threat of shelling. We're preparing some freshly caught fish for dinner. But if it truly is Michelangeli, I absolutely love his rendition of this magnificent concerto.

It is the recording as you mentioned,It is indeed very beautiful .Bon appétite 

[Traverso]

Bach

[Roasted Swan]

I'm not entirely sure Shazam got it right—mistakes do happen—and I haven't had the chance to compare it with the existing recordings by Michelangeli. Today, my wife and I are making use of a rare opportunity to visit our city apartment, which we aren't living in at the moment due to the threat of shelling. We're preparing some freshly caught fish for dinner. But if it truly is Michelangeli, I absolutely love his rendition of this magnificent concerto.

I had a quick look online and given that you can see it is an HMV record being played by that measure alone I guessed it was either Michelangeli or possibly the Cortot but more likely the former........

[Spotted Horses]

I've decided to listen through Haydn's Symphonies. Rather than listen linearly 1-104 I've made a randomized list. This way I won't get bogged down in a specific style period. I will randomly pick recordings by different artists, mostly Fey (when it arrives) Harnoncourt, Bruggens, Davies, Kuijken, maybe some red herrings like Karajan. First up, No 63.

Antonini, then Marriner.




Usually I'm an HIP guy, but Antonini seemed to fly by, Marriner made a stronger impression.

[Florestan]

I've decided to listen through Haydn's Symphonies. Rather than listen linearly 1-104 I've made a randomized list. This way I won't get bogged down in a specific style period. I will randomly pick recordings by different artists, mostly Fey (when it arrives)

The Fey set has them already mixed up. 

[ando]

Mahler: Symphony no.1



Getting to know the Mahler symphonies better is on my "to do" list, though I'm starting off with one of the ones I know relatively well already. And arguably one of the less challenging ones too, though the 1st movement fascinates me.

Thought you might find Gielen's live video recording of the Mahler 9 of interest:

[VonStupp]

George Lloyd
Royal Parks
Diversions on a Bass Theme
Evening Song
H.M.S. Trinidad March
English Heritage
A Miniature Triptych

Equale Brass Quintet
Black Dyke Mills Band - David King

Lyrita adds the 17-minute A Miniature Triptych from the original release. Too bad King's Messenger hasn't been recorded yet.

I am going to guess the George Lloyd Lyrita Signature Editions will be my favorite purchased set from 2024, although, to be listened to in 2025. Luckily, I never owned many of the Albany recordings.

[Traverso]

I had a quick look online and given that you can see it is an HMV record being played by that measure alone I guessed it was either Michelangeli or possibly the Cortot but more likely the former........

It is Michelangeli...

[Spotted Horses]

The Fey set has them already mixed up. 

Mixer up, but not necessarily random.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Bach violin sonatas and partitas.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

What a relief ,

I once posted a joke on another forum that I found too risky and I deleted the message. Then reactions, why did you delete that post, it was very funny.

You never know with these kinds of things. I don't make it up, it just bubbles up in me.
Especially nowadays where the sense of irony seems to have completely disappeared and even Falwty towers is broadcast with disclaimers.
I like to gnaw on chair legs...

It is not possible for the dog to walk on, he has to sniff, please let the animal go its own way!

A cat would have been cuter, possibly? 😸　Plus some emojis to maintain lightness? 🥰🥰🥰

[Florestan]

Mixer up, but not necessarily random.