What are you listening 2 now?

[Madiel]

I couldn't wait any longer...

Nielsen: Theme and Variations, with Koppel as the pianist.



I think in this work I prefer Koppel a bit over McCabe. Koppel's slightly looser style seems to suit this music, giving it a smoother flow even though the overall timing of the 2 performances is very similar. In certain variations I can actually hear the theme better in the Koppel.

[Kalevala]

Yes, probably 

and probably that explains my receiving another 'sorry vandermolen you are banned from using this forum' message yesterday!

Oh, no!  Not again!

Prélude a L'Aprés-Midi d'Un Faune.

Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra conducted by Jean Fournet.

How was that one Irons?

K

[ChamberNut]

Disc 3 of this set, which is already paying premium dividends 10% of the way in.

Music of the Troubadours

Move over Castelnuovo-Tedesco string quartets and Magnard's Piano Trio. This disc is now the current front runner for my disc of the year 2025.

I'm astonished. Every fibre of my being would have thought I should not like this or find it at all to my taste. The opposite has happened. Such energetic, vibrant, infectious music with the sensual exotic vocals! Ear worm after ear worm. I feel like a need to get a pet cobra and wicker basket when listening to this! 10 out of 10

[pjme]

explains the slightly archaic tone

yes, lovely dances by Claude Gervaise  (1525 - 1583).

[Kalevala]

Disc 3 of this set, which is already paying premium dividends 10% of the way in.

Music of the Troubadours

Move over Castelnuovo-Tedesco string quartets and Magnard's Piano Trio. This disc is now the current front runner for my disc of the year 2025.

I'm astonished. Every fibre of my being would have thought I should not like this or find it at all to my taste. The opposite has happened. Such energetic, vibrant, infectious music with the sensual exotic vocals! Ear worm after ear worm. I feel like a need to get a pet cobra and wicker basket when listening to this! 10 out of 10

Your description made me laugh but also intrigued me.  This disc has been uploaded onto youtube (by Naxos) and I'm currently checking it out.  By the way, how good are their liner notes and do they have T&T?

K

[Brian]

Nice light start to the morning 

[Que]

18th century Italian mandolin sonatas (with lute or theorbo). Recommended!

[ChamberNut]

Your description made me laugh but also intrigued me.  This disc has been uploaded onto youtube (by Naxos) and I'm currently checking it out.  By the way, how good are their liner notes and do they have T&T?

K

In the boxset, not much in terms of liner notes. No text.

However, I can look at the liner notes, text and translations in the individual Naxos disc release via Presto streaming.

Likely can view also on Naxos website, but not 100% sure.

[Traverso]

Bach

[Karl Henning]

Definitely the first time in my life that my first classical listening is Mahler. Mitropoulos's landmark recording from 4/5 November, 1940.

[pianococo90]

Michael Quell
Energeia aphanés III (Physis) for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and accordion

[Karl Henning]

Definitely the first time in my life that my first classical listening is Mahler. Mitropoulos's landmark recording from 4/5 November, 1940.

I listen to the Mahler First infrequently enough, that I do always enjoy the visit. I like it that way. That said, I do find this account toothsome. It has me thinking of listening again in short order.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

NP:

Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Alexander Lonquich, piano/conductor
Münchener Kammerorchester

From this set -

[Karl Henning]

Michael Quell
Energeia aphanés III (Physis) for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and accordion

Nice scoring!

[ChamberNut]

NP:

Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 37
Alexander Lonquich, piano/conductor
Münchener Kammerorchester

From this set -

Minor. 🙂

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

And now a contrast to the Beethoven:

Bartók
Piano Concerto No. 2, BB 101, Sz.95
Kocsis
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Fischer

From this set -

[Traverso]

Mozart

[DavidW]

Mozart

My favorite recording of the Haffner serenade!

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

NP:

Schubert
Sonatensatz in B-flat, D. 29
Trio Wanderer

From this set -



I've got to say I much prefer the Rachmaninov Trio Moscow performance on the Tudor label compared to this Trio Wanderer performance. The Trio Wanderer's performance breezes through the work, which I know it's an allegro, but the lyricism is lost, IMHO.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

NP:

Schubert
Oktett, D. 803
Javier Zafra, Anne Katharina Schreiber, Teunis van der Zwart, James Munro, Isabelle Faust, Lorenzo Coppola, Danusha Waskiewicz, Kristin von der Goltz