What are you listening 2 now?

[Karl Henning]

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

NP: Schumann Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47



Always when I'm listening to either Schumann or Brahms, it's like returning home. Such exquisiteness.

[Karl Henning]

[Karl Henning]

[Brian]

I've been having fun finding some hidden gems from the "cheap days" of early Naxos. First listen to all this music except the Nielsen. Musicians come from the state opera orchestra and Trondheim Symphony.

[SonicMan46]

Well, sticking w/ Wolfie for the afternoon and morning - Kristian Bezuidenhout on fortepianos - Dave

[Karl Henning]

I've been having fun finding some hidden gems from the "cheap days" of early Naxos. First listen to all this music except the Nielsen. Musicians come from the state opera orchestra and Trondheim Symphony.

"Naxos: The Cheap Era!"

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Bach

CD 1

I just saw the price. Omg. 😆

[Mister Sharpe]

Up next, the complete Schubert for violin and piano (excepting one small, relatively insignificant work).  The program includes his Arpeggione, played not by Goldberg & Lupu but Maurice Cendron & Jean Françaix in a mono recording from '52 and not on the curious eponymous instrument but a cello. 

[Que]

[DavidW]

Up next, the complete Schubert for violin and piano (excepting one small, relatively insignificant work).  The program includes his Arpeggione, played not by Goldberg & Lupu but Maurice Cendron & Jean Françaix in a mono recording from '52 and not on the curious eponymous instrument but a cello. 

Lupu is my favorite pianist for Schubert. And that recording is great!

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

This might be an odd pairing, but...

NP:

Schubert
Violin Sonata in A major, D. 574
Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov

Szymanowski
Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 9
Sueye Park, Roland Pöntinen

[Traverso]

I just saw the price. Omg. 😆

Are you interested?

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Are you interested?

If you can find his Dvorak New World and Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition, would you please let me know? I always look for them when I'm in Tokyo, but Ive never found them.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

NP: Martinů Symphony No. 3, H. 299



The 3rd has become my favorite Martinů symphony and this particular performance is probably the finest from Neumann's cycle. I'm still not completely satisfied with the audio quality of Neumann's cycle, but he's a force to be reckoned with in this symphony.

[VonStupp]

Oh, I haven't listened in an age, and you indirectly urge me to rectify that!

NP: Sibelius Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3, Opp. 39 & 52

Looks like I'm going to go through the Sibelius yet again, but this time with Bernstein at the helm. One of the great all-time Sibelius cycles, IMHO.

Good to have someone joining in!

For tonight:

Jean Sibelius
Symphony no. 2 in D Major, op. 43
NYPO - Leonard Bernstein

VS



From this set:

[Symphonic Addict]

Thorvaldsóttir: Enigma, for string quartet

Dark, thought-provoking, atmospheric music at its best stupendously captured on this recording.

[brewski]

About to begin, live from Roulette in Brooklyn, a live tribute to Terry Riley, whose 90th birthday is today. The program starts with The Holy Liftoff (2024) featuring Claire Chase on flute, and the classic In C (1964) with about 40 of the city's best musicians.

The single-page score to In C is below.

[Mister Sharpe]

Lupu is my favorite pianist for Schubert. And that recording is great!

Concur; he was an extraordinary pianist, but he seemed to have a special affinity for Schubert, a lyrical sensitivity and an obsession for dynamic shadings as well as the ability to produce them. Never tire of his Impromptus, which I bought as they were released.   

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Continuing on with the Penderecki symphonies --- NP: Symphony No. 2, "Christmas"