What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Florestan]

Chausson

Concert for Piano, Violin and SQ

Perlman / Bolet / Juilliard SQ

[karlhenning]

Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 6 in E Minor
iv. Epilogue (Moderato)
Royal Liverpool Phil / Handley

Good morning, blithe spirits all!

[not edward]

Yesterday I went to a completely full (I had to stand) short concert with Corelli's La Folia variations and Schnittke's A Paganini and Suite in the Old Style. On getting home I listened to several Schubert sonatas as played by Richter. I finished it up with this fascinating disc:

[Harry]

Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 6 in E Minor
iv. Epilogue (Moderato)
Royal Liverpool Phil / Handley

Good morning, blithe spirits all!

Goodafternoon Karl!

[karlhenning]

Good Dutch afternoon, Harry! 

Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor
Royal Liverpool Phil / Handley

[Harry]

Andreas Romberg

String Quartets, volume I.

Opus 1,1 in E fkat major.
Opus 1,2 in G minor.
Opus 1,3 in F major.

Leipziger Streichquartett.

Well another greatness on my list, I am getting spoiled, that's for sure. Romberg was unknown to me, so a hefty surprise walked in, and overwhelmed me totally. Chamber music pur sang. Every little stream of notes tells of beauty, and compassion in the most elaborate colours, that makes one's mind wandering distant shores. Unnoticed and unloved many years had to pass before MDG conceived these wonderful recordings, were the Leipzigers have as much fun, as I have, listening to it.
Firmly recommended, disappointment free purchase!

[Bogey]

Copland Rodeo.....errr, ummmmm, Slatkin/St. Louis SO 

and a good morning.

[Harry]

Copland Rodeo.....errr, ummmmm, Slatkin/St. Louis SO 

and a good morning.

Good Dutch afternoon Bill!

[Haffner]

Beethoven

Symphonies 6,5

Weil/Tafelmusik



Review on the HIP LvB thread

"Dude, I'm so there my there is there" .

[Harry]

Allan Pettersson

Symphony No 6 in one movement. (60:38)

Deutsches SO Berlin/Manfred Trojahn

"Give me a God to utter what I suffer".

"One of the greatest confessional compositions in the whole of music literature"

It is really hard to describe what emotion he brings to the surface, but I am immersed in it, as in no other composer!
Quality and dimension, expressive, deeply sad, but I feel at home there, in the despair of this turmoil.
Is that so strange feeling akin to what is pouring out of the genius of one man?
I remain firm! One of the great composers of the 20th century, and very near the top!
The recording is fine, but I miss Alun Francis here, who is more intense still.

[karlhenning]

If only paulb were here to read of your enthusiasm, Harry!

[Haffner]

Copland Rodeo.....errr, ummmmm, Slatkin/St. Louis SO 

and a good morning.

Found it! Thank you, Amazon (and thanks to you Bill as well!)

[Harry]

If only paulb were here to read of your enthusiasm, Harry!

Well were is this fellow, so that we may share?

[karlhenning]

Expect imminent email, mijn vriend!

[Todd]

Fine performances, fine sound, fine disc.  It just has the relative misfortune of arriving so soon after Russell Sherman's superior recordings.  Still, $6 well spent.

[not edward]

Some excellent 20th century organ music:

[toledobass]

Grimaud playing Chopin's G minor Ballade.


Allan

[bhodges]

Tonight, the new music group ModernWorks in the following program:

John Cage: Music for Four; The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs
Earle Brown: Special Events for cello and piano
Riccardo Piacentini: The Brown Cage-a tribute to John Cage and Earle Brown (world premiere)
Ada Gentile: Perviolocellosolo; A Day in the Life of Betty Boop
Salvatore Sciarrino: Ai limiti della notte; Appendice alla perfezione

--Bruce

[Harry]

Justin Heinrich Knecht. (1752-1817)

Organ Works.

Franz Rami, Gabler organ in Weingarten.

Smashing works, going down well with me, and on a beautiful organ too, well recorded.
Never heard of the fellow, but now I am on the lookout for more works of this genius.
Bach would have liked his works, I am sure!
Delicious!

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Heinrich_Knecht

Sorry only in German, for me no problem, but you know..........

[karlhenning]

Britten
Peter Grimes
Act III, Scene 1