What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Harry]

Franz Lehar.

"Der Graf von Luxemburg"
Operetta, ( Highlights)

Soloists: Hilde Brauner, Kurt Equiluz, Karl Terkal, Friedl Loor.
Choir and Orchestra der Wiener Volksoper, Franz Bauer-Theussl.
Recording date unknown. Somewhere between 1950-60.

The second disc in this box, and a joy to listen too, convincing me, that the voices from a bygone era is for me the place to be vocally.
Friedl Loor and Hilde Brauner are gorgeous, as is Equiluz. The recording is acceptable.

[Harry]

Emmerich Kalman.

"Grafin Mariza"
Highlights

Soloists: Lotte Rysanek, Else Liebesberg, Rudolf Christ, Herbert Prikopa.
Choir and Orchestra der Wiener Volksoper, Franz Bauer Theussl.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, words fail....................
Wonderful sound.

[Coopmv]

I'd rather my wife bought a few more CDs and a lot fewer expensive haircuts and cosmetics and magazines and...never mind.  

Now spinning:

My wife rarely ever buys any CD's and if she does, it is always Broadway or show type of musicals, which I do not listen to.  Her haircuts also do not come out of the common budget ...   

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD6 from this set.  Better hurry, as two more sets of Beethoven Piano Sonatas are on their way and I still have another 150 CD's to listen to and vacation does not start until August ...

[haydnguy]

Moving on in my Haydn Quest:

Symphony No. 38 in C 'Echo'
Symphony No. 39 in G minor
Symphony 'A' in B flat
Symphony 'B' in B flat
Volume 1, Brilliant Boxed Set

[greg]

Turned on the second. Sounds really good so far.

[Catison]

Still loving every second of Martinu!

[DavidRoss]

Turned on the second. Sounds really good so far.

Yep.  Mahler-lovin' Dave recommended it highly a few years back and it deserves all the accolades--a middle course, interpretively, with uniformly solid performances and decent sound and a pretty good DLVDE thrown in for good measure.  Add the bargain price and this is a set to reckon with, all the Mahler most folks will ever need (supplemented with a disc or two of song cycles and maybe a completion of the 10th).

Now playing--Mozart piano sonatas, disc 5 from Uchida's set:



(Wow!  Getting the image from Amazon I saw that this is now just $25.)

[George]

After sampling the Smetana, Vegh (stereo), Borodin and the Quartetto Italiano in Beethoven's Op. 132, I have decided to listen to the entire work by the latter group, my current favorite for this very special work.

LvB
Op. 132
Quartetto Italiano

For ChamberNut and Andy! 

[ChamberNut]

After sampling the Smetana, Vegh (stereo), Borodin and the Quartetto Italiano in Beethoven's Op. 132, I have decided to listen to the entire work by the latter group, my current favorite for this very special work.

LvB
Op. 132
Quartetto Italiano

For ChamberNut and Andy! 

0:)

[mahler10th]

In the tray...

[Catison]

Another gift from a friend.

[not edward]

Somewhat to my surprise, this work is growing on me:

[mahler10th]

I ejected Vivaldi from the tray because I couldn't be bothered with such delightful music.     In the tray now is this instad...

Thinking mans music.   

[Bogey]

Now playing--Mozart piano sonatas, disc 5 from Uchida's set:



(Wow!  Getting the image from Amazon I saw that this is now just $25.)

Still my favorite performances of these sonatas, Dave.

[Catison]

In the tray...

You know, I agree that this is a "cool" sounding phrase, giving CDs that aura from the LP era.  But for God's sake don't use it every post!

[Coopmv]

In the tray...

I have this excellent recording ...   

[Coopmv]

CD9
1. Concerto in G major BWV 592 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
2. Wir glauben all an einen Gott, Vater, BWV 740 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
3. Valet will ich dir geben, BWV 736 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
4. Praeludium & Fuga in G minor BWV 535 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
5. Partite diverse sopra: O Gott du frommer Gott, BWV 767 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
6. Herzlich lieb hab ich dir, o Herr (Johann Ludwig Krebs)
7. Wir Christen Leut (Johann Christoph Oley)
8. Trio in G major (Gottried August Homilius)
9. Praeludium & Fuga in D minor Op. 37 No. 3 (Felix Mendelssohn)

Jan Jongepier, organ
The organ of the Great or Jacobijner Church, Leeuwarden
Recording: 1991

Very interesting recording.  Unfortunately, it is OOP and I am not willing to pay for the asking price available from Amazon MarketPlace vendor ...   

[Coopmv]

Having a change of pace here and taking a break from my Kempff's Stereo Beethoven PS set.  Now playing CD1 from this set, which arrived earlier this week ...

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD2 from this set, which arrived earlier this week.  I already have these recordings on CD singles I bought back in the 80's.  But CD's do not last forever, I bought these just in case ...