What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[listener]

KURKA   The Good Soldier Schweik
    Chicago Opera Theatre    2001
Very much in the style of  Kurt Weill with occasional echoes of Philip Glass (without the longueurs)
   wind ensemble, no strings
notes, text (it's in English and singers articulate well), and booklet of photos from the Chicago staging.

[mc ukrneal]

Just thoroughly enjoyable - this Offenbach gets better with each listening (now the cello concerto):

[Harry]

This baby came in today, and I am sampling through all 50 cd's, sounds good sofar, apart from a disc where Rene Jacobs sings on as a evangelist, I cannot stand his voice ughhh.

[George]

Morning, friends! 

Beethoven
Pathetique Sonata
Firkusny

I don't know how I managed to miss hearing this pianist until now (though I think I may have his Janacek), but I will be seeking out more of his recordings. A solid performance of this popular work!

[mc ukrneal]

Morning, friends! 

Beethoven
Pathetique Sonata
Firkusny

I don't know how I managed to miss hearing this pianist until now (though I think I may have his Janacek), but I will be seeking out more of his recordings. A solid performance of this popular work!

I've heard that his op 109 (no 30) is one of the best, but it is oop. I suppose I could cave in and pay the roughly ~$20 or so at Arkiv, but that seems excessive to me. Maybe I'll get lucky one day...

EDIT: Actually - it looks like you are playing that disc. Let us know what you think of that one too (please!).

[Sean]

Sviridov- Piano quintet and Music for chamber orchestra: the first is all as the Shostakovich and the second rather Martinuesque with its prominent part for piano over strings. This stuff is almost good enough to make me want to explore further, but not quite.

[karlhenning]

. . . the first is all as the Shostakovich . . . .

What are we missing there, Sean?

[Sergeant Rock]

Listening to some catchy melodies 



Sarge

[Antoine Marchand]

Excellent Buxtehude's chamber music licensed from the Danish label Dacapo. 

[DavidW]

I listened to some Haydn fortepiano sonatas from the big box.  I have to admit that I find it compelling, dynamic, and the recording wasn't overly bright like the last PI recording that I listened to, it was quite charming.

[DavidRoss]

I listened to some Haydn fortepiano sonatas from the big box.  I have to admit that I find it compelling, dynamic, and the recording wasn't overly bright like the last PI recording that I listened to, it was quite charming.

Forgive my ignorance, David, but which big box is that?

Now dazzling:  Proky's PC #3 by Argerich, Abbado, & the BP, from:

[Antoine Marchand]

Forgive my ignorance, David, but which big box is that?

This one:




155 CDs, including the complete piano sonatas (on period instruments) by different and skilled performers. 

[SonicMan46]

Out of town for a long weekend; on Monday the mailman brought us 4 days worth which included a bunch of packages for me, so will have some new CD listening to do - up for this morning, some cello music:

Haydn, Joseph - Cello Concertos & Sinfornia Concertante w/ Hidemi Suzuki on cello + Sigiswald Kuijken & La Petite Band - fabulous recording!

Dvorak & Elgar - Cello Concertos w/ Maria Kliegel + Michael Halasz & Royal PO - already own these 'war horses' but wanted another interpretation - purchase based on a number of great reviews, including the one HERE & the price - coming up next - 

 

[Antoine Marchand]

This one:




155 CDs, including the complete piano sonatas (on period instruments) by different and skilled performers. 

This big box set includes not only the complete piano sonatas (10 CDs), but also the variations, dances, arrangements and the Seven Last Words (5 CDs), all performed on pianoforte.

These are the original releases:



Piano sonatas




Divertimenti

[karlhenning]

First listen!

Copland
Connotations (1962)
NY Phil
Lenny

Thrilling piece!

[bhodges]

First listen!

Copland
Connotations (1962)
NY Phil
Lenny

Thrilling piece!

Has quite an impact, doesn't it!  I bought that recording after hearing it live with the Juilliard Orchestra a few years back--quite a different side of Copland.

--Bruce

[DavidW]

Yup Antoine has it right, I can't remember which disc I pulled out Dave (as it was the first thing I did in the morning) but I remembered that it had a mix of works from the 1760s and 70s, and the performances were agile, delicate without crossing the border to fussiness.

[karlhenning]

Has quite an impact, doesn't it!  I bought that recording after hearing it live with the Juilliard Orchestra a few years back--quite a different side of Copland.

And it's nice to see other sides to Copland, Bruce!

And now:

Copland
Concerto for clarinet, hp, pf & strings (1947)
Stanley Drucker, cl
NY Phil
Lenny

[The new erato]

This one:




155 CDs, including the complete piano sonatas (on period instruments) by different and skilled performers. 

My box has 150 CDs! 

[DavidW]

My box has 150 CDs! 

Yeah the 155 is the Bach set.  The Haydn is 150.  I guess I'm not the only owner of both.   That probably explains why 90% of my listening seems to be Haydn and Bach.