What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Opus106]

At the peak of Genius or thereabouts!

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Octet, Op. 20
Academy Chamber Ensemble

[madaboutmahler]

Excerpts from the 12 remaining contenders in the Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra Blind Comparison - I know exactly which my own personal top 5 are now.

[Sergeant Rock]

Beethoven Symphony #5 C minor, Celibidache conducting the Munich Phil




Sarge

[Karl Henning]

Sometimes, I could listen to Дмитри Дмитриевич all day . . . .

Дмитри Дмитриевич [ Dmitri Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ]
Симфония № 7 до мажор « Ленинградская », соч. 60 [ Symphony № 7 in C, Opus 60 "Leningrad" ]
Cz Phil
Ančerl

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[Lisztianwagner]

Bohuslav Martinu
Paino Concerto No.4

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[Sergeant Rock]

Miaskovsky Symphony #10 F minor op.30, Svetlanov conducting




Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Miaskovsky Symphony #19 E flat op.46 (for band), Svetlanov conducting




Sarge

[Drasko]

Supraphon LP

[Brian]

Weinberg's clarinet sonata:

[madaboutmahler]

Virtual Promming on BBC Radio 3:
Barenboim conducting the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra live. Beethoven 1 has just come to a close, great performance! No.2 later.

hmmmm... should I listen to the Boulez coming up....

[annie]

[Lisztianwagner]

Virtual Promming on BBC Radio 3:
Barenboim conducting the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra live. Beethoven 1 has just come to a close, great performance! No.2 later.

hmmmm... should I listen to the Boulez coming up....

I've been listening to the concert as well, Barenboim was splendid in Beethoven!

[PaulR]

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Sonata for Clarinet & Piano transcribed for Viola.
Adler's playing of the transcribed Sonata is enjoyable, but I prefer the clarinet version if for the sole reason I find the timbre of the clarinet to be more suited to the piece (as it should be, since it was written for that instrument).  I find Adler's playing to be a little to rough. 

[madaboutmahler]

I've been listening to the concert as well, Barenboim was splendid in Beethoven!

Certainly! Currently, there is an very interesting, amusing interview, Barenboim talking about Beethoven. Enjoying it very much, and looking forward to watching his performance of the 2nd symphony in a few minutes!

[Lisztianwagner]

Certainly! Currently, there is an very interesting, amusing interview, Barenboim talking about Beethoven. Enjoying it very much, and looking forward to watching his performance of the 2nd symphony in a few minutes!

So am I, that's really very interesting! Is the concert being broadcast on TV there? What luck!

[listener]

BRAHMS  Piano Trios 1 in B op. 8   2 in C op. 87
Stefan Mendl, piano,   Wolfgang Redik, violin    Marcus Trefny, cello
George LLOYD  Lament,  Air and Dance; Sonata   for violin and piano
Tasmin Little, violin     Martin Roscoe, piano

[madaboutmahler]

So am I, that's really very interesting! Is the concert being broadcast on TV there? What luck!

Symphony no.2 has just finished, absolutely great performance! Barenboim really is a remarkable conductor, what confidence he has in the orchestra!
Ilaria - yes, this particular concert and various other Prom concerts are broadcasted on the BBC, this was on BBC 4. I think that if you are able to access 'BBC Iplayer' in Italy, you will be able to watch recordings of these concerts up to 7 days after the concert.

[PaulR]

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Cello Concerto

One of the few pieces of Elgar that I like.  The scoring of the first movement is brilliant (such as restrained use of the full orchestra for where the cello isn't playing).

[PaulR]

Add Sea Pictures to the list off Elgar I like.  The music was just beautiful.
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Symphony #5

[Lisztianwagner]

Symphony no.2 has just finished, absolutely great performance! Barenboim really is a remarkable conductor, what confidence he has in the orchestra!
Ilaria - yes, this particular concert and various other Prom concerts are broadcasted on the BBC, this was on BBC 4. I think that if you are able to access 'BBC Iplayer' in Italy, you will be able to watch recordings of these concerts up to 7 days after the concert.

I agree, the 2nd Symphony was absolutely beautiful! Barenboim's interpretation was really splendid, he did a marvelous performance in the 1st Symphony as well; I think he didn't show only his great confidence with the orchestra, but also his confidence with Beethoven's music. Looking forward to listening to the other concerts of the Beethoven Cycle!
Thank you for the suggestion, Daniel; have a nice evening!