What are you listening to now?

[HIPster]

Some afternoon Beethoven:
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[Gold Knight]

On Spotify:

Dmitri Shostakovich--Symphony No.8 in C Minor, Op.63, performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Gennady Rozhdestvensky.
Havergal Brian--Symphony No.6 {"Sinfonia Tragica"} and Symphony No.16, both featuring the Myer Fredman led London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Arnold Cooke--Symphony No.3 in D,  performed by the Libor Pesek conducted London Philharmonic Orchestra.

[Jay F]

The Marriage of Figaro

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[Todd]

Wrapping up my extended recent go-round with this cycle.  So good.

[CaughtintheGaze]

Today:
Roge playing Debussy's Images and Preludes
Shaw conducting Hindemith's When Lilacs...
Delius's Sea Drift, Piano Concerto, and Poem of Life and Love
Indermuhle playing Haas, Britten, and Hindemith

[Octave]

Re: Beethoven cello/piano music:

Hi, Octave. On modern instruments, I would recommend Du Pré/Barenboim & Bailey/Dinnerstein... Both of them are simply astonishing. 

Thanks for this recommendation; the Du Pré/Barenboim is at the top of my list, and I will probably be buying her ~complete EMI box this week.  The Bailey/Dinnerstein is a new recommendation to my ears, duly noted.  I'm also interested in the Karttunen/Hakkila if it ever comes back into affordable print.

[listener]

ROENTGEN: Violin Concerto in a,  CHAUSSON: Poème  HUBAY: Violin Concerto no.3
Ragin Wenk-Wolff, violin    Slovak Symphony Orch., Dennis Burkh, cond. (Hubay)
Dvorak Symphony Orch.,  Stanislav Bogunia, cond.
Interesting performances, but she has some intonation problems in double-stops which are disconcerting at the start but become less bothersome as the Roentgen gets out of the academic theme presentation and gets to a meatier and interesting development.
and another of the BARTOK piano music discs played by György Sandor, more folksongs and little pieces. 

[Fafner]

Dmitri Shostakovich - Violin Concerto No. 1
Lisa Batiashvili
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Sälonen

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[jlaurson]

Now:


  A. Bruckner
Symphony No.5
Paavo Järvi / Frankfurt RSO
RCA SACD
German link - UK link
The best of Jaervi's Bruckner yet? First one that really convinces me off the bat, in this series.


Earlier:


  J.S. Bach
"Great Organ Mass"
( Clavierübung III )
Masaaki Suzuki
BIS
German link - UK link
Neat JSB-C-3. On the fast side, but not hurried... nice pulse and nice, clean instrument.  One of the better C-3 I have.

and


  N. Myaskovsky
Symphon No.6
Neeme Järvi / Goetburg Sinf.
DG
German link - UK link

Arguably, probably the best Myaskovsky disc there is.

[Sergeant Rock]

Moeran Serenade in G, JoAnn Falletta conducting the Ulster Orchestra




Sarge

[North Star]

Earlier today:

Bruckner
Symphony No. 5
Wand & NDR

[Karl Henning]

Bruckner
Symphony № 8 in c minor
Wand / Cologne

[Lisztianwagner]

Leos Janacek
Rikadla

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[Sergeant Rock]

Wuorinen, On Alligators and the Fourth String Quartet




Sarge

[Octave]

Wuorinen, On Alligators and the Fourth String Quartet

I once sang the praises of that record, and someone bought it and complained that it induced headaches.  I felt bad about that, whether I was the impetus for the purchase or not.  I'm glad it didn't cause an automobile accident....

[Karl Henning]

I once sang the praises of that record[....]

But -- you don't recant, do you? 

[Sergeant Rock]

I once sang the praises of that record, and someone bought it and complained that it induced headaches.  I felt bad about that, whether I was the impetus for the purchase or not.  I'm glad it didn't cause an automobile accident....

Yeah, the first two works on the disc are rather unrelenting in a migraine way    I'm getting on better with the organ piece (Natural Fantasy) and the Third Piano Concerto. Both "relax" in a way Alligators and the String Quartet don't.


Sarge

[Karl Henning]

Yeah, the first two works on the disc are rather unrelenting in a migraine way 

Hah!

I'm getting on better with the organ piece (Natural Fantasy) and the Third Piano Concerto. Both "relax" in a way Alligators and the String Quartet don't.

That's fair. Did I tell you the story of my introduction to the Third Concerto?

[Karl Henning]

Thread duty:

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[Brian]

Thread duty:

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*grabs dustpan*

Sorry about your table.

(My favorite Iberia recording, period.)