What are you listening to now?

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North Star

#11240
October 04, 2013, 05:22:37 AM
Good day/morning, everyone!

Berg
Violin Concerto
Mutter, Levine & CSO
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"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

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marvinbrown

#11241
October 04, 2013, 05:24:28 AM
Quote from: Drasko on October 04, 2013, 03:49:00 AM
I agree. Try streaming this one. It's mid 50s live recording and it's bit cut I believe, but Cerquetti and Christoff sing up a storm.

http://www.operatoday.com/content/2006/09/verdi_i_vespri_.php

or direct streaming link: http://www.operatoday.com/Vespri1.m3u

  Thank you Drasko  8).

  marvin

Brahmsian

#11242
October 04, 2013, 05:27:58 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 04, 2013, 05:12:29 AM
More barnyard Haydn, Symphony #83 G minor, the Hen, Lenny conducting


Sarge

;D

One of my favourites, la poule!   Or affectionately I sometimes refer to it as:  The Chicken Symphony.  8)

Todd

#11243
October 04, 2013, 05:28:37 AM




Starting the day with some mighty fine Handel.
The universe is change; life is opinion. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

People would rather believe than know - E.O. Wilson

Propaganda death ensemble - Tom Araya

Sergeant Rock

#11244
October 04, 2013, 05:44:08 AM
Shostakovich Symphony #2 B major op.14 "To October"




Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Sergeant Rock

#11245
October 04, 2013, 06:11:51 AM
Haydn String Quartet B minor op.33/1 played by the Quatuor Mosaiques




Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Karl Henning

#11246
October 04, 2013, 06:19:57 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 04, 2013, 05:44:08 AM
Shostakovich Symphony #2 B major op.14 "To October"



Enlarge your thoughts whenever you may, Sarge, I am interested!
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Opus106

#11247
October 04, 2013, 06:27:51 AM
Quote from: Conor on October 04, 2013, 03:41:05 AM
Bach: Partita For Solo Violin No. 2 In D Minor, BWV 1004



At about the same time I was listening to the A minor sonata from the same set. This work is fast becoming my favourite of the lot.
Regards,
Navneeth

Mirror Image

#11248
October 04, 2013, 06:39:39 AM
Quote from: kyjo on October 04, 2013, 04:54:34 AM
Great to see you getting into some Mahler, John! Solti's Fifth is the best of his cycle and one of the finest performances of this symphony on record.

Yeah, I like Mahler's music a lot. I'm not a Mahler nut like some of our members are, though. ;) :D

Mirror Image

#11249
October 04, 2013, 06:48:02 AM
A little Bartok before I head into work:



Listening to Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion, and Orchestra. Excellent performance with the Labeque sisters.

North Star

#11250
October 04, 2013, 06:56:51 AM Last Edit: October 04, 2013, 07:11:10 AM by North Star
Beethoven
Piano Sonatas Opp. 109-111
Penelope Crawford   (Graf from 1835)
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"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

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Lisztianwagner

#11251
October 04, 2013, 07:05:49 AM
Claude Debussy
Images: Iberia

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"You cannot expect the Form before the Idea, for they will come into being together." - Arnold Schönberg

AnthonyAthletic

#11252
October 04, 2013, 07:30:16 AM
A Naxos lovers must have (not only this but the whole cycle) :  Third time of listening, and it gets better and better.

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Petrenko does it again.  Another superb release from Naxos in the ongoing cycle.  I can't wait for Babi (next up I think).  This is a brutal torturous symphony the first movement clatters the eardrums within the opening minute.  The opening of the fourth always startles me and startles my Daughter even more (She's 14) when she sits there unaware that I have cranked the amp up and am just about to press the start button.  Last night she was sat about 3 feet away from the right speaker when I clicked go on Shosty 4.  She nearly fell off the chair and I was delighted to see the horror in her face as the opening screech made her jump out of her skin.  Those clarinets and slashing strings are "Anton Phibes-ly Done" (grotesque is too kind a word)  8) great for shifting the grumpy teenagers out of the listening room! 

This symphony is so loud and powerful its another godsend, and you get a tributed Mahlerian Intermezzo sandwiching the two outer movements.  Great series so far, one of the best cycles to buy and grow with piecemeal.  Hope we get a huge bass for Babi....

"Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying"      (Arthur C. Clarke)

Sadko

#11253
October 04, 2013, 07:34:54 AM
Pachelbel

Hexachordum Appollinis

Marga Scheurich (harpsichord)

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Brahmsian

#11254
October 04, 2013, 07:37:55 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on October 04, 2013, 07:30:16 AM
A Naxos lovers must have (not only this but the whole cycle) :  Third time of listening, and it gets better and better.

[asin]B00CX1Z5ZO[/asin]
Petrenko does it again.  Another superb release from Naxos in the ongoing cycle.  I can't wait for Babi (next up I think).  This is a brutal torturous symphony the first movement clatters the eardrums within the opening minute.  The opening of the fourth always startles me and startles my Daughter even more (She's 14) when she sits there unaware that I have cranked the amp up and am just about to press the start button.  Last night she was sat about 3 feet away from the right speaker when I clicked go on Shosty 4.  She nearly fell off the chair and I was delighted to see the horror in her face as the opening screech made her jump out of her skin.  Those clarinets and slashing strings are "Anton Phibes-ly Done" (grotesque is too kind a word)  8) great for shifting the grumpy teenagers out of the listening room! 

This symphony is so loud and powerful its another godsend, and you get a tributed Mahlerian Intermezzo sandwiching the two outer movements.  Great series so far, one of the best cycles to buy and grow with piecemeal.  Hope we get a huge bass for Babi....

*Pounds the table!*  I am so looking forward to hearing Petrenko's 4th.  Thanks for your thoughts, Tony.  :)

listener

#11256
October 04, 2013, 07:59:08 AM
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto no. 1     R. STRAUSS: Burleske
Byron Janis, piano     Chicago Symphony Orch.     Reiner, cond.
mono recordings from 1957
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"Keep your hand on the throttle and your eye on the rail as you walk through life's pathway."

Sergeant Rock

#11257
October 04, 2013, 08:00:45 AM
Arnold Bax Symphony #5 (1931-32), Handley conducting the BBC Phil




Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

AnthonyAthletic

#11258
October 04, 2013, 08:02:42 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on October 04, 2013, 07:37:55 AM
*Pounds the table!*  I am so looking forward to hearing Petrenko's 4th.  Thanks for your thoughts, Tony.  :)

Hope you get to hear it soon, I actually heard it as part of the mp3 autorip the day before I received the physical cd.  Handy is that Amazon autorip, straight to Ipod without ripping it myself  ;)

I don't know what this version of Bruckner 6 is like, but I have it waiting at home for me tonight...latest arrival

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Hope its a good one:  Image didn't show but its Bruckner 6, Dohnanyi/Cleveland

"Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying"      (Arthur C. Clarke)

Brahmsian

#11259
October 04, 2013, 08:04:47 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on October 04, 2013, 08:02:42 AM
Hope you get to hear it soon, I actually heard it as part of the mp3 autorip the day before I received the physical cd.  Handy is that Amazon autorip, straight to Ipod without ripping it myself  ;)

I don't know what this version of Bruckner 6 is like, but I have it waiting at home for me tonight...latest arrival

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Hope its a good one:

Release date in Canada is October 29th.  I've got it on pre-order.  :)

RE: Bruckner 6th Dohnanyi - If memory serves me correctly, it is one of Greg's favourites (sockmonkey Greg).
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