What are you listening to now?

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

I have long thought about buying one of these discs, but I always ended up waiting. It is finally nice to hear something about one of them. Thanks.

Nichts zu danken.  The Volkslieder project was the brainchild of Cornelius Hauptmann to promote singing and knowledge of the songs among children; it also supports charity work.  For some listeners the fatigue factor is high with lieder, and they are often best promoted like a bon-bon - not too many at a time - but because these are performed by so many different artists and so interestingly, I listened to the disk entire and was ready to do it again.  Their classy website is indicative of the high quality of the project throughout:  http://www.liederprojekt.org/

Illustration for song:  Die Schwäbische Eisenbahn :

Edit - and btw, mc ukrneal, quite agree with you about Offenbach.  Rather like Saint-Saëns, he was cursed with his greatest hit!

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

Pollini cannot be bested in these, IMNSHO.  Still, greatly impressed by Lortie's recording this AM.  Chopin at his poetic best.

[Sergeant Rock]

The latest from the Shire, Haydn Symphony No.98 B flat




Sarge

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

The latest from the Shire, Haydn Symphony No.98 B flat




Sarge

Is that an Excedrin headache?

[Sergeant Rock]

Is that an Excedrin headache?

Sarge

[Karl Henning]

Happy Friday, all!

JSB
Brandenburg Concerto № 1 in F, BWV 1046
Ensemble Caprice

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[Todd]

Some Mendelssohn.

[TheGSMoeller]

The latest from the Shire, Haydn Symphony No.98 B flat




Sarge

I love it. It receieved the classic Fey treatment.

[TheGSMoeller]

I need to listen to No. 5 more often, wonderful music. Especially the Andante Con Moto, such a calmly majestic quality.

[Brian]

I love it. It receieved the classic Fey treatment.

Only Hobbit I haven't loved so far was the Oxford, just too fast, the bounce became bumps.

EDIT: I think I'll listen to the new album now!!

[Karl Henning]

Perhaps my favorite of the six:

JSB
Brandenburg Concerto № 3 in G, BWV 1048
Ensemble Caprice

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[Brian]

I'm still crazy for Dausgaard's "Eroica" after all these years.

[Que]

In memory and gratitude if my esteemed compatriot:



Eroica. I have special memories of this particular recording because it was my first proper exposure to this symphony and any Beethoven symphony for that matter.... It was a loan from the libary in the next village, a half an hour bike ride away, and its impact was huge. I was hooked. Unfortunately at the ripe old age of 15 years, I had no clue about conductors and labels... So when I looked for a recording of my own I was kindly and erroneously guided towards the Eroica from Von Karajans last, super-glitsy cycle. Oh my, can you imagine my dissapointment? I tried to like it, really hard, but that first recording had stuck into my mind. And my meagre pocket money did not allow trying other recordings. Things only got better when I got a job on the side  and bought Jochum's RCO recording.  Only years later with the advent of internet I figuered out on the basis of my memory of the cover that that first recording must have been Frans Bruggen, which was OOP by that time. When I finally had the chance to hear it again,  I immediately knew that my memory had not failed me - this was the one! 

Rest in peace, Frans. You made the world a better and more pleasant place.

Q

[Karl Henning]

Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man
with riffs by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

[Karl Henning]

Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man
with riffs by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

All right, in a way, it's a bit of fun.  The list of arguable disappointments begins with . . . after all that, a fade-out?  Really?

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

In memory and gratitude if my esteemed compatriot:



Eroica. I have special memories of this particular recording because it was my first proper exposure to this symphony and any Beethoven symphony for that matter.... It was a loan from the libary in the next village, a half an hour bike ride away, and its impact was huge. I was hooked. Unfortunately at the ripe old age of 15 years, I had no clue about conductors and labels... So when I looked for a recording of my own I was kindly and erroneously guided towards the Eroica from Von Karajans last, super-glitsy cycle. Oh my, can you imagine my dissapointment? I tried to like it, really hard, but that first recording had stuck into my mind. And my meagre pocket money did not allow trying other recordings. Things only got better when I got a job on the side  and bought Jochum's RCO recording.  Only years later with the advent of internet I figuered out on the basis of my memory of the cover that that first recording must have been Frans Bruggen, which was OOP by that time. When I finally had the chance to hear it again,  I immediately knew that my memory had not failed me - this was the one! 

Rest in peace, Frans. You made the world a better and more pleasant place.

Q

Que, your story resembles mine own, replete with bike, approximate age and distance and public library.  Just substitute Ravel, Debussy & Ibert for the Beethoven and you have it! 

[Karl Henning]

LvB
Wind Octet in E^b, Op.103
Mozzafiato

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[listener]

TANEYEV:  String Quartets 1 in b^b, op. 4  3 in d op. 7
Carpe Diem Quartet
nasty key for strings, six flats, no open strings to check tuning...
GLAZUNOV: Symphony no.4 in E^b, op. 45
OVSIANIKO-KULIKOVSKY  Symphony no. 21 in G -  hailed as a glorious find for Ukrainian  19^th century culture, later revealed as a hoax actually written by a violinist in the Leningrad Philharmonic, Michael Goldstein.    Bis had some space at the end of their catalogue a few years ago and promised the complete works in preparation which appropriately never appeared.

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

Haven't listened to a violin concerto in several days  and am suffering from serious DTs (deficiency of trills).  Turning now to one of my favorites.  Better make mine a double and I'll listen to the Dvořák, too.

[SonicMan46]

Hotteterre, Jacques-Martin (1674-1763) - Chamber Wind Music from the recordings below; the first w/ Camerata Köln a new acquisition and recent recording; the second a 2-CD set w/ Franz Brüggen on recorder/flute and Danny Bond on bassoon from the mid-1970s - Dave