What are you listening to now?

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Yep. 

I've probably heard more Holmboe than a LOT of other composers. It doesn't hurt that the man had a long career.

I certainly enjoy Holmboe's music very much. It would be nice if he received more attention.

[EigenUser]

I don't think I've heard this work before.

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I need another 1400s composer to start looking at, because I am on my way to exhausting Spotify's Ockeghem collection (which is surprisingly substantial, especially considering his relatively small output). Who should it be? Dufay? Josquin des Prez? If there was one non-Ock album for me, which one would it be?

[Madiel]

I need another 1400s composer to start looking at, because I am on my way to exhausting Spotify's Ockeghem collection (which is surprisingly substantial, especially considering his relatively small output).

A perfect illustration, I suspect, of different listening habits.

[psu]

Started this over the weekend, Rheingold was really interesting.

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[NorthNYMark]

About an hour ago, I got back from a two-hour car trip to and from a train station across the St. Lawrence River from me, during which I was playing this in the car [EDIT: since the "click to buy" covers up the relevant info, it is Beethoven's Late String Quartets]:
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Much of the ride home was during the "magic hour" of golden sunset, with amazing clouds and even a rainbow as I crossed the river.  The setting combined with the music to produce one of those near-transcendent experiences! I really can't get over how incredible these late quartets can be.

[Moonfish]

Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antarctica     London PO/Boult

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[Moonfish]

About an hour ago, I got back from a two-hour car trip to and from a train station across the St. Lawrence River from me, during which I was playing this in the car [EDIT: since the "click to buy" covers up the relevant info, it is Beethoven's Late String Quartets]:
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Much of the ride home was during the "magic hour" of golden sunset, with amazing clouds and even a rainbow as I crossed the river.  The setting combined with the music to produce one of those near-transcendent experiences! I really can't get over how incredible these late quartets can be.

Sounds like a wonderful experience of landscapes, light and ethereal music!   Yay!

[not edward]

To steal shamelessly from Stravinsky, I think some of late Liszt will always sound contemporary.

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I'm particularly impressed with how effective the slower-than-usual tempo for Am Grabe Richard Wagners is.

[Moonfish]

CPE Bach: Complete Works for Piano Solo       Markovina

I have started to revisit these wonderful performances. I suspect it will be a habit of a lifetime.
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[Ken B]

I don't think I've heard this work before.

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I need another 1400s composer to start looking at, because I am on my way to exhausting Spotify's Ockeghem collection (which is surprisingly substantial, especially considering his relatively small output). Who should it be? Dufay? Josquin des Prez? If there was one non-Ock album for me, which one would it be?

Josquin. I expect you'd like Richafort's Requiem a lot.

[Todd]

A slow Kyrie eleison - only Celi takes longer among versions I've heard or know of - followed by a tight as a drum performance for the rest of the work.  More good stuff from Hengelbrock.

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Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antarctica     London PO/Boult

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Thumbs up! Very beautiful work that, in my view, perfectly depicts that desolate landscape.

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Incredible work and performance.

[Mirror Image]

To steal shamelessly from Stravinsky, I think some of late Liszt will always sound contemporary.

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I'm particularly impressed with how effective the slower-than-usual tempo for Am Grabe Richard Wagners is.

I'm a big fan of late Liszt works and agree that a lot of these works sound as fresh and vital as the time they were written in maybe even more now.

[Mirror Image]

Started this over the weekend, Rheingold was really interesting.

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HvK's Ring is certainly my favorite cycle of the work. Several summers ago, I listened to the whole cycle. It took me about a week and half to finish. I'm not going on any Wagner marathons anytime soon but this was a great experience for me.

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Listening to Symphony No. 6. Great stuff of course.

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A new acquisition. Listening to Symphony No. 3. Sounds fantastic so far.

[Mandryka]

Tatrai Quartet play Bartok 5, their second recording.

What I like so much about this is that it's not violent. That's a better way to play Bartok I think - that was Bartok's own way in the piano music. Emotionally more interesting, structurally clearer.

[NorthNYMark]

Tatrai Quartet play Bartok 5, their second recording.

What I like so much about this is that it's not violent. That's a better way to play Bartok I think - that was Bartok's own way in the piano music. Emotionally more interesting, structurally clearer.

Your description inspired me to check this out on Beats Music--they only had one version of the Tatrai Quartet playing Bartok, and it happens to be the Fifth Quartet, though it may be an earlier performance (it is pretty good sounding mono, on the Polskie Nagrania label.  In any event, I'm enjoying it very much.  I wouldn't describe it as entirely without violence, but it does sound a bit more "luxurious" in approach than most performances I've heard--a bit like how I might imagine the Quartetto Italiano would perform it if they were to have done such a thing. Some sections of the second movement (which I am just hearing as I type) are eerily beautiful!

[Mirror Image]

My Bartok SQ cycle of choice is still the Takacs on Decca. Remarkable performances.

[Mandryka]

Your description inspired me to check this out on Beats Music--they only had one version of the Tatrai Quartet playing Bartok, and it happens to be the Fifth Quartet, though it may be an earlier performance (it is pretty good sounding mono, on the Polskie Nagrania label.  In any event, I'm enjoying it very much.  I wouldn't describe it as entirely without violence, but it does sound a bit more "luxurious" in approach than most performances I've heard--a bit like how I might imagine the Quartetto Italiano would perform it if they were to have done such a thing. Some sections of the second movement (which I am just hearing as I type) are eerily beautiful!

Yes I've heard that Muza recording too. I prefer the later one for Hungaroton. Let me know if you want me to upload it for you, the set is really special I think.

What made me pinpoint the idea of violence is that I've been listening to the Kelemen quartet live, and Tatrai (Hungaroton) is quite a contrast, one movement of Kelemen is here on youtube, but I have the whole concert. In a way Kelemen reminds me of Bezuidenhout's first  Mozart CD -- which I also have reservations about because of violence.

https://www.youtube.com/v/PdmxrfQA32M

Another interesting 5 which is floating around the web is from the Pro Arte -- very bad sound.