What are you listening to now?

[André]

Happy Fall Equinox Everybody!   

Equinox means 'equal night'. 12 hours of sun, 12 hours without. Longer nights from now on 

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Incidentally, that sign in the bottom right corner reads "Sandwich" in Cyrillic.

I'm in the mood for a sandwich now that you mentioned it, Karl. Looks like corned beef, swiss, mayo, and mustard on sourdough it is!

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Now:



Listening to Stanford's The Blue Bird. Simplistic yet absolutely gorgeous and some of the most beautiful vocal harmonies I've ever heard. The vocal group, Lumen Valo, are quite fine.

[Wakefield]

Amazingly fast (from Germany to Chile, through Chilean postal service) this baby has arrived today, just 10 days after released:



Now CDs 21-22:



François Couperin - Nouveaux concerts from Les goûts-réunis
Barthold Kuijken, transverse flute
Bruce Haynes, oboe
Janine Rubinlicht, violin
Sigiswald Kuijken, violin
Wieland Kuijken, bass viol
Robert Kohnen, harpsichord

[Dancing Divertimentian]

I couldn't tell you. I'm interested in knowing the answer as well, actually. I only have Emerson [in Bartok].

I have the Emerson and the Takacs, but the runaway winner for me is the Vegh. It's the best for me because of it's "hearthy pastoral" approach, if that makes any sense. Very reminiscent of the countryside, with its various aromas and "grit between the toes" feel. This is how Bartok works best for me.

The sonics are a dream: rich, husky, detailed, yet extremely warm. Better than that for either the Emerson or Takacs.

Here is a link with samples.

Unfortunately the blasted thing is out of print. But might be worthwhile to get hold of a copy somehow, or download.





 

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Now for something completely different:



Listening to Dream In White On White. Gorgeous stuff.

[Todd]

Now this is a Fourth.

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Listening to Symphony No. 2. Excellent performance.

Edit: This reminds me I still need to read the Honegger biography I bought and received many months ago.

[Ken B]

In my profession, it is called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Delius? Post traumatic lack of stress disorder.

[springrite]

Delius? Post traumatic lack of stress disorder.

Post Traumatic Boredom Disorder?

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I wonder if Nate (EigenUser) has heard any Honegger?

[HIPster]

Amazingly fast (from Germany to Chile, through Chilean postal service) this baby has arrived today, just 10 days after released:



Now CDs 21-22:



François Couperin - Nouveaux concerts from Les goûts-réunis
Barthold Kuijken, transverse flute
Bruce Haynes, oboe
Janine Rubinlicht, violin
Sigiswald Kuijken, violin
Wieland Kuijken, bass viol
Robert Kohnen, harpsichord

Oh wow, looking good!


Thread duty ~

Frescobaldi
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[listener]

J.C. BACH  Fortepiano Concertos op.13/3-6
Ingid Haebler, fortepiano   Capella Academica Wien     Eduard Melkus, cond.
Last of the discs in the box.   These would sound very nice as harp concertos too,
LISZT:  12 Transcendental Études   + Ballade 2 in b, Elegy 2, Nuages gris and La lugubre gondola
Louis Kentner, piano

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Now:



Outstanding work and performance.

[Moonfish]

Amazingly fast (from Germany to Chile, through Chilean postal service) this baby has arrived today, just 10 days after released:

I ordered mine from Italy. Clearly the flights from Italy to the US are slower...        [still waiting]

[Moonfish]

Listened to a lot of music this evening:

Vaughan Williams w/ LPO/Haitink
Loved In the Fen Country!   
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Rimsky-Korsakov's Sheherazade   RSO Berlin/Fricsay


Faure's Requiem & Poulenc's Motets w/ Dijkstra
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Beethoven's Piano Sonatas 14, 8 & 23    R. Serkin
Reminded me of late listening while in college...
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Mahler's Symphony No 1     NYP/Bernstein
Magnificent with a rich sound web as always!

[Mandryka]

Robert Taub plays Milton Babbitt's Canonical Forms. I think this as the most elegant example of 20th century contrapuntal music created. Maybe the most light, elegant and beautiful contrapuntal keyboard music ever written. A masterpiece. 

[Que]

Inspired by mentioning this to HIPster, this is my morning listening: 

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[springrite]

Robert Taub plays Milton Babbitt's Canonical Forms. I think this as the most elegant example of 20th century contrapuntal music created. Maybe the most light, elegant and beautiful contrapuntal keyboard music ever written. A masterpiece.

Can't believe I still have this on cassette! You are right, it is fabulous!

Now:
Bruckner 6 (Wand, NDR)

[Florestan]

Good day all!

https://www.youtube.com/v/QKAOjLIU7Mw

Claudio Arrau plays Carl Maria von Weber Sonata No. 1 in C major Op. 24