What are you listening to now?

[king ubu]

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[Moonfish]

Grief because they didn't record more Haydn.

Hmm, they seem to have recorded some of Mozart's quartets....

[Ken B]

BB, MSPC, MSO, CD

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[kishnevi]

Grief because they didn't record more Haydn.

Odd, given their name.
TD
Herbie conducting the Berliners in Pyotr Ilyich's ballet suites.

[Ken B]

TD
Herbie conducting the Berliners in Pyotr Ilyich's ballet suites.

Still the best Swan Lake.

[Moonfish]

Mahler: Symphony No 1   
Rachmaninoff: The Isle of the Dead

Minneapolis SO/Mitropoulos

One of my favored "Titans" even though the sound is a bit dated. The performance is exhilarating! Love it!!!!!   

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[North Star]

Hyvää iltaa, Karlo! I'm familiar with the orchestral and choral works (and have serious reservations concerning Ein deutsches Requiem  ), less so with the chamber and solo compositions.

There is the one or the other thing I can enjoy (the opening of the First symphony, some parts of Liebesliederwalzer--Ein kleiner, hübscher Vogel nahm den Flug  ), but other pieces are really unbearable to me. For instance, the First piano concerto (with all its--empty, IMHO--bombast) was a torture for me when I saw it live in Hamburg a couple of years ago with no less than Radu Lupu and the Bamberg Symphony under Nott).

It's odd: I think Brahms has almost everything I expect from a major composer, and yet I can't stand his music. Is it inspiration (as I see it) that is missing? 

Buenas noches, Rafael!
Oh dear. I would suggest perhaps giving the chamber works (e.g. the Piano Quintet, the Horn Trio, the clarinet sonatas) and the solo piano pieces a closer look.
I don't think it's really a lack of inspiration that you feel, but Brahms was rather insecure and honed his compositions so much that there might not be much spontaneity left. This might have had more effect in the more public orchestral/choral works.

[EigenUser]

John Luther Adams Become Ocean
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I like it a lot. Reminds me of Atmospheres in a way, but less aggressive (for lack of a better word) and obviously more tonal.

[Ken B]

John Luther Adams Become Ocean
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I like it a lot. Reminds me of Atmospheres in a way, but less aggressive (for lack of a better word) and obviously more tonal.

The word you want, the encomium you seek, is minimalist.

[J.A.W.]

Brahms: Symphony 4 - George Szell/Cleveland Orchestra - Sony; disc 13 from the big box:

[mn dave]

Delightful.
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[André]

Eduard Erdmann (1896-1958): Symphony no. 3, op. 19. Capricci op. 2, Ein Kleines Kaleidoscop für Orchester.

Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Israel Yinon. Label: CPO

Very good modern tonal (very) music.

[Mookalafalas]

More harpsichord. 
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  I bought this after reading some comments Mandryka made about it that sounded very interesting. It turns out I misunderstood what he said to some degree (apparently he wasn't actually recommending the set or Hantai), although (fortunately) it really is very interesting.

[Todd]

[kishnevi]

CDs 1-3
Brandenburgs and Overtures.
Reacquainting myself with a favorite recording of my younger days.

[listener]

GILBERT & SULLIVAN   H.M.S. Pinafore
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Isidore Godfrey, cond.
the mono London recording, with Martyn Green, Ella Halman, Richard Walker, Leonard Osborn,
Leslie Rands, Muriel Harding, Darrell Fancourt and Joan Gillingham
  "I know the value of a kindly chorus, but choruses yield little consolation"

[Mirror Image]

John Luther Adams Become Ocean
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I like it a lot. Reminds me of Atmospheres in a way, but less aggressive (for lack of a better word) and obviously more tonal.

It's certainly a gorgeous work.

Now:





Listening to Die Jakobsleiter. A stellar work and performance from Boulez/BBC SO.

[Moonfish]

Telemann: Paris Quartets Nos 1-6         Kuijken/Kuijken/Kuijken/Leonhardt

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[Mandryka]

Christian Collum plays Buxtehude Buxwv 219 - suggested by what Marc was listening to. This CD is worth having.

[Marc]

Christian Collum plays Buxtehude Buxwv 219 - suggested by what Marc was listening to. This CD is worth having.

Ha. A worthwhile suggestion. Library ordered.