What are you listening to now?

[Moonfish]

Mahler: Symphony No. 5         Boston SO/Ozawa

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[San Antone]

https://www.youtube.com/v/EkQbzZgwfl0

[Mirror Image]

After I posted I noticed your entries on Svanevit in the Sibelius thread. They are definitely great boxes, but truth to be told I have neglected the symphonies lately!        Too much great music to explore!   0:)

Don't forget about the tone poems. There's so much great Sibelius music that it's sometimes difficult to decide what to listen to. Sometimes I just go over to my Sibelius collection, cover my eyes, and pick out a recording at random. There's no question that whatever I put on will be outstanding.

Thread duty -



Listening to A Hundred Folk-tunes from Hardanger, Op. 151 - Suite No. 4 (Wedding Suite). Great stuff.

[listener]

BERNSTÈIN:  CANDIDE
Jerry Hadley, June Anderson, Adolph Green, Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda
London Symphony Orch.   London Symphony Chorus
Bernstein, cond.

[aligreto]

Pachelbel: Easter Cantatas....





A little out of season perhaps but wonderful music and performances nonetheless.

[Que]

Vivaldi: Serenata a Tre....





....a very interesting and entertaining work.

That is a delightful recording! And an interesting musical form.

I have it in this reissue:

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My comments long time ago: 

I was meaning to post a recommendation of this recording of Vivaldi "Serenata a tre" - a kind of small scale chamber "opera".

A warm recommendation for three reasons:
1) This shows a some different sides of Vivaldi than I was used to. Music which connects to similar repertoire by Alessandro Scarlatti, Caldara, and...Georg Friedrich Händel.
2) These are musically really excellent works - top notch Vivaldi and this must be (near) the top of Italian Baroque songs and duets.
3) The performance is absolutely great - Clemencic excels in small scale repertoire, and good singing too.
And if you want a fourth reason: it's pretty cheap...  
A caveat as well: it includes liner notes and full texts but NO translations...

Q

[Que]

More Kuhnau:

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CD 2: Musicalische Vorstellung einiger biblischer Historien, sonatas 5 & 6.
Various Preludes and one Fugue.

And in reply to Harry's question: Molardi defintely pulls it off here, in a convincing way!
Thank God for the wise choice in instruments,  the Silbermanns in Freiburg and Rötha.

This all adds up to a major scoop for Brilliant: a complete Kuhnau organ set. There is not much else: though I noticed that Leonhardt did a mixed organ/harpsichord set of the Biblical Sonatas, included in the Warner Das Alte Werk edition.

I will defintely look for harpsichord versions as well.

Q

[Green Destiny]

Starting a new project today which will probably take a long time to complete - listening to Wagner's Ring Cycle.
I received the first of the 2 Cycles I ordered last month and the second one is dispatching tomorrow so theres a lot to listen to
Currently listening to Disc 1 of Das Rheingold - not sure if ill be able to make it all the way the disc tonight though:

[aligreto]

Rossini: Stabat Mater....

[king ubu]

Schumann's symphonies again, this time from here:

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(recorded with the Berlin Phil, 1963/64)

[ritter]

Starting a new project today which will probably take a long time to complete - listening to Wagner's Ring Cycle.
I received the first of the 2 Cycles I ordered last month and the second one is dispatching tomorrow so theres a lot to listen to
Currently listening to Disc 1 of Das Rheingold - not sure if ill be able to make it all the way the disc tonight though:

You're embarking in a wonderful journey, Conor71! As Froh says at the end of the second scene, "Glück auf!"

Out of curiosity, which is the other cycle you ordered?

Cheers,

[Que]

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Hat tip HIPster!

Q

[Mandryka]

More Kuhnau:

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CD 2: Musicalische Vorstellung einiger biblischer Historien, sonatas 5 & 6.
Various Preludes and one Fugue.

And in reply to Harry's question: Molardi defintely pulls it off here, in a convincing way!
Thank God for the wise choice in instruments,  the Silbermanns in Freiburg and Rötha.

This all adds up to a major scoop for Brilliant: a complete Kuhnau organ set. There is not much else: though I noticed that Leonhardt did a mixed organ/harpsichord set of the Biblical Sonatas, included in the Warner Das Alte Werk edition.

I will defintely look for harpsichord versions as well.

Q

Leonohardt speaks a biblical narration throughout that recording, in Dutch (I think.) That kills it for me but maybe not for you!

I like the idea of a narration -- but in English or French please.

[Que]

Leonohardt speaks a biblical narration throughout that recording, in Dutch (I think.) That kills it for me but maybe not for you!

I like the idea of a narration -- but in English or French please.

I absolutely hate narration, irrespective of the language....

Q

[Que]

My first acquaintance,  I like it already!

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The Amazon rating is dumbed down by a one star review by an "audiophile" complaining that the harpsichord and clavichord insufficiently produce lower, bass tones.....

Could someone please help out these mental cases? 

Q

[Michael Sayers]

Recordings of Liszt's Réminiscences de Norma, trying to figure out if the pianist in this recording really is Ervin Nyiregyhazi or if the performer is someone else.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYaWjHWgepE


Mvh,
Michael

[Mandryka]

Could someone please help out these mental cases? 

Q

That's very strongly put! I too found Beghin an eye opener. If you can get it,  you may also like his op 111. His Mozart I need to go back too, it didn't leave any effect.

[Que]

That's very strongly put!

Well, complaining that a clavichord or a harpsichord produces too little lower tones is like complaining that donkeys have tails...

And if the earth were flat, we could all fall off the edge!

These people have issues, I tell you...

Q

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

I confess I would not have bought this full-price, but I become a gambler at discount prices (and I've enjoyed many Centaur recordings).  But I would have paid full-price if I'd only known; this is a program that alternately surprises, touches, amuses and ultimately impresses & delights.  The Henningmeister would like it, I think.

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          Sonatas for Trumpet and Piano by Karl Pills, Halsey Stevens, George Antheil and Kent Kennan; along with Three Bagatelles by Fisher Tull.

Thornburg's trumpet is as supple as a gymnast; Roederer's piano offers a friendly, helping hand.

[king ubu]

earlier:

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now:

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