What are you listening to now?

[aligreto]

Marathon? He's engaged in a sprint. "Marathon" is the fact that I started with opus 1 in late January and I'm now up to opus 117. Although maybe that's better described as a long stroll...

Interesting. I have never taken that approach to any composer with all of the Listening Projects that I have undertaken.

[Madiel]

Interesting. I have never taken that approach to any composer with all of the Listening Projects that I have undertaken.

Really? Chronological is probably my most common approach. Of course, you can't rely on opus numbers to be chronological in all cases, but the information is usually readily available as to what was composed when.

Hearing the evolution of a composer's style is, for me, always an interesting exercise. I wasn't familiar with much early Shostakovich because (until I bought the symphonies this year, which was what prompted me) I didn't have much besides the string quartets. Hearing the work he created in the 1920s/30s before getting into trouble with the authorities was a real surprise.

[mc ukrneal]

Dvorak: Amid Nature and Othello Overtures [Kubelik]....





I found the performances of the Overtures far more satisfying than those of the Slavonic Dances.

Oh, I love the Slavonic Dances under Kubelik. The sound isn't as good as some, but I find them so full of energy and lively. Of course, I love the overtures too!

[Mirror Image]

Marathon? He's engaged in a sprint. "Marathon" is the fact that I started with opus 1 in late January and I'm now up to opus 117. Although maybe that's better described as a long stroll...

Hah. You're right. You're the one in a real marathon! I admire your dedication to this kind of thing. I really do.

[Mirror Image]

Hey, good stuff - great performance of that work too

Indeed. Great stuff. Haitink's Shostakovich cycle is still my favorite complete cycle.

[aligreto]

Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 [Jochum]....

[Brian]

The guitar concerto is pretty solidly my #1 favorite work by Malcolm Arnold, now. First listen to Brouwer's Retrats catalans; skipping Herbert Chappell, whom I've never heard of, unless somebody replies to say it's really good.



Later this morning:

[aligreto]

Really? Chronological is probably my most common approach. Of course, you can't rely on opus numbers to be chronological in all cases, but the information is usually readily available as to what was composed when.

Unfortunately, sometimes to my cost, I do not usually take the common approach to anything, but there you are 
What I have taken to latterly is focusing on one work by one composer and listening to all of the versions that I have in my collection. I am trying to do this at least once per month. I am currently surveying Mozart's Piano Quartets - wonderful works.

[aligreto]

Oh, I love the Slavonic Dances under Kubelik. The sound isn't as good as some, but I find them so full of energy and lively. Of course, I love the overtures too!

Not that I find anything wrong with them mind you. It is just unfortunate that they came in such proximity to my hearing them on another recent purchase under Sejna; I found the Sejna to be much more alive.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
The Wild Dove, Op. 110

Excellently performed from Harnoncourt and the Concertgebouw.

[Todd]

[Mirror Image]

Some late-Romantic Austrian decadence from Zemlinsky:



Remarkable work and performance.

[SonicMan46]

Boccherini, Luigi - Divertimenti w/ the PI group 'Piccolo Concerto Wien' - really Flute Sextets - listening to the first disc below (left) w/ Marcello Gatti on a copy (Rudolf Tutz, 1997) of a Carl A. Grenser (Dresda) flute, ca. 1770 (pic of him @ the bottom - not sure which flute he is playing in that photo) - this CD has 3 works (nearly 71 mins); there are 3 others in the Op. 16 group - found V. 2 (below right) on Amazon and ordered a 'used' disc - this music is delightful and enjoying the performances of this group - attached an AllMusic review for those interested.  Dave

 

[Mandryka]

The Binchois Consort play some music attributed to Walter Frye. I've often had some serious reservations about what Andrew Kirkman does, which sometimes just doesn't take off the page as far as I can see. However this evening, this performance of a couple of masses possibly by Frye seems to be absolutely fabulous.

[aligreto]

Beethoven: Sonata in F major for Horn and Piano Op. 17....

[Brian]

First listens to almost all the music on these discs:

[North Star]

First listens to almost all the music on these discs:

Does that include both of the Prokofiev sonatas? This is an outrage! 

[Brian]

Does that include both of the Prokofiev sonatas? This is an outrage! 

It does! But No. 1 is coming to an end now, and it is a doozy 

[Todd]

[North Star]

It does! But No. 1 is coming to an end now, and it is a doozy 

Tell me about it! I owe discovering GMG solely to that work, too.