What are you listening to now?

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Listening to Symphony No. 4, "The Inextinguishable," Op. 29, FS 76. Outstanding symphony and performance.

PaulR

Now for something completely different:

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String Quartet #8 in E Minor op. 59/2

Wakefield

One of the best recordings of these piano trios that I have heard:



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"Isn't it funny? The truth just sounds different."
- Almost Famous (2000)

Autumn Leaves

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Symphony #2
Another week at work survived - time to unwind with some Friday evening listening :D

Harry

This is a surprisingly well recorded organ disc with music of unknown composers, but by no means slight music. It actually is of a high level.
Recommended.


http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2016/06/erich-saxer-druckenmuller-complete.html?spref=tw
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Autumn Leaves

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Symphony #9 for a first listen.

Harry

I've always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and a eccentric bear He is a great British institution and emits great wisdom with every growl. Of course I have Paddington at home, he is a member of the family, sure he is from the moment he was born. We have adopted him.

Harry

My second rerun through this box, and one I like very much, both for the music and interpretation.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2016/06/rodrigo-joaquin-rodrigo-collection-cd-8.html?spref=tw
I've always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and a eccentric bear He is a great British institution and emits great wisdom with every growl. Of course I have Paddington at home, he is a member of the family, sure he is from the moment he was born. We have adopted him.

Karl Henning

Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on June 23, 2016, 06:12:19 PM
And I like Schuman's symphonies more than Schumann's symphonies.

+ 1
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

The new erato

Of course there are several Schumanns, Georg and Camillo comes to mind..


Harry

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ritter

In this sad day, some assorted Messiaen works from this CD:

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Drasko

Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on June 23, 2016, 04:37:40 PM
How do you like Kodama's Messiaen?

That's maybe the second time I heard the piece, and the only recording of it that I have, can't really judge. Her playing in rest of the disc is clear, crisp, precise, minimal pedalling, sharp attack, maybe lacking in last ounce of abandon here and there but generally the kind of playing that I like. 



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Listening to Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40. Great stuff.

Bogey

   

Doing some cramming for John's Bruckner poll.
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Karl Henning

Quote from: Bogey on June 24, 2016, 05:20:06 AM


I think it may have been Ray who commended this (recording) to me, and it is a beauty.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Mirror Image

Quote from: Bogey on June 24, 2016, 05:20:06 AM
   

Doing some cramming for John's Bruckner poll.

Pounds the table! Great stuff! I haven't heard that HvK recording in years.

Mirror Image

Quote from: karlhenning on June 24, 2016, 05:21:44 AM
I think it may have been Ray who commended this (recording) to me, and it is a beauty.

It sure is. I need to revisit that whole Wand/Berliner cycle.

PaulR

Morning.

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Symphony #2

not edward

This collection:

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A bit light on playing time (and the Abrahamsen pieces are an arrangement rather than a new piece) but enjoyable nonetheless.
"I don't at all mind actively disliking a piece of contemporary music, but in order to feel happy about it I must consciously understand why I dislike it. Otherwise it remains in my mind as unfinished business."
-- Aaron Copland, The Pleasures of Music