What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[Peter Friedman]

[alankin]

Johann Sebastian Bach 
– Sonata for Viola da Gamba (Cello) and Piano No.1 in G major BWV 1027
– Sonata for Viola da Gamba (Cello) and Piano No.2 in D major BWV 1028
– Sonata for Viola da Gamba (Cello) and Piano No.3 in G minor BWV 1029
Mischa Maisky (cello), Martha Argerich (piano) (Deutsche Grammophon), CD 21 from:

 
 

[Balladeer]

Richie Beirach, Gregor Huebner, George Mraz - Round about Mompou (ACT)

Ravishing variations over Federico Mompous Musica Callada. 
With his "Round about" cylce of three albums (Bartok, Mompou, Monteverdi) Beirach proves to be a musical genius.
And by presenting German violinist Gregor Huebner he came up with a sensational discovery.
Marvellous music that belongs to a dozen albums I esteem extremely high.

 

Edited August 1, 2016 by Balladeer

[alankin]

Robert Schumann 
– Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 in A minor Op.105
– Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2 in D minor Op.121
Gidon Kremer (violin), Martha Argerich (piano) (Deutsche Grammophon), CD 24 from:

 

[HutchFan]

Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 / Eugen Jochum, Staatskapelle Dresden 
Magnificent! If I'm taking just ONE Bruckner recording to my desert island, THIS IS IT.

 

Now listening to more music from this wonderful conductor. This time it's LvB's Eroica with the London SO. 

Edited August 1, 2016 by HutchFan

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, Peter Friedman said:

Outstanding ....

[StarThrower]

[jeffcrom]

It's been too long since I listened to any of Stockhausen's music. Tonight it's the "Greeting" and first act of Donnerstag aus Licht. I don't begin to understand what's going on here as an opera / story, but the music is wonderful.

[six string]

WP Carol Rosenberg - Water Musoc Of The Impressionists (DMS Delos)

 

NP Anner Bylsma - J.S.Bach Solo Cello Suites (Sony) BluSpec cd2

 

my second spin of the Bylsma cd and it's quickly becoming a favorite.  Really like his slower approach of the first suite.

[l p]

05/29/1952 mexico city

Edited August 2, 2016 by l p

[Peter Friedman]

Haydn - Op.71/1

Raff - Octet

[alankin]

Franz Joseph Haydn – Quartet for Strings in E flat major Op.64/6 Hob III:64
Luigi Boccherini – Quartet for Strings in D major Op.8/1 G165
Robert Schumann – Quartet for Strings in F major Op.41/2
Giuseppe Verdi – Quartet for Strings in E minor
— Quartetto Italiano (Decca Music)

  
 

[Peter Friedman]

[jeffcrom]

On 8/2/2016 at 10:38 PM, jeffcrom said:

It's been too long since I listened to any of Stockhausen's music. Tonight it's the "Greeting" and first act of Donnerstag aus Licht. I don't begin to understand what's going on here as an opera / story, but the music is wonderful.

Act two - Michaels Reise um die Erde (Michael's Journey Around the Earth) - basically a 50-minute trumpet concerto for Markus Stockhausen. Lest nepotism be invoked, I'll opine that Markus Stockhausen is one of the best trumpet players on the planet.

[soulpope]

7 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

Excellent string ensemble ....

[David Ayers]

Just remembering.  Does that count for this thread?

 

Berg: Three Orchestral Pieces, Op.6, Neuwirth: Clinamen/ Nodus, Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor. London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, conductor. Barbican Centre 26 January 2000

Boulez: Originel from ...explosante-fixe...; Benjamin: Palimpsest (world premiere); Schoenberg: Piano Concerto, Op. 42; Stravinsky: Petrushka (1911 version); Paul Edmund-Davies, flute; Daniel Barenboim, piano; London Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, conductor; Barbican Hall, London Wednesday 2 February 2000

Eötvös: zeroPoints, Ligeti: Violin Concerto, Bartók: The Wooden Prince Christian Tetzlaff, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, conductor Barbican Centre, London 27 February 2000

Berio: Notturno/Sciarrino: Recitativo oscuro/Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande Maurizio Pollini, piano/London Symphony Orchestra/Pierre Boulez, conductor  Boulez 2000 series, Barbican Hall, 2 March, 2000

[l p]

1955 studio

[Peter Friedman]

[StarThrower]

1. Les Idées fixes, rondo for orchestra

2. Musik, for keyboard instruments & orchestra

3. Opus 1.991, for orchestra

[soulpope]

Earlier today .... :

[jeffcrom]

On 8/2/2016 at 10:38 PM, jeffcrom said:

It's been too long since I listened to any of Stockhausen's music. Tonight it's the "Greeting" and first act of Donnerstag aus Licht. I don't begin to understand what's going on here as an opera / story, but the music is wonderful.

Act 3, Scene 1 - Festival

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

Fantastic ....

[A Lark Ascending]

 

 

Sally Beamish - Viola Conceto 2; Whitescape; Sangsters

 

Birtwistle - Chamber Music . ECM collection of chamber and vocal pieces. Very beautiful - I mostly know his vast orchestral pieces that move like ice sheets. Here the music seems more watery and translucent.

 

Birtwistle - Nenia: The Death of Orpheus; The Fields of Sorrow; Verses for Ensemble

 

Sally Beamish - Seavaigers; The Seafarer Trio