What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[StarThrower]

1 hour ago, soulpope said:

Looks interesting ....

I already had the symphonies on EMI, which I enjoyed a lot. Last Christmas I had a gift certificate for Presto Classical, so I decided to pick up this new Hartmann set on Challenge Classics. It sounds great! Hartmann's symphonies are all different, which makes for a fascinating listening experience.

Edited August 26, 2016 by StarThrower

[A Lark Ascending]

[soulpope]

Blomstedt`s Brucker 4 (and 7 !!) with Staatskapelle Dresden recorded for Denon never fails touching me ....

[soulpope]

Simply had to follow up with this one ....

[Peter Friedman]

Raff - Piano Trios 1 & 4 - Trio Opus 8 - CPO

[A Lark Ascending]

Piano Trio (Op 8); Horn Trio (Op 40)

And the following morning:

And another listen to Op. 8 of the Brahms record. 

Edited August 27, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[B. Goren.]

Great music and great performance.

[Balladeer]

Benjamin Appl (baritone) & James Baillieu:
Stunden, Tage, Ewigkeiten - Heinrich Heine-Lieder (Champs Hill)

[Peter Friedman]

Joseph Martin Kraus - String Quartets Nos. 2, 4, 5, 6 - The Lysell Quartet - Musica Sveciae

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, Balladeer said:

Benjamin Appl (baritone) & James Baillieu:
Stunden, Tage, Ewigkeiten - Heinrich Heine-Lieder (Champs Hill)

Excellent recording ....

[StarThrower]

No. 3

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, StarThrower said:

No. 3

Very good Bax cycle (IMO) ....

[A Lark Ascending]

Sinfonietta off first and the mini-opera and two psalms off the second. There's been a good series on the BBC record review programme over the Proms weeks, surveying lesser known composers coming up in the Proms over the next week. Mainly contemporary names but today they looked at Zemlinsky (not exactly lesser known but he doesn't get out much in the British concert hall). Made me dig out these pieces from the shelves. Particularly taken by The Florentine Tragedy which wears its 'Salome' on its sleeve. 

A game of two halves - the relatively conventional later symphony and then several really searing early pieces (including his greatest hit). Not someone I know well but demanding a return visit soon. 

Edited August 27, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[soulpope]

Replay :

Terrific recording ....

[A Lark Ascending]

Pleasant if not wildly engaging early 20thC English pastoral. A victim of The Great War who, like so many, never got to develop his style.

Recent disc from a very approachable contemporary composer. Interesting article about how she turned from performer to composer here:

Sally Beamish: how the theft of my viola turned me into a composer

Edited August 28, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[soulpope]

Usually being a dedicated follower of Bruckner Symphonies 4-9 only, but this is a tremendous Symphony 3 performance by Kurt Sanderling + Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (the brass section !!!) ....

Edited August 29, 2016 by soulpope

[StarThrower]

[HutchFan]

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 6, 7, 12, 13, 19, 20 & Other Short Works / Bruce Hungerford (Vanguard Classics)

Edited August 29, 2016 by HutchFan

[A Lark Ascending]

Op 40 again off first; Disc 1 off second.

 

Disc 2: Symphonies 6,7,8

Lyric Suite off latter - a piece I'd love to hear live. 

Rise and shine music: 

Edited August 29, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[soulpope]

A surprisingly conclusive Bruckner 4 courtesy of Istvan Kertesz + the LSO ....

[StarThrower]

[A Lark Ascending]

Op 40 again from first (this time with guide book - fascinated by the folk song fragment in the third movement that returns as the main theme of the fourth. No way I'd ever have noticed that without direction). 

Marvellous music - recording suffers from an excessive dynamic range. If you turn it up to hear the vocal at normal volume you get blasted out of your seat in the loud orchestral moments. Turn it down and the voice seems distant. A frequent problem in the early digital era (though this one was recorded 15 or so years in).  

[soulpope]

3 hours ago, A Lark Ascending said:

Marvellous music - recording suffers from an excessive dynamic range. If you turn it up to hear the vocal at normal volume you get blasted out of your seat in the loud orchestral moments. Turn it down and the voice seems distant. A frequent problem in the early digital era (though this one was recorded 15 or so years in).  

Well we discussed the question of different bus drivers here lately .... nevertheless if you would like to hear the Berg Lieder superbly sung and and both the voice and orchestral parts recorded in fine gradation look no further than :

[soulpope]

Earlier today .... :

Thereof Mahler 6 .... Sinopoli really nails it here - gorgeous performance ....

[mikeweil]