What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[alankin]

Frédéric Chopin – Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, Op.11
— Arthur Rubinstein – New Symphony Orchestra of London – Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (RCA Victor Red Seal / Living Stereo – Sony Music)

 
 

[A Lark Ascending]

Just the Symphony of Psalms

[StarThrower]

[JSngry]

Need to rewatch after the sun goes down. Daylight seems to divert from my ability to really focus on most of these pieces, as tbe demarcations between beginning, middle, and end are kinda oblique sometimes.

Not talking about Threnody either, that one is a warhouse by now, or at least how I came to know it, which was most every comp student and other "new mudic" person pimping it to anybody who would listen (and I would, and still wiill, when the occasion calls for it). Talking about the later works, strong melodic cells, strong developments of the, but without a deeper focus than I was able to muster today with all the sunlight outside, disengagingly disorienting in that evrrything starts to sound like a transition to and end that never arrives, or like an ending that had no beginning, something like that.

But that's me, I know. Other times have had quite different outcomes.

[A Lark Ascending]

Can't quite work out if I've heard these pieces in the past; or just on the previous track. 

Edited September 9, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[soulpope]

[soulpope]

Just beautiful ....

[soulpope]

IMO one of the top choices from the Hyperion Schubert Lied series ....

[A Lark Ascending]

Disc 1 of the latter - 48, 90, 56

Spotify for the first three - if I'd had that at 16! 

Edited September 9, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[Balladeer]

Soyeon Kate Lee - Scriabin piano music - Sonate fantaise, Impromptus, Nocturnes (Naxos)

Lesser-known works. But if you dig especially Scriabin´s earlier music like me it´s a real treat

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, Balladeer said:

Soyeon Kate Lee - Scriabin piano music - Sonate fantaise, Impromptus, Nocturnes (Naxos)

Lesser-known works. But if you dig especially Scriabin´s earlier music like me it´s a real treat

Interesting selection .... might this one give a try ....

[alankin]

Claude Debussy – Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Hector Berlioz – Le carnaval romain Overture Op.9
Manuel de Falla – El amor brujo: Suite
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No.2 in D major Op.73
— Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra – Leopold Stokowski (Q Disc / Radio Netherlands Music), CD 2 from:

 

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, alankin said:

Claude Debussy – Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Hector Berlioz – Le carnaval romain Overture Op.9
Manuel de Falla – El amor brujo: Suite
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No.2 in D major Op.73
— Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra – Leopold Stokowski (Q Disc / Radio Netherlands Music), CD 2 from:

 

A treasure trove ....

[HutchFan]

7 hours ago, soulpope said:

IMO one of the top choices from the Hyperion Schubert Lied series ....

Hmm. Interesting. I should look into that CD.

 

Prompted by your post, I'm now spinning this one:

The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Vol. 21 / Edith Mathis, Graham Johnson

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

Hmm. Interesting. I should look into that CD.

 

Prompted by your post, I'm now spinning this one:

The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Vol. 21 / Edith Mathis, Graham Johnson

Edith Mathis would be IMO another top choice .... and Lucia Popp + Brigitte Fassbaender ....

[HutchFan]

1 hour ago, soulpope said:

Edith Mathis would be IMO another top choice .... and Lucia Popp + Brigitte Fassbaender ....

Funny that you mention Fassbaender. I've eyed that one too. Love her voice.

Popp has never grabbed my ear. Maybe I should give her Schubert a try.

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

Funny that you mention Fassbaender. I've eyed that one too. Love her voice.

Popp has never grabbed my ear. Maybe I should give her Schubert a try.

Don't want to be pushy at all but dont miss out on this Hyperion Lucia Popp Schubert Lied recital .... this is truly superb ....

[HutchFan]

1 hour ago, soulpope said:

Don't want to be pushy at all but dont miss out on this Hyperion Lucia Popp Schubert Lied recital .... this is truly superb ....

Not pushy at all, soulpope!  On the contrary, thank you for the recommendations.  

[StarThrower]

[HutchFan]

Listening to Joseph Haydn on vinyl tonight:

Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 99 & 100 "Military" / Jochum, London PO (DG)

 

Hadyn: Symphonies Nos. 93 & 94 "Surprise" / Szell, Cleveland O (Columbia)

Edited September 10, 2016 by HutchFan

[HutchFan]

Now back to Schubert:

Schubert: A Program of Piano Music and Songs / Elly Ameling (sop), Jörg Demus (p) (RCA Victrola)

Gorgeous singing.

[soulpope]

3 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Now back to Schubert:

Schubert: A Program of Piano Music and Songs / Elly Ameling (sop), Jörg Demus (p) (RCA Victrola)

Gorgeous singing.

!!

[A Lark Ascending]

Interesting profile. I now know how to make pizza. Jealous of his Cape Breton retreat. I love the way he ploughs on regardless of the brickbats from The Anointed. 

Edited September 10, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[soulpope]

Sublime and flamboyant performances ....

[HutchFan]

Now listening to Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Nos. 16, 17 "Tempest," and 24, as performed by Wilhelm Kempff, from this set: