What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[Peter Friedman]

Burgmuller - Op.14

Mozart - No.24, K.491

[A Lark Ascending]

Edited September 20, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[soulpope]

[l p]

+ miscellaneous sony:
1955 sinfonias outtakes
haydn sonata hob 42
sweelinck fantasia 
salzburg 1959: sweelinck fantasia, schoenberg piano suite

[alankin]

Now playing:
Ludwig van Beethoven
– Sonata for Piano No.23 in F minor Op.57 "Appassionata"
– Sonata for Piano No.7 in D major Op.10/3
Vladimir Horowitz (piano) (RCA Victor Red Seal / Living Stereo – Sony Music)

 
 

Edited September 20, 2016 by alankin

[A Lark Ascending]

Collection of chamber and instrumental pieces from a young British composer. Good notes too - brief descriptions helping you see the structure and intent.

This one lost me completely. Sat down to follow the libretto but by the end of Act I I hadn't a clue what was happening - even Barry states in the notes 'As to what the Intelligence Park is about I have no fixed ideas.' Played II and III without trying to focus. There's clearly some very skilled and intricate writing here but the singing is so shrill and agitated that I found it hard to take in. One to chalk down to experience, I suspect. 

[Peter Friedman]

Op.50/1 and Op.50/2

Edited September 20, 2016 by Peter Friedman

[A Lark Ascending]

[soulpope]

[soulpope]

Thereof Symphony 6 .... majestic ....

[A Lark Ascending]

Regal

[Peter Friedman]

Mendelssohn String Quartets

Op.44/2 played by Mandelring Quartet

Op.44/ played by Zemlinsky Quartet

Edited September 21, 2016 by Peter Friedman

[A Lark Ascending]

No 4. Hard to put out. 

Plus the three tone poems.

Edited September 22, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[soulpope]

[OliverM]

The Rite of Spring, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pierre Monteux in 1945.

From the Pierre Monteux complete RCA box which I just bought from local store before it disappears. Greatly enjoying this conductor in what I have heard this week, namely Berlioz, Brahms, Franck and even in Verdi's La Traviata. Great sound also!

[Peter Friedman]

Mozart - Piano Quartet No.2, K.493

Spohr -String Quartet  No.33, Op.146

[alankin]

Now playing:
Luigi Boccherini 
– Concerto for Cello No.7 in G major G 480 — Anner Bylsma (cello)
– Symphony in B flat major Op.21/5 G497
– Concerto for Cello No.10 in D major Op.34 G483 — Anner Bylsma (cello)
– Symphony in D minor Op.12/4 G506 "La casa del diavolo"
Tafelmusik on period instruments – Jeanne Lamon (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / Sony Classical)

   
 

[A Lark Ascending]

[soulpope]

CD7 Scriabin + Rachmaninoff ....

[Chuck Nessa]

10 hours ago, OliverM said:

The Rite of Spring, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pierre Monteux in 1945.

From the Pierre Monteux complete RCA box which I just bought from local store before it disappears. Greatly enjoying this conductor in what I have heard this week, namely Berlioz, Brahms, Franck and even in Verdi's La Traviata. Great sound also!

A wonderful set.

Edited September 22, 2016 by Chuck Nessa

[A Lark Ascending]

No 5 of latter. As exciting as anything from the early 20thC in my world. 

Edited September 23, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[soulpope]

Earlier today .... ;

thereof CD 2 Mahler 5 (Klaus Tennstedt, December 9, 1990) …. stirring performance - as usual with Tennstedt`s Mahler in live settings ....

[soulpope]

I`m aware to champion this recording here frequently - but this platter is played @my house recurringly .... eye opening performances ....

[soulpope]

[HutchFan]

Brahms: Lieder / Margaret Price, James Lockhart (Orfeo, 1984)

Lately, I've been listening to this again and again.