What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[soulpope]

[soulpope]

[StarThrower]

[alankin]

Now playing, CD 6, The Early Recordings 1945 - Part IV:
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No.2 in D major Op.73
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Le Coq d'Or: Introduction & Cortège de noces
— San Francisco Symphony Orchestra – Pierre Monteux (RCA Victor Red Seal Records / Sony Classical) 

 

[Peter Friedman]

D.959

[StarThrower]

Symphonies 7 & 8

[alankin]

Now playing, CD 17:
Giuseppe Verdi – Requiem Mass
— Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Alastair Miles (bass), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano), Luca Canonici (tenor)
— Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique – John Eliot Gardiner (Philips)

  
 

[Peter Friedman]

[JSngry]

Neat record!

[jeffcrom]

  

Husa - Elegie et Rondeau; Lawrence Gwozdz, alto saxophone; Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic/Kirk Trevor

Husa - Music for Prague 1968; Eastman Wind Ensemble/Donald Hunsberger

Saddened to learn of the death of Karel Husa, whose music has always affected me strongly. He was good to the saxophone and good to the concert band. I had four or five pieces picked out to listen to, but stopped after Music for Prague 1968, which is just overwhelming.

[A Lark Ascending]

Disc 2 of the Telemann; Disc 2 of the Byrd - 'The Great Service' and some of his 45s.

The symph. Completing a two year trip through the symphonies and concertos in chronological order with the aid of a Baedeker guide to get into them a bit further. Deliberately delayed the 15th as I saw a spellbinding live performance back in February - listening on record so soon afterwards would have deadened the impact.

Needless to say, this sounded glorious yesterday. Special mention for the last four minutes where he returns to the opening theme of the movement (a spin-off from the first couple of bars of the Tristan Prelude) and slowly winds it down until you just have this ghostly percussive clicking and faint strings. According to the programme notes back in February this was partly inspired by one of his late hospitalisations, lying awake at night hearing all the electric medical equipment in the ward ticking and whirring. Gives the piece an even stranger dimension.    

A second volume from these forces of contemporary Christmas songs.

[soulpope]

[mikeweil]

This series of German SWR (South West Radio) is being sold at low prices at the moment - the label clears its stock. This specific one was not among them but is nonetheless fascinating, the orchestra premiered many recordings of Koechlin's unique works.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Lagerräumung+SWRmusic?searchtype=campaigntext&rubric=classic 

[mikeweil]

[Stefan Wood]

19 hours ago, JSngry said:

Neat record!

yes indeed!

[alankin]

Now playing, CD 13:
Frédéric Chopin – 14 Waltzes
– Waltz for Piano in E flat major B.62 Op.18 "Grande valse brillante"
– 3 Waltzes for Piano Op.34
– Waltz for Piano in A flat major B.131 Op.42 "Grande Valse"
– 3 Waltzes for Piano B.164 Op.64
– 2 Waltzes for Piano Op.69
– 3 Waltzes for Piano Op.70
– Waltz for Piano in E minor B.56 Op. posth.
— Alfred Cortot (piano)

Frédéric Chopin 
– Concerto for Piano No.2 in F minor B.43 Op.21
Alfred Cortot (piano) – Orchestra – John Barbirolli (EMI Classics)

 

[Peter Friedman]

String Sextet No.1, Op.18

[soulpope]

6 hours ago, mikeweil said:

Excellent ....

[Peter Friedman]

Op.59, No.1

[A Lark Ascending]

22 hours ago, mikeweil said:

This series of German SWR (South West Radio) is being sold at low prices at the moment - the label clears its stock. This specific one was not among them but is nonetheless fascinating, the orchestra premiered many recordings of Koechlin's unique works.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Lagerräumung+SWRmusic?searchtype=campaigntext&rubric=classic 

I really like Koechlin's music. Makes a nice place to visit when you've played all your Debussy and Ravel to death (as if you could!) but want to hear something from a world not too far away. Jean Cras is another composer from around the same time I enjoy (his day job was being an admiral; clearly knew a bit more about the sea than you'd get from observing it from a hotel in Eastbourne).

Yesterday a bit thin on the posh stuff:

  

This morning the ultimate Xmas party record:

Edited December 17, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[Peter Friedman]

Mozart - String Quintet No.6,  K.614

Beethoven - Piano Sonatas No.21, Op.53 "Waldstein" and No.22, Op.54

[soulpope]

Earlier today .... :

[StarThrower]

No. 5

[soulpope]

[alankin]

Now playing, CD 18:
Frédéric Chopin 
– 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/6 in B minor
– 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/7 in A major
– 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/8 in F sharp minor
– 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/9 in E major
– 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/10 in C sharp minor
– 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/11 in B major
– 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/19 in E flat major
– 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/17 in A flat major
– 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/23 in F major
– 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/24 in D minor
– Barcarolle for Piano in F sharp major B.158 Op.60
– Nocturne No.4 for Piano Op.15/1 in F major
– Polonaise-fantaisie for Piano in A flat major B.159 Op.61
Franz Liszt 
– Sonata for Piano in B minor S.178
Sviatoslav Richter (Decca)