What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[HutchFan]

Now playing:

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 "Choral" (Archiv Produktion, 1996)
John Eliot Gardiner, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

The Monteverdi Choir
Soprano – Luba Orgonasova 
Mezzo – Anne Sofie Von Otter
Tenor – Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Bass – Gilles Cachemaille

 

[soulpope]

Bought this many years ago via a Naxos bargain bin offer, but never played it .... so now`s the time ....

[Peter Friedman]

[mjzee]

Disc 4: Beethoven Cello Sonatas 4 & 5, Brahms Cello Sonata 2 (all with Mieczysław Horszowski), Beethoven Coriolan Overture.

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, mjzee said:

Disc 4: Beethoven Cello Sonatas 4 & 5, Brahms Cello Sonata 2 (all with Mieczysław Horszowski), Beethoven Coriolan Overture.

Wonderful ....

[soulpope]

Motivated by "mjzee" ....

[soulpope]

More strings on offer .... Quatuor Mosaïques at their best ....

[mikeweil]

Last night:

https://www.discogs.com/artist/212270-Thierry-De-Mey

[Referentzhunter]

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

Bruno Cocset Les Basses Reunies Diego Ortiz "Recercadas del Trattado de Glosas" (Alpha) 2019 ....

[Peter Friedman]

Piano Concerto No.5  and  No.12

[soulpope]

Feel a bit better this morning so in the mood for a Bruno Cocset Les Basses Réunies classic .... indispensable ....

[soulpope]

Speaking if indispensable .... btw being just in the process of a (at first virtual) downsizing of my collections based on the music I played most often ....

[Peter Friedman]

Beethoven String Quartets Op.74  and  Op.95 - Budapest Quartet

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, Peter Friedman said:

Beethoven String Quartets Op.74  and  Op.95 - Budapest Quartet

Superb performances for sure ....

[mjzee]

On 10/9/2024 at 2:46 AM, soulpope said:

Motivated by "mjzee" ....

Nice.  There seems to be shamefully little Casals currently available...also Segovia.

Reinhard Goebel complete Archiv box, disc 74 (last!).

[Peter Friedman]

Fibich String Quartet - Martfeld Quartet

Schumann - Violin Concerto - Menuhin 

[mjzee]

34 minutes ago, Peter Friedman said:

Schumann - Violin Concerto - Menuhin 

I actually own this twice: in the Menuhin Century box and in the Barbirolli box.

[mjzee]

Disc 5: Dvořák cello concerto (with George Szell), Elgar cello concerto (with Adrian Boult), Bruch Kol Nidrei (appropriate for tomorrow night).

[soulpope]

Masterful Bruckner 7 courtesy of Kapellmeister Kurt Eichhorn .... as good as it gets ....

[Referentzhunter]

[soulpope]

Like smaller scale symphonies .... this ist a definiteve keeper in my potentialy shrinking vaults ....

[Referentzhunter]

11 minutes ago, soulpope said:

Like smaller scale symphonies .... this ist a definiteve keeper in my potentialy shrinking vaults ....

downsize collection torture. BTW like the direct Borodin approach for Brahms.

[soulpope]

7 minutes ago, Referentzhunter said:

downsize collection torture. BTW like the direct Borodin approach for Brahms.

Always thought so, but as it selfimposed (no financial or other pressure) it`s sort of re-evaluating personal preferences ....