What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[Referentzhunter]

[Referentzhunter]

[Peter Friedman]

OP.130   and   Op.135

[HutchFan]

4 hours ago, Referentzhunter said:

Abbado is definetely one of the Mahler-men. Is this a strong point in this cycle ? I never heard it ...

I think Abbado's M5 is a tremendous performance.  Two thumbs up!

IIRC, this is the first of two recordings of the Fifth that Abbado made.  I've never heard the second version.

 

4 hours ago, Referentzhunter said:

... bye the way Bernstein's Mahler is growing on me and i am enjoying it more and more. There still are moment that ik think; my god this is to forte ... but his passion and musicianship are not negiglible anymore. My first set of Mahler is Haitink (complete opposite).

Bernstein's Mahler is definitely EXTREME.  But I love it.  Bernstein's VERY exaggerated Mahler Ninth (on DG, with the Concertgebouw) was my entry point into Mahler's music -- so I'll always have a soft spot for it.

That said, I also love other ways of approaching Mahler too -- by conductors like Bruno Walter, Jascha Horenstein, Rafael Kubelik, and Bernard Haitink.  (Just to name a few.)  Each of them brings something unique to the table.

 

[HutchFan]

Speaking of Bernstein & Mahler . . .

[Peter Friedman]

[Referentzhunter]

[Peter Friedman]

[Referentzhunter]

Impromptus D 899 & 935

[Referentzhunter]

Ts-find

22 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Speaking of Bernstein & Mahler . . .

😉

[Peter Friedman]

[Ron S]

Currently making my way through this set:

Nielsen, Symphonies 1-6 / Violin Concerto / Flute Concerto / Clarinet Concerto

Alan Gilbert, New York Philharmonic, Nikolaj Znaider (violin), Robert Langevin (flute), Anthony McGill (clarinet) (Dacapo)

[Referentzhunter]

Ts-find, lovely disc

[mjzee]

Riccardo Muti - The Complete Warner Symphonic Recordings, disc 24.

[Peter Friedman]

[Holy Ghost]

On 1/24/2025 at 6:44 AM, Referentzhunter said:

Thank you Sir Richard Branson for Virgin Classics (and Virgin Venture). Truly, in my honest opinion, the best classical label there ever was. 

So, listening to Haydn myself: Cello Concertos under the direction of Iona Brown, featuring Truls Mork, Virgin Classics, 1991. 

Earlier, Haydn, Sonatas Nos. 33, 38, 58 & 60. Emanuel Ax. CBS Records Masterworks, 1988.

One of my favorite classical pianists, alongside Glenn Gould and Jean-Bernard Pommier. 

Edited 7 hours ago by Holy Ghost

[Holy Ghost]

More Haydn:  Symphonies, Nos. 82, 83, & 84, under the direction of Sigiswald Kuijken, and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Virgin Classics, 1989. 

[Peter Friedman]

Piano Trio No.1, Op.99, D.898

Geringas, Sitkovetsky, Oppitz

Edited 2 hours ago by Peter Friedman

[mjzee]

Artur Rodziński - New York Philharmonic, The Complete Columbia Album Collection, disc 8: Gould, Copland, Gershwin.

[HutchFan]

On 1/25/2025 at 2:21 PM, Referentzhunter said:

Ts-find, lovely disc

Yes, Dutoit's Ravel recordings are amazing.    Top-shelf sonically, too.