What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[alankin]

Richard Strauss – Sonata for Violin and Piano in E flat major Op.18
Max Reger – Sonata for Violin No.2 in C minor Op.139
— Gidon Kremer (violin), Oleg Maisenberg (piano) (Brilliant Classics – Legendary Russian Soloists)

[Peter Friedman]

Mazurkas Op.6, 17, 24, 30, 33

[StarThrower]

Great live set of interesting compositions. Will have to explore some of the other

volumes in this series.

[A Lark Ascending]

11 hours ago, StarThrower said:

Great live set of interesting compositions. Will have to explore some of the other

volumes in this series.

This one is good:

Though I didn't care much for the Tan Dun.

24, 25, 30, 31 of the Mozzy.

Apologies for size of Prokofiev - doesn't seem to exist in modest dimensions. Just Symph 7 - my favourite of Prokofiev's symphs. 

[Peter Friedman]

Beethoven Piano Sonatas

Buchbinder - No.27, Op.90

Kempff - No.28, Op.101

[JSngry]

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, JSngry said:

Gawriloff's Piano Concerto performance is nothing short of superb ....

[JSngry]

 

[StarThrower]

10 hours ago, A Lark Ascending said:

This one is good:

Though I didn't care much for the Tan Dun.

 

I ordered the 2 disc vol 4.

Edited December 30, 2016 by StarThrower

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, JSngry said:

 

Thnx for the hint reg my "mishit"  - as being forced to write via mobile phone currently  the so called "autocorrection" changed the context to concerto - without any reason .... but staying with the Piano Concerto - Aimard is here on top of his game too ...

 

[JSngry]

Indeed, a wonderful performance!

[alankin]

Now playing, CD 7, Charles Munch conducts French Music:
Maurice Ravel – Rapsodie espagnole
Maurice Ravel – La valse
Camille Saint-Saëns – La princesse jaune Op.30: Overture
Hector Berlioz – Béatrice et Bénédict opera H. 138: Ouvertüre
Edouard Lalo – Le Roi d'Ys: Overture
— Boston Symphony Orchestra – Charles Munch (RCA Victor Red Seal Records / Sony Classics)

 

[alankin]

Now playing, CD 2:
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No.7 in A major Op.92; Gratulations-Menuet WoO 3
Franz Schubert – Symphony No.2 in B flat major D.125
— Boston Symphony Orchestra – Charles Munch (RCA Red Seal Records / Sony Classics)

   

 

Edited December 30, 2016 by alankin

[Peter Friedman]

Op. 20/1 and Op. 20/2

[StarThrower]

[StarThrower]

[T.D.]

[A Lark Ascending]

Hard to see the last one - music by Sculthorpe, Sallinen, Glass, Nancarrow & Hendrix. Listened to this for the first time on Spotify yesterday - recall it being very successful when it came out. I've certainly heard 'Purple Haze' on the radio a fair few times over the years. Britain's Ligeti Quartet, who I've been so taken with live this year, seem to he heavily influenced by the repertoire approach of the Kronos Quartet (if not their Newyawk Hipster visual image [not complaining - certainly beats penguin suits]). 

5 & 6 of the Bartok.

Edited December 31, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[StarThrower]

That 2nd symphony by Schnittke is some of the darkest stuff I've ever listened to. I play it a couple times a year.

[mikeweil]

Finally got around to listen to this new release which arrived here just before Christmas. Beautiful music, excellently performed.

[alankin]

Hector Berlioz – Roméo et Juliette Op.17
— Margaret Roggero (mezzo soprano), Leslie Chabey (tenor), Yi-Kwei Sze (bass) 
— Boston Symphony Orchestra,  Harvard Glee Club,  Radcliffe Choral Society – Charles Munch (RCA Victor Red Seal Records / Sony Classics)

 

This is the 1953 recording.

I don't think I've heard this Berlioz work before.  Some very beautiful music here.  

I sought out a recording of this work because last month my daughter sang in a concert as a member of the choir of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra.  (I wasn't able to get down there to hear it, alas.)

[Peter Friedman]

Violin Sonata No.9, Op.47 "Kreutzer"

[JSngry]

This is some cool shit.

[soulpope]

4 hours ago, mikeweil said:

Finally got around to listen to this new release which arrived here just before Christmas. Beautiful music, excellently performed.

Sebastien Dauce + Ensemble Correspondances are obviously Charpentier experts ....

[StarThrower]