What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, alankin said:

Now playing, CD 3 from:

Jean Sibelius – Symphony No.4 in A minor Op.63
— Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra – Paavo Berglund (RCO Live)

Terrific performance ....

[soulpope]

4 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Certainly the best version of the Second Orchestral Set that I've ever heard.  

From my Charles Ives site:

This recording is another demonstration why, in my view, Tilson Thomas is the most consistently fine conductor of Ives' music. He has the clearest command of Ives' musical idiom, and he makes this work come alive. The first movement is both familiar and mysterious, characteristics that MTT regularly discovers in Ives' music. The second movement has a swinging, rhythmic flair lacking in any other recording. The third movement is as epic and audacious as anything Ives ever wrote. Tilson Thomas captures the spirit of the movement. It's both tenderly elegiac and resolutely determined. Ives considered this to be one of his greatest musical achievements, and it's easy to understand why: It sounds great! My recommendation is that you play this exultant music very loud! The Concertgebouw Orchestra plays with an unparalleled, refined power. No surprise there. But perhaps a bit more surprising, they play completely idiomatically. They sound very much at home in Ives' unique, very American sound world. This is one of Ives' greatest works, wonderfully played and recorded.

Your write-up is spot on ....

[Balladeer]

Janet Hilton (cl) & Jakob Fichert (p) - Max Reger - Clarinet Sonatas (Naxos)

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, Balladeer said:

Janet Hilton (cl) & Jakob Fichert (p) - Max Reger - Clarinet Sonatas (Naxos)

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[Peter Friedman]

Mozart - String Quartet K.465 "Dissonance"

Mendelssohn - String Quartet Op.43/3

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[Chuck Nessa]

Disc 3 - Symphonia Serena & Symphonie "Die Harmonie der Welt".

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Disc 3 - Symphonia Serena & Symphonie "Die Harmonie der Welt".

Beautiful .... and superbly recorded ....

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[Peter Friedman]

Szymanowski Quartet - Haydn String Quartet Op.54/2

Juilliard String Quartet - Brahms String Quartet No.2, Op.51/2

[Michael Weiss]

2 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

Szymanowski Quartet - Haydn String Quartet Op.54/2

Juilliard String Quartet - Brahms String Quartet No.2, Op.51/2

Szymanowski's piano music from 1915 onwards (op. 29) is incredible. You wouldn't think it was the same composer of his earlier works.

[Peter Friedman]

Mozart - Piano Sonata K.332

d"Indy - String Quartet No.1, Op.35

[soulpope]

[soulpope]

Exhilarating performances .... completely forgot about this treasure trove`s profound qualities ....

[Peter Friedman]

Mozart - Piano Concerto No.12, K.414

Brahms - String Quintet No.1, Op.88

[soulpope]

(IMO) on of the benchmark Mahler 5 performances ....

[soulpope]

[Peter Friedman]

Beethoven Violin Concerto

[erwbol]

[Peter Friedman]

Op.33/1 and Op.33/2

[soulpope]

12 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

Op.33/1 and Op.33/2

Fabulous ....

[soulpope]

[alankin]

Now playing:
Robert Schumann — BBC Philharmonic (BBC Music)
– Symphony No.4 in D minor Op.120  – Gianandrea Noseda 
– Concertstück for 4 Horns and Orchestra in F major, Op. 86 — Cormac Ó hAodaín, David Pyatt, Martin Owen, Michael Thompson (horns) – Sir Charles Mackerras