What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[Peter Friedman]

Mendelssohn - String Quartet Op.44/3   &.  Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.3

[HutchFan]

2 hours ago, paul secor said:

I have two Tintner Bruckners - Nos. 00 and 3 - which I've enjoyed listening to very much. My experience with Bruckner is limited, so my comment probably isn't worth a lot. I do like your "flowing" description. That's what I hear and like.

I'm not any sort of Bruckner "expert" either. I've just enjoyed what I've heard from Tintner.  

BTW: Since my original post, I've also heard Tintner's recording of Bruckner's 9th -- and I think it shares the same strengths as his 7th. Bruckner's music can sometimes seem "segmented," with abrupt transitions between musical ideas. With Tintner, I don't get that impression. OTOH, I don't sense he's "smoothing things out."  It's more like he's navigating between musical ideas with aplomb, finding connections between here and there.

Also, I've got to say that I think the Royal Scottish National Orchestra sounds superb on these two recordings. Of course, they don't have the heftier, darker sonorities that people associate with "Bruckner orchestras" -- like the Staatskapelle Dresden. But the RSNO's sound -- brighter, less heavy -- seems to be a perfect fit for Tintner's interpretive approach.

 

[HutchFan]

 

NP:

Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets / Belcea Quartet (Alpha Classics)
Disc 1 - String Quartet No. 6, Op. 18/6 and No. 12, Op. 127

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

Mendelssohn - String Quartet Op.44/3 

👍👍👍!!!

[soulpope]

Earlier today .... :

[Referentzhunter]

[HutchFan]

I've been listening two versions of Vaughan Williams' Fifth Symphony consecutively:

Sir John Barbirolli, Philharmonia O (EMI)

 

and

Vernon Handley, Royal Liverpool PO (EMI)

Barbirolli is one of my favorite conductors, but -- in this particular case -- I think Handley's reading is more persuasive.

 

[HutchFan]

Now listening to Karl Böhm's recording of Beethoven's 9th:

with the Wiener Philharmoniker and Konzertvereinigung Weiner Staatsopernchor
Gwyneth Jones, Tatiana Troyanos, Jess Thomas, and Karl Riddersbusch 

 

Böhm's LvB recordings were some of the first I ever heard. Back then I was listening to vinyl, this box set:

I think the cycle has held up very well -- at least when compared to similar "big band," un-HIP sets.

Böhm's 6th, 7th, and 9th are still among my favorite versions.

Nothing like first impressions.  

 

[jeffcrom]

Over the past week, I've listened to the complete Karajan/Berlin "1963" Beethoven symphony cycle, in a random order of my own. Really beautiful music making, for the most part. Yeah, the 6th is kind of perfunctory, but I still enjoyed the gorgeous sound of the Berliners.

[jeffcrom]

Janacek - Sinfonietta (Ozawa/Chicago SO). A 45 RPM vinyl Angel "Sonic Series" release. Stirring performance and really fabulous sonics.

[Chuck Nessa]

26 minutes ago, jeffcrom said:

Janacek - Sinfonietta (Ozawa/Chicago SO). A 45 RPM vinyl Angel "Sonic Series" release. Stirring performance and really fabulous sonics.

If you can find this one, jump on it.

[HutchFan]

More Vaughan Williams as performed by Handley & the RLPO:

and

 

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

More Vaughan Williams as performed by Handley & the RLPO:

and

Both excellent ....

[soulpope]

Sviatoslav Richter "Chopin + Debussy" (BBC-Legends)      2004 ....

[Alexander Hawkins]

8 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

If you can find this one, jump on it.

Oh yes...LOVE this one! My favourite of the various versions I have.

[soulpope]

Schubert "Winterreise" Fischer-Diskau + Brendel (Philips)        1985 .... the "broken" voice of Fischer-Dieskau adds some heartfelt drama to this Schubert Lied tecital ....

[Larry Kart]

4 hours ago, Alexander Hawkins said:

Oh yes...LOVE this one! My favourite of the various versions I have.

 And Martinu's "Les Fresques" ain't chopped liver.

[Referentzhunter]

13 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

If you can find this one, jump on it.

 

[HutchFan]

DSCH: Syms. Nos. 5 & 6

 

[Peter Friedman]

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.5 "Emperor" Michael Roll / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Howard Shelley

[Referentzhunter]

Vivaldi-I Musici (18 lp-box, Philips)

Now Concerto 3 t/m 12

Concerto 1 + 2 earlier today.

Edited February 22, 2019 by Referentzhunter

[HutchFan]

Listening to the Rachmaninov works from this Lazar Berman set:

- Variations on a Theme by Corelli, Op. 42
- Six moments musicaux, Op. 16
- 6 Preludes 

 

[soulpope]

30 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Listening to the Rachmaninov works from this Lazar Berman set:

- Variations on a Theme by Corelli, Op. 42
- Six moments musicaux, Op. 16
- 6 Preludes 

 

Underrated pianist for sure ....

[Referentzhunter]

Underrated. Askenase is an excellent Chopinist. Otterlo and Orchestra done a great job.

Edited February 21, 2019 by Referentzhunter

[soulpope]

17 minutes ago, Referentzhunter said:

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