What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[soulpope]

[HutchFan]

Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 / Friedrich Gulda
Disc 1

[A Lark Ascending]

Opus 87, 101, 111 - acclimatisation listen. 

Never heard (or seen) this before - beautiful score in that opulent yet unstable style common to the latest of Romanticisms. Enjoyed the staging too. 

[alankin]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
– Concerto for Piano No.24 in C minor K 491
Arthur Rubinstein (piano) – RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra – Josef Krips 
– Rondo in A minor K.511
Arthur Rubinstein (piano) (RCA Victor Red Seal Records / Living Stereo – Sony Music)

 
 

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[alankin]

Frédéric Chopin 
– Piano Sonata No.2 in B-flat minor Op.35 "Funeral March"
– Piano Sonata No.3 in B-minor Op.58
Arthur Rubinstein (RCA Victor Red Seal Records – Sony Music)

 
 

[Chuck Nessa]

Some fun stuff trying to be serious, or the other way around.

 

[StarThrower]

[soulpope]

As good as Vol. 1 - sumptous music expertly performed ....

Edited September 2, 2016 by soulpope

[soulpope]

[A Lark Ascending]

Would like to see a DVD production of the opera. 

Edited September 2, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[Balladeer]

Clipper Erickson -
The Complete piano works of Nathaniel Dett -
My cup runneth over (Navona), Disc 1

[soulpope]

[soulpope]

[soulpope]

Now a leap in time .... :

As good as the Kubelik`s Mahler studio recordings for Deutsche Grammophon are - in most cases I do prefer the live performances available via Audite .... of course best is having them both ....

[soulpope]

The Overture ....

[A Lark Ascending]

[Peter Friedman]

Louise Farrenc - Symphony No.1 & No.3 - Radio-Philharmonie Hannover des NDR / Goritzki

[A Lark Ascending]

[soulpope]

Earlier today .... :

[soulpope]

[soulpope]

[soulpope]

[A Lark Ascending]

Disc 3: Deutsche Sinfonie

Disc 4: Lieder and small group instrumental pieces. 

Hot off the press. Superb staging - quite minimalist and done as a puppet show but with very clever manipulation of a grid-like structure that morphs between scenes:

Adds to the nightmarish claustrophobia of the piece.

I'm now off to slash my wrists. 

[StarThrower]

Nos 1 & 2

[JSngry]

Listening and watching:

a wee bit hypey, maybe, but such are the times, so ok. Certainly just a wee bit and not one bit more. Beautiful Faure. Plus, captioning on for Mysteries Of The Macabre = beautifully a-HA. Plus rehearsal/practice/workshop footages always a treat. Plus, Concrrt Romanesc, I had no idea.

It left me better than it found me, so hey, thank you, dvd.