What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[Referentzhunter]

[mjzee]

The Decca Sound - The Piano Edition, disc 12.

[HutchFan]

Now:

Disc 2 - Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 and The Isle of the Dead

 

Up next:

Disc 6 - Wagner: Orchestral Music from The Ring -- with the LSO
This repertoire is right in Stoki's wheelhouse.

 

3 hours ago, Referentzhunter said:

IMO, Haitink's Shostakovich symphony cycle is very inconsistent; however, that recording of the Eighth is bonkers -- and I mean bonkers in a good way.  It's EASILY the high point of Haitink's cycle. 

 

[mjzee]

Disc 5.

[EKE BBB]

On 9/13/2023 at 3:19 PM, EKE BBB said:

 

Now playing Beethoven's Cello Sonatas #1 to #4

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

Now playing:

Disc 2:
- Hunnenschlacht (Battle Of The Huns)
- Die Ideale
- Von Der Wiege Bis Zum Grabe (From The Cradle To The Grave)
- Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (The Dance In The Village Inn)

 

[HutchFan]

Now listening to Sir Adrian Boult's Ralph Vaughan Williams set:

Disc 2 - A London Symphony (No. 2) and Tallis Fantasia . . . with the LPO

 

[mjzee]

Kurt Masur - The Complete Warner Classics Edition, disc 2.

[HutchFan]

Schubert: Symphony No. 4, as heard on this set:

 

Earlier this evening:

 

[Referentzhunter]

On 9/14/2023 at 11:10 PM, HutchFan said:

IMO Haitink's Shostakovich symphony cycle is very inconsistent; however, that recording of the Eighth is bonkers -- and I mean bonkers in a good way.  It's EASILY the high point of Haitink's cycle. 

Ok, found some other symphonies also. Haven't listened to any of them but this eight is out of this world indeed. What synmphonies are also worth hearing ?

[Referentzhunter]

11 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Now listening to Sir Adrian Boult's Ralph Vaughan Williams set:

Disc 2 - A London Symphony (No. 2) and Tallis Fantasia . . . with the LPO

 

interesting 'musical moments' here. 

From the first moment is listened to ' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis' i had 'that' aha-moment that still lives in my heart.

[Peter Friedman]

Brahms Piano Quartet No.2 and No.3

[soulpope]

On 9/14/2023 at 7:39 PM, Referentzhunter said:

Excellent ....

[Peter Friedman]

[mjzee]

Claudio Scimone Vivaldi box - disc 2.

[Ron S]

Elgar, String Quartet / Piano Quintet

Martin Roscoe (piano, quintet), Brodsky Quartet (Chandos)

[Ron S]

Brahms, Sextets Nos. 1 and 2

Talich Quartet, Joseph Kluson (viola), Michal Kanka (cello) (Calliope)

 

[HutchFan]

On 9/16/2023 at 5:09 AM, Referentzhunter said:

Ok, found some other symphonies also. Haven't listened to any of them but this eight is out of this world indeed. What synmphonies are also worth hearing ?

Do you mean other Shostakovich symphonies in Haitink's cycle?  Or do you mean other Shostakovich symphonies -- in general -- among the 15 that he composed?

If it's the latter, I would suggest looking into the Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, Tenth, Thirteenth, and Fifteenth.

IMO, the two most impressive recorded cycles of Shostakovich's symphonies were both made in the Soviet Union -- by conductors Kirill Kondrashin (with the Moscow PO, recorded between 1962 and 1975) and Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (with the USSR Ministry of Culture SO, recorded in the 1980s). 

 

On 9/16/2023 at 5:28 AM, Referentzhunter said:

From the first moment is listened to ' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis' i had 'that' aha-moment that still lives in my heart.

Yes.  It's magnificent.   

 

Edited September 18, 2023 by HutchFan

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

IMO, the two most impressive recorded cycles of Shostakovich's symphonies were both made in the Soviet Union -- by conductors Kirill Kondrashin (with the Moscow PO, recorded between 1962 and 1975) and Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (with the USSR Ministry of Culture SO, recorded in the 1980s). 

Agreed ....

[EKE BBB]

[soulpope]

[EKE BBB]

[Peter Friedman]

Beethoven Cello Sonatas No.1 and No.2

[HutchFan]

Speaking of Shostakovich . . . 

Harrowing, brilliant music.  Unsurpassed performances.