What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

Klaus Tennstedt and Philadelphia Orchestra perform Bruckner 8 "live" in 1989 .... this conductor's live performances always were something else ....

[soulpope]

Arcadi Volodos plays Schubert and Liszt "live" @ Teatro Cultura Artistica Sao Paolo on October 17th, 2005 .... majestic ....

[soulpope]

Vaclav Neumann and CPO perform Dvorak Requiem "live" @ Katedrala Svateho Vaclava Praha in 1988 .... touching ....

[soulpope]

Before .... :

A jewel in the crown of Harmonia Mundi regarding their Sebastien Dauce + Ensemble Correspondance releases .... highly recommended ....

[Peter Friedman]

[Referentzhunter]

Thrift store find of yesterday.

[HutchFan]

First listen:

Terrific, so far.

 

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, Referentzhunter said:

Thrift store find of yesterday.

Excellent ....

[Peter Friedman]

[mikeweil]

This probably was the release that initiated my love for harpsichord music, although the sound disappoints me after so many years. Almost monophonic, and the microphones at too much of a distance, as if it were a grand piano in a concert hall. There are many better sounding recordings from that time (1976). Alan Curtis plays very well, though. The cover, btw, shows the harpschord lid of Balbastre's own instrument, used later by the Pleyel company to build a fortepiano. 

Edited January 9, 2024 by mikeweil

[HutchFan]

Now spinning:

Roussel - Bacchus et Ariane (Suites Nos. 1 & 2) / Martinon, ON de l'ORTF (Erato)

 

[HutchFan]

More 20th c. French music:

Darius Milhaud: Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit ; La Création Du Monde / Orchestre du Theatre Des Champs-Elysees, conducted by the composer (Nonesuch, rec. 1958)

I've added this LP to my collection after first hearing the music on YT just a few weeks ago.  It's music that's bursting with life!

 

3 hours ago, mikeweil said:

This probably was the release that initiated my love for harpsichord music, although the sound disappoints me after so many years. Almost monophonic, and the microphones at too much of a distance, as if it were a grand piano in a concert hall. There are many better sounding recordings from that time (1976). Alan Curtis plays very well, though. The cover, btw, shows the harpschord lid of Balbastre's own instrument, used later by the Pleyel company to build a fortepiano. 

Mike, is there a harpsichord thread on the forum where you (and others) have discussed your favorite recordings?  If not, I'd love to hear about your desert-island harpsichord discs. It's an area of music that I know very little about.

 

Edited January 10, 2024 by HutchFan

[mikeweil]

24 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Mike, is there a harpsichord thread on the forum where you (and others) have discussed your favorite recordings?  If not, I'd love to hear about your desert-island harpsichord discs. It's an area of music that I know very little about.

 

AFAIK there is no such thread. Somebody will have to start one .... 

[HutchFan]

Next up:

J.S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge (arranged for string quartet) / Keller Quartett (ECM)

 

29 minutes ago, mikeweil said:

AFAIK there is no such thread. Somebody will have to start one .... 

Done!  

 

[soulpope]

3 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Next up:

J.S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge (arranged for string quartet) / Keller Quartett (ECM)

Interesting performance .... prefer the  Juilliard Quartet's version though ....

[soulpope]

Treasurous Bruckner 5 performance ....

 

[soulpope]

Lovely ....

[Peter Friedman]

Piano Sonata in D minor and String Quartet 

[Chuck Nessa]

12 hours ago, HutchFan said:

More 20th c. French music:

Darius Milhaud: Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit ; La Création Du Monde / Orchestre du Theatre Des Champs-Elysees, conducted by the composer (Nonesuch, rec. 1958)

I've added this LP to my collection after first hearing the music on YT just a few weeks ago.  It's music that's bursting with life!

 

Mike, is there a harpsichord thread on the forum where you (and others) have discussed your favorite recordings?  If not, I'd love to hear about your desert-island harpsichord discs. It's an area of music that I know very little about.

 

Got that lp back in the day and replaced it on cd a couple of years ago -

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

10 hours ago, soulpope said:

Interesting performance .... prefer the  Juilliard Quartet's version though ....

Yeah, I need to hear the Juilliard's version. 

Have you heard Hermann Scherchen's arrangement for orchestra?  I love it.

I bought this Canadian "Hermann Scherchen Edition" 2-disc set when I was visiting Canada twenty years (or so) ago.  Positive associations.    

 

 

2 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Got that lp back in the day and replaced it on cd a couple of years ago -

  Fantastic music & performances. 

 

[HutchFan]

Back to Mahler's Ninth:

Mahler: Sym. No. 9 / Bernstein, NYPO (Sony)

This version is similar in conception but less extreme than Lenny's later M9 with the Concertgebouw.  I love them both. 

I'd put those two Bernstein recordings right at the top of my Mahler Nine heap -- along with Jascha Horenstein (1952) and Bruno Walter (1961).

Such a magnificent work!

 

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

Yeah, I need to hear the Juilliard's version. 

Have you heard Hermann Scherchen's arrangement for orchestra?  I love it.

I bought this Canadian "Hermann Scherchen Edition" 2-disc set when I was visiting Canada twenty years (or so) ago.  Positive associations.    

Yep, excellent .... still the pure version for string quartet remaines nearer to my heart  ....

[HutchFan]

Granados: Goyescas, Escenas Romanticas / Alicia De Laroccha (MCA Classics)
Originally recorded for Decca in 1955-56