What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[soulpope]

12 minutes ago, Peter Friedman said:

💗💗💗 ....

[Ron S]

Concluding my current traversal of the Auryn Quartet's complete Haydn string quartets:

Haydn, String Quartets, Op. 77 Nos. 1 and 2, Op. 103, Op. 42

Auryn Quartet (Tacet)

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

53 minutes ago, Ron S said:

Concluding my current traversal of the Auryn Quartet's complete Haydn string quartets:

Haydn, String Quartets, Op. 77 Nos. 1 and 2, Op. 103, Op. 42

Auryn Quartet (Tacet)

Which individual performances did you enjoy most .... ?

[Ron S]

1 hour ago, soulpope said:

Which individual performances did you enjoy most .... ?

Too many to count--or remember!  😜 It really is a uniformly great series.  Off the top of my head though--and by no means an exhaustive list--a couple that really stood out for me were Op. 20 and Op. 50.  But really, all are very good and many--most?--are great.  

[soulpope]

2 minutes ago, Ron S said:

Too many to count--or remember!  😜 It really is a uniformly great series.  Off the top of my head though--and by no means an exhaustive list--a couple that really stood out for me were Op. 20 and Op. 50.  But really, all are very good and many--most?--are great.  

Thnx + understood ...

[soulpope]

Marc-Andre Hamelin plays Liszt "live" @ Royal Albert Hall on August 24th, 2011 ....

[soulpope]

Marc-Andre Hamelin plays Catoire, Prokofiev, Scriabin and Schubert "live" @ Brahmssaal Musikverein Wien on October 19th, 2022 .... saw this concert performed in Covid-19 infested times ....

[soulpope]

Recorded @ Studio Christuskirche, Berlin  in 1977 (Symphony 😎 and 1981 (Symphony 7) ....  gorgeous playing by the Staatskapelle Berlin under Othmas Suitner`s guidance .... btw the sound quality is remarkable 🧐👌 ....

[Chuck Nessa]

[soulpope]

Earlier .... :

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Recorded @ Auditorio RSI Lugano on Novemeber 28th, 1989 .... wonderful ....

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

Recorded "live" @  Philharmonie am Gasteig München on September 12th, 1993 .... Sergiu Celibidache`s Bruckner aka the art of floating ....

[Ron S]

Well, I almost stopped listening to music while this forum was down because, really, what's the point?  😜  But I DID listen to some anyway, including:

Hanson, Symphony No. 1 / "Merry Mount" Suite / "Pan and the Priest" Symphonic Poem / Rhythmic Variations on Two Ancient Hymns

Kenneth Schermerhorn, Nashville Symphony Orchestra (Naxos)

 

Now listening to:

Schumann, Piano Quintet (arranged for string orchestra by Earl Wild)

Dohnanyi, Piano Quintet No. 1 (arranged for string orchestra by Earl Wild)

Earl Wild (piano), Isaiah Jackson, American String Orchestra (Ivory Classics)

[Peter Friedman]

[Ron S]

Diamond, Music for "Romeo and Juliet" / Concerto for Small Orchestra 

Hanson, Serenade for Flute, Harp, and Strings / Variations on a Theme of Youth / Pastorale for Oboe, Harp, and Strings

Piston, Sinfonietta / Serenata for Orchestra

Creston, Choreografic Suite

Gerard Schwarz, New York Chamber Symphony, Carol Rosenberger (piano, Variations) (Delos)

[soulpope]

Paul Badura-Skoda plays Beethoven "live" @ Musikverein Wien on October 15th, 2017 .... I was there ....

[soulpope]

Thereof op 132 recorded in April 1977 .... understated and concise ....

[soulpope]

Recorded on September 13th, 2001 .... speaking of understatment, this documents the Münchner Philharmoniker following the pure guidance of Günter Wand, who goes - quite in opposite to their former principal conductor Sergiu Celibidache - for accelerated execution .....

[Ron S]

7 hours ago, soulpope said:

Paul Badura-Skoda plays Beethoven "live" @ Musikverein Wien on October 15th, 2017 .... I was there ....

Which one is you?  😃

[soulpope]

50 minutes ago, Ron S said:

Which one is you?  😃

Not visible unfortunately 😇 ....

[Peter Friedman]

[Peter Friedman]

Beethoven - Symphony No. 4  and No.5

[mjzee]

The Decca Sound - The Piano Edition, disc 43.

[mjzee]

Kurt Masur - The Complete Warner Classics Edition, disc 33.