What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[Peter Friedman]

[mjzee]

Kurt Masur - The Complete Warner Classics Edition, disc 35.

[soulpope]

Jorge Luis Prats plays Villa-Lobos, Granados, Farinas, Ravel and Cervantes "live" @ Concertgebouw Amsterdam on November 2nd, 2008 ....

[soulpope]

Recorded @ BBC Studios on October 7th, 1968 (Debussy) and March 21st, 1970 (Ravel) ----

[soulpope]

Recorded July 6th, 1977 .... Herbert Kegel with deepened precision and understanding ....

[Peter Friedman]

Impromptus D.899  and  6 Moments musicaux

[Д.Д.]

On 2/24/2024 at 11:41 PM, Д.Д. said:

Listened to the early sonatas only so far, very impressed. Punchy performances. Very precise.    

 

On 2/25/2024 at 12:52 PM, Referentzhunter said:

Is this a reissue ? This is it, reference !

It's a 2023 excellent-sounding Melodiya reissue (digital only), available on Spotify: 

I've now listened to it all, stupendous performances.

Edited February 26, 2024 by Д.Д.

[Peter Friedman]

K.464   and   K.575

[mjzee]

Reinhard Goebel Complete Archiv box, disc 20.

21 hours ago, soulpope said:

Jorge Luis Prats plays Villa-Lobos, Granados, Farinas, Ravel and Cervantes "live" @ Concertgebouw Amsterdam on November 2nd, 2008 ....

Thanks; I hope to listen to this soon.  I loved the Zaragoza disc.  Such a forceful pianist with clarity!  And the program was wonderful.

[HutchFan]

Victoria de los Angeles: Portrait of the Artist (Angel, 3 LPs)

LP 2 - compositions by Montsalvatage, Rodrigo, Ravel, and Duparc

 

[Chuck Nessa]

43 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Victoria de los Angeles: Portrait of the Artist (Angel, 3 LPs)

LP 2 - compositions by Montsalvatage, Rodrigo, Ravel, and Duparc

 

She had me at this

in 1967.

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, mjzee said:

Thanks; I hope to listen to this soon.  I loved the Zaragoza disc.  Such a forceful pianist with clarity!  And the program was wonderful.

Thanks for your feedback .... 

[soulpope]

Nikolai Petrov plays Schumann, Scriabin and Stravinsky "live" @ Toronto in 1974 ....

[soulpope]

Recorded @ Budapest in June 1991 .... in these hands expectedly wonderful ....

[Referentzhunter]

[Referentzhunter]

17 hours ago, Д.Д. said:

 

It's a 2023 excellent-sounding Melodiya reissue (digital only), available on Spotify: 

I've now listened to it all, stupendous performances.

They are in perfect hands hear. As good as it gets. Once saw a Japan cd reissue for sale (in the three numbers range). If they reissue this i am as fast as a hurricane.

[Peter Friedman]

Haydn - OP.2/5,  Op.2/6,  Op.64/6

[Referentzhunter]

[HutchFan]

Prompted by the Prokofiev Piano Sonatas post above:

Yakov Kasman is my go-to for the complete set.

Sounds like I need to check out Nikolai Petrov too.  

 

[Peter Friedman]

Symphony No.6

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Prompted by the Prokofiev Piano Sonatas post above:

Yakov Kasman is my go-to for the complete set.

Sounds like I need to check out Nikolai Petrov too.  

Regarding Prokofiev piano music also Ekatarina Novitskaya should be mentioned ....

[HutchFan]

5 minutes ago, soulpope said:

Regarding Prokofiev piano music also Ekatarina Novitskaya should be mentioned ....

Noted.  Thanks!

 

NP:

[Ron S]

12 hours ago, soulpope said:

Recorded @ Budapest in June 1991 .... in these hands expectedly wonderful ....

Coincidentally, next up in my listening pile:

Haydn, "The Seven Last Words . . . ." arranged for string quartet, Op. 51

Quatuor Mosaiques (Astree)

[soulpope]

34 minutes ago, Ron S said:

Coincidentally, next up in my listening pile:

Haydn, "The Seven Last Words . . . ." arranged for string quartet, Op. 51

Quatuor Mosaiques (Astree)

Superb 👌👍 ....

[HutchFan]

CHOPIN: Mazurkas -- as performed by Witold Malcuzynski: