What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[Jim Alfredson]

 

[A Lark Ascending]

4 hours ago, Jim Alfredson said:

 

Save up La Nativite du Seigneur for Xmas. Goes well with Bing and your own seasonal tracks. 

Yesterday - Birtwistle : The Triumph of Time.

[soulpope]

Great performances and superb sound ....

[soulpope]

Thereof Brahms 1 .... sublime ....

[soulpope]

[alankin]

Now playing, CD 2:
Franz Schubert 
– Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D959
– Piano Sonata No. 13 in A major, D664
Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) (Teldec Classics / Warner Music)

 
 

Edited November 18, 2016 by alankin

[six string]

Ivan Moravec - Chopin 24 Preludes Ballads in F minor (Supraphone) 

There's something about Moravec's touch that I really like.  He really knows how to draw the notes out of a piano.

[alankin]

Now playing, CD 11:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
– Quartet for Strings No.16 in E flat major K428 (421b) ["Haydn" Quartet No.3]
– Quartet for Strings No.17 in B flat major K458 "Hunt" ["Haydn" Quartet No.4]
— Paolo Borciani (violin), Elisa Pegreffi (violin), Piero Farulli (viola), Franco Rossi (cello) – Quartetto Italiano (Philips / Decca Music)

   
 

[JSngry]

 

Big picture, big music, these guys are worth the time.

[Peter Friedman]

[StarThrower]

[soulpope]

3 hours ago, six string said:

Ivan Moravec - Chopin 24 Preludes Ballads in F minor (Supraphone) 

There's something about Moravec's touch that I really like.  He really knows how to draw the notes out of a piano.

Treasurable recording ....

[Balladeer]

Peter Mattei (baritone) & Bengt-Ake Lundin (p)
 Wilhelm Stenhammar: Songs (BIS)

[JSngry]

5 hours ago, JSngry said:

 

Big picture, big music, these guys are worth the time.

Looks like I'm gonna be stuck on this one today. No complaints!

[rostasi]

6 hours ago, six string said:

Ivan Moravec - Chopin 24 Preludes Ballads in F minor (Supraphone) 

There's something about Moravec's touch that I really like.  He really knows how to draw the notes out of a piano.

I'm guessing that this is the same as the Connoisseur Society recording on cassette that I've had for years. A favorite.

[Peter Friedman]

Mozart - Piano Concerto No.22, K.482

Beethoven - Violin Sonata No.2, Op.12/3 - Oistrakh & Yampolsky

[StarThrower]

[soulpope]

Thereof Elgar 1 .... mesmerizing perforrmance ....

[soulpope]

More Elgar .... :

[A Lark Ascending]

Another listen to 'The Triumph of Time' - actually one of the easier Birtwistle pieces to follow as he clearly marks out the sections and highlights the instruments being given prominence. Had me thinking of Holst's 'Egdon Heath' which I played straight after - clearly a completely different idiom with clear, tonally sculpted melodies, but shares a sense of moving slowly and relatively quietly through a bleak landscape. Followed by:

 

Just the Planets. Listened to all the above on a train journey from London through the East Midlands - not a landscape I usually care for but yesterday the low sunlight caught the still surviving autumn leaves in their glorious range of colours beautifully; newly ploughed fields, the odd little church...combined with the music, all quite magical. 

Just the Lulu Suite.

This morning:

Edited November 19, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[soulpope]

[alankin]

Robert Schumann – Phantasie for Piano in C major Op.17
— Sviatoslav Richter  (EMI Classics)

[StarThrower]

 

Lontano Atmospheres Apparitions San Francisco Polyphony

[JSngry]

 

 

[T.D.]

I once saw Eighth Blackbird live, and they're a terrific ensemble. Their repertoire can be rather, let's say, variable, but it is adventurous.