Classical Music Forum banner
Status
Not open for further replies.

Current Listening Vol V

2M views 48K replies 376 participants last post by  Taggart 
#1 ·
Current Listening Vol V

A new thread for the same subject matter.

The previous thread, Current Listening Vol IV, has become another huge file, and because this particular thread is the most popular one on the site, we have created this new volume to continue posting.

Taggart,
Senior Moderator
 
#81 · (Edited)
For me tonight, mister Heinrich Isaac Missa Paschalis, i all ready had this one on another label, than one might had wwhat your problem deprofundis, well it's Cappella Pratensis ensemble, iit's complimented whit organ orchestration, the other one is a suprise, why not? Claude Le Jeune::mon dieu mme paist(featuring also Claude Goudimel, very nice album, a pleasant suprise.I would like to point out it my second weeks whiteout smoking tobacco, thank god anyway.

Im a big fan of Isaac and a lllesser fan of Le Jeune, but i still have the cd of claude le jeune perform by ensemble huelgas leead by brilliant Paul Van Nevel, what about claude goudimel well i had a cd on naxos of him, quite religieous and preachy in a way, i supposed Goudimel was a priest, easy guest, we all know the story he got killed at st barthelemy slaughter aaand that about it folks have a good night.

:tiphat:
 
#85 ·


Verdi: Falstaff

Giuseppe Taddei (Falstaff), Ronaldo Panerai (Ford), Francisco Araiza (Fenton), Piero De Palma (Dr Caius), Heinz Zednik (Bardolfo), Federico Davià (Pistola), Raina Kabaivanska (Alice Ford), Janet Perry (Nannetta), Trudeliese Schmidt (Meg Page), Christa Ludwig (Mistress Quickly)

Wiener Philharmoniker & Wiener Staatsopernchor, Herbert von Karajan
 
#86 ·
I listened to
Paul Hindemith "Das Marienleben" Annelies Kupper - Hindemith considered this his best work. I listened to the whole thing yesterday and it is brilliant, the piano and the singing, his capturing of the expressionistic atmosphere of the Rilke poems
Rimsky-Korsakov - The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh - very good opera, I listened to the orchestral suite and to about 1 of the 3 hours of this opera.
Suk - Asreal Symphony - wow, this has to be the best depiction of death in music, maybe only second to Mahler 9
 
#87 · (Edited)
Merl- I thought I was doing well on the more obscure recordings with Manacorda's Schubert but who is this guy?...I must also admit to not having heard of the band either......this is starting to resemble my 6th form days back in the mid 70's where there was an on going competition to 'out obscure' one's rivals......I won it hands down as the only person to possess Pete Sinfields solo album!
LOL. Mr. Kuhn has recorded a Schumann cycle and a Beethoven cycle with this ensemble. I've not heard the Schumann cycle but apparently its very good. I have a few of the Beethoven symphonies and they're pretty good. I only discovered the Brahms cycle due to my obsession with LvB symphony cycles. I have even more obscure cycles than these tho.
 
#88 ·
A. Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor
Wiener Philharmoniker, led by Pierre Boulez

View attachment 101810

It's a terrible pity that Boulez never recorded any further Bruckner symphonies; I think he conducted the 6th and 9th, at least! His complete cycle could've been as thought-provoking as his wonderful Mahler project. Oh well, can't have it all...
I agree, Janspe. Before listening to Boulez' recording of the 8th I was morbidly curious to find out whether he was intending to entomb it under a deep layer of Darmstadt perma-frost. He didn't. Yes, I really like this one.
 
#90 ·

Grieg: Piano Concerto & Incidental Music to 'Peer Gynt'

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Lise Davidsen (soprano), Ann-Helen Moen (soprano), Victoria Nava (soprano), Johannes Weisser (baritone), Håkon Høgemo (Hardanger Fiddle)

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Choirs, Edward Gardner.

With thanks to eljr or JoeB, sorry guys not sure any more.
 
#91 ·
Dvořák - The Water Goblin
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt conductor
After 35+ years of listening to a steady diet of classical music, I recently "discovered" Dvorak's "Water Goblin" via the same exact recording that I stumbled upon on YouTube. Just when you think you've heard just about everything in classical music, something beautiful pops up.
 
#92 ·

MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 4 in A major, op. 90 "Italian" • Symphony No. 5 in D minor, op. 107 "Reformation"
Mendelssohn's 3rd, 4th and 5th don't make my top ten or even top twenty symphonies, but they are sure good to have fun with from time to time. I first encountered the Mendelssohn symphonies via the above Bernstein/NYPO recordings featured on a double LP set back in the 1980s/ I later upgraded to CD. Bernstein's robust interpretations gave me no reason to look elsewhere for alternate renditions.
 
#93 ·
Franz Liszt - orchestral works part two this morning.

Symphonic Poem no. 8 - Héroïde funèbre S102 (1854-56):
Symphonic Poem no. 9 - Hungaria S103 (1854):
Symphonic Poem no. 10 - Hamlet S104 (1858):
Symphonic Poem no. 11 - Hunnenschlacht S105 (1855-57):
Symphonic Poem no. 12 - Die Ideale S106 (1856-57):
Symphonic Poem no. 13 - Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe (From the Cradle to the Grave) S107 (1881-82):
Mephisto Waltz no. 1 - Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke (The Dance in the Village Inn) for piano S514 - version for orchestra S110/2 (c. 1856-61):



Hungarian Rhapsody no. 14 in F-minor for piano S244/14 - arr. for orchestra by F. Doppler and F. Liszt S359/1 (orig. 1847 - arr. 1857-60):
Hungarian Rhapsody no. 12 in C-sharp minor for piano S244/12 - arr. for orchestra by F. Doppler S359/2 (orig. 1847 - 1857-60):
Hungarian Rhapsody no. 6 in D-flat for piano S244/6 - arr. for orchestra by F. Doppler and F. Liszt S359/3 (orig. 1847 - arr. 1857-60):
Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2 in C-sharp minor for piano S244/2 - arr. for orchestra by F. Liszt S359/4 (orig. 1847 - arr. 1857-60):
Hungarian Rhapsody no. 5 in E-minor for piano S244/5 - arr. for orchestra by F. Liszt S359/5 (orig. 1847 - arr. 1857-60):
Hungarian Rhapsody no. 9 in D-flat for piano S244/9 - arr. for orchestra by F. Liszt S359/6 (orig. 1847 - arr. 1857-60):

 
#94 ·


SAINT-SAËNS • FRANZ SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 3 in C minor, op. 78 "Organ" • Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D 485
Another couple of symphonies that deserve my honorable mention. Again, Bernstein, the NYPO, and organist Maurice Raver, gave me no reason to look elsewhere for a more vibrant "Organ Symphony". Bernstein really unlocks the flavor. Schubert's 5th is my favorite of Schubert's symphonic oeuvre.
 
#96 ·
This morning I'm just cooling out to the wonderful church music of Orlando Gibbons sung by the King's College of Cambridge. While I pretty much avoided anything pre-Baroque over my years of listening to classical music, Gibbons has been an exception. Along with Rachmaninoff's Vespers/All Night Vigil, Gibbons is my favorite choral music.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
You have insufficient privileges to reply here.
Top