What classical music are you listening to?

[Vladimir]

Charlemagne Palestine: Strumming Music - Betsy Freeman, John Adams, San Francisco Conservatory of Music

It's still snowing outside, so I was thinking what swooshy music to accompany this nature's dance. A sonata? Fuge? Chorale? Watching the snowflakes reletnlessly falling down seems more mathematical, droning, chaos that rarely fluctuates. Thus Strumming Music as my choice.

A peek from my window.

 

[Vladimir]

Debussy: Images; Arabesques; Children's Corner; Clair de Lune; L'Isle Joyeuse

 

[Vladimir]

Vaughan Williams ~ The Lark Ascending

Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

 

[keeper of the quays]

Do you live up a mountain? Looks a bit foggy? Is that a sequoia giganticus?

 

[Vladimir]

And that would be an Arizona Cypress Blue Ice. Not very big at this point.

 

[keeper of the quays]

I have a Douglas fir and some hawthorn from my window...

 

[Vladimir]

I have several Douglas firs too. They really progress well here and will be tall as a building within my lifetime.

 

[keeper of the quays]

Are you familiar with boz scaggs? If so..im sure you are..lido shuffle etc..but theres a song called 'high sierra' in your mountain stronghold! Might sound pretty cool? Great song..

 

[Vladimir]

Sounds nice.

Thanks.

 

[Webern]

Vladimir, with a magnificent view like that perhaps some Bruckner would be in order? Or maybe Sibelius 4? I like the Lahti/Vanska BIS recording but the Karajan version is great in a totally different way...

I've been listening to a lot of Bach lately, the fault of Mr Gardiner and his biography. But I took some "time off" to listen to a CD of Richard Strauss songs, from the superb Hyperion edition. This is volume 2, with Anne Schwanewilms, whose voice suits this genre well. I found the recording slightly harsh at times but this is nit-picking especially when the performance is as expressive as this. Maybe the repertoire isn't the most "fashionable" these days but there are some real gems and the disc presents songs with a wide emotional range. And Hyperion's booklet notes are comprehensive, almost on a par with Graham Johnson's for the Schubert and Schumann series.

 

[Vladimir]

Thank you for the great suggestions. I'll add them in my playlist as soon as I finish with Ray.

 

[Webern]

I don't use my turntable very much these days but today I delved into my cupboard and found this object of beauty - a six LP box of Olivier Messiaen playing his works for organ. Some of the discs are quite badly warped and I have to listen "through" the mono recording but it is worth it for such an historic recording.

 

[MrReaper182]

I am listening to the Mozart musical masterpieces album. I'm on track 3 which is Piano concerto no. 21. This is my all time favourite Wolfgang Amadues Mozart song. A beautiful and dark at times sounding piece of music.

 

[MrReaper182]

Prince Igor by borodin in flac streamed from my Sony Xperia Z to my Naim Mu-so.

 

[CnoEvil]

Just bought this - simply glorious: I was watching Gotham, where the music used for Falcone's funeral was from Mass No 7 in B Flat Major (Kyrie), which gave me the impetus to put it in my collection. https://www.tunefind.com/show/gotham/season-4/55011

 

[CnoEvil]

One of the best Pianists alive today, playing some of the most dramatic Piano Music on the planet. Stirring stuff.

 

[OliverJack]

Johann Strauss II – The Blue Danube. 😊

 

[additiondakku01]

maybe this will bomb. Still, worth a try. This week I've been enjoying Brahms, Lieder, Bernarda Fink/Roger Vignoles (Harmonia Mundi HMG 501926). Nothing insightful to say about it, but the music and performances are ravishing and the recording's excellent.

 

[Hales1310]

Clair de lune

 

[JDL]

Posts on the 'What are you listening to?' thread seem to be mainly pop/rock etc., so I thought there might be some interest in a separate thread for classical music. Or maybe this will bomb. Still, worth a try. This week I've been enjoying Brahms, Lieder, Bernarda Fink/Roger Vignoles (Harmonia Mundi HMG 501926). Nothing insightful to say about it, but the music and performances are ravishing and the recording's excellent.

:cheers:

Matt

Rachmaninoff's "The Isle of the Dead" Op.29, followed by "Symphonic Dances" Op.45
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Ashkenazy, Decca 1983. I've listened to a few versions of this but so far, for me the Concertgebouw Orchestra's interpretation and execution of this is the best I've heard.

 

[DCarmi]

Not a huge fan of Tchaikovsky ballets and never owned any, but I picked up a box set by Previn and the LSO for 50p a disc. Surprisingly good as background music.

 

[Rodolfo]

(OMG, what is this thread doing in this TV Shows section?? Still learning site)
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Sergei Nakariakov, Trumpet Works (leads with a dynamic, beautiful rendition of Rhapsody in Blue)

 

[Rodolfo]

Not a huge fan of Tchaikovsky ballets and never owned any, but I picked up a box set by Previn and the LSO for 50p a disc. Surprisingly good as background music.

My first classical CD was Sir Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra playing Tchaikovsky, including a great 1812 Overture, Romeo and Juliet, and the Nutcracker Suite. (Decca 1987) It was a new release and I lived in Chicago at the time. Sounded glorious on my Cyrus, Mission, and Sony equipment. Still recommend many years later as excellent foreground music. 😉

 

[DCarmi]

My first classical CD was Sir Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra playing Tchaikovsky, including a great 1812 Overture

My first classical LP was a copy of the 1812 Overture. I was a youngster and it came from the 50p basket in Woolies. I am certain it was not a good recording but the cover had cannons and everything that appealed to a 11 year old. I have to say it did not disappoint, at the time! 🙂

 

[Kenneth Fernandes]

Nowadays, one can stream and download really great-sounding Classical music from NativeDSD or Tidal for that matter. I prefer the DSD format, after downloading the sample tracks and paying Beethoven - Symphony and Vivaldi - The Four Seasons.