What classical music you listening to, luv?

Noseyears · « **Reply #440 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 12:10 am »

Ihave been listening to Bach: Great Organ favorites

this is one of my all time favorite cd's..Power Biggs is a great organist.

Calypte · « **Reply #441 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 08:45 pm »

I heard him in concert only once (1972). I was fortunate to get his autograph. But those who know organ playing better than I told me that he made a lot of mistakes in his later years, that there was a lot of patching in his recordings. My favorite Biggs album was "Golden Age of the Organ."

lonewolfny42 · « **Reply #442 on:** 30 Jan 2011, 07:46 am »

A different take on Debussy....

http://www.youtube.com/user/ooo6?blend=1&ob=4#p/u/1/Ptq_N-gjEpI

etcarroll · « **Reply #443 on:** 4 Feb 2011, 04:01 pm »

Picked this up on RCA boxed set of vinyl, great playing on an 'iffy' mono recording;

Trios
Rubinstein, Heifetz, Feuermann
Beethoven Op 97, Schubert Op 99, Brahms Op 8

lonewolfny42 · « **Reply #444 on:** 5 Feb 2011, 05:28 am »

Bach: 7 Harpsichord Concertos, Triple Concerto - Richard Egarr , Andrew Manze , The Academy of Ancient Music

Samples....

Tyson · « **Reply #445 on:** 5 Feb 2011, 07:31 pm »

I rarely listen to Brahms because I love his music too much. But today its Klemperer conducting the 1st Symphony:

canzld · « **Reply #446 on:** 6 Feb 2011, 04:02 am »

Ronm1 · « **Reply #447 on:** 6 Feb 2011, 02:31 pm »

Brahms Complete Symphonies - Norrington | RSS des SWR SACD

aragon63 · « **Reply #448 on:** 9 Feb 2011, 01:55 am »

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #449 on:** 9 Feb 2011, 04:33 am »

Sibelius' Sym no 1 in E minor and Finlandia- Neeme Jarvi and The Gothenburg Symphony (BIS). The fourth part of the former is only sublime is all. Melt you like a popsicle. Finlandia is stirring in a different kind of way. Glad I uncovered this in my collection. Been awhile. Hope you can, too.

lonewolfny42 · « **Reply #450 on:** 9 Feb 2011, 04:35 am »

Quote from: jimdgoulding on 9 Feb 2011, 04:33 am

Sibelius' Sym no 1 in E minor and Finlandia- Neeme Jarvi and The Gothenburg Symphony (BIS). The fourth part of the former is only sublime is all. Melt you like a popsicle. Finlandia is stirring in a different kind of way. Glad I uncovered this in my collection. Been awhile. Hope you can, too.

Melt you like a popsicle......is Katy Perry on that album...

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #451 on:** 9 Feb 2011, 05:05 am »

Quote from: lonewolfny42 on 9 Feb 2011, 04:35 am

Melt you like a popsicle......is Katy Perry on that album...

I MUST revise my superlatives. Isn't Katy Perry in Lady Gaga's universe? I have no knowledge of either. You? No.

lonewolfny42 · « **Reply #452 on:** 9 Feb 2011, 05:17 am »

Quote from: jimdgoulding on 9 Feb 2011, 05:05 am

I MUST revise my superlatives. Isn't Katy Perry in Lady Gaga's universe? I have no knowledge of either. You? No.

California girls
We're unforgettable
Daisy Dukes
Bikinis on top
Sun-kissed skin
So hot
Will melt your popsicle
Oooooh Oh Oooooh

Katy Perry...."California Gurls" Link...

etcarroll · « **Reply #453 on:** 9 Feb 2011, 03:01 pm »

And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming...

Pachelbel Canon, Albinoni Adagio & Other Baroque Melodies
Tomaso Albinoni (Composer), Johann Pachelbel (Composer), format: vinyl

I seem to have acquired 5 versions of this, but this RCA one is my favorite.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #454 on:** 9 Feb 2011, 06:44 pm »

Quote from: lonewolfny42 on 9 Feb 2011, 05:17 am

California girls
We're unforgettable
Daisy Dukes
Bikinis on top
Sun-kissed skin
So hot
Will melt your popsicle
Oooooh Oh Oooooh

Katy Perry...."California Gurls" Link...

etcarroll · « **Reply #455 on:** 12 Feb 2011, 12:16 am »

Beethoven: Große Fuge; Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Handel: Concerto grosso
Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Otto Klemperer (Conductor), Philharmonia Orchestra of London (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

You want dynamics, the Klemperer version of Grosse Fuge has it in spades.

goldlizsts · « **Reply #456 on:** 12 Feb 2011, 01:25 am »

Quote from: etcarroll on 9 Feb 2011, 03:01 pm

And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming...

Pachelbel Canon, Albinoni Adagio & Other Baroque Melodies
Tomaso Albinoni (Composer), Johann Pachelbel (Composer), format: vinyl

I seem to have acquired 5 versions of this, but this RCA one is my favorite.

+1. Many, many years ago, when the recording was first featured on a WQXR program, it caught fire. There had been many, many recordings thereafter, but they never matched the Paillard.

goldlizsts · « **Reply #457 on:** 12 Feb 2011, 01:46 am »

Quote from: goldlizsts on 21 Dec 2010, 01:15 pm

Smitten by Gorecki lately, so listened to 2 versions in the last couple of days. Still awaiting to hear Dawn Upshaw's, see what a more soaring and more penetrating soprano sound would convince me as being the best Gorecki 3 recording. The NAXOS is OK. The Naive is superb in its SACD sound. Now, give me the best soprano voice......

Finally, got the 3rd leg of this trio recordings in, believe it or not, from London, courtesy of Amazon. It took month and a half+. The seller blamed it on the Royal Mail (we have the counterpart, Snail Mail!), which has tightened the screw because of heightened security over there. Wow! It better be good, I said to myself. It didn't disappoint, much worth the wait, after listening to the other 2 versions earlier. This one is IT! The soaring soprano of Dawn Upshaw is the key. The orchestra of course played admirably also.

Yeggo · « **Reply #458 on:** 12 Feb 2011, 11:00 pm »

Tonight is the BSO ,Sibelius 5, an early Hadyn Symphony ,Dvorak "Silent Woods" and a premiere of a new piece which might hurt a little bit. On the CD machine," The Pearl Fishers" by Bizet, conducted by Pierre Dervaux. Earl Wild/Chopin Nocturnes....seems ike a lot of pedal.......Sergio Fiorentino/ Schubert Sonatas and Impromtus. Trying to learn/ listen to opera...lots of gorgeous music and singing, absurd and complex plots. Enjoy Mahler but may have reached a saturation point. Listen to Bruckner, especially conducted by Celibedachs. :

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #459 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 12:31 am »

Listening to Univ of Rice radio last night and they were broadcasting a live concert of the Sheppard School of Music here in Houston and I keep asking myself what it that music, I know I've heard it before, and it's so moving? Later I discovered I actually have it. Shostakovich no. 11 '1905' as performed by the Bournemouth Symphony conducted by Paavo Bergland on EMI in combination with no. 6. Gonna spin it later tonite and see if it's as good as what I heard on the radio which was profoundly moving.