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Re: What are you listening to RIGHT NOW?
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:19 am
by Philidor
The
overture from Jean Marie Leclair's 'Scylla et Glaucus.' Before that, “MESSIAH” ON CRACK.
OMG
Re: What are you listening to RIGHT NOW?
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:13 pm
by sbeckmesser
wurlitzer153 wrote:BWV 565 - Koopman - Arp Schnitger organ at St. Jacobi, Hamburg.
The master of stylus phantasticus puts a fresh face on this often played classic.
This piece is claimed to have originally been written for solo violin. Anybody have an uploadable transcrioption?
--Sixtus
Re: What are you listening to RIGHT NOW?
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 8:59 am
by Philidor
Alexander Mosolov - Iron Foundry (1928).
Re: What are you listening to RIGHT NOW?
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:10 pm
by allegroamabile
Antonin Dvorak- Legends, Op. 59: I. Allegro non troppo, quasi andantino
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra under Charles Mackerras
Another piece with a good, powerful beginning.
Re: What are you listening to RIGHT NOW?
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 2:36 am
by dwil9798
Stravinsky: Ode, performed by the Cleveland Orchestra under Oliver Knussen's direction. The second movement scherzo, the hunting music, is my favorite piece of music ever composed by Stravinsky.
Re: What are you listening to RIGHT NOW?
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 8:33 am
by Philidor
Mozart Piano Sonata in B-flat major K333 played wonderfully deadpan by Michael Parcell-Davies on what sounds like a fortepiano but I'm listening online with no sleeve notes.
Re: What are you listening to RIGHT NOW?
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 2:43 pm
by wurlitzer153
Re: What are you listening to RIGHT NOW?
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:46 am
by Philidor
Johann Adam Reincken: Sonatas from Hortus Musicus. Lush. Dramatic. Heart-breaking. Fabulous bass lines. Most of Reincken is lost. Bach admired him greatly, possibly met him, and arranged several works from Hortus musicus (as BWV 954, 965 and 966).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LnH_XXbS5I
Re: What are you listening to RIGHT NOW?
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:26 pm
by dwil9798
Beethoven: Fidelio - 1950 recording with Wilhelm Furtwangler conducting and Kirsten Flagstad as Lenore. Right now I'm at Rocco's Act 1 aria. Not the best recording, but Kirsten Flagstad's singing makes, like always, is stellar.
Re: What are you listening to RIGHT NOW?
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 4:12 am
by allegroamabile
Balakirev- Islamey (orchestrated by Liapunov)
Russian State Symphony Orchestra under Igor Glovschin
Nothing like a Russian orchestra playing a Russian piece of music...
Re: What are you listening to RIGHT NOW?
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:20 am
by Philidor
Catching up on Composer of the Week on BBC Radio 3: the underrated, mysterious, extraordinary, Jan Dismas Zelenka.
Telemann was so impressed by his abilities that he was complicit in a plot to steal copies of his work. And none other than J.S.Bach spent much of his time in Leipzig trying to curry favour with Zelenka's employers in the hope of securing an appointment. Yet, until the 1960s, Zelenka was little more than a name, even to the most knowledgeable scholars.
Listen Again
Re: What are you listening to RIGHT NOW?
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 6:01 pm
by allegroamabile
Listening to the energetic, joyous Overture to Milhaud's Suite for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano.
Ensemble Konstraste
Re: What are you listening to RIGHT NOW?
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 5:41 am
by Philidor
Leo Ornstein, circa 1920, the second cello sonata. Bit of a heart-breaker.
Re: What are you listening to RIGHT NOW?
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 7:11 pm
by wurlitzer153
Bach - Organ Sonata VI, BWV 530 - Virtual organ
Re: What are you listening to RIGHT NOW?
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 10:54 pm
by dwil9798
Wagner - "O du, mein holder Abendstern" from "Tannhäuser ". Bernd Weikel in a production at München conducted by Zubin Mehta. One of my favorite Wagner basses (the best Hans Sachs by far).