The classical what are you listening to now ? thread.

[FrankF]

I may have found my new favourite Beethoven 3rd. I sometimes get bored in parts of this symphony but not with this version. I found it quite exciting and it kept my engagement throughout. Honeck with the Pittsburgh SO.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07GJ5G4CZ/?tag=pinkfishmedia-21

 

[Joe Hutch]

Erik Satie: Selected Piano Works, Klara Körmendi

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0000274RC/?tag=pinkfishmedia-21

 

[PsB]

It's been mostly a Sibelius day here (Finnish Independence Day and all that). Symphonies 1, 4, 2 and 3 from the Vänskä/Lahti SO box, interspersed with some more modern stuff (Saariaho and Lindberg).

 

[dommydops]

Schubert's A-minor Piano Sonata, D845, played by Mitsuko Uchida.

 

[BrianPK]

Marvellous playing and recording.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000050PG4/?tag=pinkfishmedia-21

 

[gingermrkettle]

Brilliant music, mindboggling visuals.

 

[TheDecameron]

Mahler 4. Reiner, CSO. A beautiful reading and a technically great recording on Living Voice betraying none of its 62 year age.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009U55SI/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_ar01FbEV7J02Z

 

[TheDecameron]

It's been mostly a Sibelius day here (Finnish Independence Day and all that). Symphonies 1, 4, 2 and 3 from the Vänskä/Lahti SO box, interspersed with some more modern stuff (Saariaho and Lindberg).

Have you ever made it to the Lahti festival to hear them? It’s one of my ambitions.

 

[PsB]

Have you ever made it to the Lahti festival to hear them? It’s one of my ambitions.

No, I haven't. It's supposed to be a lovely hall, both acoustically and esthetically, and I would be curious to see and hear Maestra Stasevska in action. Could be part of my "ease into retirement" package...

But I did see a big chunk of Vänskä's Sibelius cycle with the LPO at the RFH in 2016, and very good it was, too.

 

[BrianPK]

Splendid playing and recording of wonderful music.It’s years since I last listened to Handels concerti grossi.I’d forgotten how much I used to enjoy them.
Iona Brown is greatly missed.

https://www.amazon.com/Handel-Conce...a+brown&qid=1608299027&s=music&sr=1-3-catcorr

 

[rough edges]

Bach Partitas - Igor Levit

For those of us who prefer Bach’s keyboard works on a modern piano, this is an indispensable recording, IMHO.

 

[BrianPK]

Very nice,indeed.I used to love to go to live performances at Christmas,years ago.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000025VAK/?tag=pinkfishmedia-21

 

[PsB]

Back to the Zelenka sonatas ZWV 181 by Collegium 1704. Fantastic stuff: contrapuntal fireworks for virtuoso oboe and bassoon.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=zelenka+trio+sonatas&crid=1ES33JYJR7H8K&sprefix=zelenka,aps,199&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-do-p_5_7
Good background on Zelenka, the court in Dresden in the early 18th century, and these masterpieces for oboe, bassoon and continuo:
https://stephenhammer.com/zelenka/

 

[alanbeeb]

Beethoven's sonata no.15 op.28 Pastoral.... Friedrich Gulda. Sounds like I think it should be.
I have been working through Gulda's Amadeo set of the LvB sonatas one at a time. Might vary onto FFG or Kempff, Gulda is very crisp at times.

 

[BrianPK]

Gorgeous,mellow and lush.Music that washes over you like a soothing balm.


https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00000417X/?tag=pinkfishmed08-21

 

[BrianPK]

My favourite Bruckner slow movement.Simply exquisite.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000063X5M/?tag=pinkfishmedia-21

 

[alanbeeb]

Mariss Jansons conducting Mahler 3 with the Concertgebouw on a blu-ray, from 2010. Lovely!

 

[BrianPK]

Michael Haydn was thought of very highly by Mozart.Seemingly he studied Haydn’s symphony no 39 before embarking on his own Jupiter.
Some splendid music here.Excellent recording.

https://www.amazon.com/Michael-Hayd...chael+Haydn+cpo&qid=1609453919&s=music&sr=1-5

 

[Todd A]

Zimmermann spanks both Suk and Matousek in the Martinu works, and tacks on one of the better recordings of Bartok's Solo Violin Sonata that I've heard, up there with Zsigmondy and Tetzlaff. Sonics are a bit contrived in that the soloist is always prominent, though in a most tasteful manner. Other than that, sound is about as good as it gets. For the Martinu, this joins the ranks of Honeck's The Epic of Gilgamesh, the Panochas' string quartets, and Rudolf Firkusny's RCA recording of PCs 2, 3, & 4 as tip top shelf stuff. Yowza+.

 

[rough edges]

Debussy Preludes I & II, Images I & II, and Estampes - Arrau (Phillips)