The classical what are you listening to now ? thread.

[jandl100]

Both 0 and 00 are excellent Bruckner symphonies!

There's an old Melodiya double CD album of 0 and 00 with Rozhdestvensky conducting that is well worth looking out for.

 

[narabdela]

There's an old Melodiya double CD album of 0 and 00 with Rozhdestvensky conducting that is well worth looking out for.

Yikes! £121(used) on Amazon.

 

[jandl100]

Yikes! £121(used) on Amazon.

Ah, whoops.
I didn't check.
I've had my copy for decades!
- it was a lot cheaper back then.

 

[Tarzan]

'Music for the royal Fireworks' CD - Handel.

Charity shop version.

 

[Tumeni Notes]

Various excerpts from R3 Afternoon Concert that I've recorded over the last few weeks; some of the more mellow pieces are good for easing into the day over coffee; Corelli, Dvorak, Mozart amongst others.

 

[rough edges]

Rachmaninoff Elegiac Piano Trios - Trio Wanderer (harmonia mundi)
- The Moscow Rachmaninov Trio (Helios)

This music deserves to be much better known…

 

[jandl100]

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[The Captain]

Mozart Divertimenti KV 113,137, & 251. Academy Chamber Ensemble. Philips Digital Recording (420 181-1)

Fantastic recording, does my Lp12 proud Lp's like this. Gorgeous tiptop jaunty Mozart.

Capt

 

[Big Tabs]

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Beethoven*, Leonid Kogan, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra* – Violin Concerto​

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Label:	Classics For Pleasure – CFP 139
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
Country:	UK
Released:	Oct 1970

 

[The Captain]

Vivaldi, a lesser known one- Concertos With Organ (deutsche 2530 652).

Funny twiddly-diddly organ but it's still fantastic even so.

I think perhaps Vivaldi is my favourite composer. After Elliott Smith.

Capt

 

[Dancer_not]

Gounod - Faust
Paris Opera Cluytens
De Los Angeles, Gedda, Christopher
1958

 

[Svein]

Mozart Piano Concerto No.17, K453 - Norwegian Chamber Orchestra/Leif Ove Andsnes

 

[Big Tabs]

Amazing how a constant disco beat can kill the most beautiful music - get down on it…
(it hurts my ears yet I am entranced)

Louis Clark Conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra* – Great Hits From 'Hooked On Classics​

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Label:	Hallmark Records – SHM 3158
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country:	UK & Europe
Released:	1985
Genre:	Pop, Classical

 

[Dancer_not]

Mendelssohn - Octet
Janacek & Smetana Quartets
1960s

 

[Tarzan]

'Music for the Royal Fireworks' CD - Handel.

Charity Shop version.


Learning question- recommendations for 'dramatic' classical pieces- next on my list is 'The Rite of Spring' by Stravinsky - any others.

 

[Big Tabs]

nr/mint condition

Karajan* - Philharmonia* – 1812 / Hungarian March / Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 / Valse Triste / Invitation To The Dance​

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Label:	Columbia – 33CX 1571
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Mono
Country:	UK
Released:	Sep 1959
Genre:	Classical

 

[rough edges]

Mendelssohn - Octet
Janacek & Smetana Quartets
1960s

I have that recording and it’s the best version of the Octet that I have ever heard.

 

[Barrymagrec]

Wagner`s Ring - Clemens Krauss 1953.

 

[narabdela]

Scriabin Piano Concerto. Ashkenazy-Lorin Maazel and the LPO. Not at all familiar with Scriabin, but this was a very pleasant surprise.

 

[rough edges]

Continuing on with Rachmaninoff’s two Elegiac Piano Trios, this time with a recording that arrived just today.
The recording was made in 1984, and features the Beaux Arts Trio on Chandos. I have never come across a recording by the BAT that has been less than superb, and this recording is no exception.
The balance between instruments, the ensemble playing, and the way this group of three musicians makes these melodies pull at your heart strings is certainly something special. Rachmaninoff showed what kind of talent he possessed, even in these very early works. In hindsight, it all makes sense…