What are you listening to?

[Jared]

^^ I have three complete Schumann sets...





when it comes to the Overtures, they haven't been greatly recorded and in truth, they are a bit of a mixed bag quality wise.. however the most complete set on offer is very affordable and worth the purchase:



I still think his Manfred & OS&F rise above the rest...

[bombasticDarren]

J.S. Bach - Orchestral Suite No.4 (Karl Munchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Decca Eloquence)

[bombasticDarren]

^^ I am a big fan of Schumann's symphonic output, and have half a dozen or so cycles. I would offer Gardiner and Kubelik (BRSO) as the pick of the bunch. I also like Solti, and agree with Matt's comments on that set :-)

[bombasticDarren]

Brahms - Symphony No.2 (Wolfgang Sawallisch, Wiener Symphoniker, Philips)

[fergus]

[bombasticDarren]

Ravel - Piano Concerto in G major (Cecile Ousset/Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, EMI)

[ravel30]

Ravel - Piano Concerto in G major (Cecile Ousset/Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, EMI)

Cool!!!! How is that recording Darren? Do you think that the conducting of Rattle is good on that recording? I always thought that he was a great conductor. At least not as bad as you know who proclaims. Ravel is in my top 5 favorite composers (thus my nick) and I always thought that I should get at least 2 more recording of the two piano concertos. Suggestions anybody?

As for Le tombeau de Couperin, I could never have enough recordings of that beautiful work.

[ravel30]

^^ I have three complete Schumann sets...





when it comes to the Overtures, they haven't been greatly recorded and in truth, they are a bit of a mixed bag quality wise.. however the most complete set on offer is very affordable and worth the purchase:



I still think his Manfred & OS&F rise above the rest...

I always consider the Sawallisch set as a possible second one. But then Darren's suggestion of the Kubelik set makes me doubt. I still have to listen to one recording of Kubelik that is not amazing.

[bombasticDarren]

Ravel - Piano Concerto in D for the left hand (Cecile Ousset/Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, EMI)

[ravel30]

That is the recording that I will listen to shortly to start off a weekend of music that will conclude with a live concert on Monday evening. I am currently trying to listen to one piece or two of Schubert per day.

String quartets are generally not among my favorite genre but once in a while I enjoy it a lot. Both 'Death and the Maiden' and 'Quartettsatz' are beautiful pieces. It is a shame that the 'Quartettsatz' in unfinished because I think that it is a pretty amazing piece.

Matt.