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Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 10:33 pm
by Seán
and tonight I returned to my favourite conductor of Stravinsky's music: Pierre Boulez. I had almost forgotten how much I really like this.
Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella (Suite)
Scherzo Fantastique
New York Philharmonic
Pierre Boulez - conducting
Truly wonderful music; the Scherzo is a swirling palette of tone colours, it's gorgeous.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:55 pm
by fergus
JS Bach – Cello Suites / Starker....
When I first put this disc on and heard the opening bars of the first suite I knew that I was in for something special! The playing, the phrasing and the personal interpretations are all of the highest order and the sound is wonderfully full and warm which does great justice to the performance. This was a truly wonderful listening experience!
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 8:47 pm
by bombasticDarren
J.S. Bach - Orchestral Suite No.2 (Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus musicus Wien, Warner Classics)
Mozart - Piano Concerto No.27 (Friedrich Gulda/Claudio Abbado, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, DG)
Schumann - Violin Sonata No.1 (Carolin Widmann/Denes Varjon, ECM)
below
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 10:22 pm
by Seán
Franz Schubert
Symphony 8 & 9
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein - conducting.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 10:50 pm
by fergus
Spohr – Clarinet Concertos nos. 2 & 4....
This is great music that is well played. The slow movements are particularly lovely.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 10:51 pm
by fergus
Schumann – Symphonies 3 & 4....
These were well played versions that were texturally light thereby allowing the inner musical lines to be heard clearly. Symphony No. 4 was particularly attractive.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 9:23 am
by fergus
Four harpsichord suites by Louis Couperin played on a lovely sounding instrument. The disc also contains the truly marvellous piece “Le Tombeau de M. de Blancrocher”.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 2:01 pm
by fergus
Handel – Water Music played by the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra/McGegan....
There was certainly a different sound from this ensemble. The sonorities were wonderfully clear. The horns in the first suite sound wonderful. Speeds are brisk but not hurried.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 8:51 pm
by DaveF
Symphonies No.1 & No.6 from a boxset which I've not listened to in a quite a while. The recording quality is superb as is the playing from the RCO.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 8:52 pm
by DaveF
fergus wrote:Handel – Water Music played by the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra/McGegan....
There was certainly a different sound from this ensemble. The sonorities were wonderfully clear. The horns in the first suite sound wonderful. Speeds are brisk but not hurried.
Thanks your thoughts on this one Fergus as I've been considering this record for a while now. Added to basket. :-)