What Classical Music Are You Listening To Tonight?

[Kal Rubinson]

Originally Posted by Audiofan1

[ehoove]

Fabulous on the Magnapans:
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4
The Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Maazel Conducting
Telarc Digital 10047 - LP
Regards,
Jim

[bart]

La Lecture
Oihana Aristizabal Puga, cello
Lineke Lever, piano
trptk label
Qobuz 24/96




Very intimate and beautiful album.

[Audiofan1]

Originally Posted by Kal Rubinson

Did you get a chance to review it for the magazine? I listened to the 2/ch and while not the best it did have it's moments.

[Kal Rubinson]

Originally Posted by Audiofan1

Did you get a chance to review it for the magazine? I listened to the 2/ch and while not the best it did have it's moments.

I did not review it. It is, imho, only OK. The orchestral playing is fabulous and the mch sound excellent. Fischer chooses tempi wisely but the overall effect seems superficial and the soloists disappoint.

Heard live, I'd have been pleased but not one I'd likely listen to again.

[ehoove]

Pictures at an Exhibition
Mussorgsky
Symphonie Classique
Prokofieff
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini Conducting
One of my favorite recordings of these pieces. Superb!
Deutsche Grammophon 2530 783 (German Pressing -1976)
Regards,
Jim

[bart]

Nadia & Lili Boulanger / Bacewicz / Bernstein / Piazzolla - The Boulanger Legacy
Merel Vercammen & Dina Ivanova
ttrptk
Qobuz 24/88.2




Entertaining new release from the Dutch label.
Nadia Boulanger was one of the greatest music pedagogues of the 20th century.
Students of her include Aaron Copland, Philip Glass, Barenboim and Quincy Jones.
Her sister Lili was an ever bigger talent, but she died very young.

Every composer on this album sat with Nadia to learn.

[bart]

Originally Posted by bart

Justin Taylor - La Famille Rameau
Qobuz 24/96




I'm following this young harpsichordist since he won the Musica Antiqua Price of Bruges a couple of years ago.
This album is splendid... for lovers of the instrument.
Pieces we're used to hear on a (grand) piano, but this time on an instrument Rameau originally composed them for.

During his lifetime, Rameau enjoyed a glittering reputation and was admired by all Europe, while Debussy’s Hommage à Rameau proves that his fame survived down the centuries. But what do we know about the rest of the Rameau family? After a highly acclaimed album devoted to the Forqueray family, the harpsichordist-genealogist Justin Taylor sets out on the trail of Jean-Philippe’s son Claude-François and his nephew Lazare. To be sure, Rameau’s genius dwarfs all around him, as is demonstrated by such pieces as La Livri, La Poule and L’Égyptienne, not to mention the magnificent Nouvelle Suite in A minor, but the music of his descendants has its own interest.

Justin Taylor introduces us to a work by Claude-François Rameau (La Forqueray) and the Sonata No. 1 in E major by Lazare Rameau. He switches from the splendid harpsichord of the Château d’Assas (a two-manual instrument of the first half of the eighteenth century, attributed to the Lyon-based maker Donzelague) to the 1891 Érard piano of the Musée de la Musique in Paris for Debussy’s tribute to his great predecessor. © Alpha Classics

Revisiting this release from last month.
He's a really good harpsichordist.

[ehoove]

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta Conducting
A wonderfully recorded LP! Excellent selection of Classical offerings by the Orchestra distributed by JBL in 1977
Decca Records CSL 1010
Regards,
Jim

[ehoove]

Staying analog:
Concerto for Orchestra
Bartok
Sinfonietta
Janacek
The Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell Conducting
Very solid piece of R2R tape! excellent recording and performance!
Columbia Stereo Tape MQ 776 (7.5ips)
Regards,
Jim