What Classical Music Are You Listening To Tonight?

[bart]

Interesting albums you play Carlos!


Listening to Telemann - Concerto for woodwind instruments
Camerata Köln,




This is lovely chamber music.
Telemann was one of those very productive composers that tend to be underestimated/overlooked.

[cma29]

^^^ Love, Telemann.

Ok. Here is more mainstream music...

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
Giovanni Antonini, Kammerorchester Basel



One of my favorite interpretations of the 4th. Intense and passionate. The Sony SACD recording (one their last DSD efforts) is splendid.

[bart]

Mainstream?! It's the best of the best!
I never tire of hearing the classical top works.
I don't have that with pop music.
But Beethoven's symphonies, or Bach's Cantatas, I can hear them time after time...



This arrived today:

Ravel - Orchestral Works 1
Orchestre National de Lyon, Leonard Slatkin




These works are all masterpieces.
Wonderful surround sound.

[bart]

More French delight:

Fauré - Requiem - Cantique de Jean Racine - Super Flumina Babylonis - Pavane - Élégie
Orchestre de Paris
Choeur de l'Orchestre de Paris, Paavo Järvi




Sound & image: it's all a feast and ideal to enjoy these very beautiful pieces.

(Julian, I know you adore this; unfortunately, this disc refused to function when you were here, but it works like a charm again now)

[Toccata]

I downloaded this new release from ProStudioMasters (24 bit/96khz) today--sublime! This is an essential recording for all Rachmaninov fans.

[cma29]

Originally Posted by bart

Mainstream?! It's the best of the best!
I never tire of hearing the classical top works.
I don't have that with pop music.
But Beethoven's symphonies, or Bach's Cantatas, I can hear them time after time....

+1

More Beethoven...

Beethoven:
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck



A very punchy and exciting performance by Honeck and his fine Pittsburgh band. I'm liking the recorded sound better than before. Just listen to it loud.

[ehoove]

Renaissance Suite
David Munrow & the Early Music Consort of London
Music from the Soundtrack of "La Course en tete"
Very interesting album at 45 RPM
Angel Sonic Series SS-45020 (1979)
Regards,
Jim

[Antonmb]

Just back from vacation and first serious listening in a couple of weeks, starting off with a repeat of this excellent recording.

Originally Posted by Antonmb

Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; String Quartet No. 8
Boris Giltburg, piano
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Vasily Petrenko
Naxos 2017

Brilliant playing, Giltburg has a very nice light touch in the softer passages and plenty of drama when called for. The sound is very good as well.

[bart]

Vivaldi - 6 Sonatas for violoncello and basso continuo
Anner Bylsma
Hidemi Suzuki




Lovely music, very pure.

[bart]

Beethoven - The Symphonies




Blu-ray 3: Symphonies 7-9

I keep on playing these.
They've become (one of) my reference recordings.
The good video adds to the experience.