What Classical Music Are You Listening To Tonight?

[bart]

Originally Posted by Toccata

I try, although this is pretty standard stuff:

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Nothing wrong with your standards John!

[aardvarkbark]

On back order from my recent purchase of many of his discs, this arrived a couple days ago. Very fine works (new to me), performances and recordings.

[Toccata]

This new recording by the San Francisco Symphony conducted by MTT is available only as a digital download. I opted for the 24 bit/192k version--sounds superb and is very well performed.

[Toccata]

Almost Julian Bream-like interpretations with very good sound.

[Kal Rubinson]

Originally Posted by Toccata

This new recording by the San Francisco Symphony conducted by MTT is available only as a digital download. I opted for the 24 bit/192k version--sounds superb and is very well performed.

I just grabbed the multichannel version. Looking forward to it.

[ehoove]

Bach
ViolinKonzerte in No 1 in A-moll BWV 1041
ViolinKonzerte in E-durr BWV 1042
Weiner Symponiker - David Oistrach Soloist

Koncert fur Zwei Violinen in D-Moll BVW 1043
Royal Philharmonic

Deutsche Gramophon/Sinfini 138 820 St 33 SLPM (180g)

Fantastic piece of vinyl, and just wonderful performances!
Regards,
Jim

[ehoove]

Mozart
The Last Symphonies
Mozart's Instrumental Oratorium
Nikolas Harnoncourt
Listening to the first of 3 LP's Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major, K 543
So far an amazing set!
Sony Classical 8843036351 (2014-2016)
Regards,
Jim

[Toccata]

OP.130/133. Wonderfully played and recorded.

[Antonmb]

Ravel: The Piano Concertos
Pascal Rogé
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit conducting
Decca (1983), from the box set "Decca Sound: Dutoit Montréal"

Lovely recording. Good sound for early digital, and Rogé and Dutoit are made for Ravel.

[bart]

When I heard this the first time, I was puzzled.
Something was lacking.
But after quite a lot of listening sessions, I have to admit it has grown on me.
The minimalist approach of Kuijken, which I usually appreciate a lot seemed a bit exaggerated but makes sense now.
Wonderful playing and sound (5.0 as well as stereo).


This comes from HRAudio.net:

This will be one of my briefest reviews. The short of it: This is a ‘must have’.

Three of Mozart’s sunniest piano concerti in chamber version is not new on disk. But this one is.

We don’t deal here with so called ‘reduced’ versions. Mozart meant them, right from the start, to be issued in a chamber format for piano and string quartet as well. He cleverly constructed these concerti - which he composed for his ‘debut’ in Vienna - in such a way that the strings carry the heart of the matter, whereas the winds were assigned to adding ornamental elements which could be removed without amputating the beauty of the music.

Why a ‘must have’? Because it is so very well played; because the programme is so generously filled (over 74 minutes), but above all, because Sigiswald Kuijken had the genial idea to replace the cello with a contra bass. The resulting sound spectrum is full & round with such a beautiful sonority that it made my comparison: Jean-Philippe Collard and the Quator Muir (EMI CDC 7 49156 2) sounding thin and bottomless, fading away completely in the ‘bloom’ here on display.

As to be expected, there are some mechanical noises from the forte piano, but for the rest Bert van der Wolf and North Star Recording Services are once more at their best!

Blangy-le-Château,
Normandy, France

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