What Classical Music Are You Listening To Tonight?

[Kal Rubinson]

Originally Posted by Yardbird

Isn't that because you forgot to plug in the ear located on your forehead above your third eye, Kal? Ted.

I like to keep my hat on.

[tima]

It's hard to go wrong with any Dorati on Mercury Living Presence recorded by Wilma Cozart-Fine.

His Firebird has a pretty stable spot in my fluctuating Top 10. If nothing else it tells me what an incredible genius is that rhythmic devil Stravinsky. Resolving the timbre of the low bass at the outset will say a lot about a system.

If you can find this Dorati box set from Classic Records, snap it up:

[Toccata]

Originally Posted by Yardbird

Perhaps a lack of real leadership at the podium, maybe fewer cohesive orchestras with greater reliance on pick-up players? Ted.

I think that's a major part of the problem: the era of the conductor as dictator has passed!

[eljr]

Andrés Orozco-Estrada / Houston Symphony Orchestra
Antonín Dvorák: Symphony No. 7; Symphony No. 8

more Pentatone

excellence in recording to my ears

[eljr]

Leopold Stokowski
Virgil Thomson: The Plow That Broke the Plains/The River [SACD]

A classic labor day spin.

[Toccata]

Excellent performances and sound.

[Toccata]

Commanding playing and basically good sound, although it gets a little clangorous in loud passages.

[Audiofan1]

[eljr]

Kristjan Järvi
Franz Schmidt: Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln

nothing like starting the week with some apocalyptic sounds.

[eljr]

Zubin Mehta
Holst: The Planets

Classic performance.