What Classical Music Are You Listening To Tonight?

[AudioNut]

Originally Posted by cma29

Nice to see you here again, Julian.

Thank you so much Carlos! Nice to be here.

[cma29]

Playing early symphonies (disc 4: #10, #12-15) from this 11-disc set today...

Mozart: Complete Symphonies
The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock



Miraculous music from a teenage prodigy. I've talked about this set before, but again here we have superb playing by the The English Concert extremely well captured by a rich Archiv recording.

[tima]

Originally Posted by bart

...

I've been listening a lot to Haydn lately.
He has such a lot of masterpieces.
He's a really undervalued composer.

That's so odd, isn't it. Who are these people not listening to Haydn?

Pal of Mozart, teacher of Beethoven.
Foundational composer of the Classical era.
Inventor of the string quartet.
A mere 106 Symphonies,
Overtures, Divertimenti, Marches
Dances, Concertos, Masses,
Operas, Canons and Cantatas
and much more.

We should have a Haydn day.

[Haydn]

Of course, I think a Haydn day would only be right!

Haydn

[cma29]

This morning I'm enjoying three harpsichord concerti...

Bach, C P E:
Concerto in G minor, H.409 (W.6)
Concerto in A major, H.411 (W.8)
Concerto in D major, H.421 (W.18)
Miklós Spányi (harpsichord)
Concerto Armonico, Péter Szüts



Excellent music vividly recorded by BIS. These are world premiere recordings for compositions that took too long to get a place on the catalog.

[eljr]

Andrés Orozco-Estrada / hr_Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra)
Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; The Firebird (Suite 1919)

Just wonderful, a truly terrific experience. I have never heard Spring so determined!

The Firebird soars here!

The sound is audiophile quality which serves to enhance the performance.

This is a winner.

I am just loving this label, PENTATONE.

[bart]

Originally Posted by tima

That's so odd, isn't it. Who are these people not listening to Haydn?

Pal of Mozart, teacher of Beethoven.
Foundational composer of the Classical era.
Inventor of the string quartet.
A mere 106 Symphonies,
Overtures, Divertimenti, Marches
Dances, Concertos, Masses,
Operas, Canons and Cantatas
and much more.

We should have a Haydn day.

Somewhere next week?

[ehoove]

Tacet's Four Seasons
Antonio Vivaldi
The Four Seasons
Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra
Tube only/Transistorfrei
Wonderful piece of vinyl that finds it's way onto my tables often.
Regards,
Jim

[eljr]

Neil Shicoff / Renato Bruson / Giuseppe Sinopoli / Edita Gruberová
Verdi: Rigoletto [Highlights]

another from the Virtuoso collection
nothing special here

[cma29]

Originally Posted by cma29

I got this 50-disc box for Christmas...

L'Oiseau-Lyre: The Baroque Era
Limited Edition



...which consists mostly of Christopher Hogwood's output for the L'Oiseau-Lyre label.

Disc #31 of 50 features

Rebel, J-F: Les Élémens
Destouches, A: Les Eléments
The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

This is one of the most interesting finds in the box. Les Élémens is a ballet, in which Rebel portrays each of the four elements during the chaotic, confusing creation of the world. Very lively music that I had not heard before. A welcome addition to the library. The playing by the AAM suits the music and the recorded sound from 1978 is very satisfying.