What classical music did you listen to today?

[Kromme]

By the way Zubin's encore part was as good as previous years

[Art Rock]

Mahler's Ninth (Berliner Philhar,mo****r under Barbirolli). It's been a while since I last heard it. Unbelievable masterpiece.

[Sybarite]

Mozart's Requiem – Christian Thielmann, Munich Philharmonic.

Such a pure sound. Quite beautiful.

New Year's Day concert from Vienna. No Rosen aus dem Suden, but I guess you can't have everything.

Strauss lieder, sung by Jonas Kaufmann with Helmut Deutsch on the piano. Again, lovely sound and such an extraordinary contrast to his orchestral works.

[Wunderhorn]

(Bruckner's 6th and 9th) (Mahler's 6th)

[rojo]

The above post makes mine look trite, but I`m listening to Johann Strauss II`s Treasure Waltz. Shall we dance?

[Ouled Nails]

Yesterday, actually!
Julian Orbon, Concerto Grosso for String Quartet and Orchestra.
Alberto Ginastera, Pampeana no. 3, for Orchestra.
Sergei Taneyev, Concert Suite for Violin and Orchestra.
Boris Lyatoshinsky, Symphony no.3 in B minor, op.50.
Joan Tower, Silver Ladders; Island Prelude for solo Oboe and String Orchestra; Music for Cello and Orchestra; Sequoia; Duets for Chamber Orchestra.

[Sybarite]

The above post makes mine look trite, but I`m listening to Johann Strauss II`s Treasure Waltz. Shall we dance?

Nothing wrong with a bit of Strauss II.

So, today: highlights from Siegfried – Bayreuth Orchestra under Karl Böhm. Great stuff to get the day started. Poulenc's Sonata for horn, trombone and trumpet – Alan Civil, John Iveson and John Wilbraham respectively. Lovely.

Vaughan Williams's Sea Symphony – BBC Symphony Orchestra under Andrew Davies. Haven't listened to it before, but there's an Englishness here that brings to mind middle-class seaside villages, John Betjemen, the Church of England and steam trains. Nonetheless very enjoyable.

Handel's Italian Cantatas – sung by Emma Kirkby, with Christopher Hogwood directing the Academy of Ancient Music. Really enjoyable sound.

Debussy's first book of preludes and the first book of Images, played by Yukie Nagai and then La Mer and Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, played by the Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Herbert von Karajan.

[Wunderhorn]

Bruckner 8th [Wand/Berlin Philharmonic]

[rojo]

This piece came on the radio, and I was trying to identify it; I knew the piece, could hum along, but was unable to remember who it was by, nor what it was called. So turns out it was Smetana`s Overture to The Bartered Bride. I didn`t remember that I knew this work!

[Wunderhorn]

Moeran: Symphony in G minor, free legal mp3 at The Worldwide Moeran Database
Bruckner: 4th Symphony (Hiatink/Concertgebouw) 5th (Thielemann/Munchner)
Draeseke: 3rd Symphony, free mp3 at Felix Draeseke Web Pages
Mahler: 2nd Symphony (Klemperer/Philharmonia)

[Kromme]

Beethoven Symphonies Nos.5,7 Brahms Symphony No.4 and Schubert Symphonies 3,8.All by Carlos Kleiber & Wiener Philharmo****r.Spectacular.I am lost in superlatives.Then Tchaikovsky Symphonies Nos.4,5&6 by Evgeny Mravinsky & St Petersburg(then Leningrad) Philharmonic.That was the best Tchaikovsky i heard in my life.(I previously heard Muti,Karajan,Celibidache, Jansons,Giulini,Gergiev,Markevitch)

[rojo]

Interesting that you mention Markevitch, Kromme; I`ve just been listening to his (Igor Markevitch`s) 'Le Nouvel Age,' (1937.) I quite liked it, on first listen.

[Kromme]

Oh rojo i only know him as a conductor.His Tchaikovsky is both solid and budget price.I have no idea about him as a composer.Where did you catch it on radio or a recording?

[rojo]

Caught it on the radio...

[rojo]

Ravel`s String Quartet, played by the Parkanyi Quartet (PRAGA DSD250208.) Love it. Glorious richness, especially for a string quartet.