What classical music did you listen to today?

[JHC]

Colin, thank you so much for that idea. Do you have any suggestions regarding with which composers to start?

Well try Haydn's string qts and some of his Piano trios, same with Beethoven, Schubert,Brahms, Shostakovitch. then Violin sonatas and Piano sonatas should keep you going for a while :grin::grin:

 

[White Knight]

Ok, Colin, I'll see if I can borrow some of those works cited by you from my father.

 

[Contratrombone64]

La Bohéme ... endlessly, just adore it.

 

[White Knight]

Camille Saint-Saens--Organ Symphony No.3 in C moll, Op.78 and Cypres et Lauriers for organ and orchestra, Op.156. Both works feature Matthias Eisenberg on organ. They are performed by the Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulose, conducted by Michel Plasson. They were recorded in 1995 and are on EMI Classics. I was very impressed and moved by the second and fourth movements of the first work when the organ comes in; it really adds a majestic quality to the overall mood set by the music.
Dmitri Shostakovich--Symphony No.7 in C, Op.60 {"Leningrad"} performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Bernard Haitnik. The first movement of this powerful work still blows me away each time I listen to it!

 

[Corno Dolce]

CT64,

Why "La Boheme"? Whats so interesting about a lissome young lady that is consumed by consumption(TB) and her liasons? :grin::crazy::smirk:

Gergiev conducting "La Forza Del Destino".

 

[JHC]

La Bohéme ... endlessly, just adore it.

ditto to all Puccini operas

 

[mathetes1963]

Last listened: Fête des Belles Eaux for six ondes martenot by Olivier Messiaen. Truly, "out of this world" music.

EDIT: Messiaen wrote this in 1938 for an open air festival with colored lights and fountains. A few years later, in a German POW camp, he would re-work the theme for 'cello and piano as part of his Quatuor pour la fin du temps, which is "other-worldly" music in its own right.

 

[Mat]

Tchaikovsky - Symphony no. 3 in D major, "Polish". Performed by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under the baton of Bernard Haitink.

 

[White Knight]

Maurice Ravel--Daphnis and Chloe: Suite No.2; Rapsodie espagnole; Pavane pour infante defunte; Alborado del gracioso and Bolero. These works were performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Daniel Barenboim and featuring Donald Peck on flute. They were recorded in 1991 in Chicago's Orchestra Hall.
Dmitri Shostakovich--Symphony No.7 in C Major, Op.60 {"Leningrad"}, performed by the London Philharmonic conducted by Bernard Haitnik.
Peter Tchaikovsky--Symphony No.4 in F Moll, Op.36, performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Herbert von Karajan.

 

[Corno Dolce]

Gaspard de la Nuit by Ravel performed by Staffan Scheja

 

[White Knight]

Tchaikovsky--Symphony No.5 in E Moll, Op.64 and Symphony No.6 in B Moll, Op.74 {"Pathetique"}. Both works are performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker under the baton of Herbert von Karajan. Both symphonies are on a 2 cd set from Deutsche Grammophon recorded in 1976 and 1977.

 

[Corno Dolce]

Vingt Regards by Messiaen

 

[White Knight]

Camille Saint-Saens--Symphony No.3 for Organ in C Moll, OP.78 and Cypres et Lauriers, Op.156. Both works are performed by the Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulose under the direction of Michel Plasson. Matthias Eisenberg is the featured organist.

 

[Chi_townPhilly]

At this point in my life, La bohème »might« be my favorite opera written by somebody not named Wagner!:crazy:

Maurice Ravel--Daphnis and Chloe: Suite No.2; Rapsodie espagnole; Pavane pour infante defunte; Alborado del gracioso and Bolero. These works were performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Daniel Barenboim and featuring Donald Peck on flute. They were recorded in 1991 in Chicago's Orchestra Hall.

I got that recording- and I think it's underappreciated.

Peter Tchaikovsky--Symphony No.4 in F Moll, Op.36, performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Herbert von Karajan.

And I got that one, too.

And lately (combining the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Wagner), I've most recently listened to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg With Solti conducting- Ben Heppner as Walther, José van Dam as Hans Sachs.

 

[White Knight]

Jean Sibelius--Symphony No.2 in D, Op.43 and Symphony No.6 in D Moll, Op.104. Both works are performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sir Colin Davis.

 

[JHC]

Jean Sibelius--Symphony No.2 in D, Op.43 and Symphony No.6 in D Moll, Op.104. Both works are performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sir Colin Davis.

His interpretation of the 2nd if one of the best IMHO

 

[Corno Dolce]

Bruckner's 7th.

 

[Chi_townPhilly]

Hopefully, the timeless recording of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue by Leonard Bernstein & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra won't be too "downmarket" to rate a mention as my latest classical music listening.

 

[Corno Dolce]

Bruckner's 3rd

 

[White Knight]

Dmitri Shostakovich--Symphony No.7 in C Major, Op.60 {"Leningrad"}, as performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitnik.
Dmitri Shostakovich--Symphony No.11 in G Moll, Op.103 {"The Year 1905"}, performed by the LSO under the baton of Mstislav Rostropovich.
Peter Tchaikovsky--Symphony No.6 in B Moll, Op. 74 {"Pathetique"}, performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker led by Herbert von Karajan.