What classical music did you listen to today?

[White Knight]

Rachmaninoff--Piano Concerto No.3 in D Minor, Op.30 and Piano Concerto No.1 in F-sharp Minor, Op.1. Both works are performed by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin with pianist Abbey Simon.

 

[Alban Berg]

Nothing! Nada! My son, the musician is making so much noise! I took a quick look of some of my new DVDs I received yesterday...not expensive (from Premiereopera.com)

16 DVDs!!!!!

I updated my list...

Martin

 

[White Knight]

Rachmaninoff--Piano Concerto No.1 in F-sharp Minor, Op.1; Piano Concerto in G Minor, Op.40; Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini. All three works were performed by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin. Abbey Simon was the pianist.

 

[Alban Berg]

CD: Mozart: Nozze di Figaro, Anna Moffo, Giuseppe Tadei, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.
Wonderful version.

I have three versions on DVD and 3 on CD.

 

[White Knight]

Rachmaninoff--Piano Concerto No.1 in F-sharp Minor, Op.1 and PIano Concerto No.4 in G Minor, Op.40. Both works are performed by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin with Abbey Simon on piano.
I am finding the first movement of the First and the second movement of the Fourth to be especially lyrical and quite moving.

 

[Mat]

Sibelius - D minor Violin concerto

Czajkowski - 4th symphony

 

[Mat]

Piano Sonata in F major, K.280 by Mozart; performed by Seung-Yeun Huh (huh?)

 

[Alban Berg]

Today the same

CD: Mozart: Nozze di Figaro, Anna Moffo, Giuseppe Tadei, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.
Wonderful version.

I have three versions on DVD and 3 on CD.

But Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Teresa Berganza, Barenboim version


Of course this will be read by God. This is a special thread...called "speak alone".

Martin, alone

 

[Alban Berg]

Sibelius - D minor Violin concerto

Czajkowski - 4th symphony

Is that in Polish? I mean Чаиковский. (Tchaikovsky?)

Original way to write it. Nice symphony indeed.

Martin

 

[White Knight]

Gustav Mahler--Symphony No.1 in D Major, performed by the Utah Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maurice Abravanel.

 

[Alban Berg]

Lovely...

Is that in Polish? I mean Чаиковский. (Tchaikovsky?)

Original way to write it. Nice symphony indeed.

Martin

It is lovely to speak alone...

Nice thread indeed! Nobody answers to nobody!!!!!!

G-R-E-A-T!

Nitram

 

[Mat]

It's been barely 5 hours since you asked the question. Do you really think all I do is sitting in front of PC, hitting F5 all day long and waiting till someone asks me something? Well, I don't.

Take a chill pill maybe.

 

[Alban Berg]

It's been barely 5 hours since you asked the question. Do you really think all I do is sitting in front of PC, hitting F5 all day long and waiting till someone asks me something? Well, I don't.

Take a chill pill maybe.

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Thank you for your kind answer...I'm pretty sure you're Polish! I went to Poland many years ago!....I prefer to say nothing else.

Martin

 

[White Knight]

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Thank you for your kind answer...I'm pretty sure you're Polish! I went to Poland many years ago!....I prefer to say nothing else.

Martin

I really think that's unfair of you to stereotype someone else just because you don't like his answer. That is bordering on racism, and we should know and be better than that! Please.

 

[Alban Berg]

You missunderstood.

I really think that's unfair of you to stereotype someone else just because you don't like his answer. That is bordering on racism, and we should know and be better than that! Please.

I said that because I was sure this orthographe was Polish, I went to Poland and had many difficulties until I could get their pronounciation...as Szymanowski...You have to pronounce Semanovsky...and so on. Polish are cool people (but their language is too difficult), one of my very best childhood friends was Daniel Naszewski, Polish...A priori I never judge an individual by his race nor his religion...I know even very nice Muslim people...and I don't like very much this religions, but I accept it. Please don't think this was racist...No at all....Should I take some chill pills?

Martin

 

[White Knight]

Brahms--Symphony No.1 in C Minor, Op.68, performed by the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Herbert von Karajan. I find the last movement to be especially melodic and moving.

 

[Mat]

5th Symphony in e minor by Czajkowski (yes, that is Polish spelling). Performed by Karajan/BPO.

Steve, Brahms' 1st ranks in my book right after his exquiste 4th symphony. Though, unlike you, I much prefer the opening of the 1st movement. There's something powerful in it that draws my attention. Leonard Bernstein uses it in his programme on conducting. I posted it in this thread along with some other informative clips. Have a look at it. Maybe you'll find something to your liking.

Cheers

 

[Contratrombone64]

Hey Mat, I've not heard Czajkowski's music at all (no surprises) but obviously Carryon had!

I've been listening to L'Etoile (The Star) by Emmanuel Chabrier, simply delicious.

 

[White Knight]

Mat, thank you so much for taking the time to do this. The next symphony I borrow from my father this week--after returning the first--shall be the fourth.

 

[Contratrombone64]

I've just finished listening to (for the first time) a recording I purchased of Gurrelieder, Schoenberg. I love it, just so lush and richly scored, heavenly. Berlin Phil with Sir Simon, plus looking at the score with it's enormous orchestra (8 flutes indeed).

The CD this came on was one of five, "Second Viennese School".