What are you currently listening to (Classical)?

[andolink]

There's never been any interruption in Bridge as a producer of excellent recordings since their founding by David Starobin in 1981.

 

[MadFloyd]

It denotes the line of American composers who more or less traveled the path blazed by Charles Ives and the 2nd Viennese School. It includes Serialists such as Roger Sessions and Milton Babbit as well as other atonalists such as Carter and, to a lesser extent, some of the "mavericks" such as Cowell and Partch.

Wuorinen's mature music sounds to me somewhat like an amalgam of post-1955 Sessions with the breadth and and refinement of Carter. The new Bridge release is easily the best introduction to Wuorinen's sound world that I've heard. It's typically American with the upbeat brightness and busy textures giving it a feeling of the bustling streets of a big city.

It's definitely not music for casual listening though. Repeat and focused listenings are the way in although the 4th Piano Concerto bowled me over the first time through like I haven't been for quite some time.

Thank you very much!

 

[andolink]

Thank you very much!

Glad to be of service.

 

[andolink]

W. A. Mozart: Piano Trio in B-flat major, K. 502
Linda Nicholson, fortepiano
Monica Huggett, violin
Timothy Mason, cello

 

[andolink]

Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti Grossi, Op. VI

 

[LL21]

Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti Grossi, Op. VI

excellent...have this one as well. enjoy.

 

[RogerD]

Excellent

 

[Bachtoven]

This is the best played and recorded version that I have heard.

By the way that Corelli set posted above is my favorite, too!

 

[Kal Rubinson]

This is the best played and recorded version that I have heard.

I agree. For years, I preferred the Previn/LSO but Gergiev surprised me this this. More visceral than I expected.
By the way that Kullervo set posted above is outstanding, too!

 

[LL21]

I agree. For years, I preferred the Previn/LSO but Gergiev surprised me this this. More visceral than I expected.
By the way that Kullervo set posted above is outstanding, too!

Good to know. I have been a big fan of Gergiev on Russian music and also Tugan Sokhiev for a long time. Will check this out.

 

[Bachtoven]

Good to know. I have been a big fan of Gergiev on Russian music and also Tugan Sokhiev for a long time. Will check this out.

Gergiev seems much more connected to this music than he did on the Shostakovich cycle, which seemed oddly dispassionate and not nearly as well recorded. I've been hugely disappointed with all that I've heard: 5, 7, 8, 10, and 11. I guess number 7 and 8 are not too bad, but the others are not as intense as I was hoping.

 

[LL21]

Gergiev seems much more connected to this music than he did on the Shostakovich cycle, which seemed oddly dispassionate and not nearly as well recorded. I've been hugely disappointed with all that I've heard: 5, 7, 8, 10, and 11. I guess number 7 and 8 are not too bad, but the others are not as intense as I was hoping.

I have his Tchaikovsky Symphony 5 and Piano Concerto 1...i like both.

 

[andolink]

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 8

One of the towering monuments.

Still leaves me totally drained after all these years.

 

[andolink]

J.S. Bach: Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV 829
Peter Watchorn, harpsichord

W. A. Mozart: Piano Trio in C major, K. 548
Linda Nicholson, fortepiano
Monica Huggett, violin
Timothy Mason, cello

 

[Bachtoven]

I bought a used copy for $9.95. Based on his playing in Op.106, "Hammerklavier," it's a super bargain! A pity it isn't in stereo, but the sound is decent enough. Haven't listened to the other sonatas yet.

 

[Bachtoven]

Elgar and Lutoslawski might not seem like obvious recording companions, but both are very well played and recorded.

 

[Bachtoven]

Sonata and Partita No.1. Fantastic playing and sound, but the mics are close enough to pick up a lot of breath sounds.

 

[MadFloyd]

Sonata and Partita No.1. Fantastic playing and sound, but the mics are close enough to pick up a lot of breath sounds.

Listening to this now (via Tidal). I like it. Then again I like close mics - or more importantly - less 'room' sound.

 

[MadFloyd]

I take that back - too much room sound.

 

[Bachtoven]

I take that back - too much room sound.

Dang, you're a tough customer! Does the room sound at concerts bother you, too? (I'm not being a smarta$$...)