What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[cloughie]

Handel - Water Music - NYPO/Boulez

An interesting interpretation!

[Bryn]

An interesting interpretation!

As in "may you live in interesting times"?

[Joseph K]

An interesting interpretation!

As in "may you live in interesting times"?

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[Bryn]

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http://www.for3.org/forums/showthrea...693#post516693 et seq.

[Joseph K]

http://www.for3.org/forums/showthrea...693#post516693 et seq.

[Pulcinella]

An interesting interpretation!

Bryn and I told you so!

[Beppe]

Beethoven's Choral Fantasy, Bernard Haitink, London Philharmonic.

[BBMmk2]

Beethoven's Choral Fantasy, Bernard Haitink, London Philharmonic.

Welcome Beppe! That looks worth a look!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Welcome Beppe!

That looks worth a look!

I don't think that the Masur Beethoven cycle (part of which also appears on that Philips Duo) would be many people's "first choice", but it's very good, and well worth investing in at the cheap second-hand prices asked online. (I got the first pair of discs from a Charity shop for 50p - astonishing bargain!)

[Alison]

Adès: In Seven Days

Kirill Gerstein
LPO/ the composer

Didn’t see any comment on this rather intriguing work broadcast the other night. No masterpiece perhaps, but it held my interest and has invited me back. A pianistic tour de force for sure. Some of the climaxes feel a bit splashy and generalised.

[BBMmk2]

Orlando Gibbons Selected Keyboard Works

Richard Egarr, harpsichord.

[Stanfordian]

Verdi
'I Due Foscari'
Francesco Foscari – Plácido Domingo (baritone); Jacapo Foscari – Francesco Meli (tenor); Lucrezia Contarini – Anna Pirozzi (soprano); Jacopo Loredano – Andrea Concetti (bass); Barbarigo – Edoardo Milletti (tenor); Pisana – Chiara Isotton (soprano); Doge's Servant – Modestas Sedievičius (bass)
Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala, Milan / Michele Mariotti (conductor)
Stage Direction and Set Design – Frédéric Olivieri
Costume Design – Kristine Jurjäne
Recorded live March 2016 La Scala, Milan
C Major Blu-ray

[Beppe]

Welcome Beppe! That looks worth a look!

Thanks. Haitink's Choral Fantasy is available on a different release without Masur's recording. I have half a dozen or so of the Choral Fantasy recordings and Haitink's is my favorite.

Since I am new and could not find a place for new member intros, I'll note some of my musical interests. First, I play no instrument and am a musical ignoramus, but love listening. I am actually a huge opera fan and that is what I mostly listen to. Some favorites include Bellini's La Sonnambula, Flotow's Martha, Mascagni's L'amico Fritz (where I got my username), Beethoven's Fidelio, Wagner (Ring, Hollander, and others), Verdi's Il Trovatore, Puccini's La Fanciulla del West, Donizetti's Maria Stuarda, Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov, Tchaicovsky's Eugene Onegin, Weber's Der Freischutz, ...

I also like Handel's Messiah, Haydn's Creation, Mendelssohn's Elijah, all the symphonies of Beethoven, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Saint-Saens, and Rachmaninov.

[Pulcinella]

Thanks. Haitink's Choral Fantasy is available on a different release without Masur's recording. I have half a dozen or so of the Choral Fantasy recordings and Haitink's is my favorite.

Since I am new and could not find a place for new member intros, I'll note some of my musical interests. First, I play no instrument and am a musical ignoramus, but love listening. I am actually a huge opera fan and that is what I mostly listen to. Some favorites include Bellini's La Sonnambula, Flotow's Martha, Mascagni's L'amico Fritz (where I got my username), Beethoven's Fidelio, Wagner (Ring, Hollander, and others), Verdi's Il Trovatore, Puccini's La Fanciulla del West, Donizetti's Maria Stuarda, Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov, Tchaicovsky's Eugene Onegin, Weber's Der Freischutz, ...

I also like Handel's Messiah, Haydn's Creation, Mendelssohn's Elijah, all the symphonies of Beethoven, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Saint-Saens, and Rachmaninov.

Welcome from me too, Beppe.
That's quite an eclectic mix.

I'm sure you'll find plenty of threads to contribute to.

There is a 'Hello' thread in the 'Welcome' section (second from top on the home page); what you've done is fine, though you can also introduce yourself there.

[pastoralguy]

Welcome, Beppe!