What are you listening to right now? (VOL I)

Posted by: Tam on 06 June 2005

Anyway, to kick things off, I'm currently, and probably for most of the rest of this week, listening to Radio 3's Beethoven Experience. They're doing one of the piano concertos at the moment and (number 2 with Glenn Gould). Anyway, the experience thing probably needs its own thread, but, even on this cheapo radio it's proving fairly enjoyable.

So, what are you listening to right now?
Posted on: 28 February 2006 by u5227470736789439
Mozart Concerto No 24 in A KV 488. Clara Haskill/ VSO/ Paul Sacher. Philips, currently available.

My favourite reading of it. Fredrik
Posted on: 28 February 2006 by HR
Posted on: 01 March 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana
quote:
Originally posted by Jim Waugh:
Pletnev playing Rachmaninov's piano.




Very good choice at my ears!
Posted on: 01 March 2006 by BigH47
INXS - X (CD)
previously on vinyl:-
Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years
Sky - Masterpieces.

Howard
Posted on: 01 March 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana
Again and again.
Is there somebody out there that can suggest me a better recording of this?
This sound a bit flat.
Posted on: 01 March 2006 by RiNo
Alison Krauss - Forget About It. On vinyl of course Winker
regards
Rickard
Posted on: 01 March 2006 by nicnaim
Posted on: 01 March 2006 by Sloop John B


The album that started me off on quite a spree of Ace and Kent cds that got me into music I would never had otherwise.
Posted on: 01 March 2006 by Sloop John B


The album that convinced me that the music didn't die in 1984.

Still sounding fantastic, hard to believe Mojo will be doing "20 years" ago articles on this in a year or 2!
Posted on: 01 March 2006 by Sloop John B


a €5.99 s/h purchase.

not bad at that.
Posted on: 01 March 2006 by Guido Fawkes


Iain Mathews and Andy Roberts as Plainsong - In Search of Amelia Earhart - this is very very good music.
Posted on: 01 March 2006 by HR
quote:
Originally posted by Gianluigi Mazzorana:
Again and again.
Is there somebody out there that can suggest me a better recording of this?
This sound a bit flat.



Gianluigi,

I mentioned to you ito Ema already, here is a wonderfull string arrangement (Nonesuch). Those are the only two versions I listen to.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000005J2R/002-7716069...0034?v=glance&n=5174

Regards,

Haim
Posted on: 01 March 2006 by HR


In the car tonight.
Posted on: 01 March 2006 by HR
Posted on: 01 March 2006 by erik scothron
Symphony No.3 - Henryk Gorecki
London Sinfonietta
David Zinman, conductor
Dawn Upshaw, Soprano

The best version is my view
Posted on: 01 March 2006 by Jim Waugh
Great misic; so-so recording
Posted on: 01 March 2006 by David Tribe
Jethro Tull, "Songs From The Wood"

DCT
Posted on: 02 March 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana
Posted on: 02 March 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana
Posted on: 02 March 2006 by Tam
Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius. Barbirolli/Halle (and Janet Baker).

Didn't know the work at all - so far I much preferred the Sea Pictures (with the LSO and also Baker) on the same set that I listened to last night.

Interestingly, for Baker fans, R3 are planning to do a Baker week:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/...uary/28/radio3.shtml

regards, Tam
Posted on: 02 March 2006 by Tam
Vaughan Williams Sinfonia Antartica - Boult/LPO. Excellent stuff this (though still not my favourite VM work), much better than Haitink. My only problem (as with much of VM's work) is that the first movement is stunning (as, indeed, is the third) but the rest doesn't quite live up to that promise. Thanks again Fredrik.

regards, Tam
Posted on: 02 March 2006 by Earwicker
Beethoven, Razumovsky Quartets, Alban Berg Quartet
Posted on: 02 March 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana
Stendec.
Very good electronic.
Posted on: 02 March 2006 by Earwicker
Beethoven, Hammerklavier, Brendel "live". Staggering.

EW
Posted on: 02 March 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana
Waiting for spring!