So what are you listening to now?

[HaydnFan]

Listening to Siegfried's Death and Funeral March from Wagner's Ring of the Niebelung.

[Big D]

Sibelius Symphonies No. 4 & 5 by Karajan (EMI). A superb interpretation by Karajan.



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Brilliance does not depend on your age, but on your brain!

[JA Gardiner]

Mozart violin sonatas - Perlman/Barenboim - absolutely gorgeous! Was also listening to the complete set of Vivaldi Sacred Music ( including my campaign theme - Juditha triumphans )on Hyperion until I left the box on the plane returning from a trip to Istanbul for my birthday. So annoying! Will just have to content myself with Die Entfuhrung Aus Dem Serail to remind me of the Topkapi Palace! Anyone got a good suggestion to complement the impact of the Hagia Sophia which is quite the most awesome and sacred building I've ever been in (despite the later excrescences added by the conquerors and the present scaffolding obscuring the Emperor's square and most of the Dome as essential work is done to preserve the interior). ?

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Beethoven the Man!

[Raro]

Right now I'm listening to Thalberg's fantasy on themes of Beethoven VII - does anyone else know this piano solo work?

[Joy]

Beethoven Opus 109. Quite sublime. Some beautiful variations in the last movement.

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[Peter]

Originally posted by Joy:
Beethoven Opus 109. Quite sublime. Some beautiful variations in the last movement.

Yes sublime is a good word to describe this sonata Joy - who is the pianist on your recording?

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'Man know thyself'

[Joy]

Some great Beethoven music playing today in honour of his birthday. Via radio his Piano Concerto #3, Symphonies, 5, 6 and of course the 9th and the wonderful Opus 109. Most sublime. Beautiful variations in the last movement.

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[Joy]

Some great Beethoven music playing today in honour of his birthday. Via radio his Piano Concerto #3, Symphonies, 5, 6 and of course the 9th and the wonderful Opus 109. Most sublime. Beautiful variations in the last movement.

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[Joy]

Originally posted by Peter:
Yes sublime is a good word to describe this sonata Joy - who is the pianist on your recording?

I just saw this post today Peter, the pianist was Andreas Klein. Quite good indeed.


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[JA Gardiner]

Variuos pieces from a complete set of Vivaldi's Sacred Music - Robert King and the King's Consort on Hyperion,

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Beethoven the Man!

[Geratlas]

Schubert's Missa Solemnis in A flat!

[Joy]

Lots of Christmas music on NPR tonight. Corello's 'Christmas Concerto' "One of the most beloved purely instrumental works for Christmas is the Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 8, known as the "Christmas Concerto," by Arcangelo Corello." It's in concert at the Lilla Academy in Stockholm, played by the Junior Academy Orchestra, conducted by Bo Wannefors.
Also Bach's 'Christmas Oratorio' sung by
The Kreuz Church Choir of Dresden. They're performing Part One of the Christmas Oratorio by J.S. Bach. The Dresden Boys' Choir, Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, and soloists are conducted by Roderich Kreile. Bach's Christmas Oratorio is made up of 6 separate cantatas, usually sung between Christmas and the Epiphany. Part One is the first three cantatas.
Also the 13th century "Song of Mary" and The Hallgrims Church Motet Choir sings an Icelandic folksong, "Emmanuel, to us tonight."


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[Joy]

Mendekssohn's "Song Without Words" performed by pianist Cecile Licad.

Ravel in Paris
From the Chatelet Theatre in Paris, conductor Pierre Boulez will lead tonight the Radio France Philharmonic in a performance of Maurice Ravel's "Mother Goose" ballet suite. The music originated as piano duets which Ravel wrote for children to play. Later he orchestrated the music for the ballet stage.


Hungarian Dance No. 14 by Johannes Brahms.

In 1747, Johann Sebastian Bach improvised a complex fugue, based on a theme given to him on the spot by King Frederick the Great of Prussia. Bach took the theme home, and expanded it into his "Musical Offering." Almost two centuries later, composer Anton Webern arranged the final section for orchestra. Paavo Jarvi conducts the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, playing Webern's version of Bach's Ricercare , from the Musical Offering.

An evening of delightful music.


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[Sorrano]

Haven't had too much opportunity for good listening, but did catch Beethoven's 2nd on the radio. Giulini conducted and it seemed to drag and drag. Are his tempi usually slow? The first movement was about as slow as the second. The only one that moved was the third and it could have been quicker.

[Hofrat]

Hess 15 (the D-major piano concerto movement by Beethoven circa 1815, realized by professor Nicholas Cook).