What are you listening to now?

[Tony John Hearne]

Scriabin "Le Poeme de l'extase" Philadelphia Orchestra Riccardo Muti Waiting for the floor to shake towrds the conclusion

[HaydnFan]

Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat; Maria Kliegel (cello) and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antoni Wit

...a haunting piece.

[Hofrat]

String Quintet in C-major opus 29, a highly underrated piece!

When I visited the Norwegian National Collections a few years ago, I was shown the only Beethoven manuscript they had: a single half-page of the opus 29 quintet!! Imagine, someone was selling Beethoven manuscripts by the half-page!!

[Sorrano]

Lately I've been going through the Ring of the Nibelungen (Solti) and enjoying it a lot.

[Peter]

The complete Beethoven overtures - Zinman and the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra - a wonderfully exhuberant set.

[Megan]

This week: Violinist Christian Tetzlaff and pianist Alexander Lonquich perform all of Beethoven's violin sonatas in a series of concerts at London's Wigmore Hall.

Performance on 3 , BBC Radio 3, 19:00 hrs.

[Megan]

Performance on BBC Radio 3. 19:00


Continuing violinist Christian Tetzlaff and pianist Alexander Lonquich's series of all of Beethoven's Violin Sonatas recorded earlier this month at London's Wigmore Hall. Included in the programme is one of Beethoven's most popular Violin Sonatas, the Spring, a work which owes its poetic name to the largely pastoral nature of the outer movements.

Today: 12th
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 5 in F, Op 24 (Spring); Violin Sonata No 6 in A, Op 30, No 1; Violin Sonata No 7 in Cm, Op 30, No 2


Friday: 13th
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 8 in G, Op 30 No 3; Violin Sonata No 9 in A, Op 47 (Kreutzer); Violin Sonata No 10 in G, Op 96
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[Megan]

Listening

< Listening for this evening via BBC Radio 3 >


Christian Tetzlaff
Christian Tetzlaff with Alexander Lonquich
Friday 13 April 2007 19:00-20:45 (Radio 3)

With Martin Handley.

The conclusion of violinist Christian Tetzlaff and pianist Alexander Lonquich's series of all of Beethoven's violin sonatas, given at London's Wigmore Hall earlier this month. The programme includes Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata, the work that inspired Leo Tolstoy to write a novella of the same name.

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 8 in G, Op 30 No 3; Violin Sonata No 9 in A, Op 47 (Kreutzer); Violin Sonata No 10 in G, Op 96

[Arno]

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op 10 played by Vladimir Ashkenazy

[HaydnFan]

Haydn: Symphonies No. 27, 28, and 31 ("Hornsignal"), Bela Drahos and the Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia on Naxos.

This stuff just puts me in such a good mood! It's so bright and cheerful, perfect for a Saturday morning!

[Hofrat]

Ignaz Bruell (1846-1907):

Piano concerto in F opus 10
Piano concerto in C opus 24
Concertstuck opus88

[Hofrat]

Henry Litolff (1818-1891):

Piano concerto in B minor opus 22
Piano concerto in D minor opus 102

[Peter]

Tchaikovsky orchestral suites and Monteverdi Motets. Also Op.116 vocal trio - one of the rare Beethoven pieces we featured on the site.

[Peter]

Beethoven Electoral sonatas - wonderful pieces by the 13 year old composer showing his mastery at a far earlier age than he is generally given credit for. The 1st movement of no.1 even anticipates the structure of the Pathetique sonata with its slow introduction that returns later in the movement.

[Alberto Venni]

I am slowly going back through the Koechel catalog (I own about 150 items): I began several weeks ago with the Requiem K. 626; the last piece that I have heard is the clarinet quartet K. 370; next one will be Idomeneo K. 366.