What are you listening to now?

[PDG]

Rensolinksy's "Guiness and Sherry" symphony. It's the new year!!!

My neice is called Sherry but she doesn't drink (sherry). She's a Millennium Baby, don't you know?...

[Michael]

Seriously: Beethoven's "Eroica" again. His own favourite and mine - except for the other eight!

[lvbfanatic]

Auld Lang Syne

LVB's arrangement of Auld Lang Syne... and downing it with some 15 year old single malt Glenfiddich! Happy New Year!!! to all of you wonderful Beethoven admirers... and especially to the administrators of this web site who have done and continue doing a marvellous job keeping LVB's spirit alive and well in our hearts. May your efforts be well rewarded for many years to come!!!

[Michael]

Happy New Year especially to the administrators of this web site who have done and continue doing a marvellous job keeping LVB's spirit alive and well in our hearts. May your efforts be well rewarded for many years to come!!!

Hear hear!

[JA Gardiner]

Schnabel playing the Emperor Concerto - absolutely wonderful - ravishing adagio and a final allegro that manages to stay beautifully smooth toned whilst still being thrilling, powerful and as pacy as one could want. Some of his performances of the sonatas to follow - yum!

[Peter]

Missa Solemnis - a terrific account by Eliot Gardiner.

[Sorrano]

Tonight was Helene Grimaud's (sorry if the spelling is off) rendition of Beethoven's 17th Piano Sonata (I thought very well done!!) and Alicia de la Rocha's rendition of Mozart's Piano Concerti 20 and 25, both favorites of mine by that composer. Also very nicely done!

[HaydnFan]

Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro

James Levine conducting with the Metropolitan Opera.

[Hofrat]

Well, in honor of Archduke Rudolf's birthday, I have listened to his sonata for piano and clarinet in A opus 2 (1822) and his trio for piano, clarinet, and 'cello in E-flat (1824). Performing are Susan Kagan (biographer and catalogger of Rudolf's life and works) on the piano, her husband Gerald Kagan on the 'cello, and Ricardo Moralas on the clarinet. Recorded by Koch.

[Peter]

Mikhail Pletnev playing Tchaikovsky's Concert fantasy for piano and orchestra. The double cd includes all three piano concertos and is a real delight.

[Peter]

Well, in honor of Archduke Rudolf's birthday, I have listened to his sonata for piano and clarinet in A opus 2 (1822) and his trio for piano, clarinet, and 'cello in E-flat (1824). Performing are Susan Kagan (biographer and catalogger of Rudolf's life and works) on the piano, her husband Gerald Kagan on the 'cello, and Ricardo Moralas on the clarinet. Recorded by Koch.

And what did you make of the music?

[Tony John Hearne]

Raga Piloo by Ravi Shankar and Yehudi Menuhin and colleagues

On EMI Ckassics and very much worth the purchase

[ruudp]

a recording I made of "gute nacht" and "der leiermann" from the winterreise cycle....a classmate of me asked wether I wanted to accompagny him...he had the Dietrich fischer Dieskau edition of the songs...I looked at the score..we practised for like 30 min in 2 days...and then recorded it...it's far from perfect...but I still like the outcome we did

for those whom would like to hear us have a go at them

http://www.sheezyart.com/view/1043099/ *gute nacht*
http://www.sheezyart.com/view/1043091/ *der leiermann*

[Hofrat]

Archduke Rudolf's music

And what did you make of the music?

Well, for a person who was not a professional musician or composer, Archduke Rudolf wrote very well!! I liked it very much. Very Beethovian.

[Gurn Blanston]

The Sonata in c for Fortepiano - Op 35 #3 - Dussek - Andreas Staier. Very nice music, the Adagio patetico ed espressivo is particularly lovely. Pity Dussek's music is not more well known, I'm sure it would become a favorite with others as it has with me.

8^)