What are you listening to now?

[Megan]

Love the Coriolan Overture!

It was a lovely performance Joy and Sorrano.

[Megan]

Scarlatti Christmas Cantata -
A truly gorgeous piece , here you can listen to the 4th movement
http://www.alexpaik.com/blog/scarlatti.m4a


CD
Tartini Violin Concerto in D major
Violin Concerto in E minor
Violin Concerto in B minor

Felix Ayo , violin and conductor

This is a particularly interesting CD from the point of view of interpretation and of re-evaluation of the rich musical heritage of the Italian 18th century violin school.

[Peter]

Beethoven's 5th with the superb Kleiber recording. The sublime Adagio from Bruckner's 8th (Karajan VPO) - the greatest thing he wrote (in my opinion!)

[Sorrano]

Beethoven's 5th with the superb Kleiber recording. The sublime Adagio from Bruckner's 8th (Karajan VPO) - the greatest thing he wrote (in my opinion!)

Hey! I listened, too, to the Bruckner 8th Adagio yesterday. However, I listened to Jochum's rendition. The 7th Adagio is also very sublime, but I think my favorite is the 9th Adagio.

[Megan]

Just listened to Beethoven's Eroica, conducted by Karajan.



Anyone interested in listening in this evening will be in for a treat:

on DAB Digital Radio & Digital TV Performance on 3
A series of 3 concerts given by the Emerson String Quartet, featuring one of Beethoven's 'Razumovsky' Quartets, music by Bach and a recent work.
Wed 9 - Fri 11 Jan 7pm

Performance on 3 - Emerson Quartet


http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/

[Quijote]

Giacinto SCELSI, three works : 'Aion', 'Pfhat', and 'Konx-Om-Pax' (1961, 1974 and 1969 respectively). I had forgotten how 'terrifying' music can be.

[Quijote]

Listening to (not a CD, in my head from the score) the Bach '371' harmonized chorales and 69 chorale melodies with figured bass (ed. Riemenschneider). This was a Xmas gift from me to myself (I have no friends, see?). Anyway, I have decided to play one chorale a day as a sort of 'benediction-on-the-house' (to paraphrase Casals). As to the '69' (stop sniggering, PDG), playing through figured bass is not a skill that comes easily to me. It strikes me as a dying art; sorry, you continuo players out there!

[Sorrano]

Listening to (not a CD, in my head from the score) the Bach '371' harmonized chorales and 69 chorale melodies with figured bass (ed. Riemenschneider). This was a Xmas gift from me to myself (I have no friends, see?). Anyway, I have decided to play one chorale a day as a sort of 'benediction-on-the-house' (to paraphrase Casals). As to the '69' (stop sniggering, PDG), playing through figured bass is not a skill that comes easily to me. It strikes me as a dying art; sorry, you continuo players out there!

But is playing figured bass in your head more easily achieved than on a keyboard, for you? (I assume you play?)

[Quijote]

But is playing figured bass in your head more easily achieved than on a keyboard, for you? (I assume you play?)

Sorry, I wasn't very clear above. I was only 'listening' to the '371' in my head as it was too late at night to play them. As to figured bass, no, not in my head I'm afraid, this is a purely keyboard-realised skill for me (and I'm not very profficient at it, either).

So, my 'benediction-on-the-house' this morning was Aus meines Herzens Grunde (from the depths of my heart).

[TiberiaClaudia]

Chopin

At this precise second of my morning its Chopin's Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53.

TC

[Michael]

I am ploughing my way through Beethoven's twenty-odd sets of variations for piano - listening, that is, not playing! Actually, the word "ploughing" gives the wrong impression. Gliding - that's the word! Sheer pleasure!

[Megan]

Mozart's Dissonace quartet K465



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvH9Q71XJIU

[Michael]

Mozart's Dissonace quartet K465



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvH9Q71XJIU

I was listening to that two days ago. You can see where Beethoven got the opening of the third Razumovsky from.

[Peter]

Christ on the Mount of olives - there is much I like in it, but overall I don't think it a success. Any other opinions?

[Megan]

CHOPIN
Nocturne in C sharp minor,
by Joshua Bell , violinist.


BEETHOVEN
Sonata in F , Op.54
Richard Goode, piano