What are you listening to now?

[Sorrano]

This morning:

Elgar:
Six Very Easy Pieces in the First Position
Chanson de Matin

Rorem:
A Quiet Afternoon

Wagner: Arrangement of the Evening Song from Tannhauser for piano and cello (played by Pablo Casals)

[Roehre]

Hans Huber:
Symphony no.6 in A opus 134 (1911)

Guerrero:
Pange lingua (1560s?)
Missa de la Batalla escoutez (p.1582)
Regina Caeli laetare (p.1584)

Bartok:
Concerto for Orchestra (BBCMM CD)

[Sorrano]

This morning:

Rachmaninoff: 2nd Piano Sonata

[Peter]

This morning:

Rachmaninoff: 2nd Piano Sonata

Do you know the first sonata Sorrano? Much less frequently performed and I didn't know it myself until my friend Yuri played it to me and subsequently recorded it - this was editor's choice for Gramophone magazine (Sept 2009).

http://www.amazon.co.uk/RACHMANINOV-...5067232&sr=8-1

[Sorrano]

Do you know the first sonata Sorrano? Much less frequently performed and I didn't know it myself until my friend Yuri played it to me and subsequently recorded it - this was editor's choice for Gramophone magazine (Sept 2009).

http://www.amazon.co.uk/RACHMANINOV-...5067232&sr=8-1

I'm not really familiar with either sonata, but I did enjoy listening to the no. 2. Thanks for the link; I will have to look into that.

[Roehre]

Hans Huber:
Symphony no.7 in d “Schweizerische” (“Swiss”) (1917)

Mozart:
Die Zauberflöte KV620: overture (arr.Wendt fl/vn/va/vc; 1792)
Piano concerto no.20 in d KV466 (arr.Czerny pf/fl/vn/ 2va/ vc; 1818)
Symphony no.40 in g KV550 (arr. Clementi pf/fl/vn/vc; 1818)

[Megan]

Beethoven's

The three "Rasumovsky" (or "Razumovsky") string quartets, opus 59, are the quartets Ludwig van Beethoven wrote in 1806

[Sorrano]

Last night:

Schubert: Symphony No. 2

This morning:

R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Suite

[Roehre]

Hans Huber:
Der Simplicius: symphonic introduction (1898)
Eine Lustspiel-ouvetüre op.50 (1879)
Symphony no.8 in F (1920)

Strauss:
Die Frau ohne Schatten op.65: orchestral excerpts ( version Jurowski)(R3:iPlayer)
Bizarre, too long, but nevertheless enjoyable.

Janacek:
Glagolitic Mass (1926; Wingfield edition)

[Sorrano]

This morning:

Crusell: Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in B Flat

[Chris]

Heard the "Emperor" on the radio on the way to work this morning.

[Roehre]

Hans Huber:
Serenade no.1 in E opus 86 “Sommernächte” (1885)

Respighi:
Belfagor: overture (1923)
3 Corali (1930; after JSBach’s BWV 10, 62 en 140)

Bruckner:
Symphony in f „Study symphony“ (1863)

[Sorrano]

Roehre, you have me very curious about Hans Huber. Does he follow in the Brahms tradition or is he more toward Wagner/Liszt?

[Quijote]

[...] Bruckner:
Symphony in f „Study symphony“ (1863)

Jeez, I wouldn't mind if my "study symphony" had been at that level !
Who do have on your CD, Roehre?

[Quijote]

LvB : Piano Sonatas 4-6 (E-Flat Op. 7 / C minor Op. 10 No. 1 / F major Op. 10 No. 2).
Performers / Period instruments as follows: Malcolm Bilson on a Wolf Schantz, Bart van Ort on a Maene-Walter, Ursula Dütschler on a McNulty-Walter. Me in a kitchen apron washing up.