What are you listening to now?

[Enrique]

Bach: Suite No. 5 for cello in C Minor, BWV 1011 (Casals)

A pity he uses gut strings.

[glindhot]

Beethoven: Choral Fantasy opus 80 for an 80-year-old's birthday.

[Enrique]

Mozart:

• String quartet in G major, K.V. 387.
• String quartet in B flat, K.V. 458, called The Hunt.
• Piano sonata No. 11 in A major, K.V. 331 (oddly enough it sounds in B flat major).

[Peter]

Mahler symphony no.8 - CSO/Solti

[Chris]

Mozart - Sonatas K 10-15 for flute and piano - Gyongyossy/Kemenes

I have always found these early works interesting. They contain that early-Mozart charm (and that is served very well by the performances here), and since they are for violin or flute, piano or harpsichord would be appropriate, and there is an optional cello part, there are a lot of different ways to present them:

Violin/Piano
Violin/Harpsichord
Flute/Piano
Flute/Harpsichord
Violin/Piano/Cello
Violin/Harpsichord/Cello
Flute/Piano/Cello
Flute/Harpsichord/Cello

Good for sales, no doubt!

[Enrique]

Yes, like the coffee: sugar or artificial sweetener, regular or decaffeinated, with or without cream, etc.

[Peter]

Mozart Violin Sonata No. 18 in G Major (K 301).

[EliseKelly9]

The Pastoral. On a new Sony Hi Fi unit I have just acquired. Bliss!

[Peter]

The Pastoral. On a new Sony Hi Fi unit I have just acquired. Bliss!

Welcome to the forum!

[Sorrano]

This morning:

Erkin, Ulvi Cemal: Seven Turkish Folk Songs (1967-9) #3, "Ayin ondördü"
Bach: "The Wise Virgins" Suite

[AeolianHarp]

Ludwig's Piano Trio- Opus 1, No 3 in C minor- such a masterful energy to it! I love it! That must have knocked people's socks off when it was first heard!!

It still sounds fresh and vital...and yet more people are listening to Miley Cyrus?!

The pop music I am subjected to at Asda sounds tired, this trio is ALIVE.

[Peter]

Ludwig's Piano Trio- Opus 1, No 3 in C minor- such a masterful energy to it! I love it! That must have knocked people's socks off when it was first heard!!

It still sounds fresh and vital...and yet more people are listening to Miley Cyrus?!

The pop music I am subjected to at Asda sounds tired, this trio is ALIVE.

That reminds me of this quote:

". . . Music is neither old nor modern: it is either good or bad music, and the date at which it was written has no significance whatever. Dates and periods are of interest only to the student of musical history. . . . All old music was modern once, and much more of the music of yesterday already sounds more old-fashioned than works which were written three centuries ago. All good music, whatever its date, is ageless - as alive and significant today as it was when it was written . ." (Peter Warlock)

[AeolianHarp]

and much more of the music of yesterday already sounds more old-fashioned than works which were written three centuries ago.

Yes that's how I feel if I hear this "pop music"- it is just the same tired old line over and over again.

[Peter]

Berlioz - 'Harold in Italy' / Zucherman (how does he play violin and viola?!!)

[Sorrano]

Berlioz - 'Harold in Italy' / Zucherman (how does he play violin and viola?!!)

Perhaps multi-track recording?