What are you listening to now?

[Michael]

We are being battered by near-hurricane winds down here in Kerry. Nothing for it but Beethoven's "Pastoral"!

[Peter]

We are being battered by near-hurricane winds down here in Kerry. Nothing for it but Beethoven's "Pastoral"!

Sibelius -The Tempest'?, no second thoughts you're right, stick with the greatest storm ever written!

[Peter]

Schubert 'Unfinished' symphony.

[Michael]

Sibelius -The Tempest'?, no second thoughts you're right, stick with the greatest storm ever written!

Then again, there's B's D minor piano sonata: "The Tempest".
Nah! I've quite enough wind for one day!

[Peter]

Then again, there's B's D minor piano sonata: "The Tempest".
Nah! I've quite enough wind for one day!

Tchaikovsky?

[Michael]

Tchaikovsky?

Never heard it! I am giving it a go now as I type.

[Peter]

Never heard it! I am giving it a go now as I type.

Yes Tchaikovsky had his stormy moment as well early on in his career - it was his 'Tempest' that launched one of the most bizarre relationships in classical music history sending Madame von Meck into such a passion.

[Sorrano]

This morning:
Arlen: "Over the Rainbow"
Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op 71, #13, "Waltz of the Flowers"
Alkan: "Souvenirs: Trois Morceaux dans le Genre Pathétique," Op 15, "Le vent"

[AeolianHarp]

On another thread, with the popularity contest, I voted for this work as the number one classical work.

Do you know which conductor?

Sorry I forgot to answer- no I didn't catch who the conductor was sorry. Cool that you voted for his music!

[Megan]

Beethoven's Piano concerto's no. 3 and 4, brilliantly executed by Alfred Brendel.
The 4th piano concerto is magical!

[Sorrano]

This morning:
Erlebach: Overture (Suite) #4

[Michael]

Beethoven's Hess 32 - the early version of his Opus 18 No. 1 string quartet. This is the one he revised extensively, saying to his friend, Amenda, that he had only now learned how to write string quartets properly.
The differences are huge in the first movement - he changed almost the whole development section - and there are more subtle changes in the other movements. The version I am listening to was recorded by the Quartetto Italiano. It must have been rather difficult for them to adjust to a strange version of something they could play in their sleep.

[AeolianHarp]

Beethoven's Hess 32 - the early version of his Opus 18 No. 1 string quartet. This is the one he revised extensively, saying to his friend, Amenda, that he had only now learned how to write string quartets properly.
The differences are huge in the first movement - he changed almost the whole development section - and there are more subtle changes in the other movements. The version I am listening to was recorded by the Quartetto Italiano. It must have been rather difficult for them to adjust to a strange version of something they could play in their sleep.

Well he certainly liked to give his musicians a challenge...

[Peter]

The 4th piano concerto is magical!

Yes it is the most 'poetic' of all piano concertos - an exquisite gem.

[Peter]

Schubert symphony no.4 and no.5.