What are you listening to now?

[Sorrano]

This morning:

Bruckner: "Aequalis" #2 for Three Trombones
Strauss: "Der Rosenkavalier," Op 59, Final trio
Telemann: Three-Trumpet Concerto in D

(Three is the number, not four, and five is right out.)

[Michael]

This morning:

Bruckner: "Aequalis" #2 for Three Trombones
Strauss: "Der Rosenkavalier," Op 59, Final trio
Telemann: Three-Trumpet Concerto in D

(Three is the number, not four, and five is right out.)

Looks like you've found the Holy Grail, Sorrano.

[hal9000]

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

I agree. I'm still not sure which of Beethoven's cadenzas I prefer. The double trill cadenza is unearthly and is some really fantastic writing for the piano, whereas the more popular cadenza is more of a natural extension, a summa of all that has come before it. Either is a fantastic end to this wonderful movement.

[Peter]

This morning:

Bruckner: "Aequalis" #2 for Three Trombones
Strauss: "Der Rosenkavalier," Op 59, Final trio
Telemann: Three-Trumpet Concerto in D

(Three is the number, not four, and five is right out.)

The final trio was played at Strauss's funeral and all the soloists broke down with emotion - I think Solti was conducting.

[Sorrano]

The final trio was played at Strauss's funeral and all the soloists broke down with emotion - I think Solti was conducting.

Speaking of whom....

This morning:
Strauss: Oboe Concerto in D (1945)

[Peter]

Speaking of whom....

This morning:
Strauss: Oboe Concerto in D (1945)

What a happy and sunny piece! It sounds so youthful and fresh as well - amazing when you consider the circumstances (defeat of Germany) and Strauss's age - over 80!

[Peter]

Beethoven symphony no.8 - I never cease to marvel at this work.

[Sorrano]

What a happy and sunny piece! It sounds so youthful and fresh as well - amazing when you consider the circumstances (defeat of Germany) and Strauss's age - over 80!

The same radio station played this about a week ago, same time. Typically, they play a very wide assortment and some of the composers are completely new to me.

[Enrique]

Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes.

[Sorrano]

This morning:
Bach: Orchestra Suite #1 in C, BWV 1066
Mozart:Serenade No. 6, Serenata Notturna K 239

[AeolianHarp]

Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat major, Op. 31, No. 3

Love it!

[AeolianHarp]

Beethoven symphony no.8 - I never cease to marvel at this work.

This is one I don't know so well- I must remedy that!

[Harvey]

Right now I am listening to Gundula Janowitz in the Abscheuler aria of the 1978 Bernstein Fidelio. I love Gundula's Leonora performance in the Bernstein DVD. No other Leonora does it for me like Gundula.

[AeolianHarp]

Right now I am listening to Gundula Janowitz in the Abscheuler aria of the 1978 Bernstein Fidelio. I love Gundula's Leonora performance in the Bernstein DVD. No other Leonora does it for me like Gundula.

Sounds good Harvey. I love Fidelio. How long have you been an appreciator of our dear Maestro then?

[Harvey]

Sounds good Harvey. I love Fidelio. How long have you been an appreciator of our dear Maestro then?

My dad used to tell me about good classical music back in the 1970s. He got me to pickup a copy of Beethoven's 5th and 3rd. I was turned on to the Ninth by my boss at a screen print shop about 1980. Was away from classical for many years and got back into it about 2011. Anyway, I naturally gravitated to Beethoven as he seems to be unique among composers, and more important, his music is fantastic, wonderful and amazing to say the least. Seriously, I think other than Handel's Messiah, I could be quite content with nothing but Beethoven.