What are you listening to now?

[Rocco]

Tonight: Mendelssohn's Elijah..

[Harvey]

Tonight: Mendelssohn's Elijah..

What a coincidence. I have that one playing on my mp3 right now.

[Peter]

Tonight: Mendelssohn's Elijah..

Again Rocco!

[Sorrano]

This morning:

Liszt: "Die Ideale," Symphonic Poem #12 (1857)

Liszt is another composer who is often underrated.

[Rocco]

Again Rocco!

Yes, and I am still listening to it this morning!

[Peter]

This morning:

Liszt: "Die Ideale," Symphonic Poem #12 (1857)

Liszt is another composer who is often underrated.

Indeed and that's because of his most popular pieces!

[Peter]

Yes, and I am still listening to it this morning!

Which are your favourite choruses and arias from this Rocco?

[Rocco]

Which are your favourite choruses and arias from this Rocco?

Wow, that is a difficult question to answer! The whole work is so good it's very hard to pick favorites! Anyway here is a list of my top choruses and arias from Elijah:

• If with all your hearts ye truly seek Me
  
• For He shall give His angels charge over thee
  
• What have I to do with thee, O man of God?
  
• Call him louder, for he is a god! & Call him louder! he heareth not
  
• Cast the burden upon the Lord
  
• Thanks be to God!
  
• Man of God, now let my words be precious in thy sight
  
• I go on my way in the strength of the Lord
  
• Then did Elijah the prophet break forth like a fire
  
• Behold, God hath sent Elijah the prophet

[Harvey]

They are all great tracks. I especially like these:

Is not His Word Like a Fire
Hear Ye Israel
Lift Thine Eyes to the Mountains
Cast the burden upon the Lord

My problem is that I have yet to give Elijah a good listen. I bought too many CDs in too short of time. I bought Elijah and the Creation while still going through La Cenerentola and and Cendrillon. I will need to spend much more time with all of these works.

[Sorrano]

This morning:
Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op 28
Mendelssohn: "Rondo brillant" in E-Flat, Op 29
Bull: "Cantabile doloroso e Rondo giocoso"

Round and round and it goes, where it ends nobody knows. Maybe they should check the tail.

[Peter]

Thanks Harvey and Rocco for your Elijah highlights!

Listening to Beethoven Violin concerto / Heifetz.

[Peter]

Brahms violin concerto - Heifetz

[Harvey]

Listened to all five Beethoven piano concertos in numerical order today at work. Was kind of in the background but the impression I got was each one is better than the previous one, and I like them all.

[Peter]

Listened to all five Beethoven piano concertos in numerical order today at work. Was kind of in the background but the impression I got was each one is better than the previous one, and I like them all.

You must listen again Harvey - Beethoven deserves better than background (I suppose you're excused as you were at work!)
My favourite is actually the 4th.

[AeolianHarp]

John Field Nocturnes. I got a double CD from ebay of his nocturnes with Chopin's as well. Now, it was already great that the CD set only cost £1.27 but when it arrived this morning I found to my great delight that the music is played on antique pianos!!! Which you all cannot have failed to notice is what I love! Chopin is played on a 1842 Pleyel and Field on a 1823 Broadwood.The pianist is Bart van Oort.

I already have CDs of Chopin's Nocturnes played by Idel Biret, so it will be interesting to hear them played on the piano he would have played them on.