What are you listening to now?

[AeolianHarp]

On the Winter Solstice/Yuletide

Blessed Be!


[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtE6aoIQjnw[/YOUTUBE]


[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFNmE4rkRFY[/YOUTUBE]

[Quijote]

As per Enrique's post about a new Bach web radio :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bss-rU_zgWo

[Sorrano]

This morning:
Mendelssohn: Cantata, "Von Himmel hoch"
Scheidemann: Chorale-fantasy, "Vom Himmel hoch"

[Harvey]

Beethoven. Mass in C.

[AeolianHarp]

Mozart on fortepiano Rocks!

What can I say?! BLOOMING FANTASTIC!!! Has me groaning like Lurch and my hair standing on end! Eeerie, enigmatic and oozing atmosphere...

How anyone could prefer this on a sterile modern piano is beyond me....

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ7GFWgcEEI[/YOUTUBE]

[Decrepit Poster]

What can I say?! BLOOMING FANTASTIC!!! Has me groaning like Lurch and my hair standing on end! Eeerie, enigmatic and oozing atmosphere...

How anyone could prefer this on a sterile modern piano is beyond me....
<snip>

A fine performance and yes, I like the sound of the instrument. I continue to prefer the Uchida ending, but that's neither here nor there.

Otherwise, I listened to disk 7 of Brautigam's Beethoven piano sonata set, containing sonatas 26, 27, and 29, via SACD, and his three opus 2s at YouTube. I'm growing to like Brautigam's take on opus 2 very much.

[hal9000]

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIoygwDDb38[/YOUTUBE]

Sounds so modern.

[Peter]

Sounds so modern.

Yes almost Atonal! Listening to Victoria: Requiem.

[Sorrano]

This morning:
Vivaldi: "Magnificat," R 610b
Howells: "Magnificat" (1947)

[AeolianHarp]

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIoygwDDb38[/YOUTUBE]

Sounds so modern.

Yes, it does, but might be partly to the modern piano- would like to hear this on a piano of Mozart's time for comparison!

[AeolianHarp]

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDoRYw6uKQc[/YOUTUBE]


Fantastic!!!!

My fave piano sonata by Mozart by far!!

[hal9000]

It's my favourite, too.


Topically I'm listening to:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnUcv7D29H0[/youtube]

Edit - Also, if embedding these videos is causing anyone's computer to crawl, let me know and I'll link them instead.

[Decrepit Poster]

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIoygwDDb38[/YOUTUBE]
Sounds so modern.

Yes, it does, but might be partly to the modern piano- would like to hear this on a piano of Mozart's time for comparison!

I listened to a number of interpretations of this work at YouTube including, if memory serves, one on fortepiano. None sound as avant garde as hal's link. This is an instance where I prefer the more "modern" piano sound and interpretation.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDoRYw6uKQc[/YOUTUBE]
Fantastic!!!!

My fave piano sonata by Mozart by far!!

Your links tend to be bad for my wallet. I just ordered Brautigam's 10 disk Mozart Sonata & Variations set from Amazon. (Also ordered, Valentina Lisitsa playing Liszt and a fantasy novel.)

Otherwise, I listened to Brautigam's disk of pre opus Beethoven sonatas and suchlike.

[Harvey]

Ferenc Fricsay conducting Beethoven symphonies 3, 5, 7, 8 and 9. Ah if only he had complete a whole cycle. My double disc set arrive in today's mail of 3,5,7 and 8. I already had 9. I know symphony 1 is out there on CD but the price is pretty high to get it. Would love to hear his 6th.

[AeolianHarp]

I listened to a number of interpretations of this work at YouTube including, if memory serves, one on fortepiano. None sound as avant garde as hal's link. This is an instance where I prefer the more "modern" piano sound and interpretation.

I must find that FP video!

Your links tend to be bad for my wallet. I just ordered Brautigam's 10 disk Mozart Sonata & Variations set from Amazon. (Also ordered, Valentina Lisitsa playing Liszt and a fantasy novel.)

LOL! I will get them myself one day...

Otherwise, I listened to Brautigam's disk of pre opus Beethoven sonatas and suchlike.

I like the early piano variations a lot.