What are you listening to now?

[Sorrano]

Bruckner symphony no 9/Rattle - with the completed 4th movt. Not quite sure what to make of it. Rattle claims there is more Bruckner in it than there is Mozart in his Requiem.

I had to buy the disc, so I've listened to the first movement so far. I thought the tempo was a bit slower than what I've heard, but I thought it worked pretty good. I don't have a lot of time to listen to a large chunk of music at a time, but will get to it as I can.

[Decrepit Poster]

A fine concert recording (audio only) of Beethoven's 7th, London Philharmonic under Klaus Tennstedt, intense and driven:
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQhPQDRQAss[/YOUTUBE]

[Humoresque]

I'm listening to the Brahms G Minor Piano Quartet with the Artemis Quartet. Absolutely white hot music from the great, great master!! All hail Brahms.

This work is a brilliant companion piece to Jan Swafford's Brahms biography, which I thoroughly recommend. The writing is FABULOUS!!!

[Peter]

Vaughan Williams Suite for Viola and orchestra - quite delightful and surprisingly rarely performed given the small repertoire of viola compositions.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA73ovbkRaE[/YOUTUBE]

[Harvey]

Mahler Symphony #2, Bernstein.

[Sorrano]

2nd Movement of the Bruckner 9th.

[Decrepit Poster]

Liszt: Spanish Rhapsody, Lazar Berman. He plays the heck out of it!!!

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdJV3QcZfDg[/YOUTUBE]

[Peter]

Palestrina Sicut Cervus - beautiful, no wonder Beethoven admired this composer and turned to him before writing the Missa Solemnis.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yd5EE0hAB8[/YOUTUBE]

[Chris]

Palestrina Sicut Cervus - beautiful, no wonder Beethoven admired this composer and turned to him before writing the Missa Solemnis.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yd5EE0hAB8[/YOUTUBE]

Beautiful indeed. My schola cantorum is rehearsing this one now.

[Peter]

Arthur Honegger: Symphony No. 3 "Symphonie Liturgique" - the ending, (particularly the last 5 minutes) is stunningly beautiful.

[AeolianHarp]

John Field's Nocturnes.

[Sorrano]

Bruckner: Symphony No. 9, Movements 3 and 4.

[Zevy]

Mozart Symphony # 36 in C Major "Linz" and Symphony # 40 in G minor.
Bernstein/NYP

[Zevy]

Schubert String Quintet/Marlboro Players. Wonderful!

[Humoresque]

Palestrina Sicut Cervus - beautiful, no wonder Beethoven admired this composer and turned to him before writing the Missa Solemnis.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yd5EE0hAB8[/YOUTUBE]

This is glorious music; transcendent, ethereal and tender but with a fragile power. I use this composer as a 'cross and garlic' to subdue any 'heretic' comes along to denounce the Catholic church! Not perfect, absolutely, but what's not to love about its music!!??