What are you listening to now ?

[Sorrano]

Last night I listened to (watched a DVD) the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra under Claudio Abbado performing Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony.. The performance was both visually and aurally stunning.

[Megan]

Is this the correct tempo played for Ecossiase in E flat. Wo0 83 ? It does seem very fast.

[Peter]

Is this the correct tempo played for Ecossiase in E flat. Wo0 83 ? It does seem very fast.

'Correct tempo' is rather ambiguous, after all you can always hear differences in tempi by various artists in all pieces, it's more a case of does it work musically and I think it does in this case. Incidentally here is a recording by Wilhelm Kempff which comes in at a second quicker!

[Megan]

Thank you Peter..... I seem to love this pace.

It's such a lovely joyful piece.

[Schenkerian]

Something tells me Percy G liked that little piece by Beethoven too!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFtM3AtgYj8

[Peter]

Something tells me Percy G liked that little piece by Beethoven too!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFtM3AtgYj8

Yes, less Handel in the Strand and more like Beethoven in the Prater!

[Schenkerian]

Yes, less Handel in the Strand and more like Beethoven in the Prater!

Yes, the instruction "clatteringly" sounds more like the Prater Wheel turning than an Andante walkl!! I've done both - many times!

[gprengel]

Handel at his most sublime in the aria 'As steals the morn'

Wow. Peter, indeed, this is sooo beautiful! Thank you for bringing this up !

[gprengel]

Yes he has been much neglected - here is Renee Fleming sings ?Marietta?s Lied? from Die Tote Stadt.

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

Since my childhood, this has been one of the most beautiful arias I know, Together with 2 arias from Arabella (Strauss) the most beautiful since Puccini... Too bad that Korngold didn't do more like this...

[Harvey]

Haven't listened to this one in a while. Stumbled across this noteworthy bit:

Butt bravely resolves to use the same forces Handel had at his disposal in Dublin, which means that the entire oratorio is sung by a dozen singers (with all soloists required to participate in the choruses, as Handel would have expected).

It is the 24th review down this list (just CTRL-f and search Messiah):
https://www.gramophone.co.uk/feature...gs-2021-update
Excellent recording!

[Peter]

A charming interview with the delightful Emmanuel Ax

[Zevy]

A charming interview with the delightful Emmanuel Ax

Wonderful. Thanks for sharing!

[Peter]

Wonderful. Thanks for sharing!

The beautiful piece he plays towards the end is Chopin Nocturne Op.55/2 in Eb. Here it is played by Rubinstein.

[gprengel]

Sonata op. 78 F# with a fantasticly beautiful and clean handwriting by Beethoven!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyO9YLW1-vg

also op. 79: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abvu...LW1-vg&index=2 with an awesome 2nd movement!!

[Schenkerian]

Emanuel Ax; what a wonderful, modest, talented and classy musician. Never tire of listening to him.