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    What are you listening to now?

    Beethoven symphony no.4
    Beethoven string quartet Op.130
    Bruckner symphony no.8
    'Man know thyself'

    #2
    Mournful, sorrowful Streicher

    GRAND PIANO

    by Nannette Streicher, Vienna, 1823


    First Movement of the C sharp minor piano sonata, quasi una fantasia...

    http://www.cobbecollection.co.uk/col...7-grand-piano/
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Den Sie wenn Sie wollten
    Doch nicht vergessen sollten

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      #3
      Beethoven Symphony #1 conducted by Bernstein and the NYPO--very good!
      "Life is too short to spend it wandering in the barren Sahara of musical trash."
      --Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff

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        #4
        I just watched Ex Machina and they played Schubert's piano sonata in B flat in the movie, so I decided to listen to that. Good film, too.

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          #5
          This morning:
          Liszt: "A Faust Symphony" (1854-57) 1st mvt, "Faust"

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            #6
            Earliest this morning I decided to continue my Jansons/BRSO Beethoven symphony traversal with the first at YouTube. As much as I have enjoyed previously heard performances in this series, it quickly became obvious that Jansons first is not my cup of tea. Leastwise not if judged solely by its opening movement, which I made it only half way through before throwing in the towel.

            Now in the mood for a more sympathetic first I decided to see if the Gunter Wand/NDR performance was available at YouTube. It is! This rendition has been my yardstick for the first for many years, though I've not listened to it in quite some time. (I own it on a CD also containing a fine seventh.) Hearing it again reminds me just how much I enjoy it. It does just able everything right: Tempi, instrument balances, dynamics, and so on. My few caveats are inconsequential nit-picks, such as wanting a smidgen more crispness in the tympani. Traditional tempos yet intense when required.

            Originally posted by AeolianHarp View Post
            GRAND PIANO

            by Nannette Streicher, Vienna, 1823


            First Movement of the C sharp minor piano sonata, quasi una fantasia...

            http://www.cobbecollection.co.uk/col...7-grand-piano/
            This instrument has an interesting sound. Gotta admit I am not keen on the Moonlight as heard here. Then again that sonata is the one I enjoy least from my Brautigam fortepiano set.

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              #7
              [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlAgW7_YC44[/YOUTUBE]
              🎹

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                #8
                This morning:

                Britten: Three Divertimenti
                Haydn: Divertimento in C, H XIV:4

                Fun!

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Megan View Post
                  [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlAgW7_YC44[/YOUTUBE]
                  I love my Moog!

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                    #10
                    Pathetique

                    Wim Winters plays Beethoven's Pathetique on clavichord in an historical setting.




                    [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hQzG-CATQM[/YOUTUBE]
                    🎹

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                      #11
                      A fine 6th (better on remastered CD though):
                      Monteux Vienna Philharmonic LvB 6th
                      [YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsfcJ5I7Lq4[/YOUTUBE]
                      "Life is too short to spend it wandering in the barren Sahara of musical trash."
                      --Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by Megan View Post
                        Wim Winters plays Beethoven's Pathetique on clavichord in an historical setting.




                        [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hQzG-CATQM[/YOUTUBE]
                        I think I posted that a few months ago- Wim Winters has some interesting videos on you tube.
                        Ludwig van Beethoven
                        Den Sie wenn Sie wollten
                        Doch nicht vergessen sollten

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                          #13
                          Mendelssohn piano trio in D minor, Jonathan Gilad, Julia Fischer, Daniel Muller-Schott - terrific piece, great performance.
                          'Man know thyself'

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                            #14
                            This morning:
                            Dukas: "Ariane et Barbe-Bleu" Introduction to Act III
                            Marais: "Alcyone" Suite

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                              #15
                              Mozart: Symphonies 36 (Linz) & 40, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
                              Bernstein/NYP
                              Zevy

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