Listening to CD 11 from "Richter - The Master Pianist" on EMI. Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Orchestre de Paris led by Lorin Maazel Mozart - Violin Sonata K379 with Oleg Kagan
Disc 1 (Dantone) which is Haydn's symphony 79 and 80. This was a great thread on rank your favorite Haydn symphonies, gave me a good laugh back then Rank your Haydn Symphonies! : classicalmusic And Schubert Symphony 9 in C Major from Szell box.
I have his Bruckner 7th, which is an SACD as well and unfortunately picked up a duplicate by mistake ... Not sure if I really meant to order Symphony 8 but decided not to ship it back across the Atlantic.
This one is at the top of my list of favorite quartet recordings. The Schoenberg players produce a sound with a warmth and richness of tone that I haven't heard matched. And these are great pieces as well. I particularly like the Szymanowski works. In fact everything I've heard by this composer is superb!
I'll have to check out his 7th on Spotify. If it's as good as his 8th, that will be another purchase for me.
Current ‘too many chores around the house that I’ve let build up’ listening. I always seem to put this on when pottering about the the house. Don’t think I’ll ever tire of it.
Listening to CD 3 from "The Hilliard Ensemble - Ockeghem, Josquin Desprez, De La Rue & Lassus" on Virgin Classics. Desprez - Motets & chansons
Helmut Lachenmann: Ausklang — Musik für Klavier mit Orchester (1984/85) Massimiliano Damerini, piano Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester/ Peter Eötvös
CD from the first Living Presence box. This is the finest version of Symphonie Fantastique I've ever heard. The Szell box should be arriving today!
Listening to "Works for Violin and Piano" performed by Elisabeth Batiashvili accompanied by Milana Chernyavska on EMI. Brahms - Sonata No.1 in G, Op.78 Bach - Partita No.1 in b, BWV 1002 Schubert - Rondo in b, Op.70, D.895
Handel Trio Sonatas, all Op. 2 and 5 sonatas Continuing my Beethoven piano sonata project in order- Op. 26 "Funeral March" by Gulda (Amadeo), Lucchesini and Backhaus (mono)
Claudio Monteverdi Madrigals Book 8 Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi Delitiæ Musicæ, Marco Longhini Spending the morning with this 4 cd set which I highly recommend to admirers of Monteverdi. It's a late work from the composer that includes all the madrigals and the 48 minute Ballo delle ingrate, which comprises all of disc four. Beautifully rendered and nicely priced.
The Egarr's Handel Trio Sonatas may be OOP. I got the Gulda box at a great price some ten years ago ...
Listening to CD 6 from "Annie Fischer - The Complete London Studio Recordings" on Warner Classics. Schubert - Impromptus D935 Nos. 2 & 4 / Piano Sonata D960 Schumann - Fantasy Op. 17