Listenin' to Classical Music and Conversation

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First listen to CD 2 from "Evgeny Kissin - The Complete RCA & Sony Classical Album Collection."

Haydn - Piano Concerto Hob.XVIII:11
- Moscow Virtuosi led by Vladimir Spivakov
Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 1
- Vassili Kan (trumpet), Moscow Virtuosi led by Vladimir Spivakov
Prokofiev - Overture on Hebrew Themes"
- Moscow Virtuosi led by Vladimir Spivakov

These CDs use original album covers but they are fleshed out to full CD length with additional recordings.

 

Good morning! On the TT...

 

Now listening to "Thomas Tomkins - Barafostus Dreame" performed by Carole Cerasi on Metronome.

Music for harpsichord and virginals

 

I really enjoyed the first disc.

 

Listened to the following CD over my daily 2-mile walk this morning. It was very hot even under the shades ...

 

I have owned this CD for some times. IIRC, it was quite nice and a second listen should be given ...

 

Honegger: Symphony No. 5; Symphony No. 3; Pacific 231

No idea if this is any good. Never heard of the composer. But it popped up on my spotify "Discover Weekly", and I liked the train. We'll see how it goes.

 

What's an "unorchestrated opera"? I saw that in a bio of Honegger, talking about the first thing he composed as a youth.

Would that be a broadway musical, basically?

 

I agree. Nice music, and beautifully recorded instruments. Nothing clangy or harsh as folks sometimes complain.

 

First listen to CD 8 from "Quartetto Italiano - Complete Decca, Philips & DG Recordings"

Mozart - String Quartets Nos. 6-9

 

This CD cover reminds me of Thomas the Train ...

 

Honergger was a brilliant and pretty underrated composer. Two of the pieces contained in this CD are particularly noteworthy (Pacific 231 and the 3d symphony) - also check out his Pastorale d'ete.

 

Thanks for the tip. I am in the 3rd right now, and it's lovely. And quite a contrast from the 5th, which is all power and volume. I am enjoying both pieces so far.

 

This was the first classical album I ever bought - still have it and still play it. Almost as good as ELP's version.

 

Here is the very first classical LP I bought some 44 years ago ...

 

Why did you pick that one? The cover?

Or maybe you just had a deep love for "graduation" music?

 

Has this set been remastered? His tone could be rather thin on the older recordings.

 

Everything you post I want to listen to.

 

I get half my listening ideas from what people post in this thread.

 

If you want a killer recording of the 3d, you should try Karajan's celebrated account

 

I love that LP cover and enjoyed Elgar's music ...

 

This was probably my most recent acquisition of Karajan's recording ...