Recent Listening and Purchases....

[TJRDN]

This is a fairly popular topic at another board I inhabit. Just list the classical music you've been listening to and any music you've purchased recently. Let's see how many responses we can get. I'll get the ball rolling.<P>Listening: Dvorak's 6'th Symphony/Kertesz/London Symphony Orchestra<p>[ 12-29-2002: Message edited by: TJRDN ]

[bignaf]

last thing I listened to wasn't exactly classical: Brave Old World. it's a jewish music group with an artistic (some jazzy) bent. based on Klezmer.<BR>just bought turandot on DVD the mehta pruduction in the forbidden city.

[boosky]

just purchased the empire brass. passages cd. fantastic. listening to beethoven....

[SymphonyMan]

I'm listening to Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet and Stravinksky's Firebird Suite/ Skrowaczewski/ Minnesota Orchestra.<P>(Glad to see you picked up Dvorak's 6th Symphony TJRDN)

[Blackberry]

I was just listening to The King's Singers, <I>A Little Christmas Music</I>, recorded 1989. It's fun!<P>For Christmas, my precious wife bought me a CD of English miniatures by five or more composers, John Rutter heading the list. Thanks to Eric Michaels for this handy link which allowed my wife to make the purchase, <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004NK2G/beethovencom" TARGET=_blank>Naxos' English String Miniatures</A>.

[TJRDN]

Listening:<BR>Shostakovich-Symphony #10/London Philharmonic Orch. Haitink cond.<P>Vaughan Williams-Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis,London Symphony/London Philharmonic Orch. Boult cond.

[priya978]

Listened to-<BR>The Rite of Spring/Davis/Concertgebouw Orchestra<BR>Last purchase was the Toscanini Beethoven Symphonies set.

[OperaTenor]

Most recent purchase: Aida: Domingo/Caballe/Muti.

[bignaf]

i have that one OT. I like it a lot but less than the... some of you can guess... Karajan/Bergonzi/Tebaldi. the most overrated (and I HATE it) is the Solti /Vickers /Price :confused: one.<p>[ 12-31-2002: Message edited by: bignaf ]

[ABaffy]

I have most recently listened to Tchaikovsky:<BR>Piano Concerto No. 1 & 2nd Symphony.<P>I don't remember who performed these pieces but I do know that it was an obscure Eastern European conductor and orchestra (budget label, of course). The performances are really good, however.<P>My latest purchase:<BR>A collection of arias by Puccini, performed by various artists. Wonderful!

[OperaTenor]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by bignaf:<BR><STRONG>i have that one OT. I like it a lot but less than the... some of you can guess... Karajan/Bergonzi/Tebaldi. the most overrated (and I HATE it) is the Solti /Vickers /Price

[TJRDN]

Today listened to Haydn/Symphony #104 Royal Concertgebouw Orch. Sir Colin Davis cond.

[priya978]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by operatenor:<BR>sometimes it seems like I'm playing musical Russian Roulette in trying to find a recording I'll be happy with. <BR>It's just bad.

[Thalberg]

The last album that I bought was by a band called the Dandy Warhols, but I've been listening to a lot of Olivier Messiaen lately, namely the Quartet for the End of Time and Vignt Regards sur l'Enfant Jesus.

[bignaf]

Hey thalberg can you lend me those discs? I should request some Mesiaen on B.radio. Vint Regard... is great. One of my favorite pieces of his (and also the quartet for end of time) I couldn't put them on my list of post-1950 music, though.

[TJRDN]

Listened today to Saint-Saens Symphony #3,Boston Symphony Orch. Charles Munch conducting. One of my favorite pieces.

[Thalberg]

bignaf, I don't think that I could actually lend the discs to you, but I <I>can</I> tell you which ones they are, and where to get them; both are conveniently located at Amazon.com. My favorite Quartet is RCA #7385, <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000003ERU/qid=1041503875/sr=8-3/ref=sr_8_3/103-7388290-4617425?v=glance&s=classical&n=507846" TARGET=_blank>here.</A><BR>My favorite Regards, performed by Pierre-Laurent Aimard, is on Elektra/Asylum - #26868, available <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004R7UX/qid=1041504008/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_2/103-7388290-4617425?v=glance&s=classical&n=507846" TARGET=_blank>here.</A>

[bignaf]

j/k Thalberg. I could find them myself, thanks anyway.

[TJRDN]

Today listened to Haydn's Symphonies 95 & 98. Royal Concertgebouw Orch. Davis cond.

[DavidEB310]

Hey TJRDN!<P>I'm from Kingston, New York! I graduated from KHS -- Class of 1982.<P>We just had our 20th Reunion in August at the Holiday Day Inn on Friday Night for cocktails and at Twin Lakes for a Saturday picnic.<P>Are you a born and bred Kingstonian? <p>[ 01-03-2003: Message edited by: DavidEB310 ]