What are you listening to RIGHT NOW?

[sbeckmesser]

Around 4 or 5 years ago a whole bunch of Shostakovich scores showed up on eBay. I managed to snag both full and PV scores of The Nose, among other goodies. I also got my 2-volume full score of Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet from a different eBay seller. Unfortunately, eBay has been devoid of similar treasures for some time.

My Shostakovich volumes were from the Soviet-era Shostakovich edition. I would have thought they would now be available in the more recent Russian Shostakovich edition (the one with hardbount blue covers).

--Sixtus

[vinteuil]

Scriabin: Prometheus, Op. 60...wow

[Lyle Neff]

I'm waiting for someone to perform Perotin on barrel organs.

[KGill]

I would have thought they would now be available in the more recent Russian Shostakovich edition (the one with hardbount blue covers).

DSCH Edition's New Collected Works must have it, but I'd probably have to go to Moscow to get it (I can't find a retailer who has it, and they don't have a website or anything).

[wurlitzer153]

Bach - Trio Sonata V in C major (BWV 529), first movement - Aarnoud de Groen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEhvEz9nBfU

[allegroamabile]

Joseph Haydn- Symphony No. 76 in E-flat major: II. Adagio ma non troppo

Cologne Chamber Orchestra under Helmut Muller-Bruhl

Its simplicity is what makes this movement worth listening to.

[dwil9798]

Saint-Saëns: Carnaval des Animaux, with Dutoit leading the London Sinfonietta. Right now I'm up to No. 4 "Tortues". I think Saint-Saëns was very wrong in the assuption that it was a worthless piece. Surely not his best, but still brilliant.

Joseph Haydn- Symphony No. 76 in E-flat major: II. Adagio ma non troppo

I've always considered "The Philosopher" my favorite symphony of his. No. 19 or 22 I'm pretty sure.

[Philidor]

Mozart piano sonata in C major, K. 545.

[aldona]

Mozart piano sonata in C major, K. 545.

A good old favourite! Brings back memories of childhood piano lessons. This was the first complete sonata I learned to play, and I'm sure a lot of pianists had similar experiences in their learning days.

aldona

[Philidor]

Mozart piano sonata in C major, K. 545.

A good old favourite! Brings back memories of childhood piano lessons. This was the first complete sonata I learned to play, and I'm sure a lot of pianists had similar experiences in their learning days.

aldona

Very hard to play well! Now listening to Ravel's Chansons Madecasses.

[Sergeï]

Mozart's 38th symphony, conducted by Karl Böhm - definitely one of my all-time favourite Mozart condudctors.

In a very different genre, I've just recently discovered Pierre Cochereau's interpretation of Bach's famous Toccata BWV 565.... Breathtaking

[dr927]

Chet Baker.
Before him, it was Sibelius's First Symphony.

[dwil9798]

Britten and Pears performing Schubert's Die Schone Mullerin. I actually really like Pears' singing, and Britten was a phenomenal pianist.

[Philidor]

Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli, and the Quintette du Hot Club de France playing 'Minor Swing' (much used in computer games):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpmOTGungnA

[wurlitzer153]

BWV 565 - Koopman - Arp Schnitger organ at St. Jacobi, Hamburg.
The master of stylus phantasticus puts a fresh face on this often played classic.