What are you listening to now?

[AeolianHarp]

ovies" section "Beethoven's Only Beloved: Josephine!" I noticed an entry for "In Search of Beethoven" which I was not familiar with.

I mention it in this thread since it is rather music centric, with a great many fine performance snippets and comments by prominent artists and ensemble. As to the bio portion itself, I find it a decent overview of the composer's life, giving that the film is too short to cover many aspects in adequate detail. For instance, it adheres staunchly to Solomon's choice for the Immortal Beloved with absolutely no mention that alternate choices exist. (Leastwise I don't recall any choices being mentioned.)

Disgraceful.
I can't stand that Solomon- he has sullied Beethoven's honour by this pack of lies. And the scoundrel has been told by other researchers of his "errors" in translating the letters, diaries and conversation books and he refused to correct them as he likes to cling onto his lies.

[AeolianHarp]

Beautiful Mozart Rondo performance on a 1795 Schantz Piano

Beautiful Mozart Rondo performance on a 1795 Schantz Piano

What a gorgeous sounding fortepiano!

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLY3uitzqlw[/YOUTUBE]

[Enrique]

Monteverdi: Madrigals, book 2.

[hal9000]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=5667&v=hoINrtIWpTA

This was actually physically painful.

[Decrepit Poster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=5667&v=hoINrtIWpTA

This was actually physically painful.

OK . . . I listened to your clip excerpt until the bitter end. What the heck??? At least there was a bit of unintended (?) humor from that one horn player cradling his head in his hand, as if either to keep himself from falling out of his chair in case he fell asleep during a rest passage, or an attempt to disassociate himself from the entire affair. Assuming this wasn't doctored 'in studio' after the actual filming, the performers (sans conductor?) deserve medals for enduring that taping, or at least a fat paycheck. Heck, if they were paid by the minute they might have taken their profit and gone into full retirement.

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Otherwise, due to yet another bout of ear/hearing issues I've done no music listening to speak of the week. (I see a specialist about it this afternoon.)

[Michael]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=5667&v=hoINrtIWpTA

This was actually physically painful.

Good God! I thought Karl Bohm's version was slow, but this is something else.
Is it a joke?
I hate to point out anything good about it, but it could be interesting to someone who was learning to read a score. ?

[Harvey]

I am listening to The Flying Dutchman, Otto Klemperer, with Anja Silja. This was my first Dutchman, purchased last week and now am on my 6th time through. I discovered Silja in one of the 10 Fidelio DVDs I purchased in the past three months.

I am loving all the Fidelio DVDs and am soon going to be watching the Felsenstein Edition filmed Fidelio. Nonetheless, none of those are as wonderful as the 1978 Bernstein Fidelio with Gundula Janowitz as Leonore. But Christa Ludwig, Gwyneth Jones, and Anja Silja all do a wonderful performance of Leonore.

[Zevy]

Yesterday - A nice long drive accompanied by the Beaux Arts Trio playing the complete Piano Trios of....
Mozart.
For some reason Mozart rarely makes the cello shine. Compare that to Beethoven, Schubert and everyone else.

[Peter]

Yesterday - A nice long drive accompanied by the Beaux Arts Trio playing the complete Piano Trios of....
Mozart.
For some reason Mozart rarely makes the cello shine. Compare that to Beethoven, Schubert and everyone else.

When a composer has at his disposal an inspiring instrumentalist as Beethoven and Schubert had in the 'cellist Joseph Linke, I think we have the explanation!