What classical music did you listen to today?

[White Knight]

Franz Schubert--Symphony No.2 in B-Flat Major, D 125 and Symphony No.6 in C Major, D 589,
both performed by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
Antonin Dvorak--Symphony No.7 in D Minor, Op.70 and Symphony No.8 in G Major, Op.88, ​both works featuring the London Symphony Orchestra led by Witold Rowicki.

 

[wljmrbill]

Amadeus: Mozart collection of excerpts from most critically lauded operatic performances. DVD

 

[vertigo58]

Hey everyone!

Today I've listened to:

-Bach: Prelude No. 5 in E Major, BWV 937
-Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C Sharp Minor (Transcribed for orchestra, performed by Cincinnati Pops)
-Anton Diabelli: Sonatina in D Major Op. 168, No. 5
-Moussorgsky: A Night on Bald Mountain (Transcribed for orchestra, performed by Cincinnati Pops)

 

[White Knight]

Anton Bruckner--Symphony No.4 in E-Flat Major {"Romantic"} and Symphony No.8 in C Minor,
both richly performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker under Herbert von Karajan.
Ludwig Van Beethoven--Symphony No.3 in E-Flat Major, Op.55 {"Eroica"} and Symphony No.8 in F Major, Op.93. Both works feature the precise conducting and slower tempos {as compared to Karajan's and Bernstein's readings of the same works} of Maestro Szell leading the Cleveland Orchestra.

 

[EddieRUKiddingVare]

[h=1]Edgar Varèse - Amériques (Original 1921 Version)[/h][video=youtube;xz87TReEtbY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=xz87TReEtbY#t=39 6s[/video]

 

[White Knight]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart--Symphony No.28 in C, K.200; Symphony No.33 in B-Flat, K.319 and Symphony No.35 in D, K.385 {"Haffner"},
all featuring George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra.
Ludwig Van Beethoven--Symphony No.3 in E-Flat Major, Op.55 {"Eroica"} and Symphony No.4 in B-Flat Major, Op.60,
both performed by the John Eliot Gardiner led Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart--Symphony No.39 in E-Flat Major, K.543; Symphony No.40 in G Minor, K.550 and Symphony No.41 in C Major, K.551 {"Jupiter"}. ​ All three symphonies feature the Herbert von Karajan led Berliner Philharmoniker.

 

[Fretless]

Robert Simpson--Symphony No. 4, first three movements. Vernon Handley/Bournemouth Symphony
Pierre Boulez--Derive 1 & 2 from the disc Boulez Conducts Boulez/Ensemble Contemporain

 

[White Knight]

Ralph Vaughan Williams--Symphony No.2 {A London Symphony},
performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Adrian Boult.
Ralph Vaughan Williams--Symphony No.3 {A Pastoral Symphony},
once again featuring Maestro Boult, this time helming the New Philharmonia Orchestra.
Ludwig Van Beethoven--Symphony No.1 in C Major, Op.21 and Symphony No.3 in E-Flat Major, Op.55 {"Eroica"}, ​both traversed by the Herbert von Karajan led Berliner Philharmoniker.

 

[White Knight]

Ralph Vaughan Williams--Symphony No.in F Minor and Symphony No.6 in E Minor,
both performed by the New Philharmonia Orchestra under Sir Adrian Boult.
Jean Sibelius--Symphony No.5 in E-Flat Major, Op.52; Symphony No.6 in D Minor, Op.104 and Symphony No.7 in C Major, Op.105.
All three works feature Lorin Maazel and the Vienna Philharmonic.
Carl Nielsen-- Symphony No.5, Op.50 and Symphony No.6 {"Sinfonia semplice"}, both works performed by the Theodore Kuchar led Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra.

 

[cwarchc]

Fauré: Complete Works for Cello, Steven Isserlis

 

[White Knight]

Ralph Vaughan Williams--Symphony No.5 in D Major and Symphony No.9 in E Minor, both featuring the Sir Adrian Boult led London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Jean Sibelius--Symphony No.5 in E-Flat Major, Op.82; Symphony No.6 in D Minor, Op.104 and Symphony No.7 in C Major, Op.105. All three works are performed by the Utah Symphony under the stick of Maurice Abravanel.

 

[White Knight]

Ralph Vaughan Williams--<STRONG>Symphony No.5 in D Major and Symphony No.9 in E Minor, </STRONG>both featuring the Sir Adrian Boult led London Philharmonic Orchestra.<BR>Jean Sibelius--<STRONG>Symphony No.5 in E-Flat Major, Op.82; Symphony No.6 in D Minor, Op.104 and Symphony No.7 in C Major, Op</STRONG>.<STRONG>105.</STRONG> All three works are performed by the Utah Symphony under the stick of Maurice Abravanel.

 

[White Knight]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart--Symphony No.35 in D Major, K.385 {"Haffner"}; Symphony No.40 in G Minor, K.550 and Symphony No.41 in C Major, K.551 {"Jupiter"}. All three works feature the Cleveland Orchestra led by George Szell.
Carl Nielsen--Symphony No.1 in G Minor, Op.7 and Symphony No.2, Op.16, both performed by the Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra under Theodore Janacek.

 

[White Knight]

Antonin Dvorak--Symphony No.7 in D Minor, Op.70 and Symphony No.8 in G Major, Op.88, both featuring the London Symphony Orchestra under Witold Rowicki.
Piotr Chaikovskii--Symphony No.3 in D Major, Op.29, performed by the Leonard Bernstein led New York Philharmonic.
Ludwig Van Beethoven--Symphony No.3 in E-Flat Major, Op.58 {"Eroica"} and Symphony No.8 in F Major, Op.93, both featuring George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra.

 

[Fretless]

Olivier Messiaen: Livre D'Orgue and Le Banquet Celeste, perf. by Messiaen

 

[White Knight]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart--Symphony No.35 in D major, K.385 {"Haffner"}; Symphony No.40 in G Minor, K.550 and Symphony No.41 in C Major, K.551 {"Jupiter"}.
All three works feature George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra.
Gustav Mahler--Symphony No.6 in A Minor {"Tragic"} and Symphony No.9 in D Major, both performed by the New York Philharmonic under Maestro Bernstein.

 

[White Knight]

Ralph Vaughan Williams--Symphony No.7 {Sinfonia antartica}, featuring soprano Norma Burrowes, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, all under the stick of Sir Adrian Boult.
Ralph Vaughan Williams--Symphony No.8 in D Minor,
again featuring Maestro Boult and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Piotr Chaikovskii--Symphony No.1 in G Minor, Op.13 {"Winter Daydreams"} and Symphony No.2 in C Minor, Op.17 {"Little Russian"}, both traversed by Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic.
Antonin Dvorak--Symphony No.6 in D Major, Op.60; Symphony No.2 in B-Flat Major, Op.4 and Symphony No.4 in D Minor, Op.13. ​All three works are performed by the Witold Rowicki led London Symphony Orchestra.

 

[EddieRUKiddingVare]

 

[cwarchc]

Shostakovich 7 with Barshai and the WDR

 

[White Knight]

Shostakovich 7 with Barshai and the WDR

That Leningrad Symphony by Shostakovich is one of my favorite works by him. What do you think of it?