#morninglistening to a classic recording can go right or wrong. Here, YefimBronfman, EsaPekkaSalonen & LAPhil on sonyclassical in the Shostakovich PianoConcertos, it goes very right: still a cracking, stunning recording; the reference recording to this day, in the US, anyway.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
#morninglistening to a classic recording can go right or wrong. Here, YefimBronfman, EsaPekkaSalonen & LAPhil on sonyclassical in the Shostakovich PianoConcertos, it goes very right: still a cracking, stunning recording; the reference recording to this day, in the US, anyway.
Amzn: amzn.to/48RioVr
Amzn: amzn.to/48RioVr
#morninglistening to #ChristianZacharias in his #WAMozart PianoConcertos, working my way back through the box. These are w/DavidZinman and the @BRSOrchestra. It's hard to not like any good performance on hearing, so I really like these. 😇
February 1, 2026 at 8:46 PM
#morninglistening to #ChristianZacharias in his #WAMozart PianoConcertos, working my way back through the box. These are w/DavidZinman and the @BRSOrchestra. It's hard to not like any good performance on hearing, so I really like these. 😇
#NewCDmc
New 4 July 2025
#cpo #SüdwestdeutschesKammerorchesterPforzheim #NatašaVeljković present:
#Sterkel Symphonies op. 11/2 & 11/3
Piano Concerto op. 26/3!
#Beethoven adored #Sterkel Music a lot & befriended him 1790s! Enjoy 2 & 3 mvs PianoConcertos!
prestomusic.com/classical/pr...
New 4 July 2025
#cpo #SüdwestdeutschesKammerorchesterPforzheim #NatašaVeljković present:
#Sterkel Symphonies op. 11/2 & 11/3
Piano Concerto op. 26/3!
#Beethoven adored #Sterkel Music a lot & befriended him 1790s! Enjoy 2 & 3 mvs PianoConcertos!
prestomusic.com/classical/pr...
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
#NewCDmc
New 4 July 2025
#cpo #SüdwestdeutschesKammerorchesterPforzheim #NatašaVeljković present:
#Sterkel Symphonies op. 11/2 & 11/3
Piano Concerto op. 26/3!
#Beethoven adored #Sterkel Music a lot & befriended him 1790s! Enjoy 2 & 3 mvs PianoConcertos!
prestomusic.com/classical/pr...
New 4 July 2025
#cpo #SüdwestdeutschesKammerorchesterPforzheim #NatašaVeljković present:
#Sterkel Symphonies op. 11/2 & 11/3
Piano Concerto op. 26/3!
#Beethoven adored #Sterkel Music a lot & befriended him 1790s! Enjoy 2 & 3 mvs PianoConcertos!
prestomusic.com/classical/pr...
#morninglistening to GeorgePerle & #RichardDanielpour PianoConcertos on @harmoniamundi_inter w/the Utah Symphony, Michael Boriskin & Joseph Silverstein.
Amazon: amzn.to/3vDyIs4
#ContemporaryClassical #ClassicalMusicCollection
Amazon: amzn.to/3vDyIs4
#ContemporaryClassical #ClassicalMusicCollection
April 3, 2024 at 10:28 PM
#morninglistening to GeorgePerle & #RichardDanielpour PianoConcertos on @harmoniamundi_inter w/the Utah Symphony, Michael Boriskin & Joseph Silverstein.
Amazon: amzn.to/3vDyIs4
#ContemporaryClassical #ClassicalMusicCollection
Amazon: amzn.to/3vDyIs4
#ContemporaryClassical #ClassicalMusicCollection
#18thcScores
#IMSLP #250Anniversary
Discover rare 18thc score:
#TGiordani
1776: Teacher of #JField (#Notturno inventor), composer/promoter of ethnic #IrelandScotlandMusic/#LondonDublin OperaComposer+PianoConcertos:
Op14 with CelticAria&MarsellaiseFragment!
imslp.org/wiki/6_Keybo...
#IMSLP #250Anniversary
Discover rare 18thc score:
#TGiordani
1776: Teacher of #JField (#Notturno inventor), composer/promoter of ethnic #IrelandScotlandMusic/#LondonDublin OperaComposer+PianoConcertos:
Op14 with CelticAria&MarsellaiseFragment!
imslp.org/wiki/6_Keybo...
August 17, 2026 at 10:55 AM
#18thcScores
#IMSLP #250Anniversary
Discover rare 18thc score:
#TGiordani
1776: Teacher of #JField (#Notturno inventor), composer/promoter of ethnic #IrelandScotlandMusic/#LondonDublin OperaComposer+PianoConcertos:
Op14 with CelticAria&MarsellaiseFragment!
imslp.org/wiki/6_Keybo...
#IMSLP #250Anniversary
Discover rare 18thc score:
#TGiordani
1776: Teacher of #JField (#Notturno inventor), composer/promoter of ethnic #IrelandScotlandMusic/#LondonDublin OperaComposer+PianoConcertos:
Op14 with CelticAria&MarsellaiseFragment!
imslp.org/wiki/6_Keybo...
#morninglistening to GézaAnda live in Anda-standards: WAMozart & Brahms PianoConcertos No.18/K456 & 1/D minor, both w/the @ViennaPhil & KarlBöhm (via Swiss Radio). On Prospero, courtesy GezaAnda Foundation.
Amzn: amzn.to/4hxloYT
Amzn: amzn.to/4hxloYT
February 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
#morninglistening to GézaAnda live in Anda-standards: WAMozart & Brahms PianoConcertos No.18/K456 & 1/D minor, both w/the @ViennaPhil & KarlBöhm (via Swiss Radio). On Prospero, courtesy GezaAnda Foundation.
Amzn: amzn.to/4hxloYT
Amzn: amzn.to/4hxloYT
morninglistening to a Tiger-Terrrrriffic Mozart album: two PianoConcertos (KV413, 415) w/RomanBorisov & the Oboe Cto. w/GabrielPidoux, RSO Wien & the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg under HowardGriffiths.
Amazon: amzn.to/3t2qx7y
One to hear, regardless of one's interest in this series.
Amazon: amzn.to/3t2qx7y
One to hear, regardless of one's interest in this series.
December 2, 2023 at 2:13 PM
morninglistening to a Tiger-Terrrrriffic Mozart album: two PianoConcertos (KV413, 415) w/RomanBorisov & the Oboe Cto. w/GabrielPidoux, RSO Wien & the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg under HowardGriffiths.
Amazon: amzn.to/3t2qx7y
One to hear, regardless of one's interest in this series.
Amazon: amzn.to/3t2qx7y
One to hear, regardless of one's interest in this series.
#morninglistening to BélaBartók's PianoConcertos w/GézaAnda & FerencFricsay & the RIAS SOB on DG as I near my current Bartók PC binge. The slow movement of the 3rd makes me swoon.
Probably the "Reference Recording".
Amzn: amzn.to/4cGjMcG
Probably the "Reference Recording".
Amzn: amzn.to/4cGjMcG
July 6, 2024 at 9:44 AM
#morninglistening to BélaBartók's PianoConcertos w/GézaAnda & FerencFricsay & the RIAS SOB on DG as I near my current Bartók PC binge. The slow movement of the 3rd makes me swoon.
Probably the "Reference Recording".
Amzn: amzn.to/4cGjMcG
Probably the "Reference Recording".
Amzn: amzn.to/4cGjMcG
#morninglistening to AnnieFischer in the WAMozart PianoConcertos Nos.20-23, from stormy to daringly slow, w/Boult & Sawallisch.
I like my Mozart neither fast nor slow, big or small, HIP or hopp: all's good, so long as it's confident & "musical".
Amazon: amzn.to/3WhO9kL
I like my Mozart neither fast nor slow, big or small, HIP or hopp: all's good, so long as it's confident & "musical".
Amazon: amzn.to/3WhO9kL
May 1, 2024 at 8:18 AM
#morninglistening to AnnieFischer in the WAMozart PianoConcertos Nos.20-23, from stormy to daringly slow, w/Boult & Sawallisch.
I like my Mozart neither fast nor slow, big or small, HIP or hopp: all's good, so long as it's confident & "musical".
Amazon: amzn.to/3WhO9kL
I like my Mozart neither fast nor slow, big or small, HIP or hopp: all's good, so long as it's confident & "musical".
Amazon: amzn.to/3WhO9kL
1967 Epic 3x stereo LP box set, Vol. IV. #techdas #ortofonverismo #magicospeakers #passlabs #shunyataresearch #destatiii #degritter #isoacoustics #quadraspire #grahamengineering #epicrecords #lilikraus #mozart #pianoconcertos #classicalmusic
June 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
1967 Epic 3x stereo LP box set, Vol. IV. #techdas #ortofonverismo #magicospeakers #passlabs #shunyataresearch #destatiii #degritter #isoacoustics #quadraspire #grahamengineering #epicrecords #lilikraus #mozart #pianoconcertos #classicalmusic
morninglistening to #WAMozart PianoConcertos nos. 22 & 24 w/the "EnsembleSuedama" & DavidGreilsammer on @naiverecords. Perfectly unassuming, superblymusical accounts of both.
Amazon: amzn.to/3SAnyMr
Amazon: amzn.to/3SAnyMr
January 27, 2024 at 5:05 PM
morninglistening to #WAMozart PianoConcertos nos. 22 & 24 w/the "EnsembleSuedama" & DavidGreilsammer on @naiverecords. Perfectly unassuming, superblymusical accounts of both.
Amazon: amzn.to/3SAnyMr
Amazon: amzn.to/3SAnyMr
#NewCDmc
New 10 October 2025
@ChandosRecords
#JEBavouzet & @MancCamerata
present the #Vol11 of their #MozartPianoConcertos Series:
#Mozart PianoConcertos Nos 107/I-II-III
Ascanio K111 Overture
Mitridate K87 Overture
Sposo deluso K430 Overture
Thamos K345!
prestomusic.com/classical/pr...
New 10 October 2025
@ChandosRecords
#JEBavouzet & @MancCamerata
present the #Vol11 of their #MozartPianoConcertos Series:
#Mozart PianoConcertos Nos 107/I-II-III
Ascanio K111 Overture
Mitridate K87 Overture
Sposo deluso K430 Overture
Thamos K345!
prestomusic.com/classical/pr...
December 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
#NewCDmc
New 10 October 2025
@ChandosRecords
#JEBavouzet & @MancCamerata
present the #Vol11 of their #MozartPianoConcertos Series:
#Mozart PianoConcertos Nos 107/I-II-III
Ascanio K111 Overture
Mitridate K87 Overture
Sposo deluso K430 Overture
Thamos K345!
prestomusic.com/classical/pr...
New 10 October 2025
@ChandosRecords
#JEBavouzet & @MancCamerata
present the #Vol11 of their #MozartPianoConcertos Series:
#Mozart PianoConcertos Nos 107/I-II-III
Ascanio K111 Overture
Mitridate K87 Overture
Sposo deluso K430 Overture
Thamos K345!
prestomusic.com/classical/pr...
#morninglistening to more #BélaBartók PianoConcertos. Now w/StephenKovacevich, the @BBCsymphonyorchestra & ColinDavis after finishing the liner notes for these Concertos for Capriccio.
Which of these ctos. is your favorite?
Amzn: amzn.to/4eKfdjv
Which of these ctos. is your favorite?
Amzn: amzn.to/4eKfdjv
July 5, 2024 at 2:30 PM
#morninglistening to more #BélaBartók PianoConcertos. Now w/StephenKovacevich, the @BBCsymphonyorchestra & ColinDavis after finishing the liner notes for these Concertos for Capriccio.
Which of these ctos. is your favorite?
Amzn: amzn.to/4eKfdjv
Which of these ctos. is your favorite?
Amzn: amzn.to/4eKfdjv
#morninglistening. OK, enough w/ BélaBartók's PianoConcertos already. Although w/ZoltánKocsis & FischerIván & the @BudFestivalOrch on Philips might be said to be the real deal. Yet it strikes me as an overlooked recording. Is that the case?
Amzn: amzn.to/4cV5Ew9
Amzn: amzn.to/4cV5Ew9
July 10, 2024 at 3:52 PM
#morninglistening. OK, enough w/ BélaBartók's PianoConcertos already. Although w/ZoltánKocsis & FischerIván & the @BudFestivalOrch on Philips might be said to be the real deal. Yet it strikes me as an overlooked recording. Is that the case?
Amzn: amzn.to/4cV5Ew9
Amzn: amzn.to/4cV5Ew9
#morninglistening to JanLisiecki, the bambergsymphony & manfredhoneck in Lisiecki's last (!) recording for DG: An eminently tasteful, beautiful disc of Mozart E-flat Major #PianoConcertos: Nos.9&22
Amzn: amzn.to/4pGfmdx
Amzn: amzn.to/4pGfmdx
July 25, 2026 at 8:10 AM
#morninglistening to JanLisiecki, the bambergsymphony & manfredhoneck in Lisiecki's last (!) recording for DG: An eminently tasteful, beautiful disc of Mozart E-flat Major #PianoConcertos: Nos.9&22
Amzn: amzn.to/4pGfmdx
Amzn: amzn.to/4pGfmdx
#ClassicalMusic Discover the lesser-known side of Friedrich von Flotow! Best known for his opera "Martha," his stunning Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 reveal a rich blend of German and Parisian influences. Dive into these romantic gems and enjoy delightful overtures too. 🎹✨ #VonFlotow #PianoConcertos
August 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
#ClassicalMusic Discover the lesser-known side of Friedrich von Flotow! Best known for his opera "Martha," his stunning Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 reveal a rich blend of German and Parisian influences. Dive into these romantic gems and enjoy delightful overtures too. 🎹✨ #VonFlotow #PianoConcertos
#morninglistening to the @yle_rso, @hannulintu & #OlliMustonen in #Prokofiev's PianoConcertos on @ondine_records. Mustonen in Prokofiev is always special and these discs are top of the line even amid several strong cycles of these works!
March 11, 2026 at 2:14 AM
#morninglistening to the @yle_rso, @hannulintu & #OlliMustonen in #Prokofiev's PianoConcertos on @ondine_records. Mustonen in Prokofiev is always special and these discs are top of the line even amid several strong cycles of these works!
#morninglistening to HerbertSchuch w/the BochumerSymphoniker under @tungchiehChuang in the JohannesBrahms PianoConcertos on @naiverecords
Amzn: amzn.to/3SkfLCE
Amzn: amzn.to/3SkfLCE
May 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM
#morninglistening to HerbertSchuch w/the BochumerSymphoniker under @tungchiehChuang in the JohannesBrahms PianoConcertos on @naiverecords
Amzn: amzn.to/3SkfLCE
Amzn: amzn.to/3SkfLCE
#morninglistening to more BélaBartók PianoConcertos. Now live w/GézaAnda, the WSRSO & Fricsay & Gielen for inspiration for T.Barto's recording.
How should Bartók's PCs be played? Mechanical-percussive-hard-edged? Or warmly-rubato-rambunctious?
Amzn: amzn.to/45PDLU2
How should Bartók's PCs be played? Mechanical-percussive-hard-edged? Or warmly-rubato-rambunctious?
Amzn: amzn.to/45PDLU2
July 1, 2024 at 3:22 PM
#morninglistening to more BélaBartók PianoConcertos. Now live w/GézaAnda, the WSRSO & Fricsay & Gielen for inspiration for T.Barto's recording.
How should Bartók's PCs be played? Mechanical-percussive-hard-edged? Or warmly-rubato-rambunctious?
Amzn: amzn.to/45PDLU2
How should Bartók's PCs be played? Mechanical-percussive-hard-edged? Or warmly-rubato-rambunctious?
Amzn: amzn.to/45PDLU2
#morninglistening to more BélaBartók PianoConcertos. Now w/PeterDonohoe, the CBSO & SimonRattle as I gingerly wrap up liner notes for these Concertos for Capriccio.
What is your favorite recording of these concertos?
Amzn: amzn.to/4eIVUH7
What is your favorite recording of these concertos?
Amzn: amzn.to/4eIVUH7
July 1, 2024 at 11:32 AM
#morninglistening to more BélaBartók PianoConcertos. Now w/PeterDonohoe, the CBSO & SimonRattle as I gingerly wrap up liner notes for these Concertos for Capriccio.
What is your favorite recording of these concertos?
Amzn: amzn.to/4eIVUH7
What is your favorite recording of these concertos?
Amzn: amzn.to/4eIVUH7