Topic: What are you listening to?

[mn dave]

Mozart (Davis/Staatskapelle Dresden)

sym 36

[mn dave]

Nicolas Stavy Plays Chopin

[ChamberNut]

Currently listening to a recent Naxos gem, Faure's cello music as performed by Maria Kliegel and Nina Tichman. Beautiful!

I have that too, Brian.  It's time to give that excellent disc a spin soon!  

[ChamberNut]

Shostakovich

Seven Romances on Verses by Alexander Blok, Op. 127

Beaux Arts Trio
Joan Rodgers, soprano
Warner Classics

[k a rl h e nn i ng]

Ray, those are terrific!

[k a rl h e nn i ng]

One for Poju:

Elgar
Symphony No. 1 in A-flat Major, Opus 55
LSO
Tate

[Solitary Wanderer]

Staying with the Elgar theme:

[Maciek]

Staying with the Shostakovich theme:

From Jewish Folk Poetry opus 79
Urszula Kryger, Jadwiga Rappe, Jerzy Knetig, Tomasz Herbut (DUX)

one of my favorites

[Dundonnell]

If you like really large-scale Romantic, virtuoso piano concertos you ought to like York Bowen's 4th

It is 42 minutes long and was described by the eccentric composer, pianist and critic Sorabji as the greatest work for piano and orchestra ever written by an Englishman!

I am not going to start a thread(whew!) about York Bowen(1884-1961) but there has been a recent splurge of interest in this extremely old-fashioned romantic British composer recently with recordings of all four of his piano concertos, the violin, viola and horn concertos and the 2nd symphony. The late Vernon Handley was going to record the 1st and 2nd symphonies for Chandos but the sessions had to be cancelled owing to his deteriorating health.

Frankly, Bowen's music is too conservative even for me! I don't particularly care for romantic piano concertos anyway and have bought the Bowen discs because I collect British orchestral music(or am clinically insane ) but if you like that sort of thing then you will like this sort of thing

[mn dave]

Elgar: Introduction & Allegro Op. 47

Christopher Warren-Green & The London Chamber Orchestra

[mn dave]

Elgar: Serenade for String Orchestra in E Minor, Op. 20

Same as above.

[k a rl h e nn i ng]

Elgar: Serenade for String Orchestra in E Minor, Op. 20

Same as above.

Very nice!

You haven't been listening to Henning lately, have you? . . .

[mn dave]

Very nice!

You haven't been listening to Henning lately, have you? . . .

It is!


No. But thanks for the reminder. Is there anything new out there?

[k a rl h e nn i ng]

Still working on new 'releases'.

[mn dave]

Henning

The Mousetrap, op. 91

 

[k a rl h e nn i ng]

 

I got a very nice letter this week, and that very piece figured in't.

[mn dave]

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 1 in F minor, op. 10

Philadelphia/Ormandy

[Barak]

Has anyone Heard of this Kraus guy? He is fantastic!

If I look at the list of works included, I find a couple that appear on the Musica Sveciae issue I have (by the Lysell Quartet), but the rest seems to be different. And Quartet 2 is in B Major, whereas the Lysell play it in B Flat. I'm a bit confused here.

In any case, they are quite good, if not up to the level of Haydn's contemporary Op. 33 set.

[mn dave]

Schumann

Cello Concerto in A minor, op. 129

Ma/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Davis

[Brian]

If you like really large-scale Romantic, virtuoso piano concertos you ought to like York Bowen's 4th

It is 42 minutes long and was described by the eccentric composer, pianist and critic Sorabji as the greatest work for piano and orchestra ever written by an Englishman!

I am not going to start a thread(whew!) about York Bowen(1884-1961) but there has been a recent splurge of interest in this extremely old-fashioned romantic British composer recently with recordings of all four of his piano concertos, the violin, viola and horn concertos and the 2nd symphony. The late Vernon Handley was going to record the 1st and 2nd symphonies for Chandos but the sessions had to be cancelled owing to his deteriorating health.

Frankly, Bowen's music is too conservative even for me! I don't particularly care for romantic piano concertos anyway and have bought the Bowen discs because I collect British orchestral music(or am clinically insane ) but if you like that sort of thing then you will like this sort of thing

I have Bowen's viola concerto and may give it a try - I figure that a romantic concerto for viola is already pushing at least one envelope, so it may be worthwhile...?