What are you listening to now?

[Karl Henning]

--Bruce

I do think this the best Taras Bulba I've ever heard.

[bhodges]

I do think this the best Taras Bulba I've ever heard.

True - it's pretty extraordinary, between Dohnányi's taut direction and the high caliber of the playing. And then there's Decca's sound quality...

--Bruce

[Brian]

Tell a bit about the composer, Brian?

Carter Pann is about 40 years old. This album of orchestral music has a lot of derivative stuff, but it's intentional: homages, pastiches, parodies, etc. Pann has a phenomenal sense of humor. The Piano Concerto has jazz and blues movements, plus a finale that quotes all manner of famous finales from previous centuries. There are two "new" "Satie" gymnopedies. The Dance Partita is a standout rewrite of all music history, with neo-baroque orchestral harpsichord, Lutoslawski, and a direct quote from Ravel's La valse all in the first 4 minutes. There's also a modern retelling of a Bach air.

Probably not very profound, and definitely not very serious, but a ton of unexpected fun.

[North Star]

I do think this the best Taras Bulba I've ever heard.

Hm, which others have you heard? Not that I need another recordings of it..

[Brian]

North Star, my favorite Taras Bulbas are Wit/Naxos and Kubelik/DG, but I have not heard this Dohnanyi version. My comparisons for Wit and Kubelik are the recent Hrusa, an Ancerl, and Mackerras/Supraphon.

Carter Pann is about 40 years old. This album of orchestral music has a lot of derivative stuff, but it's intentional: homages, pastiches, parodies, etc. Pann has a phenomenal sense of humor. The Piano Concerto has jazz and blues movements, plus a finale that quotes all manner of famous finales from previous centuries. There are two "new" "Satie" gymnopedies. The Dance Partita is a standout rewrite of all music history, with neo-baroque orchestral harpsichord, Lutoslawski, and a direct quote from Ravel's La valse all in the first 4 minutes. There's also a modern retelling of a Bach air.

Probably not very profound, and definitely not very serious, but a ton of unexpected fun.

bahahaha oh man just got to another quote I was NOT expecting!

[Karl Henning]

Hm, which others have you heard? Not that I need another recordings of it..

A fair question!  Mackerras/Wiener Philharmoniker . . . and Ančerl (who is, of course, impeccable).

[bhodges]

North Star, my favorite Taras Bulbas are Wit/Naxos and Kubelik/DG, but I have not heard this Dohnanyi version. My comparisons for Wit and Kubelik are the recent Hrusa, an Ancerl, and Mackerras/Supraphon.

Haven't heard Wit or Hrusa, but yes, any of those others should make one quite happy. Forgot about Ancerl, in particular.

--Bruce

[Karl Henning]

Wasn't going to miss this one:

Bartók
Divertimento, Sz. 113 / BB 118 (1939)
CSO
Boulez

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[Brian]

Oh my gosh. Carter Pann's "Barcelona Bullfight" might be the silliest, most ridiculous orchestral music since Jacques Ibert's Divertissement. I'm in love.

[Pat B]

I listened to Taras Bulba (Ancerl) yesterday or day before. Like others, I need to listen to more Janáček .

Now: Dvořák 6 (Kertész). I saw a live performance years ago, and I've had trouble finding a recording that I'm really happy with. I want the Furiant to be raucous. I'm on the slow movement right now, so hopefully this will be the one...

[North Star]

Haven't heard Wit or Hrusa, but yes, any of those others should make one quite happy. Forgot about Ancerl, in particular.

--Bruce

I've heard all three (Wit, Hrusa, and Ancerl) on Spotify or YouTube, and I do recall thinking very highly of each of them.

North Star, my favorite Taras Bulbas are Wit/Naxos and Kubelik/DG, but I have not heard this Dohnanyi version. My comparisons for Wit and Kubelik are the recent Hrusa, an Ancerl, and Mackerras/Supraphon.

Cheers, Brian. I did recall your fondness towards the Wit.

A fair question!  Mackerras/Wiener Philharmoniker . . . and Ančerl (who is, of course, impeccable).

Ah yes, I have that Mackie & WP recording too, of course, in addition to Neumann & CzPO. How is the sound quality in the Ančerl?

Wasn't going to miss this one:

Bartók
Divertimento, Sz. 113 / BB 118 (1939)
CSO
Boulez

A favourite, indeed. I listened to this and the rest of the disc earlier today, of course.

I listened to Taras Bulba (Ancerl) yesterday or day before. Like others, I need to listen to more Janáček .

Huzzah!

[Karl Henning]

Bartók
Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, With Perhaps a Béarnaise Sauce on the Side, Sz. 106 / BB 114 (1936)
CSO
Boulez

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[Karl Henning]

... How is the sound quality in the Ančerl?

I need to revisit it . . . I have choir rehearsal tonight, perhaps tomorrow!

[Drasko]

[North Star]

I need to revisit it . . . I have choir rehearsal tonight, perhaps tomorrow!

There's no obligation, of course.

Wikipedia 1 - musicology 0..

It was composed between 1915 and 1918 and is one of the most powerful of Janáček's works.^[1]
1. ^ Sleeve note of the Supraphon CD (SU 3667-2911)[1]

Bartók
Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, With Perhaps a Béarnaise Sauce on the Side, Sz. 106 / BB 114 (1936)
CSO
Boulez

+1 (I might have erased a number from the date code..)

[Karl Henning]

There's no obligation, of course.

Oh, but of course I want to!

[North Star]

Oh, but of course I want to!

I know, that's why I knew I could safely say that. 
It's on Spotify, but I'm not keen on hearing it with the ads..

[listener]

PONCE: Piano Concerto
Orchestral pieces: Gavota, Poma elegiaco, Balada Mexicana, Danse de anciens mexicains, Chapultepec Suite
Jorge Federico-Osorio, piano   State of Mexico S.O.    Enrique Batiz, cond
Rather like a Spanish flavoured Rachmaninoff
And a pair of LP from Nonesuch
Joan Morris with William Bolcom on piano singing songs from the vaudeville stage
And  Masterworks for organ: the North German followers of Sweelinck,
Jørgen Ernst Hansen, organ

[Lisztianwagner]

Did we all three independently happen to listen to Janáček? Cool.

So it seems. I have been definitely in a Janáček mood in this period.

[Brian]

Man, this is great music. I would love to hear an artist like Volodos dive into the Ten Etudes, Op. 18 and make a blockbuster of them.