What are you listening to now?

[aligreto]

Chausson: Poeme de l'amour et de la mer [Jacquillat]....

[Sergeant Rock]

Milhaud Symphony No.6 op.343 (1955), Francis conducting the RSO Basel (Opens with a gorgeous melody full of wrong notes  )




Sarge

[Pat B]

Some HIP Chopin.  The Erard's quicker decay makes the melodies clearer in the Ballades and Scherzo, but the bass registers sound a bit too small for my taste.  Still, Switala plays with enough vigor to easily maintain my interest.  The two Nocturnes are less succesful.

Apparently, this pianist recorded the exact same program for the same label in the same year, but on a modern Steinway for their "white cover" series.

The black cover/white cover distinction is clever.

[ritter]

More Dawn Upshaw, her recording of the aria from Villa-lobos's Bachianas brasileiras No. 5 and of George Crumb's Night of the Four Moons, from this superb "no turnal" CD:

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[North Star]

More Dawn Upshaw, her recording of the aria from Villa-lobos's Bachianas brasileiras No. 5 and of George Crumb's Night of the Four Moons, from this superb "no turnal" CD:

I'll join you with this recording of the complete Villa-Lobos piece, Rafael.

Donna Brown (sop)
Antônio Meneses (vc)
The Cellists of Säo Paulo Symphony Orchestra
Roberto Minczuk
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[Kontrapunctus]

Ginastera's Piano Concerto No.1. For you ELP fans, Keith Emerson arranged the last movement and titled it "Toccata."

[ritter]

Boa noite, Karlo! Tudo bem; tudo joia...

[Christo]

I'll join you with this recording of the complete Villa-Lobos piece, Rafael.

Donna Brown (sop)
Antônio Meneses (vc)
The Cellists of Säo Paulo Symphony Orchestra
Roberto Minczuk
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Simply great. Enjoy!

[Turner]

Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 [Wallenstein]....

One of the more interesting recordings of that work ... I remember liking it 

[Kontrapunctus]

The "Archduke."

[André]

Symphony-concerto op 125 by Prokofiev. The disc includes the world premiere of an alternative finale. I haven't been able to find details on how it differs from the « official » finale. Nice performance, although this work never struck me as particularly successful.

[Todd]

Disc twelve.  The Three Romances are generally plucky and very nice.  The somewhat neglected Novelleten, with a darker overall piano sound than in much of the set to this point, comes off very well, with Ciocarlie's spontaneity paying dividends.  Though I rarely listen to this work, and have only five other versions, three are from superheavyweights (Block, Schiff, and Arrau), one from a heavyweight (Nat), and only one other from a lesser mortal (le Sage), so while Ciocarlie is very good, this is nonetheless dominated by exceptional artists.

[Earthed]

Recent listening:

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Yoshimatsu: Symphony #1, Op. 40, "Kamui-Chikap Symphony" - Fujioka/BBC PO

[kyjo]

Symphony-concerto op 125 by Prokofiev. The disc includes the world premiere of an alternative finale. I haven't been able to find details on how it differs from the « official » finale. Nice performance, although this work never struck me as particularly successful.

Agreed re the bolded text. To me, it's quite a disappointment when compared to his masterful violin and piano concerti. It has its moments but fails to cohere as a whole and seems to be virtuosic just for virtuosity's sake.

[kishnevi]

Second listen.
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My positive impression was confirmed, so I guess I would recommend it to anyone wanting modern string quartets. Even the Glass seemed better.
Especially to be noted : SQ 2 by Hasan Uçarsu.

[Gurn Blanston]

Right now, Prokofiev #2. I had quite forgotten what a fine player Mullova is. Damn, she ate that Bartok for breakfast! 

[Mirror Image]

Since it's Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), it's time for Revueltas' La Noche de los Mayas:

[Dee Sharp]

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1. Fleisher/Szell/Cleveland

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Liszt, some of the later Rhapsodies, Cziffra, swallowing this music whole.



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[TheGSMoeller]

A colossal performance. And the best part is the final chord, which Bernstein and Co. maintain for 22 seconds.

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