What are you listening to now?

[Biffo]

William Busch (1901-45): Piano Concerto (1937/8) - Piers Lane (piano) with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vernon Handley.  Dynamic work, enjoyable without being particularly memorable.

[Florestan]

[Harry]

Second rerun.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2017/11/le-jeune-claude-1528-1600-treasures-of.html?spref=tw

[prémont]

JSB
Vn Cto in E, BWV 1042
Rachel Podger
AAM

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It is not clearly stated in the booklet, but probably Manze is the soloist here.

[Karl Henning]

It is not clearly stated in the booklet, but probably Manze is the soloist here.

Ah, thanks!

[Todd]

Lili Kraus opts for a long, slow Adagio opener in her Parlophone recording, and she plays it subdued and serious, but not heavy.  Ornamentation is tasteful, and there's no real attention grabbing pianism; it's the music first and last.  The minuets are likewise pretty much straightforward and unfussy, while the stripped down Allegro is fast and clean, with Kraus letting her fingers do almost all the work.  Of course it's excellent.

[Mirror Image]

Saint-Saëns
Le carnaval des animaux
Dutoit
London Sinfonietta

[Biffo]

It is not clearly stated in the booklet, but probably Manze is the soloist here.

The booklet isn't clear but my copy of the disc came with a catalogue and there it indicates that Rachel Podger is the second violin in BWV 1043 & 1060 and Andrew Manze is designated 'violin' so presumably the soloist in BWV 1041 & 1042.

[Karl Henning]

Дмитрий Дмитриевич [ Dmitri Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ]
Симфония № 6 си минор, соч. 54 [ Symphony № 6 in b minor, Opus 54 ] (1939)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Lenny

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[SurprisedByBeauty]

Now on to the other winner:



30 & 41

I like these recordings very much.

Ah, dear favorites! Is there any better Mozart to show what a traditional orchestra can do with this music?

TD:

Mozart and some Mahler: Sixth Symphony with Boulez and the GMYO, live from Osaka.


#morninglistening to #Mozart #violinsonatas on @hyperionrecords w/Alina Ibragimova & @TiberghienC

: http://a-fwd.to/2jYTfCz

And #PianoSonatas w/ obbligato violin

Volume 3 of their compleye cycle of Mozart violin sonatas.

[Karl Henning]

Дмитрий Дмитриевич [ Dmitri Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ]
Симфония № 6 си минор, соч. 54 [ Symphony № 6 in b minor, Opus 54 ] (1939)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Lenny

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It's got a bit of a "What if Celi had done this symphony?" vibe.  Total running time is 38 mins. (compared to, say, Kirill Petrovich at 26:30).  Always gripping, the line remains taut.

[Karl Henning]

Musorgsky
Songs & Dances of Death (orch. Shostakovich)
Robt Lloyd
Phila
Jansons

[North Star]

Debussy
Images, L. 122 (1905-12)
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L. 86 (1891-94)
La mer, L. 109 (1903-5)
  Orchestra Dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
  Leonard Bernstein
Deux danses (sacrée et profane) pour harpe et orchestre à cordes, L. 103 (1904)*
Jeux, Poème dansé, L. 126 (1912-13)
  Lisa Wellbaum (hp)*
  Cleveland Orchestra
  Boulez
Fantaisie pour Piano et Orchestre, L. 73 (1889-90)
  Zoltán Kocsis
  Budapest Festival Orchestra
  Iván Fischer
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[Mahlerian]

Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D minor
Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Young
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[prémont]

The booklet isn't clear but my copy of the disc came with a catalogue and there it indicates that Rachel Podger is the second violin in BWV 1043 & 1060 and Andrew Manze is designated 'violin' so presumably the soloist in BWV 1041 & 1042.

This is, what I always assumed based on the fact, that Manze was leader of the AAM after Hogwood, and because he is named as no.1 on the cover.

[Harry]

Second rerun. From my collection 2010.
A must have CD.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2018/03/wordsworth-william-1908-1988-orchestral.html?spref=tw

[André]

It's got a bit of a "What if Celi had done this symphony?" vibe.  Total running time is 38 mins. (compared to, say, Kirill Petrovich at 26:30).  Always gripping, the line remains taut.

Try as I might, I've never mustered much enthusiam for Bernstein's WP Shostakovich on DG. Every time I hear the 6th symphony's Largo, this picture pops up in my head:



And yet, his NYPO 5th (in NY or in Tokyo) tops my list of favourite versions...

[Traverso]

Bach CD 1




Drawing made by a Dutch artist.

[Judith]

For afternoon tea, listened to
Bach
Violin Concerto no 1
Violin concerto no 2
Chaconne
Air on a G String
Gavotte en Rondeau

All on one CD

Joshua Bell
ASMF

[North Star]

First-listen Thursday
Debussy
Première suite d'orchestre (version for piano duet) (1883)
Philippe Cassard & Francois Chaplin
This piano duet version is certainly very fine. Warner has licensed the (so far only orchestral) recording by Roth & Les Siècles for its box (it also includes a piano duet version). It's probably not enough to make me consider getting that box too.
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