What are you listening to now?

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Great work which I've seen live.

[André]

Great work which I've seen live.

Wow ! You must have been there on Nov 11 2007, then ? Unless it's been revived since. What I have is a cd transcript of the BBC broadcast, complete with announcements before the two parts. Exact same forces, but I don't know if it's the same performance. Maybe it was taken to the studio before or after that November 11 evening.

[NikF]

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 - Richter/Rowicki/Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra

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[SymphonicAddict]

At last I've put my hands on this recording. And what I can say is... WOW!! What stunning works, magnificently performed!! All sounds spectacular, with the epic at its most ablaze!!

The Symphony No. 3 is simply superb, and this recording opened my ears to more details. There are passages that brought to my mind Glière (ending of the 1st movement), Bax and Tubin (2nd movement, above all the militaristic middle section with the use of the xylophone and the snare drum). The 3rd movement is full of intense wizardry-like moments. The 4th movement is in a similar vein than the 1st one, and that ending... blown me away!! so glorious and scintillating, with a great use of bells. Great, great, great stuff!!!

Grazhyna receives an impeccable rendition as expected, plenty of glaring heroic passages. More than possibly it surpasses the Naxos recording.

[Daverz]

Holst: The Planets, Boult's second to last recording with the Philharmonia from the 60s. 

I do have this on Lp



But on CD, EMI/Warner have neglected it in favor of the 70s recording with the LPO.  I found it tucked away in this "British Composers" collection.

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I do think this Philharmonia recording is fresher sounding than the LPO recording.

[aligreto]

Olympia's Lament





Two different versions of Olympia's Lament from Monteverdi and D'India

[Daverz]

Olympia's Lament





Two different versions of Olympia's Lament from Monteverdi and D'India

One of the first CDs I ever bought.



I assume that Nonesuch licensed it.  I much prefer the Hyperion cover!   

[aligreto]

One of the first CDs I ever bought.



I assume that Nonesuch licensed it.  I much prefer the Hyperion cover!   

Cheers Dave. Wonderful music and performance.

[San Antone]

Röntgen, Julius (1855-1932) - String Trios, Nos. 1-16 in 4 volumes w/ the Lendvai String Trio - composed in the early 20th century but harking back to the 1800s (Brahms & Dvorak come to mind) - all but one of the Trios were unpublished, residing in the Netherlands Music Institute in The Hague - attached are reviews of each volume, for those interested.  Dave

   
 

I was just listening to these yesterday and will continue this week.

[pjme]

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 - Richter/Rowicki/Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra

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I've been fascinated by this concerto (and definitely in this performance) since I borrowed the LP ca. 1970. The steely brillance made me think of late Art Déco à la Sonia Delaunay, cubism, silver & black jewels, mechanical precision...with a sad, haunting slow movement, full of homesickness.
There's only this crazy snippet on YT...

https://www.youtube.com/v/dNPOZdztCP0

[NikF]

I've been fascinated by this concerto (and definitely in this performance) since I borrowed the LP ca. 1970. The steely brillance made me think of late Art Déco à la Sonia Delaunay, cubism, silver & black jewels, mechanical precision...with a sad, haunting slow movement, full of homesickness.
There's only this crazy snippet on YT...

https://www.youtube.com/v/dNPOZdztCP0

Those words jumped out of your post, on account of when listening finding similar thoughts fairly frequently coming to my own mind. 

[NikF]

Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 - Vengerov/Rostropovich/LSO.

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[Daverz]

Suppé overtures



Henry Krips was the brother of Josef Krips.  His career as a conductor was mostly in Australia.

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/krips-henry-joseph-12758

[vandermolen]

Wow ! You must have been there on Nov 11 2007, then ? Unless it's been revived since. What I have is a cd transcript of the BBC broadcast, complete with announcements before the two parts. Exact same forces, but I don't know if it's the same performance. Maybe it was taken to the studio before or after that November 11 evening.

Yes, it's a recording of the concert I went to in 2007 on Armistice Day. It's first performance since the 1920s I think.

[vandermolen]

At last I've put my hands on this recording. And what I can say is... WOW!! What stunning works, magnificently performed!! All sounds spectacular, with the epic at its most ablaze!!

The Symphony No. 3 is simply superb, and this recording opened my ears to more details. There are passages that brought to my mind Glière (ending of the 1st movement), Bax and Tubin (2nd movement, above all the militaristic middle section with the use of the xylophone and the snare drum). The 3rd movement is full of intense wizardry-like moments. The 4th movement is in a similar vein than the 1st one, and that ending... blown me away!! so glorious and scintillating, with a great use of bells. Great, great, great stuff!!!

Grazhyna receives an impeccable rendition as expected, plenty of glaring heroic passages. More than possibly it surpasses the Naxos recording.

Delighted you liked this too Cesar. I think that the analogy with Tubin, Gliere and Bax is right.

[André]

Yes, it's a recording of the concert I went to in 2007 on Armistice Day. It's first performance since the 1920s I think.

Exact. It was performed 4 years in a row (1923-1926) at the RAH on Armistice Day. Since then, nothing until that 2007 revival, possibly on account of the huge forces needed (1250 at the premiere). The performance is mostly very good - though « only » 450 strong. The soprano is quite in distress, which is a pity.

[NikF]

Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas - Ovchinnikov.

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Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas - Ovchinnikov.

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Somebody is on a Prokofiev-a-thon. Not that there's anything wrong with that of course as it's quite easy to get caught in that web.

Thread duty -

Listening to this one again:



Basically, what I did when I ripped this recording, is edit out all of those nonsensical 'interludes' composed by Nitin Sawhney. I find them jarring and out-of-place amongst composers like Debussy, Takemitsu, Fauré, Ravel, etc.

[NikF]

Somebody is on a Prokofiev-a-thon. Not that there's anything wrong with that of course as it's quite easy to get caught in that web.

I've taken a few days off and away from everything and so yesterday was devoted French music. Today it's Prokofiev due to my tickets arriving for a ballet performance of Cinderella. Tomorrow's listening? - no idea. I'll deal with that when it's here. 
But right now -

Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 - Pollini.

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I've taken a few days off and away from everything and so yesterday was devoted French music. Today it's Prokofiev due to my tickets arriving for a ballet performance of Cinderella. Tomorrow's listening? - no idea. I'll deal with that when it's here. 
But right now -

Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 - Pollini.

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Good idea to just go with the flow. I'm jealous you get to see Cinderella tomorrow. Is this concert with the BBC Scottish SO or a theatre orchestra?