What are you listening to now?

[aligreto]

Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 [Konwitschny]

[Papy Oli]

Good afternoon all,

Beethoven 2 & 7 - Wand Edition

[Madiel]

Disc one, concertos for (respectively) piano, flute and violin, clarinet. The obvious parallel is with Hindemith's set of seven kammermusik (chamber music) concertos written a couple of decades earlier. The notes state that Holmboe does not attempt to imitate Hindemith. His (Holmboe's) concertos "sound less ironic, more rustic and  down to earth". And so it is. Taken singly they are unostentatious and rather humble in scope, making their effect in a quiet, direct manner. Taken in succession, their individuality is blurred and one movement sounds much like the others. When listening to the next discs I will do the composer and myself a favour and take them one at a time.

I would tend to agree with this. The early concertos have a fairly similar style to each other and while they do have different characters, a quick listen would tend to emphasise that Holmboe has a real rustic, folk-based approach dominating his music in that period.

I also personally think that the version of the piano concerto in that box is not as good as the version recorded by BIS. That and the oboe concerto (no.7) are the ones where I have a definite preference for BIS.

[ritter]

Good day / afternoon to all GMGers!

Some Edgar Varèse today. CD 3 of this new arrival:

[asin]B079VD4L73[/asin]

Déserts (including the electronic interpolations), Offrandes (w. soprano Dona Precht) and Arcana, with the Columbia Symphony Orchetsra conducted by Robert Craft. These recordings are from Craft's pioneering if incomplete survey of Varèse's music on CBS.

The disc also includes a second rendition of Arcana, with the NYPO under Leonard Bernstein (1958 concert broadcast).

[Madiel]

Mozart, Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor



I am still not quite wrapping my head around the fact that there are piano concertos as K.449, 450, 451, 453, 456, 459, 466 and 467.  As well as a few more not long before that and not long after that.

Eight piano concertos in just over a year is astounding.

[aligreto]

Franck: Symphony in D minor [Barbirolli]

[aligreto]

Dvorak: Sonatina in G major Op. 100 [Perlman/Sanders]

[North Star]

Fresh from the mail for Maiden-listen Monday (this recording)
Dutilleux
Symphony No. 1
Orchestre de Paris
Paavo Järvi
[asin]B014E89QBW[/asin]

[ritter]

Good day, Karlo!

Also fresh from the mail for maiden-listen Monday (this recording as well)  :


Carl Schuricht conducts the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire in LvB's Seventh Symphony. Simplement superbe! 

From the Warner Icon box:

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EDIT: Now moving on (or back, rather) to Symphony No. 2 on the same CD. A vibrant and most enjoyable performance.

[aligreto]

Debussy: La Mer [Ormandy]





This is an interesting presentation in that I find it to be rather less an impressionistic rendition of this work and a rather more hard nosed, realistic account. The requisite power, intensity, drama and atmospherics are all present throughout and the performance is quite gripping in places. In my book this is definitely an interpretation with a difference.

I would be interested to know if Mirror Image has any thoughts on this version, if he is familiar with it.

[pi2000]

Silvia Marcovici
Glazunov Violin Concerto
from here:
[asin]B07Q4477QR[/asin]


amazon.co.jp

[Maestro267]

Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Berlin PO/Karajan

[Ghost of Baron Scarpia]

Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Berlin PO/Karajan

There are three recordings that fit that specification.

[cilgwyn]

Franck: Symphony in D minor [Barbirolli]

My recording's older than yours!! Playing here,now! A 1924 recording,of Henry Wood,conducting this Symphony!  According to Classical Notes;"Wood's deeply personal and exciting account,remains fascinating and a harbinger of many that would follow". 

[André]

Good day, Karlo!

Also fresh from the mail for maiden-listen Monday (this recording as well)  :


Carl Schuricht conducts the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire in LvB's Seventh Symphony. Simplement superbe! 

From the Warner Icon box:

[asin]B008I15774[/asin]

EDIT: Now moving on (or back, rather) to Symphony No. 2 on the same CD. A vibrant and most enjoyable performance.

I concur !

The winds and brass (horns in particular) sound like no other, putting the familiar soundworld in a very different perspective, something Markevitch/Lamoureux also hinted at in their Beethoven performances.

[listener]

A Suite forRecorder and Srings by Gordon JACOB, and Concertos by BABELL, BASTON and HANDEL (op.4/6)
Michala Petri, recorder (s)      Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Kenneth Sillito cond.
And Parlour Pieces for piano 4-hands by several composers including
CHABRIER, GRIEG, Florent SCHMITT, and SCHUBERT
Isabel Beyer & Harvey Dagul, piano
Compiled from recording made between 1983 and 1986

[Ghost of Baron Scarpia]

I concur !

The winds and brass (horns in particular) sound like no other, putting the familiar soundworld in a very different perspective, something Markevitch/Lamoureux also hinted at in their Beethoven performances.

I concur about Schuricht's Paris Beethoven. I've not listened to it all, but the recording of the 8th is an amazing thing. Amazing intensity.

[mc ukrneal]

I've gotten just past halfway in ripping Bach 333, which means I've gone through the Cantatas, sacred works, and am in the middle of the organ works.
[asin]B07D2Y539K[/asin]

The biggest surprise so far? I actually like many of the organ discs. Until now, I've generally avoided organ, though only on disc (I never minded the sound in person). But many of these items sound really nice. SOme of the organs sound better than others though. Since there are some 20 odd discs of organ works, that's pretty exciting. I like that they use many different performers on each disc (and thus different organs as well), usually about half a dozen.

St. Matthew Passion. I have always liked the chorus (I have Solti), but I am not sure these 'new' versions are much better. The Gardiner seems like an early favorite, but speed of opening is slow (but nice and big) so we'll see. The McCreesh is super fast and I love, love, love that. But it is SOOOOO underweight! Not sure where I'll end up on that one. Then there was an 'old version' from Karl Richter and I've not yet sampled that one.

I've enjoyed most every track I've sampled of the cantatas regardless of who played or sang.

So enjoying this a whole bunch so far. I've not yet listened to anything through to the end yet, so a ways to go here, but so far, so good (and not regretting the purchase at all - especially with the discovery of the organ pieces). I really love the care with which this set has been put together.

[TheGSMoeller]

[Mirror Image]

Debussy: La Mer [Ormandy]





This is an interesting presentation in that I find it to be rather less an impressionistic rendition of this work and a rather more hard nosed, realistic account. The requisite power, intensity, drama and atmospherics are all present throughout and the performance is quite gripping in places. In my book this is definitely an interpretation with a difference.

I would be interested to know if Mirror Image has any thoughts on this version, if he is familiar with it.

I do not know that performance at all, aligreto, but as I have mentioned in another thread, I'm not the greatest Ormandy fan, but I'll have to see if I have that performance in my collection.