What are you listening to now?

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire - Mary Thomas, soprano, David Atherton, cond.

Great, great under-the-radar disc!

[listener]

Herrmann GOETZ (1840 - 1876) Overture to Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung  (The Taming of the Shrew), Violin Concerto op. 22, Symphony in F op. 9
WEBER: Oboe Concerto in C, Rondino for flute and orch. in g, Horn Concerto in a op. 45.
Divertimento for clarinet...in Eb, Romanze appassionato for bassoon and orch

[Todd]

Disc 2.  Weissenberg playing Scarlatti.  Unyielding, mostly shorn of beautiful melody, and with little in the way of rhythmic flexibility, and no endearing rubato, the playing is still superb and the music still manages to shine through the stern exterior.

[Mirror Image]

Dave - do take a look at my comments in the Grieg thread, but the bottom line is that all three major series (Ruud on BIS, Aadland on audite, Engeset on Naxos) are extremely good, and that you cannot go wrong with any or all of them. If you have the Ruud box, you have top-notch performances and sound!

I thought Jarvi's was a major series, too IMHO. Uniformly great performances conducted with such a searing intensity, but yet there's a broad sweep to the interpretations that I can't resist. I need to revisit Ruud's set. Engeset and Aadland I have on the way.

[SonicMan46]

Dave - do take a look at my comments in the Grieg thread, but the bottom line is that all three major series (Ruud on BIS, Aadland on audite, Engeset on Naxos) are extremely good, and that you cannot go wrong with any or all of them. If you have the Ruud box, you have top-notch performances and sound!

Thanks Brian - I did look briefly on the Grieg thread and saw some comments after I posted - love the Ruud and probably have done a half dozen listens, so don't feel the need to add another set.  Dave

[Mirror Image]

What can I say Conor has rubbed off me a bit with his Shostakovich marathon -



Listening to Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93. Stirring, brooding, powerful music.

[Todd]

Op 7.

[bhodges]

Sky Macklay: Dissolving Bands (2012) - Written to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Lexington, Massachusetts. In the composer's words: "To commemorate the town's involvement in the Revolutionary War, I wanted to create a piece that, in an abstract way, channeled the tension, instability, and unpredictability of life in colonial America on the cusp of revolution. Throughout the piece, I build up large textures and patterns that are subsequently broken down and dissolved in different ways: temporally, orchestrationally, suddenly, gradually."

Liking it so far! (I assume the performance is by the Lexington Symphony, which commissioned it.) On SoundCloud:

https://www.newmusicusa.org/sky-macklay-dissolving-bands/

--Bruce

[kishnevi]

Thank you for drawing this to my attention. This is my first listen to all four volumes in this series and, although I have enjoyed the odyssey, I have always disliked the cadenzas and I have not known why. These cadenzas just did not fit and felt rather like they had been written by someone else [my thinking was the soloist himself]. Because it was my first run through I had not read the accompanying literature; but now I know the answer. So, rather long windedly, the answer to your question is yes, they do include the Caprices [having now read the booklet!] and obviously I very much agree with you on this.

Thanks! Time to search for a recording that does not have the Caprices.
TD
Martha Argerich and Friends
Live from Lugano 2015
CD 2
Brahms Clarinet Trio Op. 114
Ries Piano Quintet Op. 74
Turina Piano Trio 2  Op. 76
Bartok Romanian Folk Dances Sz. 56 (arranged for violin and piano)

[Mandryka]

Disc 2.  Weissenberg playing Scarlatti.  Unyielding, mostly shorn of beautiful melody, and with little in the way of rhythmic flexibility, and no endearing rubato, the playing is still superb and the music still manages to shine through the stern exterior.

Yes, that's about it. Same aesthetic of interpretation as Toscanini maybe.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 and then off to bed. Remarkable performance from Abbado/Berliners.

[Que]

More amazing harpsichord music by Christoph Graupner:

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Q

[Wanderer]

A lot of symphonic Brahms yesterday and throughout the weekend (Karajan, Abbado, Rattle, Chailly, Harnoncourt, Manze, Gardiner).

At the moment:

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Symphony No.3 & Piano Concerto (Ohlsson)

[Autumn Leaves]

What can I say Conor has rubbed off me a bit with his Shostakovich marathon -



Listening to Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93. Stirring, brooding, powerful music.

Hey, good stuff - great performance of that work too

[aligreto]

....Time to search for a recording that does not have the Caprices.

Please do let me know if you do come across one.

Meanwhile carrying on with Concerto No. 11.

[Autumn Leaves]

Todays listening:



SQ #9



Symphony #3 - very good performance of this work: Maybe the best I have heard - need to listen to this box again soon.



Symphonies #3 & 5 - Found myself enjoying the 5th a lot despite the short Adagietto. One of the best performances of the 5th I have heard (right up there with Karajan I think).



Symphony #5 again. Another fantastic Mahler set - haven't heard a performance that wasn't to my liking so far in this box.

[aligreto]

Symphonies #3 & 5 - Found myself enjoying the 5th a lot despite the short Adagietto. One of the best performances of the 5th I have heard (right up there with Karajan I think).

Probably my favourite M5; the Adagietto is played with such delicacy.

[Autumn Leaves]

Probably my favourite M5; the Adagietto is played with such delicacy.

Yes, very nice version for sure. I was a little bit sceptical before I heard the performance because of the short timing but it really does sound very good and not at all too short!.

[jlaurson]

Probably my favourite M5; the Adagietto is played with such delicacy.

Indeed a very fine M5! Significantly underrated by those who find Abbado boring. (Although Abbado tends to be overrated in Mahler, I find.)
Ah, no... maybe not. You are talking about the Chicago M5? I'm thinking of the Berlin M5.


http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2013/08/gustav-mahler-symphony-no5-part-1.html


#morninglistening to #Buxtehude on @challengerec w/#TonKoopman & ABO, one bloody good disc... http://ift.tt/1t39jSi

[aligreto]

Indeed a very fine M5! Significantly underrated by those who find Abbado boring. (Although Abbado tends to be overrated in Mahler, I find.)
Ah, no... maybe not. You are talking about the Chicago M5? I'm thinking of the Berlin M5.

I stand to be corrected but, working from memory, I do think the M5 in the above set is performed by the Berliners.