What are you listening to now?

[king ubu]

from the stacks:

[Karl Henning]

I actually listen to Игорь Фëдорович:

Symphony in Three Movements
LSO
MTT

[San Antone]

Brahms - Choral Works
Gesänge (3) for six-part mixed choir, Op. 42
Gesänge (5) for mixed choir, Op. 104
Gesänge (4), Op. 17
Quartette (6), Op. 112
Zigeunerlieder, Op. 103

Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman

[prémont]

Oh dear, I thought that I was finished collecting Brandenburgs.......

I never was finished collecting recordings of these concertos.

BTW: What is the music on your avatar?

[San Antone]

Brahms: Sonatas for Cello & Piano Four Serious Songs

Cello Sonata No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 38
Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99
Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 (transc. Safran/Baillie)

Alexander Baillie (cello) & John Thwaites (piano)

[The new erato]

This is quite good:

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Amazing how many good piano quintets that were written in France.

[Mahlerian]

Schoenberg: Violin Concerto op. 36, Pelleas und Melisande op. 5
Kolka Blacher, Gurzenich Orchestra Koln, cond. Stenz


Stenz and his orchestra outperform Salonen and the Swedish Radio Symphony in the Violin Concerto, and while Blacher lacks the laser precision of Hilary Hahn, he has a full tone that gives a very romantic cast to the whole work.  A fine Pelleas, too.

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 1 in F, No. 7 in F
Alban Berg Quartet

[The new erato]

Why is this thread no longer pinned and marked in bold?

[Karl Henning]

Schoenberg: Violin Concerto op. 36, Pelleas und Melisande op. 5
Kolka Blacher, Gurzenich Orchestra Koln, cond. Stenz


Stenz and his orchestra outperform Salonen and the Swedish Radio Symphony in the Violin Concerto, and while Blacher lacks the laser precision of Hilary Hahn, he has a full tone that gives a very romantic cast to the whole work.  A fine Pelleas, too.

Nice!

Why is this thread now longer pinned and marked in bold?

Oh, did it get unpinned somehow?

[Spineur]

Quite an enjoyable austrian production

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[prémont]

Why is this thread now longer pinned and marked in bold?

Maybe it became too sticky.

[mc ukrneal]

I love much of Walton's orchestral works, but got to his symphonies toward the end of that exploration. I opted for a more recent recording and Brabbins (and orchestra) seems to have the measure of the music. Thoroughly enjoyable.
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[Que]

Why is this thread now longer pinned and marked in bold?

Don't know what happened, but it's corrected. Thanks. 

Q

[The new erato]

From the big box - wonderful!

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[Brian]

Why is this thread no longer pinned and marked in bold?

I noticed this but decided to wait and see how long it would last.

By the way, Finzi's "Intimations of Immortality" really was a terrific piece of music - far better than I expected from the title. Reminded me a bit in structure of an English "Lyric Symphony".

[San Antone]

MONTEVERDI: Madrigals, Book 6 (Il Sesto Libro de Madrigali, 1614)
La Venexiana

Sestina: Lagrime d'amante al sepolcro dell'amata

[king ubu]

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I noticed this but decided to wait and see how long it would last.

No real need anyway - it will always stay on top.

Now playing:

[king ubu]

ending the day with the same Scarlatti disc that was in the player late last night, from this box:

[ritter]

First listen to Luigi Dallapiccola's Preghiere, sung by baritone Mario Basiola, with the Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice conducted by Hermann Scherchen (live, 1964). From this long OOP CD:



Followed by CD 1 of this:

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Paul Sacher conducting a varied Stravinsky program (Monumentum pro Gesualdo da Venosa, Abraham and Isaac, A Sermon, a Narrative and a Prayer, and the Symphony in Three Movements).

Yes, I too actually listen to Stravinsky! 

[aligreto]

Mozart: Piano Quartet K493 [Sonnerie]....





A simply sparkling performance.