What are you listening 2 now?

[Spotted Horses]

What distinguishes this from the long standing "what are you listening to now thread?"

[Spotted Horses]

Schubert Piano Sonata No 10 D613/D612



This work starts out sounding very Mozartian to my ear, then exuberant figuration grows like vines over the music. This first movement is followed by a charming slow m movement and a succinct finale.

This sonata is rarely recorded and Bakura-Skoda has put it together from a Sonata fragment and a separate slow movement (D612) which is sometimes recorded as an independent piece. The overall result is satisfying.

[Scion7]

Right, then!  Trying to be different?!?!   

[vandermolen]

Good Morning Harry!
I totally agree.
I like his CPO CD of Rudolph Simonsen's symphonies. Do you know what one?

I recall that the slow movement of the Symphony 'Hellas' was especially beautiful - I suspect that you would enjoy it Harry.

[vandermolen]

Vagn Holmboe: Symphony No.6
These are two of the finest VH symphonies. No.6 has a beautiful opening conveying a strong sense of nature:

[ando]

Insects & Machines: Quartets of Vivian Fung Jasper String Quartet (2023, Sono Luminus)
YouTube playlist

[DavidW]

It is part 2.

I think one of our fellow mods merged another thread into this one.  Always funny when the posts end up out of context!

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 5 In B Flat Major, Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hans Zender

[Florestan]

I think one of our fellow mods merged another thread into this one.  Always funny when the posts end up out of context!

I don't even know why the merging took place, there's absolutely nothing in WAM's post indicating that it was the piece he was listening to at the time of posting. 

[Steinway D]

I'm working my way through this 5 hour recording on Qobuz.

[classicalgeek]

Over the last couple of days:

Rachmaninov
Suite no. 1 for two pianos
Suite no. 2 for two pianos
Symphonic Dances (arranged for two pianos)
Russian Rhapsody
Vladimir Ashkenazy and Andre Previn, pianos
(on CD)



I greatly enjoyed this one - the works for two pianos are just full of pianistic fireworks, just as much as his solo keyboard works. And although I prefer the orchestral version, it was really fascinating to hear the Symphonic Dances in this arrangement.


Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Symphony no. 5
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic
Michael Schønwandt
(on CD)

[Que]

I think one of our fellow mods merged another thread into this one.  Always funny when the posts end up out of context!

Aha! 

[DavidW]

I don't even know why the merging took place, there's absolutely nothing in WAM's post indicating that it was the piece he was listening to at the time of posting. 

Ah the usual, what do you think of this piece?  Discuss!

[Que]

Beethoven composed this piece in 1796, when he was 25 years old.

Performed by Mischa Maisky and Martha Argerich.

Beethoven - Op. 5 No. 2 - Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor (1796):
00:00 I. Adagio sostenuto e espressivo – Allegro molto più tosto presto
15:11 II. Rondo. Allegro (in G major)

I refer you for further postings of this kind to our sub-board The Classical YouTube Video Library:

https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/board,15.0.html

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Michael Tippett: Concerto For Two String Orchestras.

[Lisztianwagner]

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No.4

Herbert von Karajan & Berliner Philharmoniker

[kyjo]

CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Symphony No. 6 in E-Flat
Major, Op. 94
Vernon Handley, Ulster Orchestra

Immersed in CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD's Symphony No. 6 in E-Flat Major, Op. 94, performed by the Ulster Orchestra under the direction of Vernon Handley. The brass section shines with its rich and vibrant sound, and the orchestra's melodic outbursts are truly captivating.

Great piece! Stanford could sometimes be accused of writing music that is too "safe" and rather lacking in emotional poignancy, but that's certainly not the case in the glorious slow movement of this symphony.

[kyjo]

I was overall much more impressed with the Naxos CD containing Hailstork's 2nd and 3rd symphonies. The 2nd Symphony is a dark, turbulent, and haunting work which, oddly enough, reminds me of Malcolm Arnold's symphonic writing in places.

[classicalgeek]

Beethoven
King Stephen Overture
Trauermarsch
Consecration of the House Overture
Coriolan Overture
Egmont Overture
Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
Namensfeier Overture
Meeresstille und Glucklicher Fahrt
Minnesota Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
(on Spotify)

[vandermolen]

Michael Tippett: Concerto For Two String Orchestras.

Great work and my favourite by Tippett.