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[DavidW]

[Iota]

Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19


The well of Prokofiev's imagination is an endlessly fascinating and versatile thing, and Josefowicz's sensitivity to its fruits is a joy to hear. A near perfect pairing of piece and performer.

[kyjo]

Two very fine piano quartets, being the op. 17 in E-flat major a fair candidate to reach the category of masterpiece.

Agreed, that E-flat major piano quartet is really something special. IMO Ries' chamber music represents the cream of his "crop", in particular the three piano quartets and Piano Quintet. His very Beethovenian symphonies are vigorous and enjoyable but are generally lacking in true distinctiveness.

[kyjo]

Stenhammar: String Quartet No. 4 in A minor

Pure beauty. There's some exquisite music in here. Love his SQs so much.

Oddly enough, the 4th SQ is the one that struck me as the least inspired of the bunch upon recent listening. It felt more "academic" to me than the others for some reason. But regardless, Stenhammar's SQ cycle is absolutely one of the most important of the late-romantic era, a time which did not see the creation of many SQ cycles, curiously. Most composers during the late-19th and early-20th centuries only wrote one or two SQs.

[Linz]

Nicola Benedetti, London Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harbing, Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35, Saint-Saëns: Havanaise, Op. 83, Chausson: Poème, Op. 25, Massenet: Méditation from Thaïs, Brahms: Wie melodien zieht es mir, Op. 105 No. 1, Tavener: Fragment for the Virgin, Massenet: Méditation from Thaïs (Backing Track)

[vers la flamme]

Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jörg Demus

[Bachtoven]

This is an excellent new recording of this work.

[Que]

^^ Nice cover! ^^

[Lisztianwagner]

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No.1 'Winter Daydreams'

Herbert von Karajan & Berliner Philharmoniker

[classicalgeek]

Me too. Nielsen's First is bold, confident, memorable, concise - one of the Best Firsts.

Yes! "Bold and confident" is a perfect description. I love the switch of key at the very end from G minor (the key of the whole symphony to this point) to C major, where it ends. Great stuff!

TD:
York Bowen
24 Preludes, op. 102
Marie-Catherine Girod, piano
(on YouTube)

Really fascinating works! Reminds me of Rachmaninov (perhaps Scriabin or Medtner as well), but with even more lush harmonies, which almost seem jazz-like at points.

[VonStupp]

Olivier Messiaen
La Nativité du Seigneur

Richard Gowers, organ
King's College Chapel, Cambridge

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in D Major, 1894 Original Version. Ed. Leopold Nowak, Christian Thielemann, Wiener Philharmoniker 

[Bachtoven]

I was eager to hear the Piano Concerto, and what a huge disappointment. It isn't the least bit compelling or memorable, I don't hear any references to Beethoven, and it seems like a colossal waste of Hamelin's talents. A pianist with 1/8th of his ability could play it. I didn't bother with the other two works. At least it cost next to nothing on Qobuz.

[brewski]

Another winning livestream from the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, with musicians from Music from Marlboro. Entire program is wonderful, but I was especially struck by the Vaughan Williams songs, which I don't recall hearing, and they're gorgeous.

Patrick Bessenbacher, tenor
Mary Lynch VanderKolk, oboe
Itamar Zorman, violin
Haesue Lee, viola
Brannon Cho, cello
Filippo Gorini, piano

Vaughan Williams: Ten Blake Songs
Price: Three Songs [Arr. Lynch VanderKolk]
Brahms: Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 26

Will be available through Saturday here.

-Bruce

[Brian]

Agreed, that E-flat major piano quartet is really something special. IMO Ries' chamber music represents the cream of his "crop", in particular the three piano quartets and Piano Quintet. His very Beethovenian symphonies are vigorous and enjoyable but are generally lacking in true distinctiveness.

Quoting this as a note to self to stream this album soon and hear it for myself!

[Peter Power Pop]

I watched a recording of a live performance of Jeein You and Samuel Parent performing Rachmaninov's cello sonata Op 19.



This was on Idagio.  You might also be able to find it on YT?

Yep:

[JBS]

That Lupu/Perahia quickly became a strong favourite of mine when I bought it years ago but I have neglected it for too long. Glad I dug it up today.

As for Mozart's PCs, I only had 4 of the later ones with Moravec/Marriner/ASMF (and maybe a couple in a Bernstein box and an Argerich box). I recently bought the Perahia set to explore these further.

Beside the one with Lupu, I only have his Mendelssohn PCs which I remember liking a lot at the time. I should explore Perahia further methinks. I'll have to check if he has a dedicated thread here.

The first thing to spring to mind with Perahia is his series of Bach recordings.

TD
Music by Barrios, Villa Lobos, and Ginastera

[steve ridgway]

Berg: Seven Early Songs

[Bachtoven]

Superb all around.

[steve ridgway]

Ravel: Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales