What are you listening 2 now?

[Florestan]

False!  This is the best Mozart Butt:

There's butt and Butt... 

[JBS]

Back to this set, with the First Symphony

[Symphonic Addict]

Of course it was the slow movement that Bax completely rewrote when this work evolved from a Piano Sonata into Symphony 1.  The outer movements are essentially the same.  I find the whole symphony pretty remarkable but do hear the sonata original if you do not know it..... Mark Bebbington's performance is superb.

Yes, I know that piano sonata. I've heard it along with the Endres performance too. It's interesting to have both versions of the practically same work to grasp it better.

[Symphonic Addict]

When did I last listen to the Brahms violin sonatas? - haven't got a clue.  This version came as part of a Charity Shop bargain recently;



Oh my goodness me this is TREMENDOUS!!  Stupid me to lazily forget just what wonderful works these are.  Also, back in the day Zuckerman - along with Perlman - was/were the A-list violinists for DG.  Listening to this disc you kind of remember all over again why.  Wonderfully secure but intensely Romantic playing.  Perhaps because this is the style of violin technique that we all aspired to when I was at music college but coming back to this now I really do love this type of playing.  Barenboim is just excellent too in the far from straight forward piano parts. 

From back when DG was synonymous with the best of the best and not as they are today a vehicle for celebrity players (who are very good players of course) but more led by the PR deptartment than the A&R I feel.......

There's nothing more satisfactory and rewarding than hearing works of this artistic caliber with fresh ears!

[Symphonic Addict]

John Foulds: A World Requiem (1918-21)
I had the great good fortune to attend the concert at which Foulds's 'A World Requiem' was recorded - 11th November 2007 Albert Hall, London - a moving occasion and the work's first performance since 1926. It's very much in the spirit of Alexander Kastalsky's contemporaneous 'Requiem for Fallen Brothers':

I have yet to give this work its first spin!

[Symphonic Addict]

Looks interesting. Regrettably, it seems that Oehms has neglected to upload this release to Apple Music.

At least it does appear on Tidal, Spotify, Qobuz and YouTube.

[Symphonic Addict]

I've been relistening to Gade's Symphonies 4, 5, 6 this morning. No. 5 with the extensive and surprising piano solo is a curiosity and a delight - the booklet does not explain why he inserted such a large piano part, but it does say that at the premiere, the program did not mention a piano and did not credit a pianist, so the audience was very much surprised. Nos. 4 and 6 are well-intentioned, earnest, and apparently quite personal (No. 6 was written in a moment of personal tragedy) but ultimately rather forgettable and generic, like Mendelssohn without the gift of inspiration.

His Symphonies 1 and 8 have a little more of substance methinks, and they happen to be in minor keys.

[Symphonic Addict]

Bridge: Oration, for cello and orchestra

Stellar performance of a masterpiece. Lyrita's recordings leave me astounded for their high standards most of the time.




Bowen: Horn Concerto

It's scored for horn, strings and timpani. Whilst not a revelatory piece, I think it's an easygoing and enjoyable composition.

[Brian]

His Symphonies 1 and 8 have a little more of substance methinks, and they happen to be in minor keys.

No. 1 has always been my favorite, but I plan to revisit them all this week! Can't remember if I have ever heard No. 8 

[brewski]

Mahler (arr. for choir by Clytus Gottwald): Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (Cappella Amsterdam / Daniel Reuss, conductor). Works quite well in this sensitive arrangement, beautifully performed as part of a superb-looking concert last week.

[JBS]

2 by Vivaldi, one each by Tartini and Locatelli

An Englishman named John Babington published a book on fireworks which he titled Pyrotechnia, in 1635. The first title page is used as the final page of the CD booklet.

A cheap paperback reprint of the book is listed on Amazon, which is where I found these images.

[Symphonic Addict]

Messiaen: Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum

This piece and Messiaen's music in general is so unique (harmonically, rhythmically distinctive and the same goes for his orchestration and textures) that works surprisingly effective like a palate cleanser for my habitual musical diet. I'm not completely sold on his style, but it's fruitful to never give up.




Brouwer: Guitar Concerto No. 2 'Concierto de Lieja' (Cotsiolis, Brouwer, Orchestre Symphonique)

Such a luminous, resplendent, inspiriting creation. Along with Arnold's effort in the form, my all-time favorite concerto for guitar. This music is so good that is effortlessly self-recommending.

[Roasted Swan]

There's nothing more satisfactory and rewarding than hearing works of this artistic caliber with fresh ears!

exactly so!

[Conrad Veidt fan]

Alexandre Kantorow, Schumann Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 11.  Kantorow is a magnificent artist and this is a superb performance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w20L2A5AQ4c&t=1562s

[Que]

[Traverso]

Locatelli

CD 11

[Harry]

London circa 1720, Corelli's Legacy.

WILLIAM BABELL (c.1690-1723) Concerto II op. 3 for sixth flute.
FRANCESCO GEMINIANI (1687-1762, Sonata IV op.1, H.4.
ARCANGELO CORELLI (1653-1713) arranged by JOHANN CHRISTIAN SCHICKHARDT (c.1681-1762)
Sonata IV op. 6 after / d'après les Concerti grossi nos. 1 & 2 op. 6.
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759)[sometimes attr. to Georg Philipp Telemann] Concerto a quattro.
Sonata per la viola da gamba HWV 364b G minor.
Spera si mio caro bene Aria in B minor, arr. from Admeto HWV 22, opera, 1727, (Handel's Select aires or Sonatas [...], collected from all the late Operas. Londres, nd, 1738 ou 1743, John Walsh).
JOHANN CHRISTIAN SCHICKHARDT, Concerto II op. 19 for 2 recorders, 2 traverso's [orig. 4 recorders] and basso continuo Transp. to A minor.
NICOLA FRANCESCO HAYM (1678-1729) arr. PIETRO CHABOUD (fl.1707-25) Thus with thirst my souls expiring,
Aria in A minor, adaptation for the London stage from Il Pirro e Demetrio by Alessandro Scarlatti.

La Reveuse, Benjamin Perrot, Florence Bolton.
Recorded: October 2019, Église protestante allemande, Paris (France).   

Not bad at all, in fact it is quite nice music and well performed. Sound is superb.

[Harry]

Zoltan Kodaly,
Works for Cello and Violin.
Yuli & Eleonora Turovsky.
See back cover for details.
Recorded: 1983, at the Church of St George, the Martyr, Bloomsbury, London.

Still a very valid interpretation of these works. Despite the recording dates, it still sounds fresh and lively.
It is well recorded, and performed. I am always surprised how well the older recordings of Chandos sound. These are full blooded interpretations, powerful yet gentle in expression.

[vandermolen]

Bridge: Oration, for cello and orchestra

Stellar performance of a masterpiece. Lyrita's recordings leave me astounded for their high standards most of the time.




Bowen: Horn Concerto

It's scored for horn, strings and timpani. Whilst not a revelatory piece, I think it's an easygoing and enjoyable composition.

I think that is the best recording of Bridge's 'Oration' Cesar.

[vandermolen]

Cyril Scott: Symphony No.1