What are you listening 2 now?

[vandermolen]

Check the disc label again.     It's Maxim Shostakovich conducting.  (This was the premiere recording of this symphony.)

It's the best version but not on CD AFAIK

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Wagner: Die Walküre. Rodzinski/NY.

[Papy Oli]

K.547

Ibragimova/Tiberghien

[Hitch]

Rachmaninov - Scherzo in D minor

This juvenilia is a frolicking, happy piece, even more so when contrasted to Isle of the Dead and The Rock on the same release! Composed in 1887/8, it was not published until 1947.

[Harry]

Ferdinand Ries.
Chamber Music.
See back cover for details.
Franz Ensemble.
Recorded in 2019, at the Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster


The Franz Ensemble, (which I did not know) are flexible in terms of instrumentation, and are completely inspiring in the sextet, but also in the octet. Ries is one of the many composers of his time who is still underestimated today, and that I think, is a huge error. The music proves it abundantly. An optimal opportunity to get acquainted with his works. Brilliant virtuosity meets classical form, tradition appears in a new guise. What more could one want? The SACD sounds exemplary.

[Harry]

Rachmaninov - Scherzo in D minor

This juvenilia is a frolicking, happy piece, even more so when contrasted to Isle of the Dead and The Rock on the same release! Composed in 1887/8, it was not published until 1947.

I somehow missed that recording. Bookmarked it!

[Papy Oli]

One more.

K.454
Grumiaux/Haskil

[DavidW]

Pettersson's 10th on my new cdp:



Rest in peace, Segerstam. You opened the door to Pettersson for me.

The 8th this morning.

[AnotherSpin]

[Brian]

Turning my attention to Penderecki's works for string quartet.

I bought this CD because it's the only one with all four string quartets, and the Clarinet Quartet, and the String Trio. All the others lack something: the Naxos doesn't have the Clarinet Quartet, the Chandos doesn't have the String Trio, the Dux doesn't have the Fourth String Quartet (the perils of recording an active composer: it was issued in 2010, six years before the Fourth's premiere).
ETA there's also one from Quatour Molinari, but it too lacks the Fourth.

Chamber music from "modernist" composers seems to work much better for me than their orchestral music, and that seems to apply here with the thornier works.

I have a chance to see Quartet No. 3 live this April or May, on a program bookended by two Beethoven quartets.

[hopefullytrusting]

A Britten-ish Day:

Britten's Young Apollo
Britten's Piano Concerto
Chan's Serenade
Stravinsky's Apollo
Kancheli's Amao omi

Plus, none of them are terrorists, as far as I know.

[ritter]

Leif Segerstam in memoriam...

Florent Schmitt: Habeyssée, op. 110.

[Harry]

Claudio Monteverdi.
Monteverdi Travestimenti.
See back cover for details.
Il Pegaso, Maurizio Croci.
Recorded in 2015. Label: Fra Bernardo.

ORGAN
Chiesa dei SS. Eusebio e Vittore in Peglio (FIRST RECORDING) probably by Costanzo and Francesco Antegnati 1608/13. (Wouldn't that be a discovery) restored in 2014 by Giovanni Pradella.
 
Manual : C/E-f3 ; pulldown pedals C/E-f stops : Principale 8' / Ottava / Quintadecima / Decima nona / Vigesima seconda / Vigesima sesta / Flauto in ottava / Flauto in duodecima / Voce umana.

A bit raw in the department of the Tenors, but in this the thought counts. This ensemble has tried to be as close to the performing practice in Monteverdi's time. so all voices with as support  Theorbo and Organ. It has power in expression which I heard a long time ago in recordings from a bygone era, so it's familiar to me, and highly welcome. The recording is a bit uneven and favours the higher frequencies, so keep a watch on the volume.
Recommended for addicts to Monteverdi's genius. It's worth the effort, a true journey towards the original source.

[Irons]

Bliss: Hymn to Apollo
An oddly moving work. I like the suggestion that this was Bliss's final attempt to come to terms with the death of his brother in the First World War (Apollo being the God of healing, amongst other things). A case of survivor's guilt perhaps. The Hymn to Apollo is a purely orchestral work. The Cello Concerto is another fine work which I have increasingly come to appreciate:

Yes, Bliss Cello Concerto excellent, not familiar with Hymn to Apollo.

Armstrong Gibbs symphonies on my playlist at present. I discovered that he and Bliss were on good terms. I thought of you Jeffrey when coming across this photo.



Left to right: Gordon Bryan, Cyril Rootham, Arthur Bliss, Dan Godfrey, George Dixon, Armstrong Gibbs, Patrick Hadley.

[Papy Oli]

Strauss

Don Quixote

Reiner/Chicago SO

[NumberSix]

Now streaming on Idagio:



Chopin: 4 Scherzi
Beatrice Rana

[NumberSix]

Now streaming on Idagio:



Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto (Lazar Berman)
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto (Christian Ferras)
Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

[Florestan]

Desert island stuff, both.

[Todd]

[NumberSix]

Desert island stuff, both.

My first listens, but I can't argue with you on their goodness.

I had never heard Christian Ferras before, but I thought I would try him out after reading that Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto thread. I may do his earlier recording next.

(I love streaming and having more or less everything ever released available to sample. )