What are you listening 2 now?

[Cato]

Martinu

Martinu concerti are always a good choice!


Revisiting a classic recording: if you do not know the Sibelius recordings of Sir Colin Davis, give them a try!

And Symphony #3 does not get enough attention! 

[ritter]

The Juilliard SQ plays Elliott Carter's Second Quartet and Willian Schuman's Quartet No. 3



this is the world première recording of Carter's Second Quartet, released in 1961, just a couple of years after the quartet was composed. It is not to be confused with the Juilliard's later recording included in the (then) complete set released in 1991 on Sony. That set, in turn, was expanded in 2014 to include all five numbered quartets.

This Second Quartett is a towering masterpiece in my opinion. The Schuman will be new to me (I've had very little exposure to that composer's work, something I might need to remedy).

On CD 6 of this set:

[prémont]

I will stop communicating or reacting to posts... the days are over that I will spontaneously post what I feel or think about music or art.

I shall certainly regret this.

[Harry]

I shall certainly regret this.

Sorry.

PM are always possible.

[DavidW]

May I recommend 'Urupuri' - a magical work.

Oh yes, I do know that work from this album!

[Karl Henning]

I could not disagree more Karl, and I am sorry to see that you actually wrote this.

Well, friends do disagree sometimes.

[Harry]

Well, friends do disagree sometimes.

Not in this issue Karl, for me that terminates a friendship.

[Karl Henning]

We have arrived. Now, when we say any - I emphasize, any - word, we must be careful, because there will always be someone who will understand and interpret it in the most unexpected or strange way. After all, each person conditioned in its different way and the possibilities are endless. The times when one could speak openly without fear of the 'cancel police' are over. It's all over now, baby (oops, sorry) blue.

If I ever have the short-sightedness to mistakenly regard a call for civility and respect as "censorship," my nearest and dearest would be rightly disappointed in me, as well.

[Brian]

I don't know this music well at all, but the singing and pianism are really good, so I dig it. Just don't ask me to compare to reference recordings! 

[DavidW]

I don't know this music well at all, but the singing and pianism are really good, so I dig it. Just don't ask me to compare to reference recordings! 

I like Bostridge's Schubert from this recording, I should hear more:

[Karl Henning]

Not in this issue Karl, for me that terminates a friendship.

Really? Stating the simple (and by the way) incontestable fact that women in my life would regard being addressed as "babe" as demeaning? I guess you're right: no friendship that cannot stand the stress of a mere fact is really a friendship.

[ritter]

Since we're at it, more from the Julliard Quartet's RCA box. LvB's SQ No. 16 in F major, op. 135.

[Linz]

Carl Nielsen Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6, San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt 

[Spotted Horses]

Relisten to Martinu's Concerto for Violin and Piano. I've heard many concertos, symphonies, string quartets, other chamber works, short operas... but this might be it. My favorite Martinu work. I'll have to keep listening.

I've listen to this recording, and agree it is a wonderful work. It is in the 4CD Hogwood set of works for violin and orchestra on Hyperion, so I have listened to it before, but it did not make an impression at the time. I went back and put the Hogwood on again, and it made no impression this time either. I can't put my finger on what is wrong with Hogwood, but it doesn't sparkle like the Popelka recording does. (I think I should go down the list of the pieces in the Hogwood set and find other recordings of them.)

[Karl Henning]

Carl Nielsen Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6, San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt 

My first Nielsen cycle, and I still like it!

[Harry]

Really? Stating the simple (and by the way) incontestable fact that women in my life would regard being addressed as "babe" as demeaning? I guess you're right: no friendship that cannot stand the stress of a mere fact is really a friendship.

Have it your way. You simply do not grasp the essence of my reaction. Real friends would.

[Harry]

 

[Brian]

Inspired by the discussion here, a discussion on the composer board, and a cool new release (the cello recital), here is my day's playlist:

[Mandryka]

I don't know this music well at all, but the singing and pianism are really good, so I dig it. Just don't ask me to compare to reference recordings! 

The voice has changed so much, that's the disconcerting thing if you know his earlier recordings. Wonderful covers on that series.

(I've just started to listen again - it's Müllerin as prequel to Winterreise! Dark.)

[Traverso]

Bach

Das Wohltemperierte Clavier Teil 1

Ottavio Dantone

CD 1

I found this recording to be very reasonably priced and it sounds very appealing.