What are you listening 2 now?

[Florestan]

Its Friday.... Its 5 o'clock ....... its..... (if you know you'll know)

I'm afraid I don't know.

[DavidW]

[Maestro267]

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8
Berlin PO/Karajan

[Harry]

O felici occhi miei.
Lute music from Renaissance Italy.
Eduardo Egüez, 6-course Renaissance lute (Martin Haycock, 2022).
La Compagnia del Madrigale
Rossana Bertini, soprano.
Giuseppe Maletto, alto/tenor.
Roberto Rilievi, tenor.
Matteo Bellotto, bass.
Recorded in Roletto (Chiesa della B. V. Maria del Monte Carmelo al Colletto), Italy, 2023.

[Florestan]

[Traverso]

Telemann

CD 1



 

[Brian]

Decided to try the Concerto for Four Wagner Tubas. The best part is the sound of the tubas themselves, which blend and interact beautifully and sound as rich and glorious as they do in Wagner (or Bruckner).

Unfortunately, as a composition, the inspiration level is low. The first movement starts with the tubas introducing a motif, and then that same motif is repeated and developed for 9 minutes without any particular structure, dynamic changes, or narrative arc. The monochromatic string orchestra accompaniment doesn't help: you'd think that would be a good idea to help the tubas stand out, but it just underlines how few thematic ideas the composer has. The finale has a cheesy Hollywood populism to its optimism that feels even more superficial.

[Spotted Horses]

I finding a new love for Karajan's Bach.

I'm usually a devotee of HIP/PI in Bach, but I have this in the Karajan 70 box and recently put it on. I was expecting to cringe at it's excesses, but I was pleasantly surprised, especially by the opening Kyrie eleison. It was simply luminous. Nothing like what Bach expected to hear, maybe a dream he might have after an evening of excesses - too much beer and bratwurst.

[Spotted Horses]

Hindemith, Sonata for solo viola, Op 25, No 1, van Els




This performance is considerably slower than the others I listened to recently, Kashkashian and Power. It gives the music a heightened lyricism and sensuality. I remember getting this release for the Milhaud but the Hindemith is a great, unexpected bonus.

[foxandpeng]

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony 11 'The Year 1905'
Dmitrij Kitayenko
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln


Very enjoyable. I like Kitayenko very, very much.

[eljr]

I'm usually a devotee of HIP/PI in Bach, but I have this in the Karajan 70 box and recently put it on. I was expecting to cringe at it's excesses, but I was pleasantly surprised, especially by the opening Kyrie eleison. It was simply luminous. Nothing like what Bach expected to hear, maybe a dream he might have after an evening of excesses - too much beer and bratwurst.

OK I'll break it out. I don't recall thinking much of it.

[Harry]

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony 11 'The Year 1905'
Dmitrij Kitayenko
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln


Very enjoyable. I like Kitayenko very, very much.

Ditto my friend!

[eljr]

[Cato]

Sign me up as the newest fan of the Mendelssohn String Quartet #6  !!!

[Lisztianwagner]

Arthur Honegger
Symphony No.3 'Liturgique'
Pacific 231

Mariss Jansons & Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

[Traverso]

Bach

Cantata BWV 63

[Iota]

Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B flat, K281, Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major K282

More magic from Fujita. These sonatas just seem to come without baggage in his hands, and simply are. And the spontaneity of his playing really makes the heart dance. An absolute joy.

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 6 in A Major, NDR Symphony Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi
Te Deum, Wilma Lapp, Elisabeth Hongen, Nicolai Gedda, Walter Kreppel, Vienna Singverein, Vienna Philharmonic, Hebert von Karajan

[Brian]

New recordings of the Rozsa Violin Concerto do not appear too often. Rattle does the Rozsa, Edusei the Bartok.

EDIT: This Rozsa is 33 minutes, compared to Heifetz' 27, McDuffie's 31, and Khitruk's 32. It also has live music sonic defects (lots of breathing by the soloist).

[Cato]

New recordings of the Rozsa Violin Concerto do not appear too often. Rattle does the Rozsa, Edusei the Bartok.

EDIT: This Rozsa is 33 minutes, compared to Heifetz' 27, McDuffie's 31, and Khitruk's 32. It also has live music sonic defects (lots of breathing by the soloist).

Wonderful to know that Miklos Rozsa's Violin Concerto is still attracting interest!