What are you listening 2 now?

[Karl Henning]

I've been listening to a lot of Mozart and Haydn for the past few days... currently, Mozart K387 & 421 from this, which I'm finding to be a very satisfying box...

Very nice!

[Harry]

Third rerun.

Armas Jarnefelt.
Song of the Scarlet Flower. (Full orchestral score to the 1919 film)
Completed and restored by Jani Kyllonen and Jaakko Kuusisto.
Gavle SO, Jaakko Kuusisto.

Mostly an unloved composer, but for me he is one of the greats, and this twofar amply proves why!

[Pohjolas Daughter]

#morninglistening on #CanadaDay to #GlennGould's #stringquartet - on
@GramolaKlassik
w/#AciesQuartet

: http://a-fwd.to/5iGIqSX

A belated Happy Canada Day to you! 

PD

[T. D.]

Morning listening:



Q

Looks good!
I have to review discographies. Knew of the big Cardinall's Musick Byrd series on Hyperion, but not of the ASV/Gaudeamus recordings.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

JS Bach: Sonata No. 2 BWV 1003/Partita No. 2 BWV 1004 [Milstein]

+1  A fan of Nathan Milstein...I have several of his recordings including this set:  My Bach set has a different cover (purchased ages ago): 

And good to hear from you again too!   

PD

[T. D.]

Mystery of Time is a marvellous work - one of my favourites.

Yes, very good. Hamlet Improvisation isn't bad, either.
The only Kabeláč I'd previously heard was the somewhat unusual program on

Hanuš was previously unknown to me, but the Symphony Concertante was a pleasant surprise. (The alternative coupling for the 2 Kabeláč works dir. Ancerl is an older release with Janáček's Glagolitic Mass, but that was too exotic to track down.)

[Biffo]

Brahms: Symphony No 2 in D major - New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli

Recorded live: Philharmonic Hall, New York, 30 November 1962

[not edward]

Yes, very good. Hamlet Improvisation isn't bad, either.
The only Kabeláč I'd previously heard was the somewhat unusual program on

Hanuš was previously unknown to me, but the Symphony Concertante was a pleasant surprise. (The alternative coupling for the 2 Kabeláč works dir. Ancerl is an older release with Janáček's Glagolitic Mass, but that was too exotic to track down.)

It is a tremendous performance of the Glagolitic Mass, though, well worth tracking down--it's also available on the Gold Edition with a fine Taras Bulba.

I've been listening to a lot of Nørgård lately, and I can honestly say that this joyous disc still blows me away more than 20 years after first hearing it. The 3rd symphony takes Mahler's "a symphony must be like the world; it must contain everything" to the extreme, and the piano concerto is--to me at least--a wonderfully enjoyable romp with a delicious anti-cadenza in the middle of it.

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[vandermolen]

That sounds lovely. Of course, celebrating Canada Day consists mostly of going around, being well-behaved, and apologizing to people. 

My (future) better half, too, is Canadian... so I'm partially invested.

TD: Always on the lookout for good versions of these particular Haydn symphonies.



#morninglistening to #Haydn #symphonies 6-8 w/ #OrfeoOrchestra under #GyörgyVashegyi on #ACCENTrecords /
@Note_1


: http://a-fwd.to/4664xTp

I liked your celebrating Canada Day description. 

[vandermolen]

Third rerun.

Edmund Rubbra.

Symphonies 6 & 8.
Soliloquy for Cello and orchestra.

Philharmonia Orchestra, Norman Del Mar.
Rohan de Saram, Cello.

Absolute sublime performances, and music to die for. Recording is top notch too.

A wonderful CD - both works.

[vandermolen]

It is a tremendous performance of the Glagolitic Mass, though, well worth tracking down--it's also available on the Gold Edition with a fine Taras Bulba.

I've been listening to a lot of Nørgård lately, and I can honestly say that this joyous disc still blows me away more than 20 years after first hearing it. The 3rd symphony takes Mahler's "a symphony must be like the world; it must contain everything" to the extreme, and the piano concerto is--to me at least--a wonderfully enjoyable romp with a delicious anti-cadenza in the middle of it.

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I've had that Norgard symphony for years but only recently got round to listening to it. So, your posting encourages me to hear it again.

[aligreto]

+1  A fan of Nathan Milstein...I have several of his recordings including this set:  My Bach set has a different cover (purchased ages ago): 

And good to hear from you again too!   

PD

Thank you PD.

Milstein was a wonderful violinist. I have two single CDs from your EMI set with him playing both the Beethoven and the Brahms violin concertos, both of which I enjoy immensely.

[Mirror Image]

Jeffrey (Vandermolen), if you don't own this recording, then run, don't walk over to your e-retailer of choice and buy this recording:



If you can't find, it can bought as a download. It's a rather beautiful work.

[Mahlerian]

Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 1
Krystian Zimerman, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, cond. Boulez

[Mirror Image]

Continuing on with the Panufnik series on CPO:

Sinfonia Elegiaca, "Symphony No. 2"

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 1
Krystian Zimerman, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, cond. Boulez

I haven't heard Zimerman's Bartok before.  How did you like it?  Probably, my favorite recordings of Bartok's piano concertos are with Geza Anda.

Intrigued by other's postings here about Boris Tchaikovsky, I listened to Sebastopol online here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dyVNi9LKfA

Really enjoyed it!  Found it interesting that he had never been there before he wrote it.  Helpful that Chandos has their liner notes online too.   

PD

[Mirror Image]

Intrigued by other's postings here about Boris Tchaikovsky, I listened to Sebastopol online here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dyVNi9LKfA

Really enjoyed it!  Found it interesting that he had never been there before he wrote it.  Helpful that Chandos has their liner notes online too.   

PD

Excellent! Glad you enjoyed the Sebastopol Symphony. It's a remarkable work. I might have revisit it myself. That whole B. Tchaikovsky recording is worth your time.

[Maestro267]

Pettersson: Symphony No. 6
DSO Berlin/Trojahn

Martinu: Symphony No. 1
Bamberg SO/N. Järvi

[Mahlerian]

I haven't heard Zimerman's Bartok before.  How did you like it?  Probably, my favorite recordings of Bartok's piano concertos are with Geza Anda.

Zimerman's recording of the First Concerto is a lot like Boulez's reputation in some ways; very precise and hard-edged. It's an approach that works best for the percussive Concerto No. 1 better than it would for the other two, and the sharper edge makes for a pretty thrilling finale as well as a mesmerizing slow movement. That section where the whole orchestra gradually builds over a piano ostinato is overwhelming.

Some find the 90s DG sound harsh, and it does have an unrealistically glossy feel in places, but I feel the clarity helps in the very thick textures of this Concerto.

Boulez recorded the three concertos with different soloists and orchestras for his DG Bartok: Zimerman and the Chicago SO for the First, Leif Ove Andsnes and the Berlin Phil for the Second, and Hélène Grimaud and the London SO for the Third.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Zimerman's recording of the First Concerto is a lot like Boulez's reputation in some ways; very precise and hard-edged. It's an approach that works best for the percussive Concerto No. 1 better than it would for the other two, and the sharper edge makes for a pretty thrilling finale as well as a mesmerizing slow movement. That section where the whole orchestra gradually builds over a piano ostinato is overwhelming.

Some find the 90s DG sound harsh, and it does have an unrealistically glossy feel in places, but I feel the clarity helps in the very thick textures of this Concerto.

Boulez recorded the three concertos with different soloists and orchestras for his DG Bartok: Zimerman and the Chicago SO for the First, Leif Ove Andsnes and the Berlin Phil for the Second, and Hélène Grimaud and the London SO for the Third.

I appreciate your thoughts and comments; interesting too, how he used different pianists and 'forces' for the recordings.

Best,

PD