What are you listening 2 now?

[André]

Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82

The Glazunov concerto happens to be one of my first concert experiences, in the late seventies. Nathan Milstein played it. I recall thinking « why is the trumpet given the best tune? » ? 

[André]

Interesting contemporary works. Ehnes' violin tone sounds magical, as always.

[Todd]

[kyjo]

Good description - just listened to Symphony No 2 in B flat major from Dausgaard/DNRSO

That last movement has one of the catchiest tunes known to me!

[SonicMan46]

Beach, Amy (1867-1944) - Piano Music w/ Kirsten Johnson on the 4 discs shown below (all w/ wonderful Winslow Homer paintings) - attached are MusicWeb reviews of each recording - the only other competition is Joanne Polk on Arabesque w/ 3 volumes - comparisons are made between the two in the reviews - I had several of Polk's CDs and replaced them w/ those by Johnson; both are well done; the piano music varies from juvenilia to skillful to virtuosic composing for the instrument; the playing is excellent by both artists.  Dave

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How's the Rubbra Piano Concerto, Jeffrey?

Thread duty -

Korngold: Piano Quintet in E major, Op. 15



So gorgeous.

Very nice John - quite 'dreamy' and atmospheric and a big contrast to the more macho Bliss concerto. I think that Rubbra became interested in Buddhism which may account for the work's more spiritual and contemplative aspects:
Now playing: 'Mystery of Time' by Kabeláč:

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The Glazunov concerto happens to be one of my first concert experiences, in the late seventies. Nathan Milstein played it. I recall thinking « why is the trumpet given the best tune? » ? 

Hah! I really like this concerto. Granted, it's not a masterpiece, but not everything is of course.

[kyjo]

Very nice John - quite 'dreamy' and atmospheric and a big contrast to the more macho Bliss concerto. I think that Rubbra became interested in Buddhism which may account for the work's more spiritual and contemplative aspects:

There's certainly a zen-like quality to some passages in the work.

[kyjo]

Hah! I really like this concerto. Granted, it's not a masterpiece, but not everything is of course.

I wouldn't say it's too far off from being one!

[Symphonic Addict]

I've hardly ever seen Egge mentioned here apart from by me. That's a lovely disc with a great cover photo.

I do recall you have said great things about his Symphony No. 1. I've also heard his String Quartet. A strong piece too.

[Symphonic Addict]

Symphony No.1  - an excellent performance:

The Symphony No. 2 on that disc is phenomenal as well. Possibly my favorite recording of it.

[Symphonic Addict]

Hans Gal : Chamber music for Clarinet.

Finishing the Clarinet quintet. Lovely. Absolutely lovely. 

Mmm interesting, Olivier. I'm very fond of clarinet quintets, and much more so if they're lovely as this work.

[ritter]

Marcelle Meyer plays Stravinsky (Trois mouvements de Pétrouchka, Ragtime, Piano Rag Music, Sérénade, and the Piano Sonata) and Óscar Esplá (Sonata del sur, with the Spanish National Orchestra conducted by the composer).

CD 16 of this great set:
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[Symphonic Addict]

Don't miss Beach's Piano Quintet! The slow movement is ineffably lovely.

And yeah, I've had exactly the same observation about female composers writing particularly fine works for piano and orchestra. There's the concerti by Auster, Beach, Bosmans (a concertino actually), Garūta, Gipps, Jaëll, Kuzmenko, Levina, C. Schumann, and Tailleferre (plus a Ballade), plus the Fantaisie variée by N. Boulanger and Konzertstück by Chaminade. Also, I see that Bacewicz has a PC that's just recently been recorded.

Her Piano Quintet is already on my radar.

A great bunch of great piano concertos by female composers there, Kyle. I've been very delighted by the ones I've listened to, and let's not forget the fantastic Concerto for piano and strings by Dorothee Carwithen which has been a revelation for me lately. I don't know the Bosmans, Jaëll, Kuzmenko, Tailleferre, Boulanger, Chaminade and Bacewicz. I'll be investigating those.

[Symphonic Addict]

Two first listens:




Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist - Symphony No. 1 Kammarsymfoni

A serious, rigurous, granitic and attractive symphony. Anyone who has affinity with, say Holmboe, Simpson or Nystroem could enjoy this work. I didn't expect a work of this quality. Fantastic stuff.




Alan Hovhaness - Cello Concerto

I perceive a strong sense of exoticism and solemnity in this concerto. Quite good to say the least, just that the dynamic range of the recording is not the best. The brass sound potent, whilst the soloist sounds low in comparison.

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Preludes & Fugues, Op. 61

[Mandryka]

Rad. It's like . . . full of wrong notes. And it's brutal. And there's a fuck of a lot of it. Nice classical music pianoforte teachers will not approve.

[Symphonic Addict]

Rad. It's like . . . full of wrong notes. And it's brutal. And there's a fuck of a lot of it. Nice pianoforte teachers will not approve.

With that cover art I do think the music must sound special. Now I'm intrigued.

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First-Listen Thursdays -

Bacewicz: Piano Concerto

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