What are you listening 2 now?

[vers la flamme]

Alexander Scriabin: Prometheus, the Poem of Fire. Igor Golovschin, Moscow Symphony Orchestra w/ piano soloist Konstantin Scherbakov. This is a really good recording of a fairly late Scriabin work. I am not so familiar with Scriabin's orchestral music and wouldn't be able to tell you whether this is the best available recording of the music or not, but I am enjoying it. I like the clarity of textures. The music is big and lush but does not sound like blurry mush like it might in the wrong hands. The local record shop has the complete symphony cycle under this conductor and I may go for it. Another I am curious about is Vladimir Ashkenazy on Decca (I forget with what orchestra). Scriabin is a very great composer. The world just isn't ready for his music. There are not many out there who can get it right.

[JBS]

These three works complement each other beautifully. It helps that they are among my favourites in their respective genres. A superb program, played with wonderful insight.

Which can be complemented with this recording

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Shostakovich
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77
Vengerov
Rostropovich
LSO

[Traverso]

Where I find it more appealing is when Bismuth uses an instrument with a lower tone, -- eg the Discurso de medio registro de dos baxones de quarto tono where it's organ and shoulder cello.

Anyone heard his Art of Fugue?

https://www.bayardmusique.com/album/405/l-art-de-la-fugue-bwv-1080-louis-thiry

I like it,it has the quality to take you by the hand,a pity that there is so little available.

[André]

Which can be complemented with this recording

Neat!

The Capriccio set which I am currently listening to contains these three works, as well as the Bruckner 7, Mahler 4 and DLVDE, works by Reger, Zemlinsky etc. 



I showed the pics of the original single disc issues, as the set simply repackages them in a slim box.

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Sculthorpe
String Quartet No. 8
Goldner String Quartet



I don't think there's ever been an Australian composer who has captured the sound of this country's landscape quite like Sculthorpe. Unique composer.

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Schuman
Symphony No. 4
David Alan Miller
Albany SO



There are times where I think Symphony No. 4 is a bit of a letdown and then I remember what a gorgeous slow movement it has. I'll have to do a comparison between this performance and Schwarz's on Naxos, but the Albany Symphony Orchestra has a thinner string section than the Seattle Symphony, so this may be one of the advantages Schwarz has over Miller.

[SimonNZ]

on the radio: " Quartetto in modo classico"

[Que]

Morning listening:

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Continuing my Graupner binge.... still think his harpsichord music is the pick of the bunch.

A

[San Antone]

Francis Poulenc : Works for Piano Solo and Duo
Lucille Chung

[Mandryka]

I thought I'd listen again to Four, just to remind myself how much Cage moves away from tonality, and of course he does.

Four - not to be confused with other pieces by Cage with a similar title, like Four3 or Music for Four or Quartet in Four Parts - is a masterpiece I think.

[pjme]

I stumbled across this cellist by accident, and decided to investigate his recorded output.  He appears to be in the PI camp, at least for some of his recordings, and his performance of the Bach suites on a Baroque cello is well done, IMO.  He has recorded them twice, once in 1991 (the one above) and again in 2009.

Read more about Roel at
https://www.roeldieltiens.be/

[Irons]

Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye [Eden/Tamir]

Must look out for that issue.

[Irons]

Elgar: Falstaff.



24 hours after playing I still have "Falstaff" buzzing around my head! I can't shake off EE's tunes.

After a rumbustious romp the most poignant coda Elgar ever wrote.

[aligreto]

Mozart: Violin Concerto Concertos No. 4 [Oistrakh/Berlin Philharmonic]

[aligreto]

   

One would think that two recordings of the 10 instrument reduction would sound alike, but that's not the case here. Very different balances and tempi make it sound like another work. I think I like both equally.

It is most interesting the way two or more presentations of the same work can sound so very different.

[aligreto]

Must look out for that issue.

Yes a fine sounding album. Anyway, you know what to expect with this series yourself.

[Tsaraslondon]

L'Enfance du Christ

Marie - Janet Baker
Joseph - Thomas Allen
Récitant - Eric Tappy
Hérode- Jules Bastin
Père de famille - Joseph Rouleau
Centurion - Philip Langridge
Polydorus - Raimund Herincx

John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra - Sir Colin Davis

Berlioz's sacred trilogy has always been one of my favourite of his works and this is my favourite performance.

What a gorgeous work this is!

[aligreto]

Handel: Fireworks Music, original version for wind [Mackerras]





Simply terrific stuff. The sonorities are just wonderful. The Minuets I & II with fireworks and cannon effects never fail to impress and excite.

[aukhawk]

Bach : Cello Suites
Roel Dieltiens
I stumbled across this cellist by accident, and decided to investigate his recorded output.  He appears to be in the PI camp, at least for some of his recordings, and his performance of the Bach suites on a Baroque cello is well done, IMO.  He has recorded them twice, once in 1991 (the one above) and again in 2009.

His second recording is nicely played (among my favourites) but spoiled by an over-reverberant acoustic.