What are you listening 2 now?

[JBS]

Tonight, another first listen

All three works impressed me. Vandermolen was quite right to recommend this.

Now, the final CD of the Sixteens' box set of Tudor music

[Symphonic Addict]

Schumann: Piano Quintet

Is it me or does this work get better with each next movement? For me, the 1st mov. is nice but not too masterful (I do love the lyric parts, though), but the 2nd grips you much better, and the exhilarating Scherzo with two trios, and a fugal, masterly and imposing last movement. Something certainly original by Schumann I enjoy is precisely the feature about the inclusion of a second different trio into the Scherzo in many works.

A self-recommending recording and performance. It shows the creation as the masterpiece it is.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Khachaturian
Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano
Stig Nordhagen (clarinet), Adam Grüchot (violin), Mariam Kharatyan (piano)

[classicalgeek]

Very nice. What do you think of Wigglesworth's cycle? I own several recordings from his series, but never bothered completing it and I probably won't now seeing as the series has been boxed up.

I think I've only heard one other entry from his cycle... the 8th, I want to say? It didn't impress me that much, but I thought their 13th was solid. Great bass soloist and choir.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Chávez
Sinfonía India ("Symphony No. 2")
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela
Mata



I remember reading online where some reviewer said they hated Chávez's Sinfonía India. Okay, I understand that someone may not like a piece of music, but hate is a strong word in describing one's reaction to this piece. For me, it's infectious, joyous and completely unhinged. I love every second of it.

[Mirror Image]

I think I've only heard one other entry from his cycle... the 8th, I want to say? It didn't impress me that much, but I thought their 13th was solid. Great bass soloist and choir.

Thanks for the feedback. I want to say I've heard some of this cycle as I did buy a few of the single releases many years ago, but I don't recall much about the performances. I've heard great things about his cycle, so I'm definitely looking forward to it.

[Mirror Image]

Last work of the night:

Prokofiev
10 Pieces From Romeo And Juliet, Op. 75
Matti Raekallio

[Harry]

Georg Philipp Telemann.

Wind Concertos, Volume V.

La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider.

No complaints, just perfect.

[Que]

Georg Philipp Telemann.

Wind Concertos, Volume V.

La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider.

No complaints, just perfect.

Excellent!

[aukhawk]

Thanks for the feedback. I want to say I've heard some of this cycle as I did buy a few of the single releases many years ago, but I don't recall much about the performances. I've heard great things about his cycle, so I'm definitely looking forward to it.

I like the performances (Wigglesworth tends to broad tempi) but find the recordings hard to listen to, due to excessive dynamic range.

[Harry]

Henry Cotter Nixon.

Complete Orchestral Music, Volume III.

Ana Torok, Violin
Kodaly PO, & Liepaja SO, Paul Mann.

[Tsaraslondon]

Monteux's 1961 Chicago Symphony Orchestra version of Franck's Symphony has long been considered a classic and it is indeed a wonderful performance.

The coupling is his 1959 Boston Symphony Orchestra recording of Pétroushka, a work Monteux conducted at the premiere with the Diaghilev Ballet in Paris.

Considering their age, the sound on these recordings is pretty good.

[vandermolen]

NP:

Chávez
Sinfonía India ("Symphony No. 2")
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela
Mata



I remember reading online where some reviewer said they hated Chávez's Sinfonía India. Okay, I understand that someone may not like a piece of music, but hate is a strong word in describing one's reaction to this piece. For me, it's infectious, joyous and completely unhinged. I love every second of it.

I like the Sinfonia India and have multiple recordings of it.

[vandermolen]

NP:

Vaughan Williams
Phantasy Quintet
The Nash Ensemble



Vaughan Williams (not Vaughan-Williams as I see some people here and elsewhere hyphenate his surname) wrote exceptionally fine music for strings and this Phantasy Quintet is no different. Beautiful.

I like that whole CD John - one of my favourites of VW's chamber music. Great photo of VW in the booklet if I remember correctly.

[vandermolen]

Stanford Symphony No.6 'In honour of GF Watts'. I think that Watts was a great artist but find much of Stanford's music to be very second-rate. I found this to be a most dreary and boring work - the 37 minutes seemed to go on forever. I will not be listening to it again. No.3 'Irish' is a much better work:

[Tsaraslondon]

This is one of the first CDs I owned and it's still one of my favourites. Wonderful performances of the Franck and Debussy Violin Sonatas by Chung and Lupu are here coupled with the classic performance of Ravel's gorgeous Introduction and Allegro featuring Ossian Ellis and the Melos Ensemble, who also play Debussy's Sonata for flute, viola and harp.

[vandermolen]

This is one of the first CDs I owned and it's still one of my favourites. Wonderful performances of the Franck and Debussy Violin Sonatas by Chung and Lupu are here coupled with the classic performance of Ravel's gorgeous Introduction and Allegro featuring Ossian Ellis and the Melos Ensemble, who also play Debussy's Sonata for flute, viola and harp.

One of my favourites as well - a lovely disc.

[Tsaraslondon]

One of my favourites as well - a lovely disc.

We have a lot of the same discs, it would seem.

[Biffo]

A fine version! I think that Barbirolli had a special way with A London Symphony and I enjoy both of his recordings.

Barbirolli grew up in the London evoked by this symphony. Both his recordings are excellent; I marginally prefer the earlier one but decided to listen to the later one in remastered stereo.

[foxandpeng]

Peter Mennin
Symphonies 3 & 7
Gerald Schwarz
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Naxos

In search of the Great American Symphony #3.

Well, mostly just enjoying Mennin, really.