What are you listening 2 now?

[Mirror Image]

And one more work for the night:

Stravinsky
Octet
London Sinfonietta
Chailly

[Daverz]

Bartok: String Quartet No. 6

Last night: Diotima Quartet



Tonight: Juilliard Quartet 1963



The Diotima left me rather cold (but perhaps I wasn't in the mood). The Juilliard reminds me why I listen to this music in the first place.  Some care must be taken as the Juilliard (on LP) was not only my imprint for how Bartok should go but also for What A String Quartet Should Sound Like.

[Papy Oli]

Good morning all,

Bach - Cantata BWV 91 'Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ' ...and maybe some more after that 

[Que]

New arrival:



A reissue of two years ago, and already quite hard to find.
This series must have been printed in pretty small numbers.

Marvelous recording BTW. 

[Madiel]

Saw this release mentioned somewhere around here.



At first I thought, "I should get that," then I thought, "wait, I have that." (I swear the cover art had nothing to do with the purchase.)

Anyway, finally listened to the first two pieces over the past two days.

The first trio is indeed charming, especially the first movement. The second trio is a bit more substantial, with a weighty first movement and a finale that builds to an impressive apotheosis. Will try to find time for the third trio.

Lalo's output is small. I'm thinking of getting a recording of his symphony, possibly the BIS release.

The third piano trio is the one I've heard (though not that performance). And it's really good - it's the piece that made me think I need to investigate Lalo a lot more.

[Madiel]

Now playing: Sibelius, String Quartet in E flat major, JS 184



Wow, I don't remember this being quite this good (the opening movement at this stage). The album as a whole is rather marred by having a large section that is nothing more than tiny scraps. But this? This is a highly enjoyable work. More evidence that Sibelius was a strings man.

[Que]

Continuing with this set:

[Que]

[akebergv]

Very good music. A pity that these are the only recordings we have.

There might not be much of a selection as far as the Malpiero symphonies are concerned (except for no. 6), but jpc (https://www.jpc.de/s/francesco+malipiero) does have quite a choice of other recordings.

[vers la flamme]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No.21 in C major, K 467. Friedrich Gulda, Claudio Abbado, Vienna Philharmonic

I love this concerto. One of my favorites along with the 23rd in A major. I love a lot of Mozart's music, but why do I get the feeling that the piano concertos are just in a league of their own, far beyond anything else he ever wrote? Some day I'll get a complete set of them. I just need to decide which one I want...

[Chaszz]

I received a Roku TV as a gift, and have been spending a lot of time watching and listening to the Roku Vivaldi channel, which is classical music of the standard repertoire. I unexpectedly find that I can watch and listen to the videos for hours and am fascinated by the faces and body language of the conductors and performers, especially the performers. Old worn-out favorite pieces are revivified. The different expressions on the faces of chamber and symphonic players and the expressive movement of their bodies as they play is great to watch. They are mainly young, in their twenties and thirties, and with plenty of women, in contrast to the older videos on Youtube. If you love Leonard Bernstein's conducting, as I do, and watch it on Youtube, you'll see nary a woman, but in today's orchestras there are many, and a good sprinkling of concertmasters among them. One unvaluable (not invaluable) feature of the Vivaldi channel is that all the listings on the channel guide are wrong, and you either know the piece or must guess it. Orchestras are identified as quartets and vice versa, concertos as sonatas, Bach as Tchaikovsky and so on. But the music, sound and videos are great. Contacting the company has not worked so far. Of course, as with many digital companies, help is mostly nonexistent. The usual "community" forum is a place to post help requests, which are widely ignored. Some videos have the work and performers identified on the first part of the video itself, so if one happens to be in the room watching, one can see it, but if you are in another room, no luck. You are stuck with the absurd misidentification on the channel guide.   

[vers la flamme]

Italian composer talk in recent pages got me in the mood to hear this:



Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto No.1. Norbert Kraft, Nicholas Ward, Northern Chamber Orchestra

Fine neoclassical music.

[Biffo]

Handel: Messiah Part I - Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Choir & soloists

[Spotted Horses]

Lalo's Piano Trios have been a pleasant surprise



Listened to the third today, and it is an impressive work, at once lyrical and dramatic. Really first rate, in my opinion. I find the first, second and third trios become successively more intense.

I will be looking for more recordings of Lalo's music. I have the often recorded Cello Concerto and Symphony Espagnol, but I will be looking into the symphony, piano concerto and string quartets.

[Spotted Horses]

That quartet is superb!

Noted.

[Spotted Horses]

Koechlin, Ballade for Piano and Orchestra



This is really a slow burn, takes 15 minutes to really get going, but after quiet meditative music that severely taxes the patience there is a dramatic catharsis. Then the piece ends softly. It is worth the wait, barely. Makes me miss the days of the LPs when you could watch the stylus progress towards the good part (loud passage).

[Harry]

New release, First listen.

William Beaton Moonie.

Instrumental and Chamber Music, Volume I, Piano Music.
First recordings, except *

Perthshire Echoes.*
A Scottish Chap-Book, Book I.
Five Piano pieces.
Arabesque.
Five Romantic Pieces.
Reverie.

Christopher Guild.

Delightful, in fact very beautiful. A new discovery.

[Traverso]

Messiaen

Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus (1944)

Alice Ader  (1987)

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Rostislav Boiko: Carpathian Rhapsody.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No.21 in C major, K 467. Friedrich Gulda, Claudio Abbado, Vienna Philharmonic

I love this concerto. One of my favorites along with the 23rd in A major. I love a lot of Mozart's music, but why do I get the feeling that the piano concertos are just in a league of their own, far beyond anything else he ever wrote? Some day I'll get a complete set of them. I just need to decide which one I want...

I find such joy, achingly-beautiful tenderness and sensitivity, beauty, and life-affirmingness (I'm sure there must be a real word, but it escapes me at the moment) to them....at least for me. 

I received a Roku TV as a gift, and have been spending a lot of time watching and listening to the Roku Vivaldi channel, which is classical music of the standard repertoire. I unexpectedly find that I can watch and listen to the videos for hours and am fascinated by the faces and body language of the conductors and performers, especially the performers. Old worn-out favorite pieces are revivified. The different expressions on the faces of chamber and symphonic players and the expressive movement of their bodies as they play is great to watch. They are mainly young, in their twenties and thirties, and with plenty of women, in contrast to the older videos on Youtube. If you love Leonard Bernstein's conducting, as I do, and watch it on Youtube, you'll see nary a woman, but in today's orchestras there are many, and a good sprinkling of concertmasters among them. One unvaluable (not invaluable) feature of the Vivaldi channel is that all the listings on the channel guide are wrong, and you either know the piece or must guess it. Orchestras are identified as quartets and vice versa, concertos as sonatas, Bach as Tchaikovsky and so on. But the music, sound and videos are great. Contacting the company has not worked so far. Of course, as with many digital companies, help is mostly nonexistent. The usual "community" forum is a place to post help requests, which are widely ignored. Some videos have the work and performers identified on the first part of the video itself, so if one happens to be in the room watching, one can see it, but if you are in another room, no luck. You are stuck with the absurd misidentification on the channel guide.   

So, it's a game of "Name that tune"?  You might have just found a second career in life.  In any event, glad that you are enjoying watching and listening to it!

PD