What are you listening 2 now?

[Bachtoven]

[Carlo Gesualdo]

I am listening to only Cappella Cordia today, right now sides B of vynil side A  Missa sine nomine

[Todd]

Disc 39.  Perfectly serviceable accounts of La Mer, Bacchus et Ariane, and Daphnis et Chloe by Cziffra Jr.  Not sure why it was included in the box to begin with.

[Mirror Image]

Nice!

Indeed. I'll save the other three SQs for later on tonight.

[Karl Henning]

CD 17
LvB
Pf Sonata № 16 in G, Op. 31 № 1
Pf Sonata № 17 in d minor, Op. 31 № 2
Pf Sonata № 18 in E^b, « The Tempest » Op. 31 № 3
Pf Sonata № 20 in G, Op. 49 № 2

[Mandryka]

How can it be that the second half of Naturliche Dauern sounds to me like the most wonderful piano music ever this afternoon?

[Papy Oli]

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony 4 Abendroth

[listener]

from the Cyprès box of the Liège Philharmonic
VIEUXTEMPS: Violin Concertos 5 in G op. 47, 7 in a op. 49,   Greeting to America op. 86
Gérard Poulet, violin
RAVEL:  Piano Concerto in G, Concerto for Piano (left hand)    SCHULHOFF: Concerto for Piano and small orch., no. 2  op. 49
Claire-Marie Le Guay, piano
Adolphe BIARENT: Poème Héroïque,  Rapsodie wallone for piano and orch.   Contes d'orient
Diane Andersen, piano
cover images arfe of the origiinal releases

[Daverz]

Zara Levina: Piano Concerto No. 1



The first sounds a bit like Rachmaninoff, the second concerto a bit like Prokofiev, though there's a definite individual personality here.

[Linz]

Another Bruckner 4 with Celibidache

[SonicMan46]

New arrivals from BRO (about a half dozen CDs) - first two up w/ Ehnes:

Bartok, Bela - Violin Chamber Works - Vols. 2 & 3 w/ James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong (and Amy Moretti on the Duos) - Ehnes recorded three discs of these violin pieces, but I already owned the material on the first w/ Kelemen and Kocsis, shown below - reviews attached for those interested.  Dave

   

[Bachtoven]

No.8 from this glorious SACD set.

[Linz]

Karajan Andante set CD1 with the Wiener Phiharmoniker Beethoven Symphony 1 Schubert Unfinished Symphony and Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra

[Todd]

[Mirror Image]

New arrivals from BRO (about a half dozen CDs) - first two up w/ Ehnes:

Bartok, Bela - Violin Chamber Works - Vols. 2 & 3 w/ James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong (and Amy Moretti on the Duos) - Ehnes recorded three discs of these violin pieces, but I already owned the material on the first w/ Kelemen and Kocsis, shown below - reviews attached for those interested.  Dave

   

Nice! I own most of the Hungaroton releases of Bartók, but, interestingly enough I don't own that Kelemen/Kocsis recording. I must remedy that soon!

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Ligeti
Kammerkonzert
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Boulez

[Symphonic Addict]

Britten: String Quartet no. 1 and Alla marcia



Sheer inventiveness and wit aplenty, with a deeply-felt slow movement. The brief Alla marcia is so catchy!


Mozart: String Quartets nos. 21 and 22



No. 21 is a sheerly lovely and joyous work, with a great tune in the finale which is expertly developed. Its successor is slightly less engaging, but still quite fine.


Corigliano: The Red Violin Concerto



An exciting and hyper-virtuosic work. Corigliano occasionally succumbs to what I call "Contemporary American Composer Syndrome", which I define as overuse of the percussion section.


Diamond: String Quartet no. 1



Oh, how I love this kind of music! Vigorous, vital, life-affirming, rigorous but not "academic", and expertly written for the quartet. It receives an excellent performance here too.


Bax: In the Faery Hills



My first listen to this work, methinks. Utterly gorgeous, colorful, glittering stuff!

Oh, it seems I need to give In the Faery Hills another listen since I don't recall having enjoyed it as much as you, Kyle.

Great selection of works, btw!

[Symphonic Addict]

NP:

Ginastera
Harp Concerto, Op. 25
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
Oberlin Orchestra
Raphael Jiménez

One of the best Harp Concertos known to me.

[Mirror Image]

One of the best Harp Concertos known to me.

Absolutely! Fantastic piece.