What are you listening 2 now?

[bhodges]

Members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in three octets, by Enescu, Shostakovich, and Mendelssohn. Originally performed earlier in March, the concert is now available online, and it's excellent. (They ask for a modest donation of $15, entirely reasonable.)

Personnel and program notes here:

https://res.cloudinary.com/cmslc/image/upload/v1646063786/Programs/Mar_6_8_2022_Playbill.pdf

--Bruce

[ritter]

First listen to this anthology of recordings by mezzo-soprano Irma Kolassi:



The disc starts with the complete (six in total) Poèmes arabes by Louis Ubert, a languorous, rather attractive song cycle, with the composer at the piano (4 of the songs, in another recording with Jacqueline Bonneau as pianist, are included in the Australian Eloquence 4 CD set of Kolassi's Decca recitals). We then move on to Debussy's Le Promenoir des deux amants and the Trois Chsnsons de Bilitis (again, there are alternate versions to be heard in the Eloquence set). The rest of the disc is devoted to songs by Jean Roger-Ducasse which so far sound very good (IIRC, I've never heard any of his mélodies before) and to three songs by Jacques Leguerney (a name I had never encountered before).

[kyjo]

Another not very informative cd cover... Here's the back cover for contents/performers info:



Both works are very attractive, with good themes and excellent development of the musical material. Juon's nationality was Russian, of Swiss descent. He spent the last years of his life in Switzerland, hence the interest for his music from the Musiques suisses and Sterling labels (the latter has a 'Swiss composers' series). His teachers were Arensky and Taneïev and it's not hard to discern russian music turns of phrase and folk melodies (right now I'm listening to the Suite op. 93 for orchestra and the russian heritage is obvious).

Excellent performances by the Berlin ensemble, all musicians from the Berliner Philharmoniker. Lovely disc.

Excellent, excellent!!

[kyjo]

+1

I would add Haug's 2, Kielland Sinfonia I, Saeverud 9, Svendsen 2 and Egge 1 among the greatest Norwegian symphonies. I'm not fond of Halvorsen's that much for some reason.

Also, I'd love to hear this I-J's choral symphony. Looks quite intriguing.

Must listen to the Kielland, Saeverud 9, and Egge 1. I agree about Halvorsen's symphonies - they're too derivative and lack personality IMO.

And yes, I'm very intrigued by Irgens-Jensen's Heimferd, but I can't find it on Spotify or YT.

[Todd]

Finishing off the cycle.  I wonder if maybe, just maybe, the Pavel Haas quartet could record the cycle. 

[Klavier1]

Superb playing and sound. DSD128 stereo files.

[André]

Bruckner 8, Peter Jan Marthé conducting the Austrian Youth orchestra in 1997.

[André]

Partitas 3, 5, 6 by Malcolm Proud.

[Symphonic Addict]

Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1

Compact and full of great music.

[DavidW]

Best Pettersson I've heard.

[Symphonic Addict]

Best Pettersson I've heard.

I've heard that the 10th is "like a punch on your face", commented by the very Allan.

BTW, welcome to the forum!

[Symphonic Addict]

Zygmunt Noskowski: The Steppe - Symphonic poem, Op. 66

Wonderful music, there are some Straussian-like and late-Romantic gestures that permeate the piece with great themes and colourful orchestration.





Creston: Symphony No. 2

N. Järvi is one of my favorite living conductors with fair reasons and here I confirm why I claim that. There is vigour, soft-edged moments when needed, he has a wide knowledge of repertoire, has conducted many important orchestras around the world, etc.

Guttoveggio was a good man!

A terrific CD all around!

[JBS]

Landed today

First impression is that it's highly recommendable to everyone here

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Barber
Violin Concerto, Op. 14
Hilary Hahn, violin
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Hugh Wolff



Brilliant work and performance.

[Symphonic Addict]

This:

Penderecki: Capriccio for violin and orchestra

Wow, harrowingly intense!

[Operafreak]

[Mirror Image]

This:

Penderecki: Capriccio for violin and orchestra

Wow, harrowingly intense!

Yep! One of those earlier avant-garde works. What performance, though?

[Mirror Image]

I've heard that the 10th is "like a punch on your face", commented by the very Allan.

You haven't heard it?

[Symphonic Addict]

Yep! One of those earlier avant-garde works. What performance, though?

This:

You haven't heard it?

Yes, but no many times. I'm not in Pettersson traversals or revisits that often. All could be too anguished for my taste.

[Mirror Image]

This:

Wunderbar! Love that 2-CD set.