What are you listening 2 now?

[Spotted Horses]

Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244. Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schönberg Chor, many excellent soloists

First listen. Any love for this recording? It sounds amazing.

I've always been fixated on Harnoncourt's first recording, despite the severe limitation of using choir boys for soprano arias. I have this and should give it more attention.

I have it in a different edition:

[Spotted Horses]

Continuing with the second selection on this disc, the Piano Concerto (with timpani, percussion and strings).



An interesting pairing, since the first symphony is an early work and the piano concerto is a late work, written in 1943. It is interesting to see what is the same and what is different in the late style. There is a lush, romantic approach which is common to the two, but the later work has more of a Neo-classical framework. Both are satisfying works, and I am convinced to go on and hear the rest of the La Vecchia series of recordings of Casella orchestral music.

[Traverso]

Hindemith: Clarinet Concerto.

George Pieterson (clarinet)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin.

Interesting recording,I have an admiration for George Pieterson who was an outstanding clarinetist  (principal Concertgebouworchestra)   

[Traverso]

Beethoven


Piano Sonata In F Minor Op. 57 "Appassionata"
Piano Sonata In F Sharp Major Op. 78
Piano Sonata In G Major Op. 79
Piano Sonata In E Flat Major Op. 81a "Les Adieux"
Piano Sonata In E Minor Op. 90

[DavidW]

Haydn Op 55 string quartets, Festetics from my flac archive.

[Traverso]

NP:

Enescu
Piano Quartet No. 2 in D minor, Op. 30
Tammuz Piano Quartet



This work is amongst my favorites from Enescu. Superb performance, too.

That is an interesting recording,its on my list now. 

[Harry]

Giovanni Battista Bassani.

Symphonies, opus 5.
Sonatas for two or three instruments with BC.
CD I & 2.
No. 1 in A Minor, No. 2 in D minor, No. 3 in G major, No 4 in D major, No. 5 in A minor, No. 6 in F major. No. 7 in A major, No. 8 in G minor, No. 9 in C major, No. 10 in C minor, No. 11 in D major, No. 12 in A major.
Editions (Silvana) 1688, Amsterdam (Roger) 1708.

Ensemble StilModerno. ( The group plays om modern instruments, historically informed) This ensemble seems not in working modus anymore, their website is down.

Giorgio Tosi, Micol Vitali, violins.
Nicola Brovelli, Cello.
Carlo Centemeri, Organ.
Flora Papadopoulos Baroque Harp.
Grasiela Setra Dantas, Harpsichord.



This is quite good, well performed and recorded. They sound well blended and rehearsed.  (Que and Dave, this could be right in your alley.)
I am impressed.

[steve ridgway]

Messiaen - Chronochromie.

[André]

Excellent recording! I picked it up when I did a 'deep dive' on Bloch earlier this year. I need to go back for another listen!


TD:
Harald Genzmer
*Concerto for flute, piano, and string orchestra
%Concerto da camera for violin and orchestra
$Kammerkonzert for oboe and string orchestra
String Symphony no. 2
*Oliver Treindl, piano
*Andrea Lieberknecht, flute
%Rainer Kussmaul, violin
$Francois Leleux, oboe
Munich Chamber Orchestra
Alexander Liebreich
(on Qobuz)



I love just about anything in that spiky, Stravinsky-influenced neoclassical style, with its motoric rhythms and pungent dissonances, and Genzmer certainly fills the bill! He reminds me a lot of Bacewicz, actually.

👍 A great composer ! Thorofon has made it a mission to issue as much of his output as possible. I own 14 discs of his music. Membran has made a space-saving 10-cd box from the Thorofon releases:                                                                                             

[Tsaraslondon]

I really like this set, in particular the graceful, lyrical 5th with its blithely insouciant first movement. The other symphonies are good too, though I'm not sure I really like Newbould's completion of the eighth. However it's easy enough to programme out the last two movements.

[kyjo]

A solid and effective work in its construction and development by a "forgotten" composer:

Georg Schumann: Symphony (No. 2) in F minor

Yes, solid music expertly and cogently written; it has some dramatic gestures with a touch of Brahms in places. Worth listening. A work of heroic vein.

Yes, a very fine work which a gorgeous slow movement and an excitingly tempestuous scherzo. His substantial Serenade for orchestra also contains some worthwhile and imaginative music.

[Mirror Image]

That is an interesting recording,its on my list now. 

Enescu is a great composer and certainly one of the masters.

[kyjo]

About Die Seejungfrau, I asolutely loved it; it was very thrilling and hauntingly beautiful, with powerful climaxes and a rich orchestration that, especially in the brass section, reminded me of the Richard Strauss style; while in the second movement, the colourful, floating harmonies, as well as the use of the strings, harp and glockenspiel, sounded more like Debussy's symbolism.

Now Psalm 13 & 23, from:

So wonderful to see you back on GMG, Ilaria! That Zemlinsky recording is a great favorite of mine. Absolutely glorious music and performances from start to finish!

[SonicMan46]

Mendelssohn, Felix - chamber selections from my collection yesterday into this afternoon - Dave

P.S. also own the Emersons in the String Quartets which includes a bonus CD of the Octet w/ each 'doubling up'

     

   

[bhodges]

Tonight at 7:30 EDT, the Viano Quartet with Roberto Díaz, former principal viola of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and now President and CEO of the Curtis Institute of Music. The livestream is pay-what-you-wish.

Caroline Shaw: The Evergreen
Prokofiev: Quartet in F Major, Op. 92
Brahms: String Quintet in G Major, Op. 111

https://www.pcmsconcerts.org/concerts/viano-quartet-roberto-diaz/

--Bruce

[Linz]

Max Bruch  Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3 with Kurt Masur and The Gewandhauseorchester Leipzig CD1 of this 2 CD set

[Mirror Image]

Now playing some Dvořák songs from Bernarda Fink with Roger Vignoles from this recording:



And then a mini-concert I put together:

Strauss
Burleske in D minor
Martha Argerich, piano
Berliner Philharmoniker
Abbado

Schmidt
Symphony No. 2 in E-flat major
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi

[vandermolen]

Braga Santos: Symphony No.4

[Lisztianwagner]

So wonderful to see you back on GMG, Ilaria! That Zemlinsky recording is a great favorite of mine. Absolutely glorious music and performances from start to finish!

Thank you! Indeed I've deeply appreciated this composition and, after filling up with Mahler these days, I'm very interested in deepening the knowledge with Zemlinsky's music.

[Linz]

CD5 Of Riccardo Chailly Beethoven set with Overture "Zur Namensfeier" Op. 115, Overture " King Stephen" Op. 117 and Symphony No. 9 in D minor "Choral"