What are you listening 2 now?

[André]

This entire Weinberg recording:

That one's a peach ! His symphonies are also very fine.

[Madiel]

Haydn op.20/6 first listen.



Ironically, the only thing that helps me deal with the anxiety of Australia Post mucking up delivery of one half of the Mosaiques Haydn recordings (a mess where they aren't properly communicating with me as to resolution, even though I know where the parcel probably is) is listening to the half that has safely arrived.

EDIT: And straight away, the difference in character between op.20/6, and op.20/5 that I listened to yesterday, is just amazing.

[Traverso]

Dutch Organs


CD 1

[Todd]

Disc one.

[Karl Henning]

Joseph Haydn.
Complete Symphonies.
CD 3 from 32.

No.27 in G major, Hob. 12, 1763.
No. 32 in C major, Hob. 22, 1764. The Philosopher.
No. 37 in C major, Hob. 31, 1765. Horn signal. (Auf dem Anstand)
No. 107, (No 18, Partita) in B flat major, Hob. 107, 1759-60.


Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood.

I am always positively flabbergasted by all the musical styles Haydn is using, to know: Baroque, Gallant, Rococo, Austrian, Italian, German, French, Hungarian, Croatian, and all kinds of Folkmusic. So many colours and influences. In this he is unique I think.

Delightful stuff, Harry!

TD:
First listen to this recording:

Prokofiev
Symphony № 2 in d minor, Op. 40
Cz Phil
Zdeněk Košler

CD 8

"Wolferl"
Pf Cto № 24 in c minor, K. 491 (1786)
Alfred Brendel, pf
cond. Bennie

Stravinsky
Symphony of Psalms (1930, rev. 1948)
cond. Sir Colin Davis

Roussel
Symphony № 3 in g minor, Op. 42 (1929-30)
cond. Hans Vonk

[Karl Henning]

Indeed I am MI! I have never done a marathon composer month before, but I thought I would give it a go with some of April/May dedicated to Richard Strauss and May/June to Prokofiev. I am wrapping up Prokofiev this week and will go back to somewhat random listening after this, as my time frees up a little bit.

Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto 1 in D-flat Major, op. 10
Overture on Hebrew Themes, op. 34
Visions Fugitives, op. 22

Michel Béroff, piano
Parrenin Quartet (Hebrew)
Gewandhaus - Kurt Masur

However, after having lived with his orchestral music, I am hard put as to what my preferences in Prokofiev actually are, although I like a lot of it. He has such a range, but his musical voice is also unmistakable too, regardless of style. I do really like his 1st Piano Concerto, though, so I thought I would bring it out with some others.

VS

I love that Béroff/Masur Concertos-Plus set!

[Karl Henning]

Dallapiccola: Liriche greche: 5 Frammenti di Saffo; 2 Liriche di Anacreonte

Julie Moffat (soprano)
Ensemble InterContemporain - Hans Zender (conductor)


These songs with chamber ensemble accompaniment waft around interestingly in a serial/mid-20th century/gloomy sort of way. Lyrical and sensual too, with nice touches of orchestration. A return visit guaranteed.

I'm in!

[Linz]

Roger Norrington Bruckner Symphony 9 in D minor

[Harry]

Erkki Salmenhaara.

Suomi-Finland.
La Fille en mini-jupe.
Adagietto.
Le Bateau ivre.

Tampere PO, Eri Klas.

The second Salmenhaara CD today, and one I cherish beyond all else. I am so addicted to the works on this CD, that I could play it over and over again. Pristine performances and ditto sound.

[Mirror Image]

LOVE that version - when you look at the line-up of players Marriner could call on for those (earlyish) Academy recordings on Argo allied to the excellent Decca engineering its no real surprise that so many have stayed in the catalogue as classics

This is my reference for this work, but also Marriner's Concerto for Double String Orchestra. Such outstanding and vivid performances. They also have a great energy to them, which is certainly needed in Tippett's music.

[Mirror Image]

That one's a peach ! His symphonies are also very fine.

Indeed! I also like this chamber works like the SQs.

[Mirror Image]

https://www.youtube.com/v/FL14P35y8gk

Thanks for this, pjme. It's great to see you around again! I'll have to watch this performance later on.

[DavidW]

Fantastic symphony!

[Mirror Image]

Indeed I am MI! I have never done a marathon composer month before, but I thought I would give it a go with some of April/May dedicated to Richard Strauss and May/June to Prokofiev. I am wrapping up Prokofiev this week and will go back to somewhat random listening after this, as my time frees up a little bit.

Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto 1 in D-flat Major, op. 10
Overture on Hebrew Themes, op. 34
Visions Fugitives, op. 22

Michel Béroff, piano
Parrenin Quartet (Hebrew)
Gewandhaus - Kurt Masur

However, after having lived with his orchestral music, I am hard put as to what my preferences in Prokofiev actually are, although I like a lot of it. He has such a range, but his musical voice is also unmistakable too, regardless of style. I do really like his 1st Piano Concerto, though, so I thought I would bring it out with some others.

VS

You're certainly correct in saying that Prokofiev had a wide range. That he did! Whether symphonies, ballets, solo piano, chamber music, operas etc., he always put his own unique stamp on the music. The only aspect of his oeuvre that I'm not familiar with are his operas. I have the Gergiev box set on Decca, but I haven't listened to any of these works. I continuously read that The Fiery Angel is one of his in this genre. I should give it a listen at some point.

[Karl Henning]

Dallapiccola: Liriche greche: 5 Frammenti di Saffo; 2 Liriche di Anacreonte

Julie Moffat (soprano)
Ensemble InterContemporain - Hans Zender (conductor)

I've heard all these works before, but it had been a while. Great stuff! Tempus destruendi - Tempus ædificandi, especially is Stravinskyan in the vein of The Dove ascending.

[VonStupp]

Sergei Prokofiev
Peter and the Wolf, op. 67

Francis Poulenc
The Story of Babar, FP 129

Benjamin Britten
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34

Dame Edna Everage, narrator (Prokofiev & Britten)
Barry Humphries, narrator (Poulenc)
Melbourne SO - John Lanchbery

The girls asked to play this one over midmeal.

Say what you will about this literature, Prokofiev was a master melodist (populist musical thematicist?) nonetheless. 

Say what you will about Dame Edna; I would probably agree with you. 

VS

[Linz]

Clifford Curzon and George Szell combine with Mozart Piano Concertos 23 and 27

[Karl Henning]

Prokofiev
Symphony № 7 in c# minor, Op. 131
Cz Phil
Zdeněk Košler

[SonicMan46]

Marais, Marin (1656-1728) - Bass Viol Music, Bk. III w/ Francois Joubert-Caillet and L'Achéron - new arrival from a 'minor' sale at PrestoMusic - also own volumes I & IV w/ the same performers, guess that I'll need to acquire Bk. II although I do have an older 'partial' 2-disc set w/ Jean-Louis Carbonnier (middle pic); in addition Bk. V is in my collection (4 discs) on Brilliant and has received excellent reviews.  Finally, there is an older 5-CD set of Savall and friends sampling each of the five books - maybe I have enough -    Dave

   

[Brian]

I know what's good for me. Giving it a spin: