What are you listening 2 now?

[Karl Henning]

The US Music Festival continues!
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center playing the f# minor piano quintet by Amy Marcy Cheney Beach.

[Karl Henning]

Yes the performance is hot and energetic.

Sorry, I don't understand " original jazz band scoring". Who are the performer? Do you like Rhapsody by Arthur Fiedler/Boston Pop Orchestra as well as Lenny/Sony? Any other recordings of Rhapsody, or other Gershwin, you dig?

Harmonie Ensemble New York. A great disc overall.  I have a special fondness for Marcus Roberts' novel "jazz combo" take on the piece, too.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Harmonie Ensemble New York. A great disc overall.  I have a special fondness for Marcus Roberts' novel "jazz combo" take on the piece, too.

🔥🔥🔥The both sound very interesting and exotic. I will look for the recordings.

[Symphonic Addict]

Foulds: Pasquinade Symphonique No. 2

[Lisztianwagner]

Arnold Schönberg
Three Pieces for Chamber Orchestra
Serenade Op.24

[SonicMan46]

Telemann, Georg Phillipp (1681-1767) - Chamber & Ensemble Music - starting in on my 64+ discs of GPT's delightful music; probably the most prolific composer of all time (his catalogue HERE is just astounding!) - will be quite selective since I listen to this music often, but will likely spend a few days w/ him -    Dave

[Linz]

Willi Boskovsky plays Overtures  of Johann Strauss II, Otto Nicolai, Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, Richard Heuberger, Franz Lehár

[Symphonic Addict]

Ives: Violin Sonata No. 2

Some of the most distinctively American music ever composed is in these wonderful sonatas.

[Mirror Image]

Ives: Violin Sonata No. 2

Some of the most distinctively American music ever composed is in these wonderful sonatas.

Great stuff, Cesar. I LOVE those Fulkerson/Shannon recordings of the Ives Violin Sonatas. The 2nd VS is one of my favorite Ives works.

[Mirror Image]

First dip into this Bartók Warner Classics set that I acquired many months ago:

Suite No. 2, Op. 4, BB. 40, Sz. 34
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française
Charles Bruck

Two Pictures, (Op.10) Sz. 46
Two Portraits Op. 5
Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest
James Conlon



As much as I am a fanatic of Bartók's music and own a rather large collection, I didn't own many recordings from the Warner catalog (EMI, Teldec et. al.). I'm glad that I pulled the trigger on this set as many of these performances are unknown to me.

[Symphonic Addict]

Great stuff, Cesar. I LOVE those Fulkerson/Shannon recordings of the Ives Violin Sonatas. The 2nd VS is one of my favorite Ives works.

They're unique creations. This music exudes personality, spontaneity and idiosyncrasy as nothing else.

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NP:

Weinberg
Symphony No. 3 in B minor, Op. 45
Gothenburg SO
Svedlund

Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
LSO
Markevitch

From these recordings -

I had the great pleasure of seeing Weinberg's 3rd Symphony at the Proms a few years ago - a great experience.

[vandermolen]

The cover looks cool. I will check the recording as well as the recordings of VW, Facsimile and No.2/Israel.
I like his Mahler too.
Have a great week, Jeffrey!

I like that cover too - like a Prophet crying in the wilderness (as appropriate for 'Jeremiah'!) You too Manabu!

[Mirror Image]

I had the great pleasure of seeing Weinberg's 3rd Symphony at the Proms a few years ago - a great experience.

I bet it was, Jeffrey. One of my favorite Weinberg symphonies.

[Mapman]

As I promised kyjo, I just listened to
Harty: With the Wild Geese
Thomson: Ulster

A very nice romantic tone poem. The booklet notes mention similarity to Tchaikovsky, which I heard, but Irish folk music is an equally important influence. I particularly liked the beauty of the section The Night Before The Battle.

[DavidW]

First listen!

[JBS]

It's been a number of years since I last heard these symphonies, in effect a first listen to almost all of it.

Right now, an invigorating Third Symphony followed by La Mer, a more straightforward pictorial approach than Debussy. (You can hear the waves crashing down in the very first bars, for instance.)

[Symphonic Addict]

Ustvolskaya: Grand Duet, for cello and piano

Unsettling, eerie, thought-provoking. I enjoyed this quite a bit.

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

[Mirror Image]

Continuing on with the Bartók Warner Classics set:

Four Orchestral Pieces Op. 12 (Sz 51)
Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest
James Conlon

The Wooden Prince Suite, BB 74, Sz. 60
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste

Romanian Folk Dances for orchestra, Sz. 68, BB 76
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo

[Traverso]

One of the great Bluebeard's Castle recordings. My absolute favorite is Boulez on Columbia (Sony).

Indeed,the Boulez is a classic,I will listen to the Haitink recording.