What are you listening 2 now?

[Linz]

Mozart Requiem Daniel Barenboim John Alldis Choir & the English Chamber Orchestra I just love the cover of this old recording

[aligreto]

Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto No. 1 [Segovia/Sherman]





This is a very fine Guitar Concerto. This particular version was recorded in 1949. It is a little bit sonically challenged but, who cares? It is a very fine performance of a very fine work.

[Karl Henning]

Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto No. 1 [Segovia/Sherman]





This is a very fine Guitar Concerto. This particular version was recorded in 1949. It is a little bit sonically challenged but, who cares? It is a very fine performance of a very fine work.

Nice, Fergus!

[aligreto]

Nice, Fergus!

That is a set that I have had for quite some time which I like very much.
Good day to you, Karl.

[prémont]

That being said, this one survived for less than 10 minutes.

Well, I'm not surprised. I recall his sleep-provoking partita no.6.

[ritter]

Good evening to you too, Rafael!

I absolutely appreciated it, it's a beautiful composition, very thrilling and colourful; like other Walton's works, it shows great expressiveness and intense harmonies, as well as dense, refined textures in the development of the themes and frequent changes in rhythms and dynamics (especially in the first and third movements, while the second makes a fine contrast with an insisting, lively pace overall, apart from the quiet, contemplative ending) which create a varied, capturing atmosphere, but with a melancholic shade on the background that can always be perceived. Terribly good anyway, no doubt.

Now:
William Walton
Cello Concerto



Robert Cohen (cello)
Andrew Litton & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

A delayed thanks for your comments, Ilaria! I find the end of the last movement tinged with a sort of nostalgia I find very appealing...a lovely work.

[vandermolen]

+1

Jeffrey, present day sound engineers have vastly improved live recordings then from the vinyl era for example. The Albert Hall, where the Walton works were recorded, has always been notorious as a poor venue for reproducing sound. Without a short spell of clapping at the end, both the Symphony and Spitfire were indistinguishable from a modern digital studio recording.

Yes, I was very impressed by it Lol.

TD
Malcolm Williamson: Symphony No.5 'Aquero':

[Symphonic Addict]

Malcolm Williamson: Symphony No.5 'Aquero':

I remember liking this symphony, but the No. 1 left me cold. His piano concertos have been the works that have truly enthralled me, though.

[Lisztianwagner]

A delayed thanks for your comments, Ilaria! I find the end of the last movement tinged with a sort of nostalgia I find very appealing...a lovely work.

I liked the Cello Concerto possibly even more, it was very particular, but very suggestive too.

[vandermolen]

I remember liking this symphony, but the No. 1 left me cold. His piano concertos have been the works that have truly enthralled me, though.

Do you know the Violin Concerto Cesar? It has the most moving finale and is one of my favourite VCs.

[vers la flamme]

Allan Pettersson: Concerto for String Orchestra No.1. Johannes Goritzki, Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss

First listen. This recording sounds excellent. Very committed playing, very good sound. The music is from early in Pettersson's career, and one can tell. It's still characteristically very dark, but a little sharper edged, more neoclassical maybe. Easier listen than the later music. (The 3rd of these takes up the whole of the second disc and appears to be a very different beast.)

The finale coda is really nice.

[bhodges]

Borodin: Nocturne (from String Quartet No. 2) - Dover Quartet. I grew up with the silken Ormandy/Philadelphia version of this piece, and still like it, but lately I prefer the leaner original. The Dover players, filmed live, are marvelous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQHBbhMwaK4

--Bruce

[ritter]

A disc randomly pulled out from the huge Brilliant Classics Boccherini box I recently bought...

CD 18: String Quintets, op. 13, No. 1 in E flat, No. 2 in in C, and No. 3 in F (G277-279), played by La]Magnifica Communità.


I see these pieces are from 1772. Boccherini had been living in Spain for some five years by then. I only checked the date of composition after I started listening to the music, because it sounded so Spanish to me (particularly No. 1).

[vers la flamme]

Allan Pettersson: Concerto for String Orchestra No.1. Johannes Goritzki, Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss

First listen. This recording sounds excellent. Very committed playing, very good sound. The music is from early in Pettersson's career, and one can tell. It's still characteristically very dark, but a little sharper edged, more neoclassical maybe. Easier listen than the later music. (The 3rd of these takes up the whole of the second disc and appears to be a very different beast.)

The finale coda is really nice.

Now Concerto No.2. They are very similar to each other, and both are fascinating, prismatic works.

[vers la flamme]

Arthur Honegger: Symphony No.2 for Strings & Trumpet. Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

Pettersson studied under Honegger at one point, and I think he may have taken some cues from this work when writing his string concerti.

[Todd]

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I had never heard of nor read about Denis Stevens before hearing this recording.  He strips out all the concerti in his take, making the piece much sleeker, but not better.  The recording was made in the 60s, so it's not HIP like HIP is today.  He's basically the un-Bestion in this piece.  I prefer Bestion, and every other version I've heard.  This is still serviceable.   

[Mapman]

Schmidt: Symphony #4
Järvi: Detroit

Some beautiful themes (2nd movement), and some glorious moments, but overall it feels somewhat sludgy. The ending seemed somewhat sudden.

[Karl Henning]

Now Concerto No.2. They are very similar to each other, and both are fascinating, prismatic works.

Interesting, thanks.

[San Antone]

Anton Batagov's recordings are beyond recommended or unrecommended. One likes some, is moved by many, is awed by few, is annoyed by others... no matter. They "exist" in the way the thoughts of a great philosopher exist, whether one agrees with them or not, whether he likes them or not.

He is an interesting pianist/composer, and I generally enjoy his original works, and his take on other composers is usually interesting and worthwhile.  But I would suppose he is not for everyone.

[Mandryka]

He is an interesting pianist/composer, and I generally enjoy his original works, and his take on other composers is usually interesting and worthwhile.  But I would suppose he is not for everyone.

I like his Philip Glass recordings.