What are you listening 2 now?

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Arthur Bliss: Discourse for Orchestra. Christopher Lyndon-Gee/Queensland SO.

[Karl Henning]

I'm not very familiar with Hindemith, other than the Symphonic Metamorphoses. I just listened to
Kleine Kammermusik, performed by London Winds.

This wind quintet is fun to listen to, and seems like it would be fun to play.

Give this a try:

[Lisztianwagner]

Roberto Gerhard
Violin Concerto

Olivier Charlier (violin)
Matthias Bamert & BBC Symphony Orchestra

[Cato]

In recent days:

And...

The other three movements should be available on the right.

thanks!  I like this music!

You are quite welcome!

My first experience of Alexander Tcherepnin's music was the Second Piano Concerto with Rafael Kubelik conducting on DGG:

[Todd]

[Karl Henning]

And, not coincidentally ...

CD 11

Aram Khachaturian
Pf Cto in D^b, Op. 38

Anton Rubinstein
Pf Cto № 4 in d minor, Op. 70

Oscar Levant, pf
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York (New York Philharmonic)
Dmitri Mitropoulos
recorded 3 Jan 1950 (Khachaturian) 31 Mar 1952 (Rubinstein)

When I fetch in a box like this, there are always those items in which I take a particular interest. There are perhaps always a number of pieces from the standard rep of which most classical music lovers already have ample representation in their library, which I may well skip in my initial survey of the box. And probably in each such box I've brought in, there are discs like this, whose contents are not in my direct musical sights, but which provide an enormously gratifying surprise. Perhaps this is related to the incidental, semi-random pleasures of what we used to call browsing, when there were brick-&-mortar shops where such an activity was not merely possible but (if you can believe it) encouraged, and which one often enjoyed more than the mere transaction of purchasing. Neither of these two concerti were on my "A List" and they made for just the kind of ear-opening experience which any music listener, of what level of experience soever should seek out and embrace, as in some ways revivifying the Art for us.
I've never been a particular fan of Khachaturian, a fact which may or may not change, but Oscar Levant and Dimitri Mitropoulos give this excellent concerto so committed a performance, all bets on that head are off. A superb piece, and if I could wave a magic wand, the result would be that anyone planning to program the Grieg concerto (which I'll never believe is really as loved among listeners as its frequency of programming would suggest) would be given a good rest, and the  Khachaturian (composed in 1936) played instead. To give but one item in support of my radical suggestion, the exquisite writing for the bass clarinet in the Andante con anima second movement, first as part of the intro, and later in the recap. The real surprise for me was the concerto composed by legendary pianist Anton Rubinstein. Many of the great composers whose work remains regular repertory were pianist-composers, so arguably I ought not to have been as surprised as I was. But there it is. If I had heard either the first movement (Moderato assai) or the second (Andante) "blind" (as in the days when your car radio didn't scroll the tag info) I although I would have known it was not one of Rakhmaninov's concerti, I may well have wondered if the MS. of a "forgotten" Rakhmaninov concerto had somehow come to light. I would then have been puzzled by the Allegro third movement which is perhaps more Mendelssohnian, but my ears would have taken the piece seriously, I don't believe I would have dismissed it as a grade C composer being played by the station because it is musically safe. And again, one great pleasure of this disc is to hear Oscar Levant, who deserves better than to be a mere footnote in a Gershwin bio, demonstrating his formidable command of the piano.
I note with somewhat wry pleasure that there is no Grieg concerto in this Mitropoulos box. After all, if I want it, it's in the Bernstein Concertos &c. box.

[Karl Henning]

Berlioz
Grande Messe des morts, Op. 5

I don't often listen to this piece, but I always love it, when I do.

[Karl Henning]

[Lisztianwagner]

Luigi Dallapiccola
Sonatina canonica su capricci di Paganini
Tartiniana seconda

Roberto Prosseda (piano), Duccio Ceccanti (violin)

[Todd]

Revisiting this beloved blockbuster recording.

[VonStupp]

Antonín Dvořák
String Quartet 14 in A-flat Major, op. 105
Panocha Quartet

Wrapping up the set this afternoon.
VS

[Que]

Have you seen other prices of this box ?
234 euro and 468 euro

In other words it is still very attractive 

Some volumes are for sale for the price of this complete set !!!

https://www.ebay.nl/itm/124667891341?hash=item1d06c90e8d:g:ZKEAAOSwoLtgar-3&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAsAOrVSexR6UPE4qXg3gGVTheHnEItW4QFequyZHpDaUvJMPK2vD8%2BGuMW%2FV1ElHpMnCvuXD79ammIj%2BLvgk8V7rRvtSA7roWU%2FaUtuS%2F7uqvrWUmWE4XmdK3i3E03%2BtdGJUy7sm9%2BH5NKpcYniTokA6oxVpRrep6n5AybJrQfhwed%2FsQTLe84DJ3zdkBx0YrdoXJRw02L7HXuJWqWgF0UgvHnylYKYCiklwI1hxN%2F3tv%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR7CiipPIYQ

Fair point! 

[vandermolen]

Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov's
Symphony No. 3

Evgeny Svetlanov, USSR State Academic Orchestra

Noisy! From the politburo's court composer, I wasn't expecting profundity, however, so all's good.

No.2 is the best I think.

[Bachtoven]

He's a wonderful guitarist/arranger, and the sound is excellent. Schmidt uses both 6 and 10 string instruments. His CDs can be expensive/hard to find, but Qobuz and presumably other streaming platforms have them.

[vandermolen]

This set arrived today and it looks brand new. I was hoping that it would be like one of those new, space-saving, attractively packaged Naxos sets (Bax, Lyatoshynsky) but, instead, it's just the original CDs, (complete with jewel cases) put into a slightly flimsy box. Nevermind, I can't complain at £25 for 6CDs. Tonight it's Symphony No.3, one of my favourites. It's a less urgent performance than some others I have heard but I enjoy Alsop's more reflective way with the score.

[aligreto]

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 12 [Pacifica Quartet]





The Pacifica Quartet offers a suitably dark and bleak but also a powerful and sometimes quite an assertive presentation of this work. This is a robust and oftentimes aggressive performance and presentation. I find it to be a suitably stark and bleak but in a strong and powerful way. The performance is of quite a high quality. The music can often be really attacked which ultimately yields up terrific and exciting performances throughout the work. There is also a vast amount of emotional intensity brought to bear in this intense and tension filled presentation. There is also a very fair modicum of drama brought to bear here. This presentation has a great presence to it.
I do not think that any superlatives can adequately describe the quality of this work.

[aligreto]

I loved it, such a splendid version, really impressive and captivating! Schönberg's Chamber Symphony No.1 is a very brilliant composition that, despite a continuous harshness, a colourful timbric variety and melodious and harmonic metamorphosis, shows a stunning balance among the instruments, and Webern's arrangement expresses beautifully those peculiarities in a even more concise ensemble.

I am very pleased to read that and to see that you enjoyed it.

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 3 in D Minor 1889 Version (aka 1888/89) Ed. Leopold Nowak

[Karl Henning]

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 12 [Pacifica Quartet]





The Pacifica Quartet offers a suitably dark and bleak but also a powerful and sometimes quite an assertive presentation of this work. This is a robust and oftentimes aggressive performance and presentation. I find it to be a suitably stark and bleak but in a strong and powerful way. The performance is of quite a high quality. The music can often be really attacked which ultimately yields up terrific and exciting performances throughout the work. There is also a vast amount of emotional intensity brought to bear in this intense and tension filled presentation. There is also a very fair modicum of drama brought to bear here. This presentation has a great presence to it.
I do not think that any superlatives can adequately describe the quality of this work.

The Pacifica set is brilliant!

[Mapman]

Give this a try:

I listened to that (Hindemith Konzertmusik Op. 49), and it was also enjoyable. Thank you for recommending it!

Just now:
Parry: Elegy for Brahms
Bamert: LPO

It has a nice ending, but is overall unremarkable.