What are you listening 2 now?

[Karl Henning]

That, deservedly, was Gramophone Record of the Year.

Tangentially, this is the first I've listened to the Butterworth on this disc.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Anton Eberl sonatas. Luca Quintavalle.

[Symphonic Addict]

Another first listen:  a selection of works by Karel Husa (h/t @Løvfald)

Great disc.

Agreed, stupendous works, and looks like the same program as on the Supraphon disc. Curious coincidence.

[Symphonic Addict]

Khachaturian - Gayane. KHAKIDZE/USSR.

One of the most exciting (some would say "bombastic and banal"  ) and mercilessly tuneful works I know.

Did you listen to the whole ballet?

[Symphonic Addict]

Koechlin: Vingt Chansons bretonnes, for cello and piano, op. 115

Koechlin is a hit-and-miss composer to me. His music can sometimes be too much quiet, pensive and contemplative to the point of boring me, but certainly not here. These are quite interesting short pieces with varied moods and personalities. Le Vin des Gaulois, Saint-Efflam et le Roi Arthur, Les Laboureurs, Notre-Dame du Folgoat and La Chanson du pilote stood out.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Did you listen to the whole ballet?

I listened to the entire recording many times, but I haven't seen or watched the ballet. I saw 2 dvds of the ballet on Amazon USA. I will purchase them soon!

[Karl Henning]

Agreed, stupendous works, and looks like the same program as on the Supraphon disc. Curious coincidence.

Truly a magnificent piece!

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

^ Ok, I will check Husa because of the gents' enthusiasm.

[Lisztianwagner]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concertos No.3 & 5

Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)
Herbert von Karajan & Berliner Philarmoniker

[Karl Henning]

[foxandpeng]

William Alwyn
Chamber Works for Flute
The Nash Ensemble
Dutton Epoch

Engaging Saturday evening music. I need to listen to Alwyn more often 

[ritter]

Some piano music -—Preludio, Pour clavier, and Bartók-Busoni, caprice des 34 Mikrokosmos—- bu Sylvano Bussotti, played by Martine Joste.

[DavidW]

What's your impression of these recordings? On first listen I particularly like No 5. I think he is an excellent Bach player, I've also enjoyed his English Suite 6 on an earlier recording.

They sound more romantic and melodic than what I'm used to.  I think need more time to reach a verdict.

[Verena]

They sound more romantic and melodic than what I'm used to.  I think need more time to reach a verdict.

Thanks!

[Karl Henning]

Some piano music -—Preludio, Pour clavier, and Bartók-Busoni, caprice des 34 Mikrokosmos—- bu Sylvano Bussotti, played by Martine Joste.

Most interesting!

[Todd]

Disc one.

[Mapman]

Harty: Violin Concerto
Holmes; Thomson: Ulster

The notes say that the main influences for this piece are Brahms and Dvořák. I hear the Dvořak influence the most in the 2nd movement, where the main theme has a similar character to Song to the Moon.

[Karl Henning]

[Cato]

Rafael Kubelik was a conductor who supported 20th-century composers, like Martinu and Karl Amadeus Hartmann.

[JBS]

First listen


What sounds on paper like extremely gnarly music (the violin concerto is based on a combination of eleven dodecaphonic series) is in fact slightly gnarly and extremely lyrical.