What are you listening 2 now?

[Todd]

Ms Richter's Monteverdi cycle is just splendid.  It looks like I will have to listen to more of her recordings.

[Symphonic Addict]

Mozart: Symphony No. 38

Superb in every respect!

[foxandpeng]

William Alwyn
Symphonies 1 and 3
David Lloyd Jones
RLPO
Naxos

[Symphonic Addict]

Powerful account with thunderous timpani. Love it!

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Szymanowski Concert Overture. Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (or something like that).

[vers la flamme]

Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85. Alisa Weilerstein, Daniel Barenboim, Staatskapelle Berlin

Man this is a GREAT performance, of a work I didn't really care about until recently. Now I feel that this may be the start of a beautiful friendship.

[Symphonic Addict]

de Falla: Noches en los jardines de España

[Traverso]

What do you think of it? It's not the sort of thing I would normally associate with Tortelier. I must have the recording, because I have the big EMI box of Tortelier recordings.

It is the only recording I have and it sounds really fine to me,he certainly has a feeling for this Sonata

[kyjo]

I think I prefer this version to the Kodaly's, it's warmer and more involved; the latter are cooler and more aloof.

Yeah, I've never been particularly enthralled by the Kodaly Quartet's playing. There are numerous finer alternatives in the Haydn SQs, imho.

[kyjo]

Malcolm Arnold
Concerto for viola and chamber orchestra
Rivka Golani, viola
London Musici
Mark Stephenson
(on Spotify)

I have fond memories of this work, James! I recall a rather substantial and brooding slow movement.

[Mandryka]

What's remarkable about the Nivers here is that it's on such a colourful and deep instrument and yet is so moving and confidential, like a heartfelt confession.  It's like an instrumental motet! Well recorded too.

[ritter]

Starting the recently acquired Pierné box with CD1 (the first of 3 and half CDs dedicated to the complete piano music played by Diane Andersen).



I find Pierné's late Variations in C minor(which I was relistening to some days ago in another recording) very engaging, so wanted to explore his piano output further. The works in this CD are all from the 1880s as far as I can tell (the composer was in his twenties), but even at this stage of his career Pierné produced interesting stuff (even if it can be slightly academic).

[Todd]

Ms Lasaracina has got chops and has no difficulty hitting the notes.  The interpretation tends to sound fast, more focused on hitting notes than imbuing them with nuance, and as such, not as compelling as more preferred versions - eg, Block.

[Spotted Horses]

Second and third movements of Bruckner 6, Barenboim, Berlin



Generally positive impression. Good orchestral balance, but the recorded sound strike me as rather congested. I wonder where this was recorded, Berlin Philharmonia, or the tradition recording location, the Jesu-Christus church Berlin. I'm listening to a rip of the CD set and I don't have a scan of the booklet this time.

Note added: judicious googling reveals it was recording in the Berliner Philharmonie.

[VonStupp]

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto #1
Béroff; Masur: Leipzig

I don't think I'd heard this before (even though I think highly of the 2nd). This piece is a lot of fun, especially the 1st movement!

Very fun indeed, a favorite of mine, and a fine cycle from Beroff too!
VS

[VonStupp]

Camille Saint-Saëns
Yellow Princess Overture, op. 30
Omphale's Wheel, op. 31
Phaëton, op. 39
Danse Macabre, op. 40
The Youth of Hercules, op. 50
Suite Algérienne (mvt. 4), op. 60
A Night in Lisbon, op. 63
Spartacus Overture
Coronation March, op. 117
Royal Scottish NO - Neeme Järvi

A nice mix of well-known and completely unknown for me. It would have been even more pleasurable to squeeze in the full Suite Algérienne.
VS

[vandermolen]

William Alwyn
Symphonies 1 and 3
David Lloyd Jones
RLPO
Naxos

Great CD!

[vandermolen]

Powerful account with thunderous timpani. Love it!

Me too Cesar. It was my introduction to ROS on a Classics for Pleasure LP.

[vandermolen]

Ralph Vaughan Williams
Job - A Masque for Dancing
Old King Cole
The Running Set
Andrew Manze
RLPO
Onyx
Presto tell me that the CD is 'delayed' until the end of June! 

New release that works for me. I'm pretty sure this was the live recording at which I was present. Almost always appreciate Manze.

[vandermolen]

Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, BBC SO Barbirolli (1967 Prom Concert) - a terrific performance!