What are you listening 2 now?

[Brian]

I recently listened to the complete Špalíček on Supraphon; now trying the reduced suite version of about 45 minutes without singing. Not one of Chandos' best sonic efforts - the winds get a little blurry from reverb - but definitely one of Neeme Jarvi's, as his style is so sympathetic to Martinu's.

[Spotted Horses]

That's what I felt about the Hiller Variations -- maybe check them out of you haven't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJVOIhMvfIE&t=1069s&ab_channel=RainerF.

I have heard the Hiller variations and in the past they didn't click with me. Maybe time to revisit.

[Mapman]

Came back to listen to Reger String Quartet Op 54, No 2, one more time.



A work fall of humor, compositional and performance virtuosity, and fun.

Reger: String Quartet #2, Op. 54/2
Mannheimer Streichquartett

Your posts made me want to listen to Reger again. This is a work that I hadn't listened to yet. The final movement is very fun (as you said)!

(And I'm someone else who has enjoyed the Hiller variations.)

[Florestan]

Bought yesterday at Ludwig beck in Munich, and playing now that I am back in my office in Madrid:



Schoeck's Notturno is a new work to me, and so far (I'm halfway through the first movement), it justifies the many accolades it has received (not least here on GMG). And the work suits Christian Gerhaher's very refined artistry like a glove.

 

What other works are in there? Notturno is not long enough for a full CD.

[vandermolen]

Granville Bantock A Celtic Symphony, The Witch of Atlas, The Sea Reivers, A Hebridean Symphony, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Great CD!

[ritter]

What other works are in there? Notturno is not long enough for a full CD.

Only Notturno (some 43' or so of music)...

[Lisztianwagner]

Johann Sebastian Bach
Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080

Gustav Leonhardt (Harpsichord)

[Brian]

I recently listened to the complete Špalíček on Supraphon; now trying the reduced suite version of about 45 minutes without singing. Not one of Chandos' best sonic efforts - the winds get a little blurry from reverb - but definitely one of Neeme Jarvi's, as his style is so sympathetic to Martinu's.

Liked the idea of listening to the Rhapsody-Concerto, but like a true streaming customer, I switched to a different album for it.



Rysanov's tone is rather thinner but more fluid and lyrical than Zemtsov's. Zemtsov is to be preferred if you like a bigger, "chunkier," more muscular viola player. And of course there is the difference between Belohlavek and Jarvi.

[Iota]

Marais: Pièces de viole (arr. for cello and piano, Queyras, Tharaud)
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

Sensationally beautiful playing from Queyras, Tharaud's accompaniment tailor-made for it and the arrangements are highly engaging. A blissful cd.

[SurprisedByBeauty]

Bought yesterday at Ludwig beck in Munich, and playing now that I am back in my office in Madrid:



Schoeck's Notturno is a new work to me, and so far (I'm halfway through the first movement), it justifies the many accolades it has received (not least here on GMG). And the work suits Christian Gerhaher's very refined artistry like a glove.

If you're interested, I've written a LOT about this work. I love it to pieces! (There's also a radio interview in bad SQ.) I think Gerhaher is the best baritone to sing it, in principle and even on this CD. But the String Quartet is equally important and the Rosamunde Quartet was no longer up to the challenge.

Christian Gerhaher, Othmar Schoeck – A Love Story

Best Recordings of 2013 (#4)

All Schoeck on Ionarts

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, 1894 Original Version. Ed. Leopold Nowak, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate

[Todd]

Disc five.

[Linz]

Beethoven String Quatrtet No. 2 in G major, No. 3 in D major and No.4 in C minor, Vègh Quartet

[Peter Power Pop]

Last night's viewing:

Bayer - The Fairy Doll (Ballet Institute of San Diego)

[Peter Power Pop]

Last night's viewing:

Ravel - Rapsodie espagnol (Queensland Symphony Orchestra / Alondra de la Parra)

[Traverso]

Johann Sebastian Bach
Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080

Gustav Leonhardt (Harpsichord)

This is one of those recordings that seems to give life meaning.....The music has a kind of purity that all the symphonies in the world cannot give you.
it is like an oracle, a voice from eternity

[JBS]

Just finished another listen to this

The Jacob concerto opens with a rather jolly rambunctious Allegro Vivace, and the Rubbra's final Molto Vivace, although not quite so high spirited, makes a nice book-end.  And everything in between is pretty good, too.

[Mapman]

Mendelssohn: String Symphony #9
Boughton: English String Orchestra

[atardecer]

Rodrigo - Ausencias de Dulcinea

Joaquín Rodrigo's Ausencias de Dulcinea, composed in honor of the 400th anniversary of the birth of Cervantes (1547-1616), is a setting of a poem from Book I of Don Quixote.

Gerard Quinn, barítono
Alison Smart, soprano
Natalie Clifton-Griffith, soprano
Nicki Kennedy, soprano
Sinéad Pratschke, soprano
Royal Philarmonic Orchestra
Raymond Calcraft, director

[Xenophanes]

Beethoven, Piano Trios Ghost and Archduke, with Jeno Jando, piano; Takako Nishizaki, violin; and Csaba Onczay, cello, on Naxos 8.550442.

I can listen to these over and over.