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Berg
Violin Concerto To the Memory of an angel (1935)
Szeryng
Bavarian Radio Symphony
Kubelik

Schoenberg
Pf Concerto, Op. 42 (1942)
Brendel
Bavarian Radio Symphony
Kubelik

Schoenberg
Vn Concerto,Op. 36 (1934-36)
Zeitlin
Bavarian Radio Symphony
Kubelik

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[Karl Henning]

While these are not necessarily my first choice for the concerti, the performances are all fine, and this is a sweet little CD

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While these are not necessarily my first choice for the concerti, the performances are all fine, and this is a sweet little CD

What would be your first choice in each of these concerti, Karl?

Here's my list:

Berg: Violin Concerto - Mutter/Levine on DG (I've really come around to the Faust/Abbado recording as well on Harmonia Mundi)
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto - Blacher/Stenz on Oehms Classics
Schoenberg: Piano Concerto - Uchida/Boulez on Philips

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Now playing:

This is a very fine recording,Troyanos is great and I prefer this one and not the recording Boulez made for DG

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This is a very fine recording,Troyanos is great and I prefer this one and not the recording Boulez made for DG

It's my favorite recording of this opera. Yes, I think the one on DG is low voltage and the magic simply isn't there, IMHO.

[Karl Henning]

What would be your first choice in each of these concerti, Karl?

Here's my list:

Berg: Violin Concerto - Mutter/Levine on DG (I've really come around to the Faust/Abbado recording as well on Harmonia Mundi)
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto - Blacher/Stenz on Oehms Classics
Schoenberg: Piano Concerto - Uchida/Boulez on Philips

I've not formed any first-choice opinions on these, actually. I'll bet Faust is good: she was the violinist when they did the Chamber Concerto for vn, pf & winds at Symphony.

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I've not formed any first-choice opinions on these, actually. I'll bet Faust is good: she was the violinist when they did the Chamber Concerto for vn, pf & winds at Symphony.

Very nice, Karl. I bet that was a nice concert.

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Continuing tonight's listening session with Szymanowski's Krol Roger:

[amw]

Death & The Maiden from this new recording (on period instruments).

It's very good. A bit slower than usual, which is nice, and the instruments sound lovely and historically accurate etc. Recommended

[San Antone]

Some fantastic new music by Liz Johnson



Intricate Web: Music By Liz Johnson
Artists: Fitzwilliam String Quartet, Heather Tuach, Loré Lixenberg, Ronald Woodley
Composers: Liz Johnson
Release Date: May 2017

Liz Johnson is a British composer with a very special gift and distinctive style, definitely in the avant-garde mold yet not totally alien to 'traditional-music' lovers. 'Intricate Web' is not only the title of one of the quartets here (there are four numbered String Quartets and two other works for the quartet) but also accurately describes her compositional technique which is complex and detailed, requiring top class performers. It may also describe the way in which the pieces here have been assembled, splitting cello solos and vocal pieces between the quartets to create a web of fascinating sounds and textures.

[Karl Henning]

LvB
Sinfonia eroica
Staatskapelle Dresden
Blomstedt

[Carlo Gesualdo]

Lasso Lamentation of Jeremiah & Requiem by Stephen Cleobury and his ensemble Collegium Regale, one of the best Lamentation & requiem album so far I heard of our time 21 century that is, the voice are fluid & quite harmonic I might had.

And also from same composer  perform by Weser renaissance Bremen ensemble and conduct by Manfred Cordes, very nice, a must, good listen.

Have a good night folks and dear Gurn Blanston.

[HIPster]

Henning: Pour la petite Joséphine





I have been fortunate to hear this work a number of times recently. I really like this music and its tone. It is suitably and appropriately simple; a parent talking softly and tenderly to a newborn child and filling their future world full of promise. I also particularly like the very interesting accompaniment which I think is wonderful.

Hi Fergus and Karl!

Is there a way to purchase this?  I would love to hear this and play it for my two year old daughter (whose name is Josephine ).

Thanks! 

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Hi Fergus and Karl!

Is there a way to purchase this?  I would love to hear this and play it for my two year old daughter (whose name is Josephine ).

Thanks! 

I'd like to hear this work as well. Karl. Do you have a direct link? Thank you.

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One last work for the night:

Stravinsky
Duo concertant
Gringolts, Laul



The best performance I've ever heard of Duo concertant. I love this piece and I feel that Gringolts and Laul perform this work with a particular emotional undercurrent that I haven't quite heard in the other recordings I own.

[Harry]

Francois Couperin.

La Sultane.
Suites for Viola da Gamba and ensemble.

Jay Bernfeld, Viola da Gamba.
Capriccio Stravagante, Skip Sempe.

Really delightful performances and apart from the first suite well recorded. Screeching violins, but soon corrected.

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Ernest Bloch: Deux Psaumes, Trois Poèmes Juifs etc:

[Irons]

Strauss: Four Last Songs [Schwarzkopf/Szell]





From the first time that I heard this recording a long time ago it was, still is and probably always will be top of the pile for me in the Four Last Songs. Beim Schlafengehen, for me, is outstanding as an interpretation and a performance. Im Abendrot is also not very far behind in terms of interpretation and performance. Sublime! I know that sentiment is not universally shared.

Is by me.

[Irons]

Schoenberg
Pf Concerto, Op. 42 (1942)
Brendel
Bavarian Radio Symphony
Kubelik

Schoenberg
Vn Concerto,Op. 36 (1934-36)
Zeitlin
Bavarian Radio Symphony
Kubelik

A fabulous disc. One that has the power to take the unconvinced over to the other side.