What are you listening 2 now?

[Marc]

Prokofiev: Piano Sonata in C Major, op.103

Yefim Bronfman, piano.
Originally released as Sony SK 53273.
Re-released in the Sony Essential Classics Series - SB3K87747.
Also in a Brilliant Classics boxset - BC 6474.

Not on my usual playlists, this music. But enjoying it a lot. Well recorded, too.

https://www.amazon.com/Piano-Sonatas-Nos-Sergei-Prokofiev/dp/B0000028XH/?tag=goodmusicguideco
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000793Y2/?tag=goodmusicguideco
https://www.discogs.com/Sergei-Prokofiev-Yefim-Bronfman-Zubin-Mehta-Prokofiev-Complete-Piano-Concertos-Sonatas/release/9529913

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Wilhelm Georg Berger: Symphony No.4.
An interesting Romanian composer:

[Harry]

Wilhelm Georg Berger: Symphony No.4.
An interesting Romanian composer:

100% agreed. It is funny though, as a long time member of GMG, I see people coming with a new discovery for them, but I bought most of them when released. That is especially true for CPO recordings, since I bought the whole catalogue some years ago, and repeated that exercise selectively later again.
The first time I made a financial deal with JPC about this, and a few days later the large boxes came in. That was a fun time, unpacking.

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100% agreed. It is funny though, as a long time member of GMG, I see people coming with a new discovery for them, but I bought most of them when released. That is especially true for CPO recordings, since I bought the whole catalogue some years ago, and repeated that exercise selectively later again.
The first time I made a financial deal with JPC about this, and a few days later the large boxes came in. That was a fun time, unpacking.

Greetings Harry!
I bought this too when it first came out and remember being impressed with it then. I haven't listened it for some time and am enjoying hearing it again now. It doesn't give up its secrets easily but there is something deep, uncompromising and quite 'gritty' there. In spirit it reminded me a bit of William Wordsworth's Second Symphony. Do you know that one?

[Harry]

Greetings Harry!
I bought this too when it first came out and remember being impressed with it then. I haven't listened it for some time and am enjoying hearing it again now. It doesn't give up its secrets easily but there is something deep, uncompromising and quite 'gritty' there. In spirit it reminded me a bit of William Wordsworth's Second Symphony. Do you know that one?

Yes I have that symphony too, been a while though that I listen to it. But then, (and I counted them mind) 479 CD'S are still waiting to have a go in my player. Which brings me to a point that I have to admit that I will not be able again in my life time to listen to all of them.  And that makes me incredible sad, but not for long I hope. I guess everyone at my age has this sentiment one way or another.

[Harry]

From the SEON box, CD 55 & 56.

Johann Sebastian Bach.
The Brandenburg Concertos 1-6.

Gustav Leonhardt conducts a host of famous musicians.

Absolute wonderful performances. I had quite forgotten how spectacular these compositions are. The treatment they get on this recording makes me label them as top of the bill. The sound is also of a high standard.

[Maestro267]

Stanford: Requiem
Soloists, RTÉ Philharmonic Choir
RTÉ NSO Ireland/Leaper

[Florestan]

Song of the Sea

Frederick Converse was an American composer. This work has a voluptuous late-Romantic accent and a vivid orchestration. Sounds quite appealing.

At first sight I read Frederick Coronavirus, I really did! 

[Florestan]

One I gently recommended you and to others several months ago.

Blimey, you're right, forgot about that. Hat tip to you then, and apologies.

[Tsaraslondon]

More violin concertos. This time Prokoviev and Shostakovich in this superb award winning recording from Vengerov and Rostropovich.

[Papy Oli]

Good morning all,

Sibelius - Symphony No.3 (Blomstedt/SFSO)

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Yes I have that symphony too, been a while though that I listen to it. But then, (and I counted them mind) 479 CD'S are still waiting to have a go in my player. Which brings me to a point that I have to admit that I will not be able again in my life time to listen to all of them.  And that makes me incredible sad, but not for long I hope. I guess everyone at my age has this sentiment one way or another.

Yes, I can share that sentiment as well Harry!

Now playing, unusually for me, Beethoven's 'Eroica Symphony':

[Tsaraslondon]

Disc 8

Verdi: La Traviata - Act III Prelude
Verdi: Aida - Act II Ballet Music
Ponchielli: La Gioconda - Dance of the Hours
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci - Intermezzo
Puccini: Manon Lescaut - Intermezzo
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana - Intermezzo
Mascagni: L'Amico Fritz - Intermezzo
Respighi: Pini di Roma
Offenbach: Orphée aux enfers - Overture

All stereo recordings from 1958 and 1959 with the Philharmonia in sparkling form.

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Nono, como una ola de fuerza y luz, Epitaffio #1, Epitaffio #3

Nono seemingly has named a lot of works in Spanish. Does he have some kind of Spanish heritage?

[vers la flamme]

Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in C major, op.6 no.3. Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

Beautiful stuff. Likely an influence on Handel's own op.6 concerti grossi, I reckon.

[Harry]

From the SEON box CD 57.

Johann Sebastian Bach.
Musical offering.
Gustav Leonhardt conducting the usual suspects.

Again absolute delightful performances in good sound too.

[T. D.]

Nono seemingly has named a lot of works in Spanish. Does he have some kind of Spanish heritage?

Honestly I don't know. I doubt it's a matter of heritage. My (ignorant) guess is that, Nono being a committed Marxist "fellow traveller", the Spanish titles are driven by subject matter. Of the 2 Spanish titles I can think of offhand, como una ola... is about a Chilean activist and Hay que caminar sonando on a fragment by a Spanish poet who wrote of "the two Spains".

[aligreto]

Schubert: Lieder [Fischer-Dieskau/Moore] LP no. one from this set

[Madiel]

In recent days, when I haven't been dissecting Shostakovich op.87, I've enjoyed a couple more albums from the Vivaldi Naive edition very much.

Volumes 23 and 24.

[Mahlerian]

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14
Barshai et al