What are you listening 2 now?

[Wanderer]

Earlier today, live on radio while driving, the Berlin PO concert

Mahler - Symphony No. 4

Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Christiane Karg (soprano)

I have never ever heard this symphony performed this way, almost chamberlike, almost like a concerto grosso alternating ripieno and concertino. The strangest version I've ever heard --- and also the best hands down. It charmed, touched and moved my soul as no other performance of this symphony I've ever heard. Desert island stuff. I hope they recorded it and will release it in the near future.

They performed the Erwin Stein arrangement for chamber ensemble.

[vers la flamme]

Morton Feldman: Clarinet & String Quartet. Carol Robinson, Quatuor Diotima. An interesting work, plaintive I think, because of the different timbral combinations of strings & wind.

[j winter]

Going old-school this afternoon...

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The Wise Virgins from this recording:

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[Florestan]

They performed the Erwin Stein arrangement for chamber ensemble.

This Erwin Stein (who?) must be a genius, then. 

[ritter]

This Erwin Stein (who?)...

The father-in-law of the 7th Earl of Harewood, Queen Elizabeth's cousin...

[Todd]

Another Qobuz freebie, in standard res.  Very nice, if better versions of both symphonies are available.

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Variations on a Theme by Hindemith

[André]

Not mentioned on the cover is the inclusion as a bonus track of a suite from The Thing From Another World, a creepy sci-fi classic from the early fifties. Amazing stuff. As it played I relived the electrocution scene even though I haven't seen the film in decades. The whole album is simply terrific. Superb sonics.

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De Natura Sonoris Nos. 1 & 2



RIP, Maestro Penderecki.

[Symphonic Addict]

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[Symphonic Addict]

De Natura Sonoris Nos. 1 & 2



RIP, Maestro Penderecki.

Yes. Is his early period the one people like the most? Personally, I did love it the best. Penderecki would be as 'revolutionary' or daring as anyone before.

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Yes. Is his early period the one people like the most? Personally, I did love it the best. Penderecki would be as 'revolutionary' or daring as anyone before.

Well, I'm not sure about other listeners, but I find Penderecki's earlier, more avant-garde works to be superior to his Neo-Romantic excursions. There's a lot of his music that I just can't get into, but this early period is a gold mine --- it really is. There's no telling what he could have accomplished had he continued to develop this particular style --- maybe he could've found a way to synthesize both the avant-garde and his Neo-Romantic leanings? That would have been interesting to hear.

[MusicTurner]

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Symphonies and Harpsichord Concertos, 3 CDs of 14 CDs in the Brilliant Classics WF Bach Edition.

A new acquisition. I only had a symphony and a harpsichord concerto before this, on a good-quality LP with Leppard. Those genre works seem somehow restless and interestingly varied, to my ears at least. He was obviously gifted in many fields and allegedly J.S.' favourite son, but didn't succeed for various reasons, actually died in poverty.

There's a lot of harpsichord music in the set too, a bit of chamber music with flute, some organ works plus some vocal works as well, and that's about it.
I could surely wish for more orchestral music there; will be getting a CD with harpsichord-works-played-on-piano too, but later.

[Symphonic Addict]

Well, I'm not sure about other listeners, but I find Penderecki's earlier, more avant-garde works to be superior to his Neo-Romantic excursions. There's a lot of his music that I just can't get into, but this early period is a gold mine --- it really is. There's no telling what he could have accomplished had he continued to develop this particular style --- maybe he could've found a way to synthesize both the avant-garde and his Neo-Romantic leanings? That would have been interesting to hear.

That sounds fine to me, too!

[Symphonic Addict]

Veress and Bartók



Veryss good stuff. Such singular creation, smart and ingeniously composed. The pizzicato section from the Allegro molto is striking. Quite captivating overall.

Bartók's Piano Quintet, even as an early period, it's such a masterpiece in the genre. His Piano Quartet is too tremendous for such a precocious man.

[Symphonic Addict]

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Symphonies and Harpsichord Concertos, 3 CDs of 14 CDs in the Brilliant Classics WF Bach Edition.

A new acquisition. I only had a symphony and a harpsichord concerto before this, on a good-quality LP with Leppard. Those genre works seem somehow restless and interestingly varied, to my ears at least. He was obviously gifted in many fields and allegedly J.S.' favourite son, but didn't succeed for various reasons, actually died in poverty.

There's a lot of harpsichord music in the set too, a bit of chamber music with flute, some organ works plus some vocal works as well, and that's about it.
I could surely wish for more orchestral music there; will be getting a CD with harpsichord-works-played-on-piano too, but later.

Yet another composer I don't know at all. His brother has on BIS label a large collection of his keyboard music (I think it's near 40 CDs now!)

[vers la flamme]

Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, op.30. Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

Karajan really knocks this one out of the park. Surely one of his best recordings, along with that live Mahler 9 I listened to earlier. In a bit of a Karajan mood today, I guess.

[MusicTurner]

Yet another composer I don't know at all. His brother has on BIS label a large collection of his keyboard music (I think it's near 40 CDs now!)

Overall, CPE Bach has much, much more to offer, both as regards composed oeuvre and recordings. I hope to get the BIS harpsichord concertos set one day ... Among other things, I've got the CPE piano works box with Markovina, and the Brilliant CPE Edition box, plus a good deal of LPs.

Btw, Pletnev did a very fine CD with CPE piano works, on DG. Markovina, who is good, is mainly for people with a specialist interest, or completists like me, IMO.

[Karl Henning]

CD 1:

Schoenberg
Five Pieces, Op. 16 (1949 revision)
Webern
Five Pieces, Op. 10
Berg
Three Pieces, Op. 6
"Lulu" Suite
Helga Pilarczyk, sop
LSO
Doráti