What are you listening 2 now?

[Pohjolas Daughter]

One of DG's very earliest Quartets that they recorded. And the 7th or 8th (depending on how you count: https://ionarts.blogspot.com/2017/10/a-survey-of-beethoven-string-quartet.html) quartet ever to record the complete Beethoven String Quartets.

Thank you for the information and the link.  I read about it a bit on Wiki; interesting history!

PD

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Harp Concerto

[Mandryka]

Interesting to read this. Based on my limited (online only) listening, I haven't been able to get into Beuger's music, or the Wandelweiser aesthetic (as I perceive it) in general.
I'm seriously considering the Another Timbre Canadian Composers set, but hesitating because of the relatively large fraction of solo and duo pieces. May wind up ordering 3 or so discs from the set (of 10).

Just sampling those composers for 10 seconds each on youtube, Cassandra Miller has the most characterful voice of her own.

[JBS]

CDs 8 and.9, some classic performances I haven't listened to in quite a while
[asin]B003D0ZNWY[/asin]
Kindertotenlieder [Ferrier/Walter/VPO]
Ruckert Lieder [Baker]*
Sixth Symphony *
*both with Barbirolli/New Philharmonia

[aligreto]

Delius: Violin Sonatas 1-3 [Little/Page]





I have never engaged with the music of Delius except for the Violin Sonatas. I like both the music and these performances.

[bhodges]

Sondheim: Pacific Overtures - Some kind soul has uploaded the entire musical, recorded June 9, 1976 at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York. Though I didn't see the show in person, I did see this recording, and it's great to revisit. At the time, I thought, "A musical about the Westernization of Japan, are you out of your mind?"   Years later, it has some of the composer's best music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ546PASgHI&t=1589s

--Bruce

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Delius: Violin Sonatas 1-3 [Little/Page]





I have never engaged with the music of Delius except for the Violin Sonatas. I like both the music and these performances.

I didn't know these existed. I'm going to look them up.

[aligreto]

I didn't know these existed. I'm going to look them up.

I hope that you enjoy them. I think that they are fine chamber pieces.

[T. D.]

Just sampling those composers for 10 seconds each on youtube, Cassandra Miller has the most characterful voice of her own.

Yes, hers are the 2 selections that really attract me. Possibly also the Marc Sabat, because I like just intonation, but that's higher risk. The Lance Austin Smith sample seems quite good, but will I really listen often to "sound installation" type material? Some of the Linda Catlin Smith samples (larger ensembles) are interesting, but I'm leery of her many solo and duo pieces.

[JBS]

CDs 8 and.9, some classic performances I haven't listened to in quite a while
[asin]B003D0ZNWY[/asin]
Kindertotenlieder [Ferrier/Walter/VPO]
Ruckert Lieder [Baker]*
Sixth Symphony *
*both with Barbirolli/New Philharmonia

From the same set
Symphony 4
Horenstein
LPO
With Margaret Price in the last movement

[Traverso]

How is it, Jan ? I'm waiting for my order any time, now. Danielpour is one of my favourite contemporary composers.

Well,I like it,easy for the ear and it is picturesque.It is my first recording from this composer.It is a musical soup in wich you van hear all kinds of influences and yet manage to create his own voice.It has plenty of atmosphere.

[Mandryka]

Yes, hers are the 2 selections that really attract me. Possibly also the Marc Sabat, because I like just intonation, but that's higher risk. The Lance Austin Smith sample seems quite good, but will I really listen often to "sound installation" type material? Some of the Linda Catlin Smith samples (larger ensembles) are interesting, but I'm leery of her many solo and duo pieces.

Yes I liked that Sabat quartet too, and Catlin Smith. But not enough to part with $$$$$$. Or rather £££££££.

[listener]

more REGER: solo piano music this time
Bunte Blätter, op. 36   Sieben Fantasiestücke, op. 26  Zehn Vortragsstücke op. 44
Markus Becker, piano
a pleasant contrast after slogging through two listens of the piano concerto (what a lot of work for the performers )
Cyril SCOTT: Overture to Pelléas and Melisande.  Piano Concerto,   Cello Concerto
Peter Donohoe, piano   Raphael Wallfisch, cello       BBC Concerto Orch.   Martin Yates
for those who loved "Lotus Land"
SAINT-SAËNS: 3 Rhapsodies on BretonThemes op. 7  Fantaisies in D-flat op.101, C op.157 and E^b
and 3 Prelude & Fugues op. 109
Margaret Phillips,  organ
GADE:  Elverskud  op. 30

[vandermolen]

Shostakovich Chamber Symphony op. 118a

You haven't been round here for years! Great to hear from you again. 

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Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.8 in E-flat major. Klaus Tennstedt, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir.

A good performance, very weighty and serious, but quite driven.

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Korngold: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35



This performance gets better and better with each successive listen.

[SimonNZ]

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Finished the Tennstedt Mahler 8th. Now, strictly for comparative purposes...:



Gustav Mahler: "Alles Vergängliche..." from Symphony No.8. Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Viennese choirs, soloists etc.

A very different recording. A lot more presence, of the choirs especially. In the Tennstedt they often sounded ghostly, almost as if they were not really there, whereas here their presence is undeniable. It almost reminds me of Beethoven's 9th in that sense. The Chicago brass are as rich, incisive, and buzzy as ever, and they completely stand out from everything else—it's very unique, and I think I would consider it a fault more than a feature, but I haven't fully decided what I think. This recording is a true sonic triumph, but I'm not entirely sure I'm on the same page interpretively. Very interesting music making nevertheless! I'm going to listen to the whole recording soon.

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Symphony in F sharp, Op. 40



The best performance I've heard so far of the Korngold Symphony. It's too bad Korngold didn't write more as I can imagine the next one being a bit more astringent and having a hue of Neoclassicism about it. But this is me just wishing for something that can't happen. Anyway, this is a stunning symphony.

[Mahlerian]

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.8 in E-flat major. Klaus Tennstedt, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir.

A good performance, very weighty and serious, but quite driven.

I love that one!

A recent Seventh for 7-7...

Mahler: Symphony No. 7
Budapest Festival Orchestra, cond. Fischer


Wonderfully played, and the second Nachtmusik movement in particular was lovely, but perhaps a bit less interpretive presence than I prefer.