What are you listening 2 now?

[kyjo]

Elgar: The Crown of India Suite
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel Suite



Two very exotic scores. The RK is not the typical uplifting and colourful work. It contains some dissonances and sounds more introspective. Quite interesting.

Does the March of the Mogul Emperors from the Elgar live up to Hurwitz's hype??

[Symphonic Addict]

Does the March of the Mogul Emperors from the Elgar live up to Hurwitz's hype??

Not only that. I quite agree with him when said it's the best thing Elgar ever wrote. 

I'm kidding, of course! But that movement was quite ceremonious and fun indeed.

[Symphonic Addict]

Un vitrail et des oiseaux

As usual with Messiaen, this work is full of textures and sonorities. I'm not a fan of his style, but I did enjoy this piece.

[Karl Henning]

lol  I love the cover...sweet and funny!

Yes!

[Karl Henning]

The Hills is for unaccompanied choir. It was part of a joint commission (10 composers, one work each) for the Coronation in 1953.

How wonderful a gesture!

[Karl Henning]

An old piece (prior century and all) but very pleasantly, a fresh recording:

https://www.youtube.com/v/fl_iD-AphlE

[vers la flamme]

Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor, op.25. Murray Perahia, Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Really nice! An intense recording, with plenty of the transparency that we expect from Marriner & the ASMF, and plenty of the virtuosity that we expect from Perahia, who was still in his "hippy" phase at this point.

[Undersea]

NP:

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Hovhaness: Symphony #1, Op. 17/2, "Exile"

[Karl Henning]

Rimsky-Korsakov
At the Tomb

followed by

Shostakovich
Symphony № 13, « Babi Yar »
dir. Solti

[Symphonic Addict]

Today I was in the mood for an EPIC program:

Sibelius: Kullervo
Busoni: Piano Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7




On this opportunity the Busoni didn't impress me as much as before, but it's a superb piece, nonetheless.

On the other hand, the other two works grew on me, and with those performances is no wonder. Thrill aplenty!

[Sergeant Rock]

Schoenberg Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra in B flat, Robert Craft conducting




Sarge

[SonicMan46]

What can I say, we're fellow Graupner fans...   
And I also have a particular fondness of the chalumeau.

Q

Hi Que - +1 - love Graupner's compositions and the PI performances!  Need to check on the status of my G. Soly's CDs - not sure that I have all of her discs yet?  Dave

[André]

Symphony no 40.

Mathieu Herzog is the former violist of the Quatuor Ebène, and Ensemble Appassionato's leader is the second violinist of that same quartet. As a Mozart conductor, Herzog is of the scruffy, aggressive persuasion. His g minor is militant and combative. The crazy tempo for the menuetto doesn't work at all, but it fits with the confrontational attitude displayed by orchestra and conductor. It actually works at making one sit up and take notice.

[André]

Cabaret songs by William Bolcom, Arnold Schönberg, Erik Satie.

A very sophisticated album of cabaret songs from three cultures (american, austro-german and french), sung in three languages and given a vocal profile worthy of the best opera houses. Not that the interpretations are operatic in any way,  but Brueggergosman's voice is of a beauty, range and size to shame many a well-known diva. Her obvious relish of the words and ability to enunciate properly and naturally is truly infectious. Bolcom accompanies her on the piano in his own works, while the other items are accompanied by the BBC Symphony under David Robertson. This disc is a stunner.

[JBS]

Bax for piano and orchestra

[JBS]

The Bax was very good. Moving on to this, another first listen

[Karl Henning]

Today I was in the mood for an EPIC program:

Sibelius: Kullervo
Busoni: Piano Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7




On this opportunity the Busoni didn't impress me as much as before, but it's a superb piece, nonetheless.

On the other hand, the other two works grew on me, and with those performances is no wonder. Thrill aplenty!

It's a while since I listened to that inimitable Leningrad. I must rectify that.

[Karl Henning]

Schoenberg Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra in B flat, Robert Craft conducting




Sarge

Cheers, Sarge!

[vers la flamme]

Pierre Boulez: Piano Sonatas No.1 & No.3. Idil Biret

Incredible performances of these works.

The Bax was very good. Moving on to this, another first listen

What did you think of the Boulez? I've been looking at this CD.

[JBS]

Pierre Boulez: Piano Sonatas No.1 & No.3. Idil Biret

Incredible performances of these works.

What did you think of the Boulez? I've been looking at this CD.

I need to give it some further listening. Boulez doesn't come easy for me. (Nor does Messiaen.)  The Debussy pieces were nicely done. The Ravel comes at the end of the disc, a sort of palate cleanser.