What are you listening 2 now?

[The new erato]

Another listen to a set that seems to have gone under the radar of most people.

Not under my radar! Very recommendable! Now playing a beautiful disc:

[Papy Oli]

Finishing this one with Fauré's La Chanson d'Eve.

[Harry]

New release, first listen.

Andreas Romberg.

Violin Concertos.

No 4 in C major.
No. 12 in G minor.
No. 9 in A major.

Chouchane Siranossian, Violin.
Capriccio Barockorchester, Dominik Kiefer.

Finally some recording with the Violin Concertos by Romberg, and very good they are, musically and performance wise. Sound is top notch too. Siranossian is a excellent violinist, and plays with a lot of panache, yet never overaccentuates. Highly detailed, her clear and pure tone makes for very pleasant listening time. Orchestra is well up to the task.

[Que]

Last disc of the set.

[Traverso]

Korngold

The every day mantra,  "Much ado about nothing" 

[Maestro267]

Cannon: Lord of Light (A Gloucester Requiem)
Soloists, Three Choirs Festival Chorus
Royal PO/Sanders

Trying this 1980 work out on Spotify. A work very much in the tradition of Belshazzar's Feast, it reminds me in many ways of Peter Racine Fricker's The Vision of Judgment. Large orchestra and organ. Prominent virtuoso writing for brass and timpani.

[Harry]

Nino Rota.

Cello Concerto, No. 1 & No. 2.
Il Gattopardo.

Philharmonisches Orchester Augsburg, Dirk Kaftan.
Friedrich Kleinhapl, Cello.

I have not much of Rota' music, although I like his compositions very much. So the Cello concertos are very welcome, plus the fine score for Il Gattopardo. A thoroughly enjoyable CD. Not only is it well recorded, the performance is first class too. There is so much to discover in Rota's music, a journey full of unexpected fiestas and colourful magic.

[Traverso]

Mozart

Violin Sonatas KV.296,301,302,303,303 & Variations,KV 359

[Traverso]

Mozart

Symhony No.29-33 & 31 "Paris"

Orchestra of the 18th Century

[Mirror Image]

NP: Roussel String Quartet, Op. 45 (Schoenberg Quartet)

From this set:

[steve ridgway]

Pierre Henry - Le Voyage. The soul's journey from death through to reincarnation in musique concrete. Quite eerie in places.

[Mirror Image]

NP: Ravel String Quartet in F (Quatuor Ébène)

[Biffo]

Shostakovich: Symphony No 9 - Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kiril Kondrashin - HMV Melodiya LP

[André]

Shostakovich: Symphony No 9 - Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kiril Kondrashin - HMV Melodiya LP

Quite the best performance of the work IMO, ideally coupled with a terrific Stenka Razin. The sonics are starting to show their age, though.

[The new erato]

For fans of early Italian opera, this set is absolutely outstanding:

[Biffo]

Quite the best performance of the work IMO, ideally coupled with a terrific Stenka Razin. The sonics are starting to show their age, though.

I haven't played it for a while and thought the sound was better than I remembered it

[Mirror Image]

NP: Prokofiev Chout, Op. 21 (Rozhdestvensky)

[Papy Oli]

Boulez

Notations for Piano
Sonatina for flute and piano
Sonata for Piano No.1

[SonicMan46]

A Hamburg D #230...

Somehow Mastroprimiano's fortepiano after Anton Walter ca. 1790 and Érard en forme the clavecin 1838 seem more appealing...

Well, later in the afternoon yesterday after listening to Ian Hobson on the Steinway piano, I put on Mastroprimiano and must say that those fortepianos sound quite good and are well recorded by Brilliant - each performer offers a different approach - now have not heard the discs w/ Constance Keene posted by Andrei - the first volume is on Spotify.  Dave

ADDENDUM:  I was just reviewing 'how many performers' may have recorded Hummel's Piano Sonatas and found yet another trio of discs - this time w/ Antonio Pompa-Baldi, a pianist familiar to me, i.e. saw him in concert probably a dozen or more years ago and also bought his entire set of Grieg's Piano Works, also on the Centaur label - believe that I'll put these in a Playlist for an afternoon's listening - 

   

[SonicMan46]

Did a full testrun on Spotify and quite a special set IMO.
it is now near the top of the shopping list, but it's not cheap... Still, I should pull the trigger before it is gone! 

Q

Well, this morning off Spotify, I listened to several hours of the Lost Music of Canterbury - an expensive 5-disc set and I already have so much of this era's vocal music, and so little time to listen to all of it - may just stick to using a streaming service for this offering.     Dave