What are you listening 2 now?

[Roasted Swan]

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That was part of a Biblical orstorio project with different movements composed by different composers, I believe Stravinsky's contribution was Babel.

I don't believe I've heard the Schoenberg, actually....

Naxos released a recording fo the complete work;



its quite a roll-call of composers isn't it!?

[vandermolen]

I thought that I should have another listen to some of Slatkin's Vaughan Williams recordings, much admired by David Hurwitz but not much appreciated elsewhere. I thought I'd start with the recording of the last two symphonies, which I recall as being generally positively reviewed. I was taken aback at the start as, expecting to hear Symphony No.8, I heard a completely different work. I then realised that the CD begins with 'Flourish for Glorious John [Barbirolli]' a short, but very enjoyable, tribute to the conductor. I had to play it twice in a row (it only lasts for 95 seconds). It is rather in the spirit of VW's contemporaneous music for 'Three Portraits of the England of Elizabeth'.

[vandermolen]

Moeran: Cello Sonata.



Out of the Sonata, Concerto and Prelude that Moeran dedicated to his wife Peers Coetmore, the Sonata is the most personal.

Moeran rated that work very highly and I agree.

[vandermolen]

A powerful, dramatic performance. Svetlanov get slashing attacks and releases from the strings - the opposite of what one hears from a german/austrian band. Conductors of the old school like Mengelberg, Koussevitsky, Toscanini, Munch, Rodzinski or Mitropoulos often did it, too, although not always and not to that degree. Trumpets, too, have that laser beam cutting quality that can be quite startling. The effect can sound brutal, but a work such as Manfred can take it. It is not a performance of extremes, but there is a level of electricity that is maintained throughout. All told, a superb performance. The sound is sometimes congested (1967 Melodiya recording).

Is that the recording André where Svetlanov transposes the end of the first movement on to the end of the finale? If so, I know that it's sacriligious but I think that it works very well! 

[Papy Oli]

Good morning all,

Debussy - Diane Au Bois & Le Roi Lear

[vandermolen]

Naxos released a recording fo the complete work;



its quite a roll-call of composers isn't it!?

What do you think of it RS?

[Papy Oli]

Debussy - La chute de la maison Usher

[Papy Oli]

Continuing D'Indy.

[Madiel]

First encounter with Roger-Ducasse.

[Biffo]

Mozart: Piano Concerto No 8 in C major, K 246 - Daniel Barenboim with the English Chamber Orchestra conductor and soloist

[Stürmisch Bewegt]

For this morning's listening.  There's quite a number of titles on my want list from this composer.

[DavidW]

Bach Chorale preludes (cd 2 in the Koopman set).

[Mirror Image]

NP: Ben-Haim Evocations, Op. 32 (Zorman/Bach)



Ben-Haim is one of those composers who Jeffrey (Vandermolen) turned me onto or, at least, encouraged me to check out and I'm glad I did as his music is excellent. As a result, I ended up buying A LOT of recordings of his music. This particular BIS recording is one of my favorites.

[Mirror Image]

NP: Bartók String Quartets No. 3 & 4 (ABQ)

[Traverso]

Paschale Mysterium

Capella Antiqua München  Konrad Ruhland

[Papy Oli]

Debussy - L'Enfant Prodigue

[bhodges]

This beautiful recital at La Monnaie by countertenor Bejun Mehta and pianist Jonathan Ware, just posted yesterday. The Mahler arrangement is a solo turn for Ware, and the whole concert is captivating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boWTVq1pHTQ

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Aria "Ombra felice... Io ti lascio", K. 255 (1776)

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
An die ferne Geliebte (A.I. Jeitteles), op. 98 (1816)

BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Canticle I 'My beloved is mine', op. 40 (1947)

GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphonie Nr.5 cis-moll (1901-2)
4. Adagietto: - Sehr langsam
Arrangement: Alexandre Tharaud

JOSEPH HAYDN
Arianna a Naxos (Cantata), H.XXVIb:2 (1790)

--Bruce

[Que]

Looks like a nice recital, Bruce! 

Here warm & sunny spring weather and some Haydn:



Disc 5 is part of "Program Four, Haydn's Workshop, c. 1760 - 1771", which has as projected location Haydn' study in his house in Eisenstadt. Tom Beghin plays a clavichord in Saxon style c. 1760, built by Joris Potvlieghe.

Q

[SonicMan46]

Dvorak, Antonin - Symphonies et al w/ Istvan Kertesz and the LSO - after all of the discussion in the Dvorak Symphony thread, thought that I'd spend a day w/ these recordings (my others are Suitner & Rowicki); note for those who 'hate' works split between discs, this package does that w/ Nos. 2 & 5 (not a problem for me because I'm still using a 5-disc multi-CD player, yes very 'old school' but works for me); now if I ripped all of the Symphonies to 320 Kbps MP3, then could simply put them on one CD-R?  Dave

 

[Brahmsian]

Dvorak, Antonin - Symphonies et al w/ Istvan Kertesz and the LSO - after all of the discussion in the Dvorak Symphony thread, thought that I'd spend a day w/ these recordings (my others are Suitner & Rowicki); note for those who 'hate' works split between discs, this package does that w/ Nos. 2 & 5 (not a problem for me because I'm still using a 5-disc multi-CD player, yes very 'old school' but works for me); now if I ripped all of the Symphonies to 320 Kbps MP3, then could simply put them on one CD-R?  Dave

 

Wonderful, Dave.  Can't wait for mine to arrive!