What are you listening 2 now?

[Traverso]

The voice of Fischer-Dieskau comprises a large part of my Schubert Lieder collection.

I have it all one box

 

and many EMI boxes ,the mono recordings included

I intend to listen and spend  more time with the Schubert lieder,a composer I felt real connected at a early age.Perhaps I'm a romantic at heart.              

[Papy Oli]

How did you find Bonynge's version of Coppelia?

Loved ithis work on this first listen, Fergus, very entertaining. Looking forward to listening to a full version of Sylvia soon.

[listener]

DVOŘÁK Symnphony no.7 in d  op. 70
4 assorted Slavonic Dances
BRTN Philharmonic O., Brussels     Slovak Radio New Philharmonic O. Bratislava
Alexander Rahbari, cond.
LIAPOUNOV (aka Luyapounov, Lyapunoff, etc.)
Symphony no. 2 in bb  op. 66
Radio France Philharmonic       Evgenyi Svetlanov, cond.
a very formal work, thematic material clear and memorable and worked to death

[André]

The Hangover Square soundtrack contains the famous Concerto macabre, but the rest of the score is also very good. Sombre, brooding, disquieting. The score for Citizen Kane is (I think) given complete - 50 minutes long. There's a lot of snippets that surely wouldn't make it into a suite, because they are too short and unconnected to communicate much except to the diehard Kane fan. The disc does contain a rarity, the opera aria sung by Kane's mistress, a highly effective piece in an international post-romantic/verismo style. High production values: playing, sound recording, detailed booklet notes, text and translations of the sung item. Very impressive despite the musical non-sequiturs of the Kane score

[North Star]

Zemlinsky
'Cymbeline' Suite
Frühlingsbegräbnis*
Ein Tanzpoem
Deborah Voigt, Donnie Ray Albert, David Kuebler
Chor der Städtischen Musikvereins zu Düsseldorf e.V.
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
James Conlon

[Karl Henning]

Stravinsky
Symphony in E^b, Op. 1

Here is the story: I had never listened to this ever before (and I cannot even tell how long I have owned this box.) Since Monday, I have listened to it four times. So, yes, I like it, and much better than (clearly) I had expected.  Of course, the music (esp. the outer movements) is much more foursquare than is characteristic of the Stravinsky we all (or, most of us) know and love; to be expected, as he wrote it under Rimsky-Korsakov's close supervision.

It makes for unusually harmonious listening with at least two other pieces I listened to today:

Taneyev
Symphony № 1 in e minor
Russian Phil
Polyansky

Nielsen
Symphony № 2, Op. 16 « De fire Temperamenter » (dedicated to Busoni)
Symphony № 4, Op. 29 « Det uudslukkelige »
NY Phil
Lenny

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Strauss
Don Quixote, Op. 35
Tibor de Machula, cello
Klaas Boon, viola
Theo Olof, violin
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Haitink

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Zemlinsky
'Cymbeline' Suite
Frühlingsbegräbnis*
Ein Tanzpoem
Deborah Voigt, Donnie Ray Albert, David Kuebler
Chor der Städtischen Musikvereins zu Düsseldorf e.V.
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
James Conlon

Sweet!

[Mirror Image]

Now playing this new arrival:

Strauss
Elektra, Op. 58
Alessandra Marc (soprano), Helga Termer (soprano), Hanna Schwarz (mezzo-soprano), Dietrich Gerpheide (chorus master), Deborah Voigt (soprano), Karin Wieser (soprano), Walter Zeh (baritone), Samuel Ramey (bass), Annette Jahns (mezzo-soprano), Katerina Beranova (contralto), Christiane Hossfeld (mezzo-soprano), Michael Howard (tenor), Goran Simic (bass), Anne Schwanewilms (soprano), Gabriele Sima (soprano), Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor), Elisabeth Wilke (contralto)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Wiener Staatsoper
Sinopoli

[Mirror Image]

It's too bad that Sinopoli never got around to recording Berg's Wozzeck as his handling of Strauss' Elektra is truly Expressionistic in it's delivery.

[Mirror Image]

Last work for the night:

Sibelius
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
New York Phil.
Bernstein



Sibelius' breakthrough symphony and a work that brought him international acclaim. It's certainly easy to hear why. Next to Beethoven, Mahler and Bruckner, Sibelius' symphonies certainly stand along side of those, IMHO.

[vandermolen]

The Hangover Square soundtrack contains the famous Concerto macabre, but the rest of the score is also very good. Sombre, brooding, disquieting. The score for Citizen Kane is (I think) given complete - 50 minutes long. There's a lot of snippets that surely wouldn't make it into a suite, because they are too short and unconnected to communicate much except to the diehard Kane fan. The disc does contain a rarity, the opera aria sung by Kane's mistress, a highly effective piece in an international post-romantic/verismo style. High production values: playing, sound recording, detailed booklet notes, text and translations of the sung item. Very impressive despite the musical non-sequiturs of the Kane score

Your interesting review André encourages me to listen to this CD again.

[vandermolen]

Early morning listening:
Klami - Karelian Rhapsody.
Some of Klami's music shows the influence of Ravel and Stravinsky as well as Sibelius.
I greatly enjoy this CD:

[Irons]

Mozart

"Gran Partita"

A recording that I love from my childhood, the wonderful sonorous sounds lead to rapture almost immediately. Still my favorite recording

One of my most memorable moments at the cinema  https://youtu.be/wpH6yWqTDz8

Edo de Waart's cycle of the Rachmaninov symphonies flies under the radar which is a shame. He brings something new, a lightness of touch which I find very appealing. The critics didn't like them but I do.

[Traverso]

One of my most memorable moments at the cinema  https://youtu.be/wpH6yWqTDz8

Edo de Waart's cycle of the Rachmaninov symphonies flies under the radar which is a shame. He brings something new, a lightness of touch which I find very appealing. The critics didn't like them but I do.

I remember this fragment very well and it is beautiful described and analyzed while you hear the piece in the background..
I have the complete set with Mahler symphonies under his. baton wich seems non existing.It is
OOP (RCA).In my eyes it deserves more attention as the Rachmaninov you mentioned.

[Biffo]

Fauré: Piano Quartet No 1 in C minor, Op 15 - Pascal Rogé piano and members of Quatuor Ysaÿe

[aligreto]

JS Bach: Suite No. 6 for Solo Cello [Wispelwey]

[aligreto]

Loved ithis work on this first listen, Fergus, very entertaining. Looking forward to listening to a full version of Sylvia soon.

Good, Olivier. I have the Bonynge version of Coppélia on CD myself.

[Harry]

Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma.
Stabat Mater in G minor.

Johann Georg Orschler.
Sonate in F for two Violins and BC.

Jan Dismas Zelenka.
Sub praesidium in G minor-C Minor-D Minor.
Sanctus et Agnus Dei in D minor.
Sanctus et Agnus Dei ex Missa Nigra sum a 4 in G minor.

Collegium 1704, (Vocals and instrumental), Vaclav Luks.

[Traverso]

Schubert


Die Schöne Müllerin  ( 1952 mono )