What are you listening 2 now?

[Daverz]

His orchestral music is muddled with heavy orchestration that didn't really do the music any favors as it wasn't terribly interesting to be with.

It's a common take on Schumann's symphonies.

By I say balderdash!  Poppycock!   Tosh and rot!  Harumph! 

I love the Schumann symphonies unreservedly.  They just need a sympathetic interpreter.

TD: Boccherini: Symphony No. 3 in D major, G. 503

[Brahmsian]

Schumann
Symphony № 3 in E^b, Op. 97 « Rhenish »
Symphony № 4 in d minor, Op. 120
NY Phil
Lenny

Earlier, my feeling was that I wanted to like the Rhenish better than I did, although there is no denying that it starts out far stronger than (say) the First. Gotta hand it to Lenny, I genuinely love the symphony now.

And, you see, my favourite of the Schumann symphonies is the Spring Symphony (although it really isn't the 1st symphony).  Has been for a long time.

[Brahmsian]

I guess bad orchestration is something that appeals to my ears.   

For symphonies, I prefer Schumann to Brahms.

My favourite piano concerto and cello concerto are Schumann's.  And, his violin concerto is also a favourite, although not an outright favourite of all time (that would be Shostakovich 1st followed by Sibelius)

[Daverz]

Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 "Age of Anxiety"

[Mirror Image]

It's a common take on Schumann's symphonies.

By I say balderdash!  Poppycock!   Tosh and rot!  Harumph! 

I love the Schumann symphonies unreservedly.  They just need a sympathetic interpreter.

I guess bad orchestration is something that appeals to my ears.   

For symphonies, I prefer Schumann to Brahms.

My favourite piano concerto and cello concerto are Schumann's.  And, his violin concerto is also a favourite, although not an outright favourite of all time (that would be Shostakovich 1st followed by Sibelius)

And as I wrote, fellas, I just don't find Schumann's symphonies to be all that interesting musically despite my reservations on his orchestration, which is a separate thought altogether and not really the underlying reason as to why I don't much care for these symphonies. I actually like Mendelssohn's symphonies more than Brahms or Schumann...so there!

[Sergeant Rock]

Franz Ignaz Beck (1734-1809) was two years younger than Franz J. Haydn and died the same year. Listening to three of the opus 3 symphonies played by La Stagione Frankfurt under Michael Schneider.




Sarge

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First-Listen Tuesday continues...

Zemlinsky
Eine florentinische Tragödie, Op. 16
Deborah Voigt, Donnie Ray Albert, David Kuebler
Gürzenich Orchester Cologne
Conlon

[Brian]

Number Three

[vandermolen]

Number Three

A unique coupling of those two works - arguably VW's greatest symphonies, I think.

[aligreto]

Miaskovsky: Symphony No. 12 Op. 35 [Svetlanov]





Others have commented already on the wonderful opening to this work. To me it is mystical. The harmonic writing is very atmospheric. Once again, he is very effective and successful in his wind writing. It is all very haunting and intense, powerful and dramatic. I like the tension filled and atmospheric middle movement with more great brass and woodwind writing. Once again I find the musical language to be very appealing. The final movement opens with that wonderful theme which is richly orchestrated. There follows a darker but equally appealing passage. The mood reverts again to the opening section in a development which gradually works its way to a fine conclusion.

[Karl Henning]

I guess bad orchestration is something that appeals to my ears.   

For symphonies, I prefer Schumann to Brahms.

My favourite piano concerto and cello concerto are Schumann's.  And, his violin concerto is also a favourite, although not an outright favourite of all time (that would be Shostakovich 1st followed by Sibelius)

Well, as I posted earlier, Ray, I find no fault with his orchestration.

It's a common take on Schumann's symphonies.

By I say balderdash!  Poppycock!   Tosh and rot!  Harumph! 

I love the Schumann symphonies unreservedly.  They just need a sympathetic interpreter.

That's right. The fault is not the composer's; check the dude with the baton.

[Sergeant Rock]

Shostakovich Symphony No. 9, Petrenko conducting the Royal Liverpool




Sarge

[MusicTurner]

I guess bad orchestration is something that appeals to my ears.   

For symphonies, I prefer Schumann to Brahms.

My favourite piano concerto and cello concerto are Schumann's.  And, his violin concerto is also a favourite, although not an outright favourite of all time (that would be Shostakovich 1st followed by Sibelius)

I find the Sawallisch set of the symphonies  for example having a relative lightness as regards Schumann generally, that works well, especially in the 4th and 1st Symphonies.

But then, Haitink/Concertgebouw in the Manfred Ouverture or the 3rd Symphony also have a massiveness, that fits those works well too.

I hear no clumsy heaviness in the piano concerto, on the contrary, for example with Argerich/Harnoncourt. Plenty of lyricism and energetic flight there, IMHO.

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I find the Sawallisch set of the symphonies  for example having a relative lightness as regards Schumann generally, that works well, especially in the 4th and 1st Symphonies.

But then, Haitink/Concertgebouw in the Manfred Ouverture or the 3rd Symphony also have a massiveness, that fits those works well too.

I hear no clumsy heaviness in the piano concerto, on the contrary, for example with Argerich/Harnoncourt. Plenty of lyricism and energetic flight there, IMHO.

Well, I mentioned enjoying the concerti more.

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First-Listen Tuesday ensues...

Zemlinsky
Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, Op. 3
Othmar Müller (cello), Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet), Christopher Hinterhuber (piano)

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NP:

Zemlinsky
Die Seejungfrau
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Chailly

[Symphonic Addict]

NP:

Zemlinsky
Die Seejungfrau
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Chailly

The best performance of this stunning work.

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The best performance of this stunning work.

I like the Conlon recording, too.

[Symphonic Addict]

Scènes de Ballet (or Ballet Suite)

Supremely beautiful composition. Pas d'action and Valse are to die for, thoroughly precious music. They took me by surprise. Préambule and Polonaise stood out as well. This is Glazunov at his best.

[André]

Absorbing, fascinating. Mathias was a master of big statements in small formats.