What are you listening 2 now?

[Mirror Image]

Having listened to Dallapiccola's wonderful Partita (for orchestra with soprano soloist) last night, I now turn to pieces with the same title by two other composers I very much enjoy: Alfredo Casella's  (for piano and orchestra, from 1924) and Goffredo Petrassi's (for orchestra, which is exactly contemporaneous with Dallapiccola's—1932).

Sweet!

[Mirror Image]

If you have any interest in the cataloque I think this is a must but I would not miss the Erato recording with Loriod for the world.It's a  phenomenal  recording .I have only listened to Livre 1-2 & 3 and what I heard so far I like very much.
Later on I will listen to shorter pieces in different recordings and compare them,something I seldom do.The reason for this is not , "wich one is the best"but to learn and understand the pieces better.

I certainly agree that having different performances of the same work will allow you to view it from different angles and perspectives. While I think it's important to figure out what our own preferences are, it is of equal importance to try to come to a better understanding of the music we truly love.

[Karl Henning]

I hadn't intended to listen to the Weinberg symphonies in order ... but then came:
the Myaskovsky Effect!

Weinberg
Symphony №2 for string orchestra, Op. 30 (1946)
Kremerata Baltica

https://www.youtube.com/v/YMse8Tg9czk

[Sergeant Rock]

It`s worth noting that Bernstein now plays the ''Leningrad'' without cuts, restoring the oboe-bassoon repetition of the march tune that, oddly enough, he always omitted in previous performances. He made the infamous martial crescendo sound truly terrifying, which is exactly how it`s supposed to sound.

Good review. Makes me want to listen to Lenny's Leningrad again. Will try it after supper.

Sarge

[Karl Henning]

Good review. Makes me want to listen to Lenny's Leningrad again. Will try it after supper.

Sarge

Excellent!

[kyjo]

Cross-posted from the composer thread.

Maiden Monday Listen (to the work itself, and obviously thus, the recording)

I am floored at how great this is!

Dvořák

Requiem, Opus 89

I was just listening to this work for the first time in this recording and was also deeply impressed. There's some really dramatic and thrilling moments throughout the work. It's interesting to hear Dvorak working in such a serious medium where he can't resort as often to his signature bucolic folksy nature, but of course he never allows the music to become too depressing despite the subject matter. One of the main reasons why Dvorak is one of my favorite composers is because of the mastery he showed in virtually ever medium - symphonies, concerti, tone poems, chamber music, opera, sacred music, and even his solo piano music. This can't be said for many other composers!

[Karl Henning]

Dmitri Dmitriyevich
Symphony № 14, Op. 135

Sibelius
Symphony № 3 in C, Op. 52

Teresa Kubiak, sop
Isser Bushkin, bass
NY Phil
Lenny

First listen to Lenny's account of the 14^th (recorded in 1976)

[Sergeant Rock]

Shostakovich Symphony No. 7 op.60, Bernstein conducting the Chicago




Sarge

[André]

Thanks for the article, Karl !

[Karl Henning]

Thanks for the article, Karl !

Cheers, André!

[steve ridgway]

Jacob Druckman - Animus III (For Clarinet & Tape).

[André]

Pagliacci from this box:

[steve ridgway]

Takemitsu - Asterism For Piano And Orchestra.

[Karl Henning]

Jacob Druckman - Animus III (For Clarinet & Tape).

Nice. I know so little of Druckman's work. I applied to the Eastman School (twice) hoping to study with him.

[Karl Henning]

Pagliacci from this box:

In curious timing, I watched The Untouchables last night, in which Robt De Niro as Capone attends that very opera.

[Iota]

Years ago I listened to parts of the catalogue with the Messiaen commentaries in hand, and my objective was to see which performer seemed to reflect those commentaries best. Austbo was the winner in that particular competition.

Fwiw, Austbo is my favourite for both Catalogue d'oiseaux and Vingt Regards ( though there are plenty of other excellent recordings around and I've never heard a bad recording of either). He's a kind of Goldilocks pianist in Messaien for me, to whom I always first turn.


NP:



Grieg: String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 27 (arr. R. Tognetti for string orchestra)

This is excellent! Dare I admit it, I prefer it to the original, and I'm generally someone who prefers the small to the large in such matters. Tognetti is quite the craftsman!

[SonicMan46]

Bach, CPE - Flute Chamber Works w/ the performers on the cover art - last few days - despite the similar names of the works w/ Barthold Kuijken, i.e. 'Flute Sonatas', the Wq numbers are completely different - guess that CPE was just trying to make his flute-playing employer (Fred the Great) happy!     Dave

   

[André]

In curious timing, I watched The Untouchables last night, in which Robt De Niro as Capone attends that very opera.

And in The Godfather III De Niro attends a performance of Cavalleria Rusticana, an opera often paired with Pagliacci.

[Mandryka]

Nice. I know so little of Druckman's work. I applied to the Eastman School (twice) hoping to study with him.

New name for me, but your and Steve's comments prompted me to listen to a quartet on Naxos, rather good, very good in fact.

[Florestan]

Via Spotify