What are you listening 2 now?

[aligreto]

Vivaldi, Antonio - Oboe Concertos w/ L'Arte dell'Arco and Pier Luigi Fabretti on a Baroque oboe copy by Pau Orriols (2008) after Thomas Stanesby Junior, c. 1720, and probably similar to the oboe shown below.  Dave

 

That is a great set, Dave, for anyone interested in that repertoire.

[Brian]

Anyway, for me, it's futile trying to pigeonhole someone of Walton's compositional prowess.

Wasn't pigeonholing. It was and remains a compliment! Whatever.

[Mirror Image]

Wasn't pigeonholing. It was and remains a compliment! Whatever.

Okay.

[Mandryka]

Stockhausen - Japan.

It's become increasingly clear that Stockhausen is the most Japanese of all classical music composers, including Japanese classical music composers.

[Karl Henning]

NP:

Vasks
Violin Concerto
Maxim Rysanov, viola/conductor
Sinfonietta Rīga

Viola Concerto, John?

[Karl Henning]

Afternoon!



Viola Sonata #1

A temptation, I do confess it.

[Mirror Image]

Viola Concerto, John?

Whoops... Yes, I meant Viola.

[TheGSMoeller]

I just wrote about this in the Pieces that have blown you away recently thread, so that's how I feel about it.

[Karl Henning]

Violin Concerto

I'm in!

Maiden-Listen Mondays!

Skalkottas
Largo Sinfonico from Suite № 2, AK 4
Vn Cto, AK 22
Georgios Demertzis, vn
Malmö Symphony
Christodoulou

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Dvořák
In Nature's Realm, Op. 91
Carnival, Op. 92
Othello, Op. 93
LSO
Kertész

From this outstanding remastered set that is now OOP and quite expensive:



One of the joys of Dvořák is simply putting away all of your troubles, fears, etc. and enjoying the infectious enthusiasm he had for life, which even in his more somber moments, there's still light that penetrates the darkness. A composer that never grows fatiguing and that has continuously exceeded my expectations, which are difficult to win from time to time.

[Daverz]

Really enjoyed the Barber, and liked the Scriabin so much decided to listen to it again:



This recording isn't as transparent as the Reference recording, but makes up for it in heft and shear sound of the orchestra.

[Mirror Image]

Really enjoyed the Barber, and liked the Scriabin so much decided to listen to it again:



This recording isn't as transparent as the Reference recording, but makes up for it in heft and shear sound of the orchestra.

I have yet to hear one recording from Stern that I enjoy. Muti's Scriabin, on the other hand, is fiery and seething in intensity the way Scriabin ought to be performed, IMHO.

[vers la flamme]

Richard Wetz: Symphony No.2 in A major, op.47; Kleist Overture, op.16. Werner Andreas Albert, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

Wow, I'm really enjoying this disc. I don't often go for the "unsung late Romantics", but there is something in Wetz's music that speaks to me. Clearly, he drew much influence from the music of Anton Bruckner, but there is maybe something more intimate or even sentimental in Wetz's melodicism, and perhaps more early 20th century color to his orchestral pallet. I would love to hear more, though little has been recorded.

[Karl Henning]

Maiden-Listen Mondays!

Skalkottas
Tango and Foxtrot

Love this!

[André]

I'm in!

Maiden-Listen Mondays!

Skalkottas
Largo Sinfonico from Suite № 2, AK 4
Vn Cto, AK 22
Georgios Demertzis, vn
Malmö Symphony
Christodoulou

Coincidentally, just listening to a disc of string quartets by one of Skalkottas' teachers, Paul Juon.

[Karl Henning]

Coincidentally, just listening to a disc of string quartets by one of Skalkottas' teachers, Paul Juon.

Nice!

For me now:

https://www.youtube.com/v/i0ZLl3SkRw8

[bhodges]

Britten: Violin Concerto (Augustin Hadelich / Detroit Symphony Orchestra / Jukka-Pekka Saraste, live recording March 24, 2018) - Rhetorical query: Is there anything Hadelich can't play?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lBxwqAbl1c

--Bruce

[T. D.]

Scelsi - Anahit.

I have this CD and it's good!

[Karl Henning]

"Papa"
Symphony № 99 in E^b, Hob. I/99 « Le Chat »
The Hobbit, & al.

[Symphonic Addict]

That Dukas piece is very rare, what recording is it on?

It's on this CD. A very fine piece with a heroic quality to it.