What are you listening 2 now?

[VonStupp]

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony 5 in c minor, op. 67
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan (1977)

Hopefully finishing up Karajan's 70's Beethoven cycle today. Big start!

[aligreto]

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 [Moravec/Marriner]





I really enjoyed this CD. Moravec was terrific and the accompaniment and direction were both very sensitive to the music.

[Que]

[VonStupp]

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony 6 in F major "Pastoral", op. 68
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan (1977)

I never came to terms with Karajan's vision of Beethoven's 6th Symphony. I always thought this was his most miscalculated reading by far, although the 60's cycle 6th is moreso.

[PaulR]

Good morning!

[Sergeant Rock]

Reger String Quartet in  D minor op.74 played by the Berner Streichquartett




Sarge

[André]

Juon's SQs are quite good, but IMO his chamber works with piano are even better! Have you heard his piano quartets, particularly the stunning first one (Rhapsodie)?

The only other work of his I know is his sonata for violin and piano no 3. I's so good that I looked for more Juon based on that work's strength !

Needless to say I'm looking for more !

[Papy Oli]

Good afternoon all,

More Herreweghe cantatas :



Madetoja - Symphony No.1 (first listen to this composer)

[André]

I'd file him under Russian composers for the simple fact that his country of origin was Russia and not Switzerland. It's kind of like Honegger --- he's regarded as a Swiss composer, but he spent his life in France. It probably has something to do with how the composer themselves felt. Ravel's parents were Swiss and Basque, but he identified himself as a French composer. Mahler was born in Bohemia, but considered himself Austrian. Anyway, there are so many examples one could go through.

Further research led me to Juon's sibling, Konstantin (who spelled his name Yuon, probably to avoid mispronunciation). He was a renowned painter who spent his entire life in Russia/USSR, rising to eminent positions in the artistic world. Since I consider siblings should never be separated (I'm thinking of some terrible events back here), I've decided to file Juon the composer under Russia.

[André]

Good morning!

A great set !

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Ulvi Cemal Erkin piano works. Hande Dalkilic.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Further research led me to Juon's sibling, Konstantin (who spelled his name Yuon, probably to avoid mispronunciation). He was a renowned painter who spent his entire life in Russia/USSR, rising to eminent positions in the artistic world. Since I consider siblings should never be separated (I'm thinking of some terrible events back here), I've decided to file Juon the composer under Russia.

Yes, I imagine it would be difficult sometimes to categorize the composers based on nationality. There are legal nationality, residence, biological race (ethnicity), religion, etc. As you already know, Hermann Hesse, a Nobel laureate author, had turbulent changes/mix in these factors.

[Traverso]

Poulenc

Poulenc Day !

[Sergeant Rock]

Glazunov Symphony No. 2 in F sharp, Rozhdestvensky conducting




Sarge

[Karl Henning]

First-Listen Tuesday

Glazunov
String Quintet in A major, Op. 39
Gringolts Quartet with Christian Poltéra (cello)

For the nonce I'm going with
Taneyev
Cello Quintet in G, Op. 14
Gringolts Quartet
Christian Poltéra, vc

The second movement, Vivace con fuoco, hit me right away:

https://www.youtube.com/v/QxRGBW43wmo

When a Russian composer uses the designation con fuoco, just watch his smoke!

[Karl Henning]

CD 2 of this awkward anthology of the "Complete Works" of Edgar Varèse, allegedly "volume 1", but AFAIK a second volume was never published, and these "complete works" do not include Amériques 


Intégrales, Density 21.5, Ionisation, Octandre, the interpolations from Déserts, and the riotous world première performance of Déserts under Hermann Scherchen.

Yeesh!

[Karl Henning]

Good morning!

I have that set, and one of these days, I'll listen to it.

[Karl Henning]

The only other work of his I know is his sonata for violin and piano no 3. I's so good that I looked for more Juon based on that work's strength !

Needless to say I'm looking for more !

Nice!

[Karl Henning]

Glazunov Symphony No. 2 in F sharp, Rozhdestvensky conducting


Sarge

I'm in, Sarge:

Glazunov
Symphony № 2 in f# minor, Op. 16, « In memoriam Liszt »
BBC Nat'l Symphony Wales
Tadaaki Otaka

[Mirror Image]

Mahler was born in Bohemia and considered himself Bohemian. On his first visit to New York he antagonized the German language press as soon as he got off the boat by insisting he was Bohemian not German. Austrian didn't exist as a nationality before 1919 though no doubt there was some local patriotism in the Austrian provinces, just like Bavaria, Saxony etc, otherwise they were all German.

Ah, I see. Thanks for the clarification.