What are you listening 2 now?

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Strauss
Vier letzte Lieder
Studer
Staatskapelle Dresden
Sinopoli

[Mirror Image]

Casella: Symphony No. 2

The 3rd is his greatest, but I have a soft spot for this one. This is the best performance IMO, highlighting its gothic-like atmosphere.

That is a good recording, indeed. Jeffrey (Vandermolen) turned me onto it. But, I don't really enjoy it as much as his Sinfonia (3rd symphony). I find that work much more lyrically engaging and, in my mind, the most personal out the three symphonies that Casella wrote.

[Mirror Image]

One last work for the night:

Sibelius
Night Ride and Sunrise, Op. 55
Toronto SO
Saraste



Night Ride and Sunrise used to be one of my least favorite Sibelius tone poems, but I've come to regard it as an incredible piece of music. It takes the listener on a journey of perhaps self-discovery on a bitterly cold winter night in which the traveller finally arrives at a village with the sunrise in distance. I know, I know I'm reading too much into this work, but hardly anything is known about it!

[Irons]

One last work for the night:

Sibelius
Night Ride and Sunrise, Op. 55
Toronto SO
Saraste



Night Ride and Sunrise used to be one of my least favorite Sibelius tone poems, but I've come to regard it as an incredible piece of music. It takes the listener on a journey of perhaps self-discovery on a bitterly cold winter night in which the traveller finally arrives at a village with the sunrise in distance. I know, I know I'm reading too much into this work, but hardly anything is known about it!

I think you have summed it up perfectly. For me the only thing missing is the horse I'm riding.

[Traverso]

Glinka

Ruslan and Lyudmila - overture

Rimsky Korsakov

Sheherazade

Scriabin

Te Poem of Exstasy




Yesterday I enjoyed Mahler 4 with Edo de Waart and Charlotte Margiono Soprano.
I was very impressed by her sensitive warm presentation.
Such a shame that RCA has decided so quickly to withdraw these beautiful recordings. They are live recordings made in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

[listener]

BARTOK: Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion
BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
     Murray Perahia and Sir Georg Solti, pianos   David Corkholl and Evelyne Glennie, percussion
de FALLA:  Nights in the Gardens of Spain       
Aldo Ciccolini, piano  Royal Philharmonic Orch.
RODRIGO: A la busca de más allá,   Zarabanda lejana y Villancico
London S.O.
TURINA: Sinfonia sevillana
London Philharmonic O..... Enrique Bátiz, cond.

[Madiel]

The first Shostakovich, op.87. But is it the best? I'll tell you in a few hours...

[Traverso]

Mahler

Symphony No.1

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic

Edo de Waart

Live recording 1993 Concertgebouw Amsterdam

[The new erato]

A very fine disc (vol 1):



I think I need to buy volume 2.

[foxandpeng]

Dmitri Shostakovich
Complete String Quartets
SQs # 11, 14, 15
Borodin Quartet
Decca


I'm now coming to the point of initial familiarity with each of the DSCH SQs, and can identify which is which, and appreciate some of their depth. I think, by the end of the week, I will be able to start comparing different cycles to establish which ones speak best to me or help me understand something of the nuances. What an emotional journey - some of this music is amongst the most heart-tugging I've heard.

Symphonies next. Sorry.

[Traverso]

Schubert

piano sonata D850

Deutsche Tänze D366

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Suk: Legend of the Dead Victors, Op. 35b

What an intense piece!!! It's a funeral march of sorts, doom-laden-like (perhaps), and it reaches quite hair-raising climaxes to say the least. It sounds like if extracted from his Asrael Symphony because of its stormy nature. Very dramatic work, so I love it!! And this performance is just superb, a real winner.

Interesting!  I hadn't heard (nor heard of) this work before.  I'll have to see if I can find more information about it as I do enjoy Suk's music.    When is the recording from?

PD

[Iota]

A recording of the 14th century Spanish codex that nicely captures the electricity of the little rough edges of live performance, which certainly adds colour to it. The music often seems joyous and rhythmic, overlapping with folk music at times it seems. Very atmospheric, am enjoying it a lot.

[The new erato]

Rosen playing Stravinsky from this set which I need to explore more:

[TheGSMoeller]

Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin (complete)
2 Portraits
Divertimento

I've always liked this CD programming.

[Karl Henning]

Maiden-Listen Monday meets Myaskovsky Madness!

String Quartet № 9 in d minor, Op. 62 (1943)
String Quartet № 10 in F, Op. 67 № 1 (1907-45)
String Quartet № 11 in E^b, Op. 67 № 2 (1945)
Taneyev Quartet

[Sergeant Rock]

Haydn Symphony No. 24 in D major and Symphony No. 28 in A major, Hogwood conducting the AAM




Sarge

[Mirror Image]

I think you have summed it up perfectly. For me the only thing missing is the horse I'm riding.

Ah yes, I should've mentioned the horse.

[Sergeant Rock]

Haydn Symphony No. 29 in E major (the one with the weird, spooky Trio), Hogwood conducting the AAM




Sarge

[Spotted Horses]

I've been listening to the Faure Nocturnes recorded by Heidsieck.

The 7th is a miracle. (The 6th didn't grab me as much.)



Heidsieck is a master.