What are you listening 2 now?

[Traverso]

The Garden of Zephirus

Starting with a beautiful  song by Dufay

[Florestan]

Look interesting. How do you like them?

A lot. I am quite familiar with Granados' piano music but had no idea Albeniz composed songs --- and very good they are. Another real find.

[Karl Henning]

Prokofiev SY1 & Piano Concerto No. 1. Karel Ancerl/S. Richter

Excellent disc!

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Excellent disc!

Nice music and sickening news today!

A lot. I am quite familiar with Granados' piano music but had no idea Albeniz composed songs --- and very good they are. Another real find.

I will check them out!

[Pohjolas Daughter]

von Weber, Carl Maria (1786-1826) - Clarinet Concertos & Quintet w/ the performers shown below - top two w/ Kriikku and Frost on modern instruments and bottom two w/ Hoeprich and Pay on period clarinets - reviews attached.  Dave

   

 

I really enjoy Kari Kriikku's recording of Lindberg's Clarinet Concerto.  I haven't heard his playing other works before.

PD

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Nice music and sickening news today!

I will check them out!

Sorry, but I missed reading/hearing the "sickening news today".  Was it something that someone said re personal circumstances or something in the news?  I've been busy working outside for a good chunk of the day.

PD

[SonicMan46]

I really enjoy Kari Kriikku's recording of Lindberg's Clarinet Concerto.  I haven't heard his playing other works before.

PD

Hi PD - well, that's the only Kari Kriikku recording in my collection, but just put together a 4+ hrs playlist in Spotify which includes the Lindberg - will listen soon - not much available to buy on Amazon USA (have not checked the European sites yet) - his Weber disc is excellent.  Dave

[JBS]

First listen.

Puzzling why CPO waited 14 years to release this recording. Seems to be as good as all the previous Rontgen recordings.

[André]

Some salon pieces, 3 substantial études-poèmes and an unpublished 25 minute concerto. Violinist Sherban Lupu studied under Joseph Gingold, himself an Ysaÿe student and scholar. Lupu foraged into music libraries in Liège and Brussels and found plenty of unknown material. Apparently there are as many as 5 unknown violin concertos. The one recorded here was intended for Enescu, another Ysaÿe student. The concerto is serious and moody, with difficult yet unflashy solo passages. Certainly not a crowd pleaser, but an earnest, deeply felt work.

[Que]

Glinka: Ivan Susanin [A Life For The Tsar] Overture & Waltz - Fantasia [Svetlanov]





This is terrific, very engaging, beguiling and exciting music and also wonderful music making. The orchestration is wonderful with an emphasis on the brass section which is wonderfully delivered.

Romantic Russian repertoire & Svetlanov is IMO a golden combination! 

[JBS]

Some salon pieces, 3 substantial études-poèmes and an unpublished 25 minute concerto. Violinist Sherban Lupu studied under Joseph Gingold, himself an Ysaÿe student and scholar. Lupu foraged into music libraries in Liège and Brussels and found plenty of unknown material. Apparently there are as many as 5 unknown violin concertos. The one recorded here was intended for Enescu, another Ysaÿe student. The concerto is serious and moody, with difficult yet unflashy solo passages. Certainly not a crowd pleaser, but an earnest, deeply felt work.

Noted for future shopping. Liepaja SO is suddenly starting to cast a larger profile in discographies.

[Iota]

Gorgeous, like being in a soft cushion of orchestral sound. What a master orchestrator he was!

[Linz]

Jean Rondeau on a bad hair day. Hey jean what about some Brill Cream " A little dab'lldo ya"

[ritter]

Two all-time classic Mozart performances: Karl Böhm conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in the Serenata notturna, KV 239 and the Posthorn-Serenade, KV 320 (the latter with James Galway —flute—, Lothar Koch —oboe—, and Horst Eichler —post horn—).

From CD 1 of this set:



I haven't listened to these performances (or works, for that matter) for ages, but have known and loved them since I can remember, as the original LP release was in my parents' collection. I still remember the rather seductive cover:



Superb in every way!  Sheer pleasure! 

[aligreto]

Richter: Exiles [Kristjan Jarvi]





I did not listen to the entire album, I merely chose to listen to the work "Exiles".

I found this work to be highly repetitive. That, however, was not unexpected. Given that, the core of the music is essentially very engaging. It gradually builds up, through the movements, to a highly charged emotional crescendo. This is wonderfully delivered by the orchestra and developed by Jarvi.

[aligreto]

It is..... whatever she's playing I'm always excited, I'd like to see her play more Beethoven but I don't think it will ever come .She is a bright star, insecure but with a great heart.

Martha Argerich is a precious jewel!

[aligreto]

Romantic Russian repertoire & Svetlanov is IMO a golden combination! 

I would definitely not disagree with you there, Que. Svetlanov offers wonderfully exciting and incisive presentations of these works.

[aligreto]

Jean Rondeau on a bad hair day. Hey jean what about some Brill Cream " A little dab'lldo ya"

He obviously considers himself, or someone advising him considers him, to be very "Cool" looking like that. 
I would also be concerned about the quality of the electrics in the background.   

[aligreto]

Two all-time classic Mozart performances: Karl Böhm conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in the Serenata notturna, KV 239 and the Posthorn-Serenade, KV 320 (the latter with James Galway —flute—, Lothar Koch —oboe—, and Horst Eichler —post horn—).

From CD 1 of this set:



I haven't listened to these performances (or works, for that matter) for ages, but have known and loved them since I can remember, as the original LP release was in my parents' collection. I still remember the rather seductive cover:



Superb in every way!  Sheer pleasure! 

Mozart's Serenata notturna, KV 239 and the Posthorn-Serenade, KV 320 are two of the eternally great works IMHO.

[ritter]

Mozart's Serenata notturna, KV 239 and the Posthorn-Serenade, KV 320 are two of the eternally great works IMHO.

Indeed they are...so easy to take them for granted. 

Good evening, Fergus.