What are you listening 2 now?

[André]

Piano concerto by women composers. All 3 are substantial works that would be big hits in the concert hall. There is drive, energy, lots of colours and plenty of fireworks. Modernist/neo-classical would describe the styles best, but there is plenty of repose when needed. That's an excellent release.

[ritter]

First dip into this set which arrived today, with a work on CD6 that is a perennial favourite of mine, El retablo de Maese Pedro, in a recording which I did not know until now (Charles Dutoit conducting vocal soloists Ana Higueras Aragón, Tomás Cabrera and Manuel Pérez Bermúdez, and an instrumental ensemble).



EDIT:

Following El retablo with El corregidor y la molinera (the ur-Three-Cornered Hat), in another recording that is new to me (Nicholas Cleobury conducting Aquarius, with Jill Gomez as the soprano solo). CD3.

[classicalgeek]

Returning to Colin Davis's Mozart:

Symphony no. 36
Symphony no. 40
Staatskapelle Dresden
Sir Colin Davis



Delightful - I was definitely more impressed at first hearing than I was with his 39th and Jupiter. Perhaps I need to revisit those recordings with fresh ears.

[Todd]

[SimonNZ]

Found at the secondhand store yesterday.

Despite Janowitz's recording of the Four Last Songs being my favorite and despite once having had a truly massive collection of lieder recordings, I've somehow never been aware of this album before.

[VonStupp]

Huh...I think only knew of Karajan in Don Quixote with Rostropovich and Fournier.

VS

[Karl Henning]

Love this disc ...

CD 10:

Schoenberg

String Quartet № 4, Op. 37

Webern
Five Movements for String Quartet, Op. 5

Berg
String Quartet Op. 3

[classicalgeek]

Some white-hot Berlioz:

Symphonie Fantastique (1954 recording)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch

[Bachtoven]

I took advantage of nativedsd.com's 25% off sale today and bought this as a DSD128 file. Amazing playing and sound.

[Daverz]

Resolved: it's OK to listen to Karajan in Bartok



Really very good, if without the Hungarian flavor of Solti or Ormandy.

Sibelius: 4 Legends, after listening to Hurwitz's "It's a symphony" talk.



Malipiero: Piano Concerto No. 1



Still haven't gotten to the other concertos yet.  This one is a real beauty.

[classicalgeek]

Arthur Bliss
A Colour Symphony
English Northern Philharmonia
David Lloyd-Jones



I liked this a little less than 'Adam Zero', but it was still enjoyable, in a vaguely "Vaughan Williams-y" sort of way. And it's brilliantly orchestrated, always a plus in my book!

[Todd]

[Mirror Image]

A Berg double-bill:

Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6
Concertgebouw
Gatti

Lyric Suite
ABQ

From these recordings -

[bhodges]

This interesting concert, livestreamed yesterday from the Danish String Quartet, with works by Shostakovich, Charpentier, John Adams, Felix Blumenfeld, and Schumann.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNqDP-PV14Q

--Bruce

[Linz]

I am listening to some Rachmaninov right now

[vers la flamme]

I am listening to some Rachmaninov right now

Hey, that sounds like a great idea



Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.1 in F-sharp minor, op.1. Vladimir Ashkenazy, Bernard Haitink, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Excellent performance... Ashkenazy is one of my favorites in Rachmaninov's concertos, and all of his music, really.

[vandermolen]

Resolved: it's OK to listen to Karajan in Bartok



Really very good, if without the Hungarian flavor of Solti or Ormandy.

Sibelius: 4 Legends, after listening to Hurwitz's "It's a symphony" talk.



Malipiero: Piano Concerto No. 1



Still haven't gotten to the other concertos yet.  This one is a real beauty.

The Ondine CD has one of the best Tapiolas as well IMO as well as a great 4 Legends I like Segerstam's Sibelius recordings.

[Que]

Morning listening - continuing where I left off yesterday:

 

I'm going through the series in reverse order.
Volume IV contains exclusively motets, thematically arranged according to the church calendar.
2nd disc.

[vandermolen]

Arthur Bliss
A Colour Symphony
English Northern Philharmonia
David Lloyd-Jones



I liked this a little less than 'Adam Zero', but it was still enjoyable, in a vaguely "Vaughan Williams-y" sort of way. And it's brilliantly orchestrated, always a plus in my book!

That's a great disc, included in the book '1001 Classical Recordings That you Must Hear Before You Die'. I like both works very much.
Now Playing (yet again)

[Que]

Switching to volume III:



Music to die for

The Golden Age of the Low Countries in Music