What are you listening 2 now?

[Mirror Image]

A Tchaikovsky-a-thon will conclude my night:

Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13 "Winter Daydreams"
BSO
MTT

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B♭ minor, Op. 23
Peter Donohoe, piano
Bournemouth SO
Barshai

The Seasons, Op. 37a
Ashkenazy

From these recordings:

[Symphonic Addict]

My disc has the same cover - but in English, and is titled simply Brasil - Ernesto Nazareth and Darius Milhaud.

What we have are a group of Tangos by the Brazilian composer, Ernesto Nazareth, who is rather like a Brazilian Scott Joplin. The music is charming and uncomplicated, but pianistically very effective.
The Milhaud Saudades do Brasil are a little different with their use of quite sophisticated bitonality which gives them a more melancholy tinta.

Excellent performances by the Brazilian pianist Marcelo Bratke

Fascinating cover art and combination of colors and sobriety, by the way!

[Symphonic Addict]

Novak: South Bohemian Suite.

Coincidentally I was listening to:

In the Tatra Mountains

One of my favorite tone poems. Poetic, haunting, stormy, consoling, wistful. My kind of music!!! Novák definitely composed some stunning stuff.

[Symphonic Addict]

A Tchaikovsky-a-thon will conclude my night:

Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13 "Winter Daydreams"
BSO
MTT

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B♭ minor, Op. 23
Peter Donohoe, piano
Bournemouth SO
Barshai

The Seasons, Op. 37a
Ashkenazy

From these recordings:

Will there be a Brahms-a-thon in the near future? Or an intrepid Beethoven-a-thon?

[Mirror Image]

Will there be a Brahms-a-thon in the near future? Or an intrepid Beethoven-a-thon?

I doubt it. I'm still not a huge Brahms fan and Beethoven, while I do like his later works (esp. the late SQs), has held very little interest in my own classical listening.

[Karl Henning]

It's time for an Ives-a-thon:

Symphony No. 4
Schola Cantorum of New York
American Symphony Orchestra
Stokowski



This is still hands down the greatest performance of the 4th I've ever heard. Such a singular vision Stokowski brings to the work. Some textures brought out that I've never heard before as well.

Two Contemplations: The Unanswered Question / Central Park in the Dark
New York Philharmonic
Bernstein



Bernstein still knocks it out of the park for me with all of his Ives performances, but I'm rather partial to his Columbia recordings for sentimental reasons.

String Quartet No. 2
Juilliard String Quartet



And finally some songs with Susan Narucki/Alan Feinberg from this recording:



Ives is my favorite American composer and I place him well above all others like Copland, Barber, Carter et. al. Again, this is for sentimental reasons and not logical ones. He was one of the first composers that I ever got into and I think the first work I ever heard was Central Park in the Dark and I thought at the time "WOW! I dig this...what else can I find from this composer?"

The Bernas album is a jewel!

[Mirror Image]

The Bernas album is a jewel!

Absolutely and a rare recording to find a physical copy of nowadays.

[JBS]

After the Nielsen (the timpanist received his due btw), a CD from the Chandos Neeme Jarvi set and a first listen to Angela Hewitt playing core Schumann.

[Linz]

Now Brahms 1st Symphony From this set

[Mandryka]

Do you like those? I'm going to give them another try I think. Listening to the Dallapiccola's Tartiniana Seconda in this (like Sciarrino's Scarlatti)

[Mirror Image]

One more for the night:

Prokofiev
Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78
Anna Reynolds, mezzo-soprano
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Previn

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One more for the night:

Prokofiev
Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78
Anna Reynolds, mezzo-soprano
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Previn

Great cover art John! That's a fine recording as well.

[Irons]

Bartok: 5th String Quartet.

Calidore Quartet.

A BBC MM "freebie" which has given much pleasure. Unusually for the source; orchestral, chamber and keyboard not from live performances but recorded at BBC Maida Vale studios. 

[foxandpeng]

Bela Bartok
String Quartet #3
Takacs Quartet
Hungaroton

[Papy Oli]

Good morning all,

Honegger
Cello Sonata
Cello Sonatina
Sonatina for Violin and Cello

[MusicTurner]

Tried listening to that Bentzon symphony, but the commercials were driving me crazy! 

PD

Which Bentzon symphony? Supposedly Niels Viggo Bentzon (Jørgen Bentzon wrote some too)? Last time I checked, there was an abundance of otherwise not-recorded, live symphonies by him on you-tube. I've got 5 on CD, and I think a couple more have been released, but I can't say that I know them well so far. They are ambitious works, and the 3rd has similarities with Carl Nielsen at times, for example. Without checking, I think he wrote at least 19.

[Traverso]

Mozart

Serenade No.13 "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"  (1964)
Symphony No.39 (1962)
Symphony No.41 "Jupiter"(1962)

Today I start with the still attractive "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"
Klemperer gives a very empathetic performance of this serenade, one of Mozart's works that I still enjoy listening to
 
Both symphonies are wonders of music, especially the closing part of "Jupiter" never leaves me unmoved by its unbridled energy and driving joy with a tear.

I sometimes wonder how symphony 42 or 43 would have sounded had it not been for the fact that Mozart was taken from life far too young. In that light, his last symphonies evoke great expectations.


 

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[Tsaraslondon]

Recorded live in St Mark's, Venice, Gardiner's second recording of Monteverdi's Vespers is sonically spectacular and thrilling.

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Bernstein conducts 'The Rite of Spring' by Stravinsky (1972 recording).
A terrific performance with the LSO, beautifully remastered and presented. This great boxed set (I love the original LP covers) also features an earlier recording. Thank you John (MI)