What are you listening 2 now?

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Hindemith: Clarinet Concerto. Pieterson/Kondrashin. Nice performance, mediocre sound.

I haven't heard this performance, but the one on CPO is more than satisfactory that I haven't sought out alternatives. Looks like I can save my money after all.

[vandermolen]

Bliss: A Colour Symphony, Hickox

[Linz]

Finishing off with Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 in C Minor

[Karl Henning]

Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi.

The Complete unpublished Works for Harpsichord and Organ.
Volume V.

Roberto Loreggian plays on a F. Gazzola 1989 Harpsichord, copy of a Italian anonymous instrument of the 17th century.

I keep repeating myself about this release, which is good news for the performances in this box. Loreggian plays with an inner conviction which I find a very rare commodity these days. The 1989 Harpsichord sounds terrific with a beguiling sonority. And the recording captures it all very well.

Nice!

[Karl Henning]

Benjamin Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem [1953] 
Benjamin Britten, Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra

This first recording of the Sinfonia da Requiem is in very good mono and is a strong performance on its merits.

Nice!

[VonStupp]

PI Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake (Suite), op. 20a
Vienna Philharmonic - James Levine

VS

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NP: Scriabin Preludes Ops. Nos. 11, 13, 15 & 16 (Lettberg)

[foxandpeng]

Elena Ruehr
Six String Quartets
Cypress SQ
Borromeo SQ

Although Elizabeth Maconchy is fixing a firm place in my affections, I have to confess that Elena Ruehr is some distance ahead when it comes to a favourite female composer of string quartets. Her gender isn't really very important (I'm sure it is to her), but I find her exceptional.

SQ #5 'Bel Canto'. Stellar.

[aligreto]

Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde [Tennstedt]





This is a vibrant presentation. The orchestra is in full flight and the two soloists enter into the spirit of the work very well with spirited performances by both. The balance in the emotional tone of Der Abschied is just right for me. It gets the balance right between being over sentimental and over dramatic. The Contralto Baltsa helps very much in this regard with her approach, which I enjoyed. There is, however, the requisite drama, tension, atmosphere and intensity throughout.

[Traverso]

Beethoven

Piano sonatas 1-4 (mono)

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Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde [Tennstedt]





This is a vibrant presentation. The orchestra is in full flight and the two soloists enter into the spirit of the work very well with spirited performances by both. The balance in the emotional tone of Der Abschied is just right for me. It gets the balance right between being over sentimental and over dramatic. The Contralto Baltsa helps very much in this regard with her approach, which I enjoyed. There is, however, the requisite drama, tension, atmosphere and intensity throughout.

Not one of my favorite performances of Das Lied, but a fine one nevertheless. I wish Chailly had recorded this work during his Concertgebouw days. Man, that would've been something.

[Linz]

Smetana's Ma Vlast With Nikolaus Harnoncourt and the Wiener Philharmoniker CD1

[The new erato]

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Nice! Love those SQs.

[Karl Henning]

Elena Ruehr
Six String Quartets
Cypress SQ
Borromeo SQ

Although Elizabeth Maconchy is fixing a firm place in my affections, I have to confess that Elena Ruehr is some distance ahead when it comes to a favourite female composer of string quartets. Her gender isn't really very important (I'm sure it is to her), but I find her exceptional.

SQ #5 'Bel Canto'. Stellar.

Met her a couple of years ago. She does good work.

[SonicMan46]

Yesterday, I listened to my modest collection of Andreas Romberg - edited that post quoted below (the original has more info, links, and reviews of the bottom CDs) - looked on Amazon and Spotify and on the latter found some more recordings that piqued my interest:

Symphonies 1 & 3 w/ Griffiths - Romberg wrote 10 symphonies, 6 surviving - these are pleasant but nothing special as noted in the attached reviews.
Violin Concertos w/ Chouchane Siranossian - now these are much better (again see reviews) and wroth a listen if you like this genre. Romberg wrote 20 violin concertos, not sure how many are extant?
Duos for Violin and Cello w/ the performers on the cover art - works likely by Andreas and his cello playing cousin Bernhard Romberg - they apparently toured together in their youth - could not find a review in the attachment, but quite good as expected from two apparent touring virtuosos of their time.  Dave

   

Romberg, Andreas (1767-1821) - Chamber Works shown below representing most of my Romberg collection; German violinist and composer bridging the Classical-Romantic periods, writing music in the same manner as Haydn-Mozart-Beethoven but at a lower tier, as Jerry Dubins states............... Dave

     

[Traverso]

Nice! Love those SQs.

Indeed fine recordings ..

[foxandpeng]

Met her a couple of years ago. She does good work.

To say the least. Also a fan of her O'Keefe Images and Cloud Atlas, but her SQs do it for me, primarily.

Met her? Fortunate lady.

[MusicTurner]

Hindemith: Clarinet Concerto. Pieterson/Kondrashin. Nice performance, mediocre sound.

Seen only rarely, if ever ...

[Brian]

To say the least. Also a fan of her O'Keefe Images and Cloud Atlas, but her SQs do it for me, primarily.

Met her? Fortunate lady.

I'm a fan of the orchestral work so now it's time to meet the string quartets!