What are you listening 2 now?

[aligreto]

On Spotify:



This looked like such a great idea...
But I immediately disliked the playing by Martino Noferi on oboe and recorder, and Ottaviano Tenerani on harpsichord makes me seasick...

That comment made me laugh 

[Biffo]

Sibelius: Symphony No 6 in D minor - Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Herbert von Karajan (DG, 1968)

[Todd]

Disc 4.

[JBS]

On Spotify:



This looked like such a great idea...
But I immediately disliked the playing by Martino Noferi on oboe and recorder, and Ottaviano Tenerani on harpsichord makes me seasick...

This isn't my favorite sector of Handel's work, but I've always thought the Manze/AAM series covers it well.

[Mirror Image]

NP: Saint-Saëns Symphony In F Major "Urbs Roma", R 163 (Martinon/Orchestre National de l'ORTF)

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Janos Starker
Fauré's Élégie
Dvorak's Cello Concerto

on EMI's Artist Profile series

Really loved both works and performances.  My only wish is that it seemed to me that the balance between the cello and the orchestra in the Dvorak one seemed off to me--as in, I wish that the sound of the cello had been a bit more forward.  It felt rather unequally miked and therefore a bit too soft and distant.     Anyone else here familiar with this recording?  I should add that it with with Walter Susskind and the Philharmonia and recorded in Kingsway Hall in 1956.

PD

[Traverso]

Mahler

Symphony No.4

[Todd]

Disc 30.  Some ugly, garish Chopin, Liszt, and Saint-Saens from 1981.

[Traverso]

Beethoven


piano sonatas 15-17 (mono)

[VonStupp]

PI Tchaikovsky
Symphony 3 in D Major 'Polish', op. 29
Gothenburg SO - Neeme Järvi

I don't know what it is about Tchaikovsky's 3rd, perhaps my least favorite of his six (or 7 with Manfred). The inner movements are of more interest to me, particularly the 2nd mvt. waltz, but the outer ones are usually 'meh'.

Surprisingly, Järvi doesn't do much to change my mind, and I found their performance rather light-grained and, for me, not very inspiring. Too bad, because I like both conductor and ensemble.

VS

[SonicMan46]

Roussel, Albert - Spotify playlist below - comparing the two piano versions, i.e. Armengaud vs. Torquati, plus just 6 selections from the large Erato box (already own most of what I want on 7 of my own CDs) - for those considering the composer's solo piano music which fits nicely on two CDs in these versions, attached are two sets of reviews - Armenguad seems to be preferred although the Fanfare reviewer felt Torquati was finely done and recorded; this morning listening to both pianists, I'd probably be happy w/ either of the recordings but enjoy Armengaud more (lucky because yesterday at the PrestoMusic sale, the two Naxos' discs were on sale for $17 USD total, and duly ordered -  )  Dave

[milk]

Grante has an interesting recording career. He doesn't seem to come up much around here. He's got a complete series of Godowsky and a complete Scarlatti. He has one live Debussy recorded on a period piano too. Odd duck.

[Karl Henning]

Sibelius: Symphony No 6 in D minor - Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Herbert von Karajan (DG, 1968)

Beauty!

[Karl Henning]

TD

https://www.youtube.com/v/1lvdJ4PcTHM

[ritter]

Music for piano and orchestra by Darius Milhaud: Le Carnaval d'Aix, PC No. 1 & No. 5, 5 Études, and Ballade. Pianist Claude Helffer is accompanied by the Orchestre National de France under the direction of David Robertson.

CD 3 of this set:

[Todd]

Absolutely fantastic.  Between this and the different Diotima, supremely fine Bartok is clearly still to be had.  Perhaps a deeper dive into the catalog is warranted.

[vandermolen]

Sibelius 'The Oceanides'. These recordings (1956) elicited the praise of Sibelius himself:

PS These performances are very good indeed - I'm not surprised that Sibelius thought highly of them. I find Boult's understated way oddly moving, especially in works like 'The Oceanides'.

[Karl Henning]

https://www.youtube.com/v/sHlkVrdBKR8

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

I personally like the David Geringas/Albert on CPO the best of all. Also, Poltéra/Shipway on BIS is a good one.

Do you still have the same opinion about William Walton's Cello Concerto?

[Symphonic Addict]

Stephen Paulus 'Grand Concerto for Organ and Orchestra':

I just heard this work, Jeffrey. I've seen you have posted several times about it.

And I'm glad I did listen attentively to this. It reminded of something like Barber's Toccata Festiva meets Alwyn's Lyra Angelica (without solo harp) meets Poulenc'c Organ Concerto (just that much less quirky). It gave me that impression, is a superb and accomplished piece. Thanks for mentioning this work, Jeffrey!