What are you listening 2 now?

[vers la flamme]

William Alwyn
Symphony 2
David Lloyd Jones
RLPO
Naxos

I don't think I have heard Alwyn's symphonies more than two or three times through, so good to explore something basically new. .

I've been listening to this disc nonstop lately. Excellent playing from the RLPO. I ordered the other two discs of the Alwyn symphonies from the same forces.

[Karl Henning]

"Wolferl"
Pf Cto in D, K.175
Pf Cto in B^b, K.238
Pf Cto in C, K.246
Rondo in D, K.382

Listening to the entire disc is a bit (to borrow from Lewis Carroll) much of a muchness, which doesn't do the fine pieces justice. Not sure that we really need the K.175 (nice work for a 17-year-old, though it arguably is. The C Major is certainly a beauty, so the boy learnt and improved (as one expects)

TD: Inspired by our Cato, I brought this box out

Prokofiev
Symphony № 2 in d minor Op. 40
Symphony № 6 in e^b minor Op. 111

[VonStupp]

PI Tchaikovsky
Symphony 6 in b minor 'Pathétique', op. 74
Royal PO - Daniele Gatti

Finishing off Gatti's cycle of Tchaik's late symphonies this afternoon.

VS

[vandermolen]

William Walton
Christopher Columbus - A Musical Journey:

[vandermolen]

I've been listening to this disc nonstop lately. Excellent playing from the RLPO. I ordered the other two discs of the Alwyn symphonies from the same forces.

I'd strongly recommend the Violin Concerto in that series as well.

[vandermolen]

I like the 9th Symphony very much.

TD

Holst: Beni Mora.

An outstanding CD which I return to many times.

+1 for Holst CD, which has given me much pleasure. I purchased it at the Holst Birthplace Museum in Cheltenham many years ago.

[foxandpeng]

I'd strongly recommend the Violin Concerto in that series as well.

Agreed. That is my favourite Alwyn work so far.

[vandermolen]

Walton: Hamlet and Ophelia - a poem for orchestra arranged by Muir Mathieson from the music for the film 'Hamlet'. This is a gloomily atmospheric tone poem and very fine. I bought the CD second hand and have just realised that it arrived without any of the accompanying notes for this or for 'Christopher Columbus' - a Musical Journey, which is very annoying.

[Karl Henning]

Walton: Hamlet and Ophelia - a poem for orchestra arranged by Muir Mathieson from the music for the film 'Hamlet'. This is a gloomily atmospheric tone poem and very fine. I bought the CD second hand and have just realised that it arrived without any of the accompanying notes for this or for 'Christopher Columbus' - a Musical Journey, which is very annoying.

Might they be available on the Chandos website?— https://www.chandos.net/

[Linz]

Bruckner 4 with Karl Bohm  and the VPO

[aligreto]

PI Tchaikovsky
The Voyevoda, op. 78
Royal Liverpool PO - Vasily Petrenko

New to me:

A craggy little composition akin to The Tempest. I like the unvarnished sound Naxos captured Liverpool, even if it is a bit edgy.

VS

That is a really wonderful work but I have not heard the Petrenko version.

[Madiel]

I'm impressed by such thoroughness. I never made any notes about anything and my listening is mostly whimsical. 

Yes, I gave you the Zacharias Schubert sonatas some time ago. What do your notes tell, did you like it?

Yes, the couple of sonatas I'd listened to I quite liked him.

[ritter]

Robert Casadesus plays Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 14 "Moonlight", No. 23 "Appassionata", No. 24 "À Thérèse" & No. 26 "Les Adieux".

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony 8 Sir Simon Rattle and the Australian World Orchestra

[ritter]

Bohuslav Martinů: Symphonies No. 3 and No. 4. Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Vladimír Válek.

From this set:

[Karl Henning]

More specifically: https://www.chandos.net/chanimages/Booklets/CH5034.pdf

Thanks for the assist!

[Karl Henning]

Bohuslav Martinů: Symphonies No. 3 and No. 4. Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Vladimír Válek.

From this set:

Looks nice, Rafael!

[Karl Henning]

CD 2:
"Wolferl"
Pf Cto in E^b, K.271 « Jeunehomme »
Pf Cto in C, K.413 (387a)

[ritter]

Looks nice, Rafael!

Good evening, Karl!

[SonicMan46]

Enescu, George (1881-1955) - Octuor, Op. 7; Dixtuor, Op. 14, Quintet, Op. 29, et al w/ the performers on the 3 recordings below; now there are several duplications, but all excellent recordings (several reviews attached for those interested) - just continuing my Enescu listening into the late afternoon, but only half way through my collection, so likely more of George tomorrow?  Dave