What are you listening 2 now?

[Sergeant Rock]

I don't like Haitink's RVW either. Insipid, go nowhere performances that leave you questioning why he even recorded the music to begin with.

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[vandermolen]

+1

Purchased, of course, with the help of 'Hannu' from the Fuga Music Shop in Helsinki. 

[Harry]

Purchased, of course, with the help of 'Hannu' from the Fuga Music Shop in Helsinki. 

Absolutely

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Martinu's String Quartet with Orchestra with the Talich Quartet, Czech Phil. and Kosler on Panton.



PD

[Karl Henning]

1941.
What a year.

Johnny! How are you doing?!

[SonicMan46]

Mozart, WA - Piano Music, CDs 6-9 w/ Kristian Bezuidenhout on fortepiano (FP) - finishing up this new box by the afternoon; remaining discs played on another FP by Paul McNulty, Divisov (Czech Republic), 2009 after Anton Walter & Sohn, Vienna, ca. 1805; some reviews attached for those interested.  Dave

 

[Karl Henning]

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I knew this was a-comin'

[Karl Henning]

Mozart, WA - Piano Music, CDs 6-9 w/ Kristian Bezuidenhout on fortepiano (FP) - finishing up this new box by the afternoon; remaining discs played on another FP by Paul McNulty, Divisov (Czech Republic), 2009 after Anton Walter & Sohn, Vienna, ca. 1805; some reviews attached for those interested.  Dave

 

Good morning, Dave! For me:

CD 5
"Wolferl"
Pf Cto in D, K.451
Pf Cto in G, K.453

[kyjo]

I'm joining you, but with Horace Victorieux! Honegger at his most Bergian. It's not an easy work by any means, and what it has of astringent, it has of haunting.

There is something unique about Swiss composers that just fascinate me. Their voices are quite particular (e.g. Andreae, Bloch, Honegger, Juon, Martin, Schoeck, etc.)

An attractive nation for music!

Yeah, I recall Horace Victorieux being quite "difficult". I also have quite a special affinity for Swiss composers - as befits the geographical location of Switzerland, their music often blends German and French influences in a most creative way.

[kyjo]

This is white hot. Litton takes no prisoners in his unabashedly romantic and passionate account of this magnificent work. He indulges in liberal use of portamenti in the strings resulting in a gloriously sensuous, even voluptuous sound. All sections of the Bergens are in top form but a particular hat tip to whoever played the long clarinet solo in the beginning of the slow movement: it never sounded more achingly nostalgic and heartmeltingly melifluous. The sonics are spectacular. Desert island stuff.

+1 A truly luscious interpretation! Like you, I love the liberal use of portamenti in the strings that Litton encourages from the Bergen players. My only gripe is that the finale is taken too slowly for my liking. It's hard for me to find a truly ideal recording of this great symphony that really excels in both its lyrical and more energetically propulsive elements.

[Traverso]

Schubert

Die Schöne Müllerin

[vandermolen]

Walton Tone Poem 'Hamlet and Ophelia' (arr. Muir Mathieson)
A brooding, atmospheric and rather tragic work, as appropriate, showing a strong influence of Sibelius ('Swan of Tuonela').
Walton's lover Alice Wimborne was dying when he wrote this moving work, which might well have impacted on the music.

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NP:

Honegger
Cello Sonata, H. 20
Raphael Wallfisch, Pascal Devoyon

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Schulhoff's Concerto for String Quartet with accompaniment by Wind Orchestra from that same Panton album.

On first listen to, I enjoyed the Schulhoff much more than the Martinu work--which surprised me a bit.

PD

Schubert

Die Schöne Müllerin

Love my D F-D! 

PD

[LKB]

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Remind's me of...

https://youtu.be/MzxZ8qtdun0

[LKB]

Schubert

Die Schöne Müllerin

If l had to pick one classical partnership from the 20th Century, that's probably my choice.

[Spotted Horses]

Roussel, Le Festin de L'Araignée, ORTF

I have it on the Martinon Icon set (and on a prior Erato CD). It originally looked like this.



A lighthearted work, for a ballet with a scenario involving insects. Some wonderfully lively music, and some poignant music. Beautifully performed and recorded.

[Karl Henning]

Remind's me of...

https://youtu.be/MzxZ8qtdun0

Also, I can remain a pacifist and benefit from the KA-POW!!!

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Roussel, Le Festin de L'Araignée, ORTF

I have it on the Martinon Icon set (and on a prior Erato CD). It originally looked like this.



A lighthearted work, for a ballet with a scenario involving insects. Some wonderfully lively music, and some poignant music. Beautifully performed and recorded.

Pounds the table (but avoids crushing the insects)!!!