What are you listening 2 now?

[Traverso]

Haydn

Symphonies 96-100 & 104

[ritter]

So it appears that it's a Debussy day/!  I've heard of that pianist before but don't recall hearing any of his recordings; I'll have to look into them.    Do you also enjoy Moravec's recordings?

PD

Apologies, PD, I hadn't seen your previous post. Yep, any day is good for Debussy.

I must confess I have never listened to Moravec (in Debussy or anything else  ). I'll certainly look him up! Thanks for pointing him out to me..l

Regards,

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 6 with Gunter Wand and the NDR Symphony Orchestra

[SonicMan46]

Bach, CPE (1714-1788) - Flute Sonatas & Concertos on some older recordings; also known as the 'German Bach' to distinguish him from his younger half brother; best known for his keyboard compositions but he was in the court of the flute playing Frederick the Great, along w/ a host of other famous composers including the 'flute guy', Johann Quantz (who was paid more that Bach!) - started to go through my collection but just on the 'Bs' - will cull and/or add but can't listen to everything so will be selective.  Some nice period instrument recordings in that assortment below.  Dave

[Linz]

Mozart The Divertimente with Octophoros playing

[Mirror Image]

Yep, any day is good for Debussy.

QFT.

[Linz]

Mahler Symphony 9 it goes over 2 Discs with Kurt Sanderling with the Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester

[ritter]

First listen to discs from my recent order from Melomania in Paris... 

Started with this:


IIRC, I had never listened to any solo piano music by Gabriel Pierné. On this disc, Jean-Paul Sévilla plays the sizeable (27') Variations in C minor, op. 42, from 1919 (unfortunately, it's the only work on the disc, but it was also very inexpensive). The (original) theme presented by the composer at the beginning is funereal and rather unremarkable, TBH. The variations that follow, though, are very well constructed and make for a very satisfying whole. Rather elegiac in mood (only the finale is presto, and variation 6, a fugato section, is marked allegro non troppo, the rest being lent or très lent. The fifth variation sounds Debussyesque (as the liner notes point out), and there are hints of Dukas as well. Very Gallic, and rather more serious than most if the composer's orchestral and chamber music I know (which is quite a bit).

The liner notes also mention that Pierné was inspired to compose this after being exposed Alfred Cortot to Albéniz's Iberia. This may well be so, but there's only vague (if any) connections with Albéniz that can be spotted (at least by me). In any case, a very enjoyable piece, that I'll be sure to revisit soon.

And am now moving into better-known territory (the works, not the performances):


The main interest here for me was pianist Georges Pludermacher, who appears in the recording of Boucourechliev's Les Archipels that I liked so much some days ago on the first listening, but I wanted to hear him in familiar repertoire as well. Still haven't reached the concerti in this CD; listening to an OK La Valse as I write (IMHO, it lacks the menacing undercurrent this music should have). 

[Linz]

Anne-Sophie Mutter and Lambert Orkis in Mozart Sonatas CD1

[Symphonic Addict]

Last work for the night:

Malipiero
String Quartet No. 3, "Cantari alla madrigalesca"
Orpheus String Quartet



Such wonderful SQs. I'm not a huge fan of Malipiero, but there are several works of his that I continue to have great affection for like the piano concerti, Sinfonia No. 6, "Degli archi" and, of course, these SQs.

I consider these performances slightly better performed and recorded to that on Dynamic record label. And yes, inventive and expertly crafted pieces.

[Symphonic Addict]

Émile Jacques-Dalcroze 'Impressions Tragiques' (c.1914)
First listen to this recently arrived CD. Very enjoyable, powerful and brooding, late-Romantic GMG discovery (thank you Cesar):

Hopefully you enjoy the rest of works, Jeffrey! Jaques-Dalcroze knew how to be distinctive despite the apparently "conservative" language it has.

[Symphonic Addict]

What a great disc this is:

Effectively!

[Symphonic Addict]

Babi-Yar
Greatest performance since Haitink and best recording:

Muti really excels at this kind of repertoire and composer. Simply phenomenal. The one with Barshai on Brilliant Classics is my another go-to.

[Symphonic Addict]

Weingartner: String Quartet No. 2 in F minor, Op. 26

Craftsmanship and sophistication aplenty. This is truly engaging!

[vers la flamme]

Franz Schubert: Symphony No.1 in D major, D 82. Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

First listen to this or any of Harnoncourt's Schubert cycle, which I got for dirt cheap. Wow, it sounds excellent. This is a very early work by Schubert but it sounds great. Very "Sturm und Drang".

[Mirror Image]

I consider these performances slightly better performed and recorded to that on Dynamic record label. And yes, inventive and expertly crafted pieces.

Yes, I own both sets, but when deciding what SQ set to rip, I went with the Orpheus String Quartet for the reasons you described.

NP:

Ravel
Piano Concerto in D for the left-hand
Krystian Zimerman, piano
LSO
Boulez

[Linz]

Franz Schubert: Symphony No.1 in D major, D 82. Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

First listen to this or any of Harnoncourt's Schubert cycle, which I got for dirt cheap. Wow, it sounds excellent. This is a very early work by Schubert but it sounds great. Very "Sturm und Drang".

I listened to the same symphony yesterday and enjoyed it very much

[Klavier1]

[vers la flamme]

I listened to the same symphony yesterday and enjoyed it very much

Very good, isn't it?

Now on to the "Tragic" 4th in the same box. These are really excellent performances. Harnoncourt was very much a visionary kind of conductor whose music making probably won't work for everyone, but these performances are a homerun I think. He clearly has an affinity for the music. If I'm not mistaken, he's recorded the cycle of symphonies three times.

[Linz]

Mozart Symphonies 40 and 41 with Harnoncourt with The Chamber Orchestra of Europe