What are you listening 2 now?

[Iota]

Schoenberg: Piano Concerto

It's the first time this work makes sense to me.

Snap, but Brendel and Gielen for me, who are also very compelling indeed. Love the way the music blows around in a wind of Second Viennese restlessness, churning up myriad backwards glimpses, so invigorating. One of my favourite Schoenberg pieces.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Boulanger
Psalm 130, 'Du fond de l'abime'
Sonia de Beaufort (mezzo-soprano), Martial Defontaine (tenor)
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Namur Symphonic Choir
Mark Stringer



Boulanger is basically the link between Fauré and Debussy. Remarkable composer.

[Karl Henning]

Schoenberg: Piano Concerto

It's the first time this work makes sense to me.

Cool, Cesar!

[Karl Henning]

Rachmaninov, 'Youth' symphony movement.

You remind me that I ought to attend to my Rakhmaninov box!

[Rinaldo]

Going through my listening pile, the VC is captivating from the get-go.



I really need to explore his symphonies.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Chávez
Sinfonía romántica
Royal PO
Bátiz

[Florestan]

Piano Concerto in F minor op. 5 (1830)

Nowhere near any of Chopin's concertos (its exact contemporaries) in terms of poetry and memorable tunes (but then again, no piano concerto written in or around 1830 qualifies) yet pleasant, elegant and at times turbulent music.

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No 7 Karl Bohm Wiener Philharmoniker

[Spotted Horses]

Snap, but Brendel and Gielen for me, who are also very compelling indeed. Love the way the music blows around in a wind of Second Viennese restlessness, churning up myriad backwards glimpses, so invigorating. One of my favourite Schoenberg pieces.

Yes, the Brendel/Gielen recording is superb. I found it remarkable how "romantically" expressive the music was, despite the completely different organizational principals of the music.  The Gielen recordings of the Chamber Symphonies are also remarkable, as I recall.

[ritter]

Snap, but Brendel and Gielen for me, who are also very compelling indeed. Love the way the music blows around in a wind of Second Viennese restlessness, churning up myriad backwards glimpses, so invigorating. One of my favourite Schoenberg pieces.

Yes, the Brendel/Gielen recording is superb. I found it remarkable how "romantically" expressive the music was, despite the completely different organizational principals of the music.  The Gielen recordings of the Chamber Symphonies are also remarkable, as I recall.

That CD grabbed my attention when it was issued, but somehow, I missed the opportunity of buying it. Affordable used copies are available online, so I might go for it. Brendel had recorded it earlier under Kubelik (on DG), and I have that performance, but it didn't leave a long-lasting impression.

I greatly admire the Uchida / Boulez, but as of late have been on a sort of Claude Helffer crusade. The man made what was AFAIK the first recording of the work, in the early fifties (under Leibowitz -- never transferred to CD), but the Gielen 2nd Viennese School box on the SWR label (volume 8 of the Gielen Edition)  has a more recent performance which I also found impressive. Well, the whole box is a treasure trove, TBH.

[Traverso]

Beethoven

Symphony No.9

[Spotted Horses]

That CD grabbed my attention when it was issued, but somehow, I missed the opportunity of buying it. Affordable used copies are available online, so I might go for it. Brendel had recorded it earlier under Kubelik (on DG), and I have that performance, but it didn't leave a long-lasting impression.

I greatly admire the Uchida / Boulez, but as of late have been on a sort of Claude Helffer crusade. The man made what was AFAIK the first recording of the work, in the early fifties (under Leibowitz -- never transferred to CD), but the Gielen 2nd Viennese School box on the SWR label (volume 8 of the Gielen Edition)  has a more recent performance which I also found impressive. Well, the whole box is a treasure trove, TBH.

I also remember I had to take great pains to get that Philips recording when it first came out, then it became more readily available.

Wow, I didn't notice that there was a Brendel/Kubelik recording of the Schoenberg concerto in the complete Kubelik box. There is also a Gielen/Brendel recording on Vox (which I have in the Brendel Vanguard/Vox box). You can tell I have a lot of box sets.

Who is the pianist in the SWR Gielen box? Brendel again? Could it be the same recording as in the Vox box (1958)?

[SonicMan46]

Bach, CPE (1714-1788) - continuing 'selective' listening to my collection of Telemann's godson - probably won't post CPE's Symphonies owned, and go on to the younger brother, Johann Christian. Dave

[Mirror Image]

That CD grabbed my attention when it was issued, but somehow, I missed the opportunity of buying it. Affordable used copies are available online, so I might go for it. Brendel had recorded it earlier under Kubelik (on DG), and I have that performance, but it didn't leave a long-lasting impression.

I greatly admire the Uchida / Boulez, but as of late have been on a sort of Claude Helffer crusade. The man made what was AFAIK the first recording of the work, in the early fifties (under Leibowitz -- never transferred to CD), but the Gielen 2nd Viennese School box on the SWR label (volume 8 of the Gielen Edition)  has a more recent performance which I also found impressive. Well, the whole box is a treasure trove, TBH.

I need to rip to this to my SSD external drive. It's actually still sealed. So much music, so little time, but thankfully I have a week vacation that starts on Saturday. And a good day to you, Rafael.

[classicalgeek]

Yeah, I've got some Lloyd recordings and his music isn't really my cup of tea, but we all hear different things and, more importantly, are moved by different kinds of music. I should revisit Ives more in-depth, but it'll probably be some time before I get back around to his music since I'm so busy with so many other composers at the moment.

I need to rip to this to my SSD external drive. It's actually still sealed. So much music, so little time, but thankfully I have a week vacation that starts on Saturday. And a good day to you, Rafael.

Isn't that the truth. Why does this thing called 'life' keep interfering with music time?

Novák: String Quartet No. 3

Why is not this masterpiece better known and more recorded? Thoroughly eloquent piece. That 2nd. movement Lento doloroso is something else.

+2 for Novak's chamber music.

Now playing - Alan Rawsthorne PC No.1

Going through my listening pile, the VC is captivating from the get-go.



I really need to explore his symphonies.

NP:

Boulanger
Psalm 130, 'Du fond de l'abime'
Sonia de Beaufort (mezzo-soprano), Martial Defontaine (tenor)
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Namur Symphonic Choir
Mark Stringer



Boulanger is basically the link between Fauré and Debussy. Remarkable composer.

Novak, Rawsthorne, Melartin, Boulanger... all on my list of composers to explore! There's no shortage of great music worthy of our time and attention.

Says the guy who listened to Beethoven last night!

Beethoven
Piano concerto no. 1
Leon Fleisher, piano
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell



A wonderful performance - the orchestral accompaniments are reason alone to have these performances! And of course Fleisher is brilliant. Once again the piano was slightly "fuzzy", for lack of a better word - less so than in the Third Concerto, but still noticeable. Not enough to detract from a great recording, though!

[ritter]

Who is the pianist in the SWR Gielen box? Brendel again? Could it be the same recording as in the Vox box (1958)?

It's Claude Helffer, a superb pianist in the French and modern repertoires! The recording is more recent (70s?, I'm not at home and cannot check the dates right now).

I need to rip to this to my SSD external drive. It's actually still sealed. So much music, so little time, but thankfully I have a week vacation that starts on Saturday. And a good day to you, Rafael.

Do listen to that set, John! Gielen in repertoire he was particularly attuned to...

Good day to you, John, and to Spotted Horses.

[Mandryka]

It's certainly one of the most poetic, rapt and meditative AoFs I've heard on a modern piano. Lots of utterly pointless dynamic variation. But they all do that.

[Karl Henning]

CD 42

Richard Strauss
Divertimento after Couperin, Op. 86
Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60

[Linz]

Bruckner 7  with Gorenstein and The State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Morning listening on Spotify:

I must check the recording!

NP:

Chávez
Sinfonía romántica
Royal PO
Bátiz

Nice!