What are you listening 2 now?

[Pohjolas Daughter]

I'll do some digging post-lunch. 

PD

I found this information of Prestomusic's website:

Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra
Stanislaw Wislocki
Recorded: 1959-05-02
Recording Venue: Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw

PD

[Florestan]

I found this information of Prestomusic's website:

Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra
Stanislaw Wislocki
Recorded: 1959-05-02
Recording Venue: Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw

PD

It's in mono sound, then. Honestly, I can't recall a thing about it, it's been decades since I haven't listened to it.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

It's in mono sound, then. Honestly, I can't recall a thing about it, it's been decades since I haven't listened to it.

No, it's in stereo (see cover of LP plus on my copy of the LP, it also says "stereo".

PD

[Florestan]

Last CD: 26 & 27

Sadly, my journey through this glorious set is over. It's been one of the most memorable musical experiences of my whole life: consistently superb performances in consistently excellent sound. I've now listened to three complete Mozart piano concertos set: Anda, Buchbinder and Ashkenazy and I rank them in exactly this order. I still have many more to listen to and hope they'll give me at least the same thrill and pleasure as these three.

"O Mozart! immortal Mozart! what countless impressions of a brighter, better life hast thou stamped upon our souls!" --- Schubert

[Florestan]

No, it's in stereo (see cover of LP plus on my copy of the LP, it also says "stereo".

PD

Thanks. Now you whetted my appetite for hearing it again. I no longer have a turntable but I'll get the CD --- I mean in digital format, obviously. 

[Maestro267]

Glazunov: Symphony No. 8
Russian State SO/Polyansky

Bax: Symphony No. 4
Ulster Orchestra/Thomson

[Linz]

Andris Nelsons Wagner Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Mild und leise wie er lächelt "Isoldes Liebestod" and Prelude To Act I as well as Symphony 1 of Bruckner

[Florestan]

Ethel Smyth's Serenade in D 
    Odaline de la Martinez, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Definitely in the same league as Elgar, I'd say.

If you mean Elgar's Serenade for Strings, I strongly disagree. Smyth's is a full orchestra symphony in disguise which has little, if any, of a genuine serenade spirit. That being said, I'll take the former over the latter any day (or night).

[Roasted Swan]

Ethel Smyth's Serenade in D 
    Odaline de la Martinez, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Definitely in the same league as Elgar, I'd say.

-1! Can't EVER think of Smyth in anything like Elgar's league - sorry!

[Florestan]

-1! Can't EVER think of Smyth in anything like Elgar's league - sorry!

+ 1.

[Karl Henning]

Carl Nielsen's Wind Quintet
    Galliard Ensemble

What a joyful piece!

[Mirror Image]

First-Listen Monday

Schmitt
Musique sur l'eau, Op. 33
Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano
Buffalo PO
JoAnn Falletta

From this new acquisition -

[Florestan]

No, I meant that for me she is definitely in the same league (of compositional merit, I guess) as Elgar. I wasn't comparing any specific pieces when thinking that. Just impressed with Smyth's Serenade as a standalone composition, given that's what I'm currently listening to.

Thanks for clarifying. I still disagree, though. I heard Smyth's Serenade twice and each time I was left unimpressed. Firstly, it's no serenade at all; secondly, it's turgid and boring music. Sorry, I mean no offense but my idea of an orchestral Serenade is typified by Mozart, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak or Elgar --- Ethel Smyth is nowhere near any of those. Once again, sorry but I can't help it.

[Mirror Image]

Thanks for clarifying. I still disagree, though. I heard Smyth's Serenade twice and each time I was left unimpressed. Firstly, it's no serenade at all; secondly, it's turgid and boring music. Sorry, I mean no offense but my idea of an orchestral Serenade is typified by Mozart, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak or Elgar --- Ethel Smyth is nowhere near any of those. Once again, sorry but I can't help it.

Ethel Smyth couldn't carry Lili Boulanger's lunchbox. I've heard several of Smyth's works over the past 13 years or so and none of them were memorable or musically striking in any way.

[Linz]

CD2 of the set of Nelsons Bruckner Symphony 5 in B flat major

[Que]

Last CD: 26 & 27

Sadly, my journey through this glorious set is over. It's been one of the most memorable musical experiences of my whole life: consistently superb performances in consistently excellent sound. I've now listened to three complete Mozart piano concertos set: Anda, Buchbinder and Ashkenazy and I rank them in exactly this order. I still have many more to listen to and hope they'll give me at least the same thrill and pleasure as these three.

Doesn't get any better as far as MI complete cycles are concerned, I think.  Additionally : Casadesus/Szell and Moravec/Vlach.

[classicalgeek]

Over the weekend:

Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Rudolf Kempe



Just an OK Scheherazade - not one of my favorites. The orchestral playing is gorgeous, but the interpretation is a little tepid, at least to me.

Vaughan Williams
Symphony no. 6
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult



I really enjoyed this - VW's 6th is a symphony that finally made sense to me only recently. And it's hard to beat Boult in Vaughan Williams! The Sixth is no exception.

Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Shakespeare Overtures:
Julius Caesar
The Taming of the Shrew
Antony and Cleopatra
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Coriolanus
Twelfth Night
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Penny
(on Spotify)



What a delight these are! Thanks to Cesar/Symphonic Addict for the recommendation. You're right, they sound a little Korngoldian, right down to the orchestration. Which isn't to say they're derivative; far from it. I especially enjoyed Taming of the Shrew and Midsummer Night's Dream, but they were all quite lovely. Looking forward to the second disc!

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Beethoven
String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130
Quatuor Ebène

[Karl Henning]

CD 12

Elgar
Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40
Serenade in e minor, Op. 20
Dream Children, Op. 43—I. Andante

Delius
A Song of Summer

Rubbra
Improvisations on Virginal Pieces by Giles Farnaby, Op. 50—IV. Loth to depart
Symphony № 5 in B^b, Op. 63

The Dream Children number, the Delius & Rubbra all qualify for Maiden-Listen Monday!

[vandermolen]

Over the weekend:

Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Rudolf Kempe



Just an OK Scheherazade - not one of my favorites. The orchestral playing is gorgeous, but the interpretation is a little tepid, at least to me.

Vaughan Williams
Symphony no. 6
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult



I really enjoyed this - VW's 6th is a symphony that finally made sense to me only recently. And it's hard to beat Boult in Vaughan Williams! The Sixth is no exception.

Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Shakespeare Overtures:
Julius Caesar
The Taming of the Shrew
Antony and Cleopatra
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Coriolanus
Twelfth Night
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Penny
(on Spotify)



What a delight these are! Thanks to Cesar/Symphonic Addict for the recommendation. You're right, they sound a little Korngoldian, right down to the orchestration. Which isn't to say they're derivative; far from it. I especially enjoyed Taming of the Shrew and Midsummer Night's Dream, but they were all quite enjoyable. Looking forward to the second disc!

And I think that you get two versions of VW's 6th Symphony in that excellent Boult boxed set.