What are you listening 2 now?

[kyjo]

NP:

Grieg
String Quartet in G minor, Op. 27
Truls Mørk (cello), Atle Sponberg (violin), Lars Anders Tomter (viola), Solve Sigerland (violin)

Pounds the table! A fantastic disc of my two favorite works by the great Norwegian.

[kyjo]

Joseph Joachim Raff.

Symphony No. 6 in D minor & Suite No. 2 in F major, "In Ungarischer Weise".
Bamberger Symphoniker, Hans Stadlmair.

A fine set, actually the best complete set around.

Isn't it the only complete set of Raff's symphonies around?

[Todd]

6.

[kyjo]

However I like your description, as I think it applies to this latest listening:

I share your opinion of Pavlova's music. Dull, trite, and watered-down stuff. It's like Pärt or Vasks with the interesting parts taken out!

[Mirror Image]

Pounds the table! A fantastic disc of my two favorite works by the great Norwegian.

Some fine works, indeed. What are some of your other favorite Grieg works?

[SonicMan46]

Leclair, Jean-Marie (1697-1764) was considered the 'father' of the French violin school - short bio below.  Looking at his oeuvre in the link below, he has 15 Opus numbers w/ just under a 100 works, mostly all listed for violin, but apparently 8 or so were written in a range to accommodate the flute.  I own about a dozen discs and there is some overlap, so will spend a few hours sorting through these recordings; up for starters below.  Dave

Jean-Marie Leclair was a French Baroque violinist and composer. He is considered to have founded the French violin school. Leclair was renowned as a violinist and as a composer. He successfully drew upon all of Europe's national styles. Many suites, sonatas, and concertos survive along with his opera, while other works are lost. In 1758, after the break-up of his second marriage, Leclair purchased a small house in a dangerous Parisian neighborhood in the northern part of Le Marais near the old Temple, where he was found stabbed to death on October 23, 1764. Although the murder remains a mystery, there is a possibility that his ex-wife may have been behind it—her motive being financial gain—although suspicion also rests on his nephew, Guillaume-François Vial. (Source)

   

[Florestan]

Some fine works, indeed. What are some of your other favorite Grieg works?

You didn't ask me but I'm quite fond of the violin sonatas.

[DavidW]

As far as Bach is concerned Im 'becoming less enthusiastic, but in Handel he is without a doubt the ideal interpreter.

I had cooled a bit on his Bach, so hearing you say this really makes me think I should hear this recording.  I've added it to the list.

[Que]

Johann Nepomuk Hummel Op. 87 (copy after Graf, Vienna, 1824); Johann Ladislaus Dussek Op. 41 (Kirckman, London, 1798); George Onslow Op. 76 (Érard, Paris, 1837). Excellent period performances!

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Manos Kalomiris Piano Works, Olivier Chauzu.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Last work for the night:

Ifukube
Ritmica Ostinata
Hitoshi Kobayashi, piano
Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra
Hiroshi Wakasugi



I own a few performances of Ikfukube's Ritmica Ostinata, but I think this one with Kobayashi and Wakasugi is the best of them all. Some here may know Wakasugi from his Mahler cycle (the first all-Japanese Mahler cycle?) and recordings of the Strauss ballets on the Denon label. He was one of great conductors, IMHO.

Yes, Wakasugi is a fine conductor.

[Roasted Swan]

Isn't it the only complete set of Raff's symphonies around?

There was a cycle on Marco Polo from Urs Schneider and the Slovak State PO but to be honest those performances are distinctly only in the "worthy" category........

[classicalgeek]

The contents of this CD


As part of this set


Based on the first CD of the set (Symphonies 2 and 5, Suite for Chamber Orchestra) this stuff should be of interest to Kyjo, Classicalgeek, Symphonic Addict, foxandpeng, vandermolen, and Harry if they don't already have it.
Mirror Image too, but I'm pretty sure he already has it!

This set is on my (admittedly long ) wishlist. I haven't heard a lot of Schulhoff, but what I have heard I've really enjoyed.

That's a bit of a rarity!

It is! For such a prolific composer, N.V. Bentzon hasn't been recorded all that much. I for one find his music interesting - influenced by Hindemith, Stravinsky, and Bartok, among others. There are boatloads of piano music, a multitude of concertos for varied instruments, a raft of chamber music, and 24 symphonies (I think only a handful have been recorded.) There are many other types of works as well. Here's his eye-popping list of compositions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Niels_Viggo_Bentzon

[MusicTurner]

Johann Nepomuk Hummel Op. 87 (copy after Graf, Vienna, 1824); Johann Ladislaus Dussek Op. 41 (Kirckman, London, 1798); George Onslow Op. 76 (Érard, Paris, 1837). Excellent period performances!

Agree, fine recordings, and the period aspect not too obtrusive

[Que]

Agree, fine recordings, and the period aspect not too obtrusive

How fortunate!

[vandermolen]

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' Bergen PO/Andrew Davis:

A beautifully recorded and atmospheric performance.
The completion of the Hickox cycle for Chandos.

[Maestro267]

Strauss: Metamorphosen; Symphonic fragment from Josephslegende
Staatskapelle Dresden/Kempe

Schubert: Piano Sonata in B major, D575
Uchida (piano)

[vandermolen]

Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Two Pianos - this gaunt, epic, lyrical and beautifully recorded performance has to be the best since the Vronsky/Babin/Boult recording of many years ago:

[Symphonic Addict]

The contents of this CD


As part of this set


Based on the first CD of the set (Symphonies 2 and 5, Suite for Chamber Orchestra) this stuff should be of interest to Kyjo, Classicalgeek, Symphonic Addict, foxandpeng, vandermolen, and Harry if they don't already have it.
Mirror Image too, but I'm pretty sure he already has it!

I've heard several works from there, albeit it lacks the Concerto for piano and small orchestra, which I consider to be one of his best works.

[Symphonic Addict]

Niels Viggo Bentzon
Symphony no. 8
Symphonic Variations
Gothenburg-Aarhus Philharmonic Orchestra
Douglas Bostock
(on Qobuz)



Fascinating stuff!

I have good recollections of the Symphony. The Variations are still unknown to me, though.