What are you listening 2 now?

[Traverso]

First dip into this Saint-Saëns set of chamber music for winds, now playing the Clarinet Sonata, Op. 167:



Exquisite! Gives The Nash Ensemble a run for its' money.

A fine piece John 

[Que]

Good to see this recording,enjoy it  Que 

As good as I remembered!    Enjoyed the wonderful hardcover book(let) as well.

[Operafreak]

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opus 109, 110, 111/ Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

[Harry]

As good as I remembered!    Enjoyed the wonderful hardcover book(let) as well.

I wish I could find a complete set, for a price that is affordable. Last time I fished behind the net, someone overbid me trice the price.

[Traverso]

CD 1

[Harry]

Alexander Glazunov.

Complete Orchestral Works & Concertos.
CD VII.

Violin concerto in A minor. (Rachel Barton Pine, violin)
Chant du Menestrel. (Wen-Sinn Yang, Cello)
Piano concerto No. 2 in B major. (Alexander Romanovsky, Piano)
Concerto in E flat major for Alto saxophone and String orchestra. (Marc Chisson, Alto saxophone)

Russian National Orchestra, Jose Serebrier.


A very good set.

[Lisztianwagner]

That series of recordings is very fine. I seem to remember reading that the La Salle Quartet was responsible for something of a revival of those quartets when they started performing them in the 1960's. I feel possessive of the La Salle Quartet, because they named themselves after La Salle Street, where I once lived for a short time.

I originally got to know Zemlinsky through the Conlon recordings on EMI, but ultimately found them unsatisfying, not because of Conlon's work, but because EMI's audio never seemed to quite bloom the way it should. I have found Chailly and Dausgaard more to my taste.

Really? Surprising, EMI usually has a fine sound quality. Anyway, so far I've listened to the Chailly recordings for Die Seejungfrau, the Psalms and the Lyric Symphony and I absolutely enjoyed them too.

Now, on Spotify:
Alexander Zemlinsky
String Quartet No.2/String Quartet No.3

[Florestan]

Sensuous, poetic and seductive performances of Mompou's seductive, poetic and sensuous music.



Courtesy of, and hat tip to, Mandryka. A peach.

[Que]

[Madiel]

Currently deconstructing and reconstructing. With help from an interesting website completely dedicated to Stabat Mater compositions.

[Florestan]

Currently deconstructing and reconstructing.

Your new house, I presume? Good luck with your work.

[Madiel]

Your new house, I presume? Good luck with your work.

I was referring to the musical work. Not my property. There are 13 movements and I'm listening to them either singly or in pairs.

[Florestan]

I was referring to the musical work. Not my property.

Ah. Then what do you mean by "deconstructing and reconstructing" Haydn's Stabat Mater? 

[Traverso]

Mahler


"Des Knaben Wunderhorn"  my favorite Mahler work,a fine recording  it is,the acoustics are wonderful.

[Harry]

Joseph Joachim Raff.

Complete Symphonies, Suites & Overtures.
CD VIII.
Symphonies No. 8, "Frühlingsklänge" & No. 10, "Zur Herbstzeit"

Bamberger Symphoniker, Hans Stadlmair.

[Madiel]

Ah. Then what do you mean by "deconstructing and reconstructing" Haydn's Stabat Mater? 

See above.

[Florestan]

See above.

Got it now, thanks.

What do you think of Burdick's performance? I remember liking it.

[Madiel]

Got it now, thanks.

What do you think of Burdick's performance? I remember liking it.

I don't have other performances to compare it to, but I bought the box set on the strength of a lot of recommendations and I certainly don't have any complaints. This is actually the kind of music where I think a 'period' performance is a good thing, it avoids the music getting too heavy and bogged down. It also seems thoroughly appropriate for a Stabat Mater from reasonably early in Haydn's career to sound a little bit Baroque.

It seems weird that out of 13 movements, the only one that uses all 4 soloists (plus the chorus) is the 10th one! https://stabatmater.info/componist/joseph-haydn/

[Traverso]

Ravel


Melodies

[Operafreak]

Joseph Joachim Raff - Cello Concertos

Daniel Muller-Schott (cello), Robert Kulek (piano)-Bamberg Symphonic Orchestra, Hans Stadlmair