What are you listening 2 now?

[Todd]

[Linz]

The last cd of Ofra Harnoy playing Vivaldi RV 418, 408, 416, 419, 413 & 547

[Mapman]

Walton: Symphony #1
Rattle: CBSO

Another symphony I've been meaning to listen to. I like it!

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

How do you like it, Todd?

Why do the different players play in different discs of this series?

[Todd]

How do you like it, Todd?

Why do the different players play in different discs of this series?

I don't know why Naxos is using multiple pianists.  You would have to contact the company for a definitive answer.

Like the pianists on the other two single discs that I've heard from the series, Soo-Jung Ann has the ability to dispatch the works without any issues, and she plays them quite nicely.  One must turn to people who select and record specific works for better performances.  Larrocha typically comes up, but her Soler is not especially distinguished to my ears.  Luiz Fernando Perez is much more to my liking, but even better are Marie-Luise Hinrichs and Frederick Marvin, though the latter's disc is in horrid sound.  That makes Hinrichs my default go-to.

[Linz]

Carl Maria von Weber Overture, Mozart Symphony 33 An Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 the Kölner Rundfunk-sinfonie Orchester with Erich Kleiber conducting

[Karl Henning]

CD 12
Rakhmaninov

CD 10
Les Suites anglaises
in A BWV 806
in a minor BWV 807
in g minor BWV 808

[Mapman]

Max Reger: Clarinet Sonatas 1 and 2, Op. 49
Alan R. Kay, Jon Klibonoff

This is more music that I have only now gotten around to listening to. It is very enjoyable. Like the Brahms sonatas, but more chromatic. I particularly like the 2nd (~scherzo) movements. Reger seems to have a sense of humor somewhat like Haydn's. In the 2nd movement of the 1st sonata, the theme starts similar to what Brahms might have written. Then Reger starts a (inverted) sequence, but then abruptly stops the clarinet part. The 2nd phrase (which is 8 measures) starts in measure 7, which contributes to the unbalanced feeling. The performance is quite good, too: Alan R. Kay is co-principal in Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.

[JBS]

Third or fourth listen to this CD. The Elgar gets a superior performance, but the main attraction is Dance.
Thoroughly recommended.

[Mirror Image]

Great stuff! CPO's entire Kabalevsky series is worth its weight in gold.

I'm certainly enjoying this revisitation, Kyle. Great stuff, indeed.

[Mirror Image]

The best classical music forum of them all, no contest and hands down.

I would certainly agree with you, Andrei. I'm a member of another classical forum and the vibe there is nothing like it is here that's for sure. As I've said before, I've always looked at GMG as the happy medium between overcrowded and crickets chirping.

[Mirror Image]

Giving this yet another listen:

Braunfels
Piano Concerto, Op. 21
Victor Sangiorgio, piano
BBC Concert Orchestra
Johannes Wildner



Such a magical piece. It gets better and better with each revisit. I know I should move and listen to some other Braunfels' works, but I can't right now. The slow movement Adagio is so gorgeous. Just an inventive and beautiful work. I believe this is the only recording of this concerto.

[Mirror Image]

Third or fourth listen to this CD. The Elgar gets a superior performance, but the main attraction is Dance.
Thoroughly recommended.

+1 for the Clyne work. I never cared for the Elgar I'm afraid. I'm a much bigger fan of his Violin Concerto.

[Operafreak]

Coleridge-Taylor & Dvorak: Violin Concertos

Philippe Graffin (violin)- Johannesburg Philharmonic, Michael Hankinson

[JBS]

+1 for the Clyne work. I never cared for the Elgar I'm afraid. I'm a much bigger fan of his Violin Concerto.

I'm the reverse: I've never really gotten into his Violin Concerto, but loved the Cello Concerto from the first time I heard it (Maisky/Sinopoli I think).

NP

[Mirror Image]

Two Czech Serenades for Strings from father-in-law/teacher Dvořák and son-in-law/pupil Suk:

[Symphonic Addict]

Two Czech Serenades for Strings from father-in-law/teacher Dvořák and son-in-law/pupil Suk:

Lovely pieces both. I have a special affection for the Suk, though.

[Mirror Image]

Lovely pieces both. I have a special affection for the Suk, though.

Indeed. I love both pieces.

[TheGSMoeller]

[TheGSMoeller]