What are you listening 2 now?

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Benjamin Frankel: 'Curse of the Werewolf':

Nice!

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Now playing Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, "Emperor" with Brendel/Levine/CSO from this set:

[The new erato]

Oddly appealing actually, perhaps helped by the occasional Norwegian folk-tune making an appearance:

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Aram Khachaturian: Gayenne. Kakhidze/USSR.

Do you prefer this performance or the Tjeknavorian one on RCA?

[Operafreak]

Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 & Concertino

Alexander Toradze (piano), with Jurgen Ellensohn (trumpet), with George Vatchnadze (piano)-Frankfurt RSO, Paavo Järvi

[Florestan]

Disc 1

Bernard Henrik Crusell: Sinfonia Concertante Op. 3 in B-flat major for clarinet, horn, bassoon and orchestra

Georg Abraham Schneider: Sinfonia Concertante Op. 19 in D major for violin, viola and orchestra

Franz Danzi: Sinfonia Concertante Op. 41 in B-flat major for flute, clarinet and orchestra

Three splendid works in crackerjack performances. I can't even put it in enough, or proper, words, how much pleasure and enjoyment I had in listening to them. Highly recommended.

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Now playing Bernstein "On the Waterfront" Suite with the composer conducting the New York PO from this amazing set:

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Nikos Skalkottas: 'The Sea' (Ballet Suite, 1949)
Very enjoyable and tunefully approachable music. Thanks to Manabu for alerting me to it.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Do you prefer this performance or the Tjeknavorian one on RCA?

Yes for Kakhidze for the score. This one is a performance of the revised/final score. I "think" the RCA is the score before the revision.
Both the performances are vg.

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Yes for Kakhidze for the score. This one is a performance of the revised/final score. I "think" the RCA is the score before the revision.
Both the performances are vg.

Thanks, Manabu. I own the Kakhidze in a Mobile Fidelity recording, but I don't think I've listened to it yet. As for the Tjeknavorian, I bought it as a Japanese import.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Thanks, Manabu. I own the Kakhidze in a Mobile Fidelity recording, but I don't think I've listened to it yet. As for the Tjeknavorian, I bought it as a Japanese import.

Mine too. I don't understand why those Japanese people don't reissue Symphony 1 by TJ from RCA. Jeffrey has the LP record.

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Mine too. I don't understand why those Japanese people don't reissue Symphony 1 by TJ from RCA. Jeffrey has the LP record.

It is quite odd, indeed. I also don't understand why there isn't a Khachaturian box set from a record label available. In my mind, he was an important 20th Century composer and wrote some exquisite music.

[Irons]

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.6 BBC SO, Boult (live, Proms concert 1972)
Fabulous! (and I'm listening on a small portable CD player as my usual one is being repaired). IMO this in incomparably better than any recent recording (Manze, Elder, Wilson for example). Boult gave the first performance of the 6th Symphony and I find that his readings have a unique authority about them. This is, in a way, quite different to his three studio recordings on EMI (x2 and Decca). The big tune, at the end of the first movement, is neither given the full romantic treatment (Barbirolli and many others) nor does it have the objectivity of the Decca recording (my favourite), instead it sounds a bit like a stately Tudor dance - but I really enjoyed it. The relentless second movement is faster and not as implacable as the Decca performance and the finale is a bit faster than on Decca (made with VW in the studio). I look forward to hearing it on my usual CD player!

Confusingly ICA Classics claim "first CD release" Jeffrey, but for the 6th it is not. Boult's Proms 16th August 1972 live recording was issued with the BBC MM Vol.21 No.7. The coupling being Brabbins conducting Orchestra of Wales in "The Sea" by Frank Bridge.

[Florestan]

It is quite odd, indeed. I also don't understand why there isn't a Khachaturian box set from a record label available. In my mind, he was an important 20th Century composer and wrote some exquisite music.

+ 1.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

It is quite odd, indeed. I also don't understand why there isn't a Khachaturian box set from a record label available. In my mind, he was an important 20th Century composer and wrote some exquisite music.

Tower Records Japan reissued The Bell. Looks quite nice.

https://tower.jp/item/4366803/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%88%E3%82%A5%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%EF%BC%9A-%E4%BA%A4%E9%9F%BF%E6%9B%B2%E7%AC%AC2%E7%95%AA%E3%80%8A%E9%90%98%E3%80%8B,-%E3%83%90%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A8%E3%80%8A%E3%82%B9%E3%83%91%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%80%8B,-%E3%80%8A%E3%82%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8C%E3%80%8B%E6%8A%9C%E7%B2%8B;-%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8D%E3%83%A0%EF%BC%9A-%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E4%BA%A4%E9%9F%BF%E6%9B%B2%EF%BC%9C%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E9%99%90%E5%AE%9A%EF%BC%9E

[Maestro267]

Sibelius: Kullervo
Lahti SO/Vanska

Wellesz: Symphony No. 4
CPO one

Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2
BBC PO/Noseda

I'm gutted Noseda's set doesn't include the Symphonic Dances.

[classicalgeek]

Over the weekend:

Arnold
Symphony no. 2
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
Andrew Penny



The more I listen to Malcolm Arnold, the more I love him!

Debussy
Etudes
Mitsuko Uchida, piano



Debussy
Preludes, Book 1
Zoltan Kocsis, piano



These are both exquisite interpretations.

Mahler
Symphony no. 5
Philadelphia Orchestra
James Levine



A solid Mahler 5 - I heard many orchestral details I hadn't heard before, and the finale is perfectly paced, culminating in a triumphant return of the chorale and a headlong race to the finish. A but slow in the Adagietto, but it still works.

[kyjo]

I thought that the answer was no Kyle but then I decided to check my Amazon order history only to discover that, apparently, I ordered it in 2011! Now, clearly I need to find the CD! 

Clearly, you do! The Impressioni dal vero and Pauze del silenzio are two of Malipiero's most remarkable and engaging works, well, to me anyway.

[kyjo]

Jean Cras: Piano Quintet

Gosh, a ravishing creation. Cras wrote some truly exquisite music for sure.

Pounds the table! One of my favorite piano quintets ever. I love its life-affirming and often "exotic" language (inspired by Cras' travels as a naval officer). I slightly prefer the recording on the Timpani label, btw.

[Spotted Horses]

Malipiero, Symphony No 3, "delle campane", de Almeida, Moscow



This symphony was (according to the release notes) written to mark the date September 8, 1943, when the bells of St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice were rung to signal the invasion of Italy by Germany. This was shortly after Mussolini was deposed, but before he was captured and executed by communist partisans.

The work is, overall, less extroverted, more solemn than I have come to expect from Malipiero. A satisfying work, well performed. This is the first release in the series, and the audio seems to get progressively more focused in the later releases. This first volume is a bit reverberant for my taste, but still effective.