What are you listening 2 now?

[classicalgeek]

Maybe I was a little unfair with Ernest. I had forgot about his gorgeous Violin Concerto and heartfelt Cello Concerto. Both stupendous works.

Re. Johan Wagenaar, good stuff! This guy really composed some uplifting music. His tone poem Saul og David is one of my favorites by him.

And I see that's on the other cpo release of his symphonic poems! I'll have to check it out.

TD:
Debussy
Preludes, Book 2
Zoltan Kocsis
(on CD)



Fine performances - I may prefer a little more poetry and mystery in my Debussy piano works, but Kocsis brings his own insights.


Jan Hanus
Symphony no. 5
unnamed orchestra
Alois Klima
(on YouTube)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED79CixIucY

As with a lot of these YouTube offerings, they're either LP transfers or radio broadcasts, so the sound quality is iffy. As for the music, it's fine, but it hasn't stuck in my memory.

A first listen to Dvorak's Requiem.

I'll join you, with this recording:

[VonStupp]

Are you enjoying this set, VS? Where you familiar with these works previously?

These are all excellent sounding, but I particularly love the sound of the LSO here.

Many of these works are unknown to me, particularly the string orchestra ones. It is interesting how different VW's style could be, comparatively the Concerto Grosso and the Partita.

I know the Piano Concerto as the Concerto for Two Pianos previously, and I have a number of Lark's and Unknown Regions strewn across different recordings. Mostly, I have known his choral and orchestral works, not his concertante ones, so this recording was a delight.

I had a tuba-playing friend in college, and because of that, I know a few too many works for that instrument's repertoire than I would like. But it led me to a few albums of Vaughan Williams, although unlike today, I can't remember which ones I listened to. I am pretty certain the Oboe Concerto and Tuba Concerto were among those records.

VS

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These are all excellent sounding, but I particularly love the sound of the LSO here.

Many of these works are unknown to me, particularly the string orchestra ones. It is interesting how different VW's style could be, comparatively the Concerto Grosso and the Partita.

I know the Piano Concerto as the Concerto for Two Pianos previously, and I have a number of Lark's and Unknown Regions strewn across different recordings. Mostly, I have known his choral and orchestral works, not his concertante ones, so this recording was a delight.

I had a tuba-playing friend in college, and because of that, I know a few too many works for that instrument's repertoire than I would like. But it led me to a few albums of Vaughan Williams, although unlike today, I can't remember which ones I listened to. I am pretty certain the Oboe Concerto and Tuba Concerto were among those records.

VS

Excellent! I'm glad you're enjoying that 2-CD set. It's an invaluable addition to the RVW discography. The performances were all solid, too. The best I can remember.

[DavidW]

From my flac archive, Nielsen's 4th symphony and Mozart's 27th piano concerto.

[vandermolen]

Alan Rawsthorne (1905-1971): Symphonic Studies (1938) - his masterpiece in its greatest recorded performance (LPO Pritchard). I think that this abstract work reflects the urgency of its time. If you only want one Rawsthorne CD in your collection (as I'm sure you all do  ) this is the one to have. Pritchard was a fine conductor (his live Shostakovich Symphony No.11 lives on in my memory and I can even hear it again on BBC Radio Classics):

[vandermolen]

Fellas even if I lurk in ancient lore most of the time, I'm listening to one of my favorfite LPa Deutsch Gramophone Charles Yves, Carl Ruggle, Walter Piston, great amercan composers witch I tend to forgot whit the Boston Orchestra Mint but it for 2$

I know I 'm cheap skate, the vynil ain't work a fortune but it's a good recording
.Any sane or classical music lover of the respective era would agree.

That's a terrific disc my friend. It features, IMO, the greatest performance of Ives's 'Three Places in new England' - the Piston is great (very moving slow movement) and MTT delivers a great performance.

[Que]

Johann Christian Bach.

Symphonies Concertantes.
Vol. 1 & 2.

The Hanover Band, Anthony Halstead.

Cracking performances, top notch if it comes to performance and sound. CPO knew what they did when they hired the Hanover Band and their multi talented conductor. This kind of music is always welcome.

+1! 

[Lisztianwagner]

Lovely, Ilaria. Karajan was always incredible in Sibelius. I own that 2-CD set, but I upgraded to this one upon its release:



Everything has been remastered and there's even a blu-ray audio disc included, but I haven't heard any of it yet. I have a stereo system, but it isn't setup for surround sound. Maybe one day!

I couldn't agree more, he was always a brilliant interpreter, in Sibelius too. I didn't know about that box set, how wonderful! Maybe I must think about it too.....

Now:

Antonín Dvořák
Symphonic Variations

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I couldn't agree more, he was always a brilliant interpreter, in Sibelius too. I didn't know about that box set, how wonderful! Maybe I must think about it too.....

Now:

Antonín Dvořák
Symphonic Variations

He sure was --- Karajan is one of my favorite conductors. My only regret about his recordings is he didn't conduct more Czech, Polish and Russian music, although he did record some marvelous Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Prokofiev.

[Linz]

George Szell Beethoven Complete Incedental Music to Egmont Josef Krips with Schuberts Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

[prémont]

George Szell Beethoven Complete Incedental Music to Egmont Josef Krips with Schuberts Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

Great recordings in an endless row it seems.

[VonStupp]

Excellent! I'm glad you're enjoying that 2-CD set. It's an invaluable addition to the RVW discography. The performances were all solid, too. The best I can remember.

I will get to Thomson's VW symphony cycle in the near future. I expect much of the same excellence.

VS

[Linz]

Karl Munchinger Schubert  Rosamunde, Furstin von Zypern, D.797, Weber  Preciosa - Overture, J.279,  Schumann  Genoveva - Overture, op.81 and Cherubini  Anacreon - Overture

[Lisztianwagner]

He sure was --- Karajan is one of my favorite conductors. My only regret about his recordings is he didn't conduct more Czech, Polish and Russian music, although he did record some marvelous Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Prokofiev.

Yes, it's true; he also made some splendid recordings of Stravinsky, Mussorgsky, Borodin and Rimsky-Korsakov's, plus his Smetana and Dvorak (I would have liked very much if he had recorded a complete cycle of the symphonies), but those are not as many as his recordings of Austrian, German or Italian music, for example. I'm calling to mind, but as a matter of fact, apart from some Chopin, I think he didn't recorded any other Polish composer at all.

[VonStupp]

Zoltán Kodály
Háry János Suite
Dances of Galánta
Peacock Variations

Atlanta SO - Yoel Levi

VS

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I will get to Thomson's VW symphony cycle in the near future. I expect much of the same excellence.

VS

Yes, the symphony cycle from Thomson is one of favorites along with Boult (Warner) and Previn.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Vaughan Williams
On Wenlock Edge
Ian Partridge, tenor
The Music Group of London



Hat-tip to Roasted Swan for recommending this recording to me. It's beautiful.

[vandermolen]

NP:

Vaughan Williams
On Wenlock Edge
Ian Partridge, tenor
The Music Group of London



Hat-tip to Roasted Swan for recommending this recording to me. It's beautiful.

Yes, it's one of the great VW (and Warlock) CDs.

[Mirror Image]

Yes, it's one of the great VW (and Warlock) CDs.

I certainly enjoyed it for sure, Jeffrey.

[classicalgeek]

Dvorak
Requiem
Maria Stader, soprano
Sieglinde Wagner, mezzo-soprano
Ernst Haefliger, tenor
Kim Borg, bass
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
Karel Ancerl
(on Spotify)



I believe it's my first time listening to this work, and my goodness, is it gorgeous! Haunting, comforting, and heartbreakingly beautiful... the tenor solo in 'Recordare, Jesu pie' left me speechless. I definitely need to check out more of his choral music.