What are you listening 2 now?

[Mirror Image]

Bernstein: Symphony No. 2

The splendid sound quality and the riveting performance make this recording stunningly glorious.

My favorite recording of this amazing work. Riveting performance, indeed!

[Mirror Image]

Antheil: Piano Concerto No. 1

This may be a first listen, and what a fun listen it was. Tuneful, colourful, perky, delightfully orchestrated... a hit!

I need to get back to Antheil. When I revisited his music awhile back, I just thought him to be too derivative of Shostakovich and Prokofiev. Perhaps a reappraisal will be in order.

[Symphonic Addict]

My favorite recording of this amazing work. Riveting performance, indeed!

For some strange reason I never got immersed into this masterpiece till today. This recording seems unbeatable indeed.

I need to get back to Antheil. When I revisited his music awhile back, I just thought him to be too derivative of Shostakovich and Prokofiev. Perhaps a reappraisal will be in order.

It's undeniable that there are gestures that do sound like Prokofiev or Shostakovich, but the music is so entertaining that no one should care for it, and Antheil imprinted an attractive American flavour to the music which brings some freshness to it.

[Mirror Image]

For some strange reason I never got immersed into this masterpiece till today. This recording seems unbeatable indeed.


It's undeniable that there are gestures that do sound like Prokofiev or Shostakovich, but the music is so entertaining that no one should care for it, and Antheil imprinted an attractive American flavour to the music which brings some freshness to it.

Very nice, Cesar. I'll definitely be reinvestigating Antheil's music and probably will end up buying some of his oeuvre which isn't represented in my own collection. I don't own much of his music at all --- the CPO releases and a few others.

[Mapman]

Bernstein: Symphony No. 2

The splendid sound quality and the riveting performance make this recording stunningly glorious.

That's probably my favorite American symphony. I'll need to check out that recording at some point.

[Symphonic Addict]

Finishing off the night with three quirky, off-center piano concerti:

Ifukube
Ritmica ostinata
Hitoshi Kobayashi, piano
Yomiuri Nippon SO
Hiroshi Wakasugi

Janáček
Concertino, JW VII / 11
Josef Páleníček, piano
Czech PO Chamber Ensemble

Schulhoff
Concerto for piano & small orchestra
Jan Simon, piano
Prague RSO
Vladimír Válek

From these recordings -

I have good memories of the Schulhoff. One of my favorites works by him, actually.

[Symphonic Addict]

Dohnányi: String Quartet No. 2 in D-flat major

You can't count many quartets in this key, and this one is a real gem of a piece. The last movement (it's cast in 3 movs.) is a slow and elegant theme with variations. The agitated section around 4:30 min. mark reminded me of the stormy passage in the slow movement of Schubert's String Quintet.

[Mirror Image]

I have good memories of the Schulhoff. One of my favorites works by him, actually.

Schulhoff is a freakin' brilliant composer! Many of his works should be part of the mainstream repertoire, especially the 1920s works.

[Que]

Morning listening on Spotify:



http://www.medieval.org/music/early/06.html

[Operafreak]

Messiaen: Oiseaux Exotiques, Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, Schoenberg: Piano Concerto- Francesco Piemontesi, Orchestre de La Suisse Romande, Jonathan Nott

[Traverso]

Deutsche Barock Kantaten


CD 2


Aus der tiefen rufen wir  .....

[Operafreak]

Schubert - Duos for piano & violin- Isabelle Faust (violin) & Alexander Melnikov (piano)

   

[Traverso]

Bach


Die kunst der Fuge

[aligreto]

CPE Bach: The Solo Keyboard Music Vol. 10 [Spányi]





Sonata in F maj. W.62/9 [H.58]
Sonata in G maj. W.65/26 [H64]

[Traverso]

CPE Bach: The Solo Keyboard Music Vol. 10 [Spányi]





Sonata in F maj. W.62/9 [H.58]
Sonata in G maj. W.65/26 [H64]

Fine music  Fergus 

[aligreto]

Fine music  Fergus 

It is, Jan, and I also particularly like the instrument that is used.

[aligreto]

I have this as a download, otherwise too expensive for my taste.My champions are Gulda,Backhaus and the incomplete Gilels.
I like the EMI Kovacevich too 

Yes, my copy is also a download, Jan.

[Lisztianwagner]

One by one, I'll listen to all Bartók's String Quartets, which, I confess, I haven't listened to before.

Béla Bartók
String Quartet No.1

[Madiel]

Continuing with Poulenc songs.



I'm now just past halfway through this album, dipping into the little collections, and it's been fabulous. The only thing better is knowing I have another 4 albums in the series to look forward to after this one.

[VonStupp]

Alfred Schnittke
Three Sacred Hymns (1984)

Sergei Rachmaninov
O Mother of God (1893)

Sofia Gubaidulina
Homage on Marina Zwetajewa, Choral Suite (1984)

Sergei Taneyev
Choruses on Jakov Polonski, op. 27 (1911)

Michail Glinka
Cherubic Hymn

PI Tchaikovsky
Cherubic Hymn (1878)

SWR Vokalensemble - Marcus Creed

For this morning:

VS



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