What are you listening 2 now?

[vandermolen]

Pjotr Illich Thaikovsky,

Symphony No. 4 in F minor.
Marche Slave.

London SO, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky.

I forgot how marvelous these performances are. It was really a long time ago that I played them. There is fire, passion, detailed expression and the weight of this fine Orchestra. A very Russian take with an English orchestra,
Rozhdestvensky does it with verve and commitment. It is well recorded too.

The cover art is from Regis, but I have the Brilliant release.

I have No.6 on CD - it's a terrific performance (with Romeo and Juliet).
(Correction - 'The Storm'):

[Harry]

I have No.6 on CD - it's a terrific performance (with Romeo and Juliet).
(Correction - 'The Storm'):

Aha, I was already wondering, seeing the Storm and not Romeo and Juliet, but yes that's the one I have on Brilliant.

[bhodges]

More from the Bowdoin International Music Festival, which has hosted many fine concerts over the last month, and most of them are still up on YouTube. This one -- with works by Fritz Kreisler, Jeff Scott, and Mendelssohn -- was just performed on Wednesday night. The artists are mostly young players, and extremely talented.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydQTl39nstE

--Bruce

[Karl Henning]

Beethoven


Symphony No. 5 & 7

Looks tasty, Jan!

TD:
First-Listen Friday!

Mahler Tenth
Bournemouth Symphony
Rattle

[SonicMan46]

Dave I like this recording:

 

Hi David - thanks for the Hantai recommendation; I have him in a number of other composers - I listened this morning to the recording on Spotify and greatly enjoyed but just one disc's worth of material vs. Borgstede in a 4-disc box; just re-listened to several of his CDs and enjoy similarly, both put in excellent performances, have well recorded sound, and use quite good harpsichords - SO, I guess does one want just a 'sample' or virtually all of the suites?  Dave

[Traverso]

Looks tasty, Jan!

TD:
First-Listen Friday!

Mahler Tenth
Bournemouth Symphony
Rattle

It surely is ,unfortunately the box is long oop,but if you are interested........

https://www.ebay.nl/itm/304545978950?hash=item46e85ada46:g:zI8AAOSw~m1izOCf

[Spotted Horses]

The early quartet, yes? I remember it being lush!

I haven't listened to that. Sounds like I should. I have to decide between LaSalle and Schoenberg Quartets.

[Brian]

Felt like Jewish-tinged violin concertos this morning, I guess.



First listens to all of this stuff. Achron wrote three violin concertos and premiered them (although two were dedicated to Heifetz, who enthusiastically toured with them). This first one is the only one that's been recorded, and it has an unusual structure: a 25-minute first movement based on notations for the pitches in which people are supposed to read certain biblical verses (forgive my inelegant paraphrasing, not being religious I don't know the reality which the words in the booklet describe), and a 10-minute finale which is variations on themes from Yemeni folk music.

[Traverso]

Tchaikovsky



No time like the present to listen to the Nutcracker

The upper edition has the better sound in my opinion, the lower one is a later remastering with a slightly brighter sound that is further away than what you hear in the Concertgebouw.
Of course both are with the Concertgebouw Orchestra.

[Karl Henning]

It surely is ,unfortunately the box is long oop,but if you are interested........

https://www.ebay.nl/itm/304545978950?hash=item46e85ada46:g:zI8AAOSw~m1izOCf

A bit rich for my blood, as they say

[Traverso]

A bit rich for my blood, as they say

I sometimes wonder if there are people willing to pay such absurd prices.

[Brian]

A nifty little find on streaming, for some Friday fun:

[Linz]

Gerd Schaller With Bruckner Symphony No. 9 with the 2018 Revised Completion by Gerd Schaller

[Karl Henning]

I sometimes wonder if there are people willing to pay such absurd prices.

No kidding!

[vandermolen]

Felt like Jewish-tinged violin concertos this morning, I guess.



First listens to all of this stuff. Achron wrote three violin concertos and premiered them (although two were dedicated to Heifetz, who enthusiastically toured with them). This first one is the only one that's been recorded, and it has an unusual structure: a 25-minute first movement based on notations for the pitches in which people are supposed to read certain biblical verses (forgive my inelegant paraphrasing, not being religious I don't know the reality which the words in the booklet describe), and a 10-minute finale which is variations on themes from Yemeni folk music.

That Ben-Haim disc is great and I like the Achron one as well - especially for 'The Golem'. One day in the car I heard the last part of 'Evocation' and thought that I have to know what this is.

[JBS]

Felt like Jewish-tinged violin concertos this morning, I guess.



First listens to all of this stuff. Achron wrote three violin concertos and premiered them (although two were dedicated to Heifetz, who enthusiastically toured with them). This first one is the only one that's been recorded, and it has an unusual structure: a 25-minute first movement based on notations for the pitches in which people are supposed to read certain biblical verses (forgive my inelegant paraphrasing, not being religious I don't know the reality which the words in the booklet describe), and a 10-minute finale which is variations on themes from Yemeni folk music.

The cantillation system is usually called by its Yiddish name, trope, in the US. There may or may not be a relationship with Christian liturgical chant. I learned the basics for my bar mitzvah, and promptly forgot it all the week after my bar mitzvah 
This Wikipedia article contains all the information (plus probably much more) you might need
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_cantillation.

[SonicMan46]

Last few days, some 'used' dual CD sets arrived:

Tchaikovsky, Peter - Symphonies w/ Igor Markevitch and the London SO from the 1960s.

Scarlatti, Domenico - Sonatas w/ Claire Huangci on piano.  Dave

      

[Linz]

Haitink Mahler Symphony 1

[San Antone]

Sibelius: The Symphonies - No. 6 in D Minor, Op. 104
Blomstedt / San Francisco Symphony

[Linz]

Hans Rott Symphony in E minor with Gerhard Samuel and the Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra