What are you listening 2 now?

[San Antone]

Shostakovich | Symphony No. 7, Op. 60 in C Major "Leningrad"
Gürzinich Orchester Köln, Dimitrij Kitajenko

[Todd]

[Karl Henning]

CD 5

Shostakovich
Symphony № 4 in c minor, Op. 43
Rec. 24 May 1987

A splendid account of one of my favorite works, and further refutation of the canard that an excellent performance of Shostakovich requires a Russian orchestra struggling with malnutrition.

Shostakovich | Symphony No. 7, Op. 60 in C Major "Leningrad"
Gürzinich Orchester Köln, Dimitrij Kitajenko

I do enjoy that set ... and incidentally:

CD 6

Shostakovich
Symphony № 7 in C, Op. 60 « Leningrad »
Rec. 8 Jan 1968

[San Antone]

5 Orchestral Lieder, Juliana Banse, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado



And continuing with Lulu Suite with same forces.

[Karl Henning]

CD 6

Shostakovich
Symphony № 7 in C, Op. 60 « Leningrad »
Rec. 8 Jan 1968

This recording (predating that of the Op. 43 by 20 years) illustrates my point: it suffers both from inferior sonics, and an orchestra which strains at times. Spirited performance, but the recording cannot be a first choice IMO.

[vers la flamme]

Emil Tabakov: 5 Bulgarian Dances. Emil Tabakov, Bulgarian National RSO

Such a damn cool piece!

[Lisztianwagner]

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No.2

[vers la flamme]

Emil Tabakov: 5 Bulgarian Dances. Emil Tabakov, Bulgarian National RSO

Such a damn cool piece!

Continuing onto Symphony No.8 on the same disc. I believe this is my first listen to the work, though I've played the Bulgarian Dances that fill the remainder of the disc a couple of times before. It sounds very good at the moment. Very dark, spacious music, not worlds apart from the likes of Dmitri Shostakovich and Alfred Schnittke, whose musics I suspect may have been influential on the composer. Thank you to whomever I saw listening to this disc several months ago, prompting me to purchase it, for introducing me to some interesting music.

[Karl Henning]

This recording (predating that of the Op. 43 by 20 years) illustrates my point: it suffers both from inferior sonics, and an orchestra which strains at times. Spirited performance, but the recording cannot be a first choice IMO.

Did I enjoy the piece nonetheless? Yes.

I do need a change, though:

CD 3

Igor Stravinsky
Vn Cto in D (1931)
Alexander Kerr, vn
Riccardo Chailly

Bohuslav Martinů
Les fresques de Piero della Francesca, H. 352 (1955, Nice)
Leonard Slatkin

Peter Schat
Symphony № 3 « Gamelan » (1998-99
Hans Vonk

Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloé Suite № 2 (1909-13)
Mariss Jansons

[San Antone]

Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette
Riccardo Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra

[SonicMan46]

Schubert, Franz - Piano Duets - Four Hands w/ Eschenbach and Frantz (from the 70s) - Brilliant licensed these recordings and offered a 4-disc box - listening now on Spotify - not sure that I'd listen to this music much vs. Schubert's solo works for piano - don't know?  There are other options of single discs up to a 7-CD box w/ Vermuelen and friend on a fortepiano - although attractive sounding I just bought Vermuelen's 12-disc box of the solo pieces - probably enough for me -    Dave

 

[vers la flamme]

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.9 in D major. John Barbirolli, Berlin Philharmonic

This recording is really growing on me. I listened to the Karajan/Berlin Live 9th earlier this week, which I love—but this one is hitting harder at present. Barbirolli is a very fine Mahler conductor. From this box I still have yet to hear the 6th (a controversial one), and the 1st (literally have never heard anything about this recording).

[Karl Henning]

Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette
Riccardo Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra

Love that recording, too!

CD 3

Igor Stravinsky
Vn Cto in D (1931)
Alexander Kerr, vn
Riccardo Chailly

Bohuslav Martinů
Les fresques de Piero della Francesca, H. 352 (1955, Nice)
Leonard Slatkin

Peter Schat
Symphony № 3 « Gamelan » (1998-99
Hans Vonk

Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloé Suite № 2 (1909-13)
Mariss Jansons

Just what I needed. And the Stravinsky-into-Martinů segue was especially nice. The Schat was a good piece (I vaguely wonder if that name is, well, scatological) and now I know that it's cool to write a symphony in one movement that runs under a quarter of an hour.

[vers la flamme]

Johannes Brahms: Symphony No.3 in F major, op.90. Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

Sounding excellent at the moment with dinner and an IPA. 

[JBS]

now I know that it's cool to write a symphony in one movement that runs under a quarter of an hour.

Always nice to find out you were right all along.

TD
The BBC Music Magazine CD Vol.30 no 10 (July 2022)

RVW Serenade to Music*
RW Siegfried Idyll*
George Lewis Minds in Flux**
BBC Scottish Symphony
*Donald Runnicles cond
**with Sound Intermedia Ilan Volkov conducting

The RVW is outstanding, and is the 16 soloist version. It's from a 2010 Proms concert.
The Wagner (currently playing) is also good, but not at the same level. It's from a 2012 Proms concert.
The Lewis ends the CD; it is a work given its premiere at last year's Proms. It involves orchestra and electronics, and the description in the magazine makes me think I'll either love it or hate it once I get to it.

[JBS]

Well, I didn't hate the Lewis; but I feel no urgency to hear it again.

So back to the NWE set

[Operafreak]

Kraus, J M: Amphitryon - Incidental Music

Chantal Santon & Georg Poplutz- L'arte del mondo, Werner Ehrhardt

[Traverso]

Well, I didn't hate the Lewis; but I feel no urgency to hear it again.

So back to the NWE set

That's a fine recording....

[pjme]

Love that recording, too!

The Schat was a good piece (I vaguely wonder if that name is, well, scatological) and now I know that it's cool to write a symphony in one movement that runs under a quarter of an hour.

No worries there... : a "schat" is a treasure.
And a "schatje" is nick name, a petname for your lover, wife,child, mistress, dog, cat, canary....
However, if you want to discover more about the influence of Dutch/Flemish on English (including...words starting with sh... or sch...) read here:
https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_low001200301_01/_low001200301_01_0016.php

[Que]

Refreshing my memories of this series this morning:



Well, at least as good as I remembered.  I'm looking forward to hearing the 3rd volume!