What are you listening 2 now?

[SonicMan46]

Thanks Que for the 1-CD suggestions - the two below on a period piano piqued my interest the most - the older recording with Staier & Lubimov is somewhat more pricey on Amazon USA (have not checked 'across the pond' or DISCOGs); however, I listened to Staier and Melinkov this morning on Spotify and enjoyed; also like the program better w/ the Fantasy in F minor, D. 940; plus a little cheaper on Amazon USA - I have some credit and another disc in my basket - can get each for about $10 USA using up my credit.  Thanks again - Dave

P.S. as usual I also looked at reviews which were uniformly excellent (attached for the interested) except for the guy at MusicWeb who seems to hate fortepianos, so crossed-out in my mind - 

I have those myself, excellent performances!
But the prospect these in prime period performances is too appealing to resist. 

BTW Staier did one recording with four hands repertoire with Lubimov -  wonderful!

 


PS And while searching for the recording above, I discovered another - this time with Melnikov. I should investigate!

 

[Karl Henning]

JSB
BWV 29: Cantata № 29, « Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir »

Ah, yes! The Cantata with the brilliant Sinfonia whose acquaintance I made via Wendy Carlos (On, IIRC, The Well-Tempered Synthesizer)

[Traverso]

Bach

Bach

[ritter]

Albéniz: Iberia Books 1 & 2 - Olivier Chauzu piano

How are you finding Chauzu's recording of Iberia, Biffo?

I was very impressed by it when I bought it last year, and it immediately shot up to a very high position among my favourite recordings of the work.

[Todd]

Wrapping up a mini-Koeckert splurge for this weekend.  All three works demonstrate a more relaxed sound than one often gets now, though the Smetana has plenty of bite where needed.  The Schumann, in particular, sounds gorgeous.  My listening this weekend makes me hope than UMG makes all of the Koeckert's studio recordings available for streaming, starting with the Haydn Op 20.  (The Trout with Eschenbach would be good to hear, too.)  Alternatively, a big box would be good.  I will have to revisit their LvB cycle soon.

[Karl Henning]

Good day, Rafael!

[ritter]

Good day to you as well, Karl!

[Karl Henning]

CD 7

Shostakovich
Symphony № 9 in E^b, Op. 45
Rec. 21 Dec 1982

Suite on vv. by Michelangelo Buonarrotti, Op. 145a
Evgeny Nesterenko, bass
Rec. 20 Apr 1976

[Karl Henning]

Well, I snuck this in, first:

Brahms a minor Clarinet Trio, Op. 114

https://www.youtube.com/v/1dAWECPfI20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dAWECPfI20

[San Antone]

Berlioz: Grand messe des morts
Sylvain Cambreling

[Iota]

Walton: Symphony No. 1
Philharmonia Orchestra, Haitink

There's no doubting Walton's incredible flair with an orchestra, and there are some genuinely thrilling passages and climaxes throughout this epic work, as well as joyous feeling of being high on life. And there's a great deal of it I enjoy unreservedly, but  I've still never yet  been completely won over by Walton, and am starting to feel a bit curmudgeonly. Though I do feel the moment may be a bit closer after what seems a brilliant performance from Haitink.

[Karl Henning]

CD 4

Sibelius
Pohjolan tytär, Op. 49 (1906
Colin Davis

Szymanowski
Vn Cto № 1 (1916)
Vesko Eschkanazy, vn
Mark Elder

Sibelius
Symphony № 5 in E^b, Op. 82 (1915-19)
Paavo Berglund

[Bachtoven]

[Allegro feroce]

Ifukube's Gotama the Buddha by the Tokyo Symphony conducted by Kazuhiko Komatsu.

[SonicMan46]

Couperin, Francois (1668-1733) - Nouveaux Concerts, Nos. 5-14 from the 7-disc box of chamber music w/ Jed Wentz and Musica Ad Rhenum; on the first 4 'new' concerts, just 4 musicians (flute, oboe, 5-string Baroque cello, & harpsichord); on the remaining 6 works, 6 performers w/ Baroque bassoon and violin added.  I'd like to obtain another 2-CD set of these works but not many newer ones and the prices can be prohibitive , but will keep looking!  Dave

Les concerts royaux (1714)
Concert No. 1 in G major
Concert No. 2 in D major
Concert No. 3 in A major
Concert No. 4 in E minor
Nouveaux concerts, ou Les goûts réunis (1724)
Concert No. 5 in F major
Concert No. 6 in B-flat major
Concert No. 7 in G minor
Concert No. 8 in G major "Dans le goût théâtral"
Concert No. 9 in E major "Il ritratto dell'amore"
Concert No. 10 in A minor
Concert No. 11 in C minor
Concert No. 12 in A major
Concert No. 13 in G major
Concert No. 14 in D minor (Source)

 

[Que]

Sonata D959, Drei Klavierstücke D946.

[Karl Henning]

CD 4

Sibelius
Pohjolan tytär, Op. 49 (1906
Colin Davis

Szymanowski
Vn Cto № 1 (1916)
Vesko Eschkanazy, vn
Mark Elder

Sibelius
Symphony № 5 in E^b, Op. 82 (1915-19)
Paavo Berglund

The Szymanowski is very likely a first listen. I like it all right.

[vandermolen]

Ralph Vaughan Williams' Symphony No. 9 
    Adrian Boult, , London Philharmonic Orchestra

My word, what a final statement the ending of this is!

Ah yes and what a way for VW to sign out, with those three looming massive waves of sound - defiantly staring into the abyss - that's how I see it anyway.

NP
Kabalevsky Symphony No.4 - one of the great unsung soviet symphonies.
Terrific! Much as I love Kabalevsky's own recording with the Leningrad PO the Oue recording allows so much more orchestral detail to be heard:

[VonStupp]

George Dyson
Concerto Leggiero
Concerto da Camera
Concerto da Chiesa

Eric Parkin, piano (Leggiero)
City of London Sinfonia - Richard Hickox

Distinctive works, moreso, I think, than I have heard from Dyson's Symphony and VC while recently revisiting his orchestral works.

VS

[Todd]

Time to start exploring Fluffy's conducting a bit more.  I've heard perhaps ~100 or so discs of material, but there's much more out there.  Starting with this to see if he can make me really like Holst's big masterpiece.  No luck.