What are you listening 2 now?

[Karl Henning]

Liszt: Dante-Symphony- Staatskapelle Dresden, Dresden State Opera Chorus, Giuseppe Sinopoli

Must be good!

TD:

CD 5

Debussy
12 Études

Berg
Pf Sta, Op. 1

[Karl Henning]

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Going through this cycle starting with....


A Sea Symphony

Nice!

[Traverso]

Nice!

First listen to this performance and I love it.It sounds glorious without being pompous,it has a certain freshness that is attractive.It is a performance that I totally won over and of course there is also the great Chandos recording 

[ritter]

...

CD 5

Debussy
12 Études

Berg
Pf Sta, Op. 1

Good day, Karl!

If IIRC, that Pollini recording was my introduction to the Debussy Études, and I still like it very much. Programming those wonderful pieces with the (also wonderful) Berg Sonata is an ingenious idea.

THREAD DUTY:

Some piano music here as well this afternoon, with this recent acquisition (first listen):



Pavel Kolesnikov's recently released recital of piano music by Reynaldo Hahn (selections from Le Rossignol éperdu and from the Premières valses) has received almost unanimous accolades and (from what I've listened to so far —I'm halfway through the disc) they are fully justified. Kolesnikov plays with elegance, expressiveness, and sensitivity, but without sentimentality. The tempi are generally slower than the ones those familiar with these pieces are used to, and the music gains in weight and substance as a result. The selection of pieces is also very intelligently made, with nine extracts from Le Rossignol followed by six of the waltzes. The CD the concludes with another 10 pieces from Le Rossignol.

I must admit I'm not that keen on the waltzes as compositions (perhaps with the exception with the most substantial one (at 4' plus), Sans rigueur, but they are well played. But the pieces from Le Rossignol make a very coherent cycle, with each one nevertheless having its own "flavour ", and the pianist makes the most out of them individually and in context.

The end effect is to these ears the most satisfying all-Hahn piano CD I've encountered (and I have a very extensive collection of CDs of Reynaldo's music). Highly recommended!

[Traverso]

Delius

Hassan

Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir Bournemouth Sinfonietta

Vernon Handley

[Todd]

Fulfilled my 2022-2023 accordion listening quota with one well-played disc.

[Lisztianwagner]

Arnold Schönberg
String Trio, Op. 45

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No.2 in D minor, op.40. Marin Alsop, São Paulo Symphony Orchestra

Nice!

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 4 Kurt Masur in New York

[Traverso]

Bruckner

Symphony No.9

Live recording 1976

[Lisztianwagner]

First listen to this recording:

Arnold Schönberg
Violin Concerto

[Linz]

Berlioz Overtures with Charles Dutoit and Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

[Karl Henning]

First listen to this performance and I love it.It sounds glorious without being pompous,it has a certain freshness that is attractive.It is a performance that I totally won over and of course there is also the great Chandos recording 

Good day, Karl!

If IIRC, that Pollini recording was my introduction to the Debussy Études, and I still like it very much. Programming those wonderful pieces with the (also wonderful) Berg Sonata is an ingenious idea.

THREAD DUTY:

Some piano music here as well this afternoon, with this recent acquisition (first listen):



Pavel Kolesnikov's recently released recital of piano music by Reynaldo Hahn (selections from Le Rossignol éperdu and from the Premières valses) has received almost unanimous accolades and (from what I've listened to so far —I'm halfway through the disc) they are fully justified. Kolesnikov plays with elegance, expressiveness, and sensitivity, but without sentimentality. The tempi are generally slower than the ones those familiar with these pieces are used to, and the music gains in weight and substance as a result. The selection of pieces is also very intelligently made, with nine extracts from Le Rossignol followed by six of the waltzes. The CD the concludes with another 10 pieces from Le Rossignol.

I must admit I'm not that keen on the waltzes as compositions (perhaps with the exception with the most substantial one (at 4' plus), Sans rigueur, but they are well played. But the pieces from Le Rossignol make a very coherent cycle, with each one nevertheless having its own "flavour ", and the pianist makes the most out of them individually and in context.

The end effect is to these ears the most satisfying all-Hahn piano CD I've encountered (and I have a very extensive collection of CDs of Reynaldo's music). Highly recommended!

Cheers, Jan & Rafael!

[Karl Henning]

Arnold Schönberg
String Trio, Op. 45

Cracking! Buonasera, Ilaria!

[Karl Henning]

Berlioz Overtures with Charles Dutoit and Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

Nice! Any day is a good Berlioz day!

[vandermolen]

Reger: Variations and Fugue on a theme by Beethoven

This is the kind of stuff in which Reger definitely excelled. Inventive, engaging, not as dense as other of his works, and the fugue is quite imposing.




Lloyd: Symphony No. 12

His last symphony and does sound like a valedictory work. There are some passages that bring Sibelius soundworld to mind. A quite compelling composition.

Lloyd's 12th is one of my favourites along with nos 4,7,8 and 11

[SonicMan46]

Prokofiev, Sergei - Piano Sonatas w/ Dinara Klinton - several posts have recently appeared in this thread about this 'newish' recording of these works which piqued my interest - I own the 3-disc set w/ Anne-Marie McDermott which has been a favorite for years, BUT listened to Klinton on Spotify and was really impressed - liked her less bombastic and more lyrical approach to these works, i.e. a nice contrast to Anne-Marie - looked at a bunch of reviews (attached and impressive) - AND only $19 USD on Amazon, so just made a purchase.    Dave

 

[Lisztianwagner]

Cracking! Buonasera, Ilaria!

Cracking to say the least! Good evening to you too, Karl!


Now:
Arnold Schönberg
Das Buch der hängenden gärten

[Mandryka]

Bach's church music transformed into seduction music for the middle class. Or chillax music for the chattering class. 

[Todd]

Another go.