What are you listening 2 now?

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 1 in C Minor Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim

[Todd]

[Linz]

Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 op. 83 Konstantin Lifschitz, Piano Konzerthausochester Berlin, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

[Lisztianwagner]

Gustav Holst
Seven Part-Songs

Patricia Rozario (soprano)
Joyful Company of Singers (chorus)
Richard Hickox & City of London Sinfonia



Very evocative, mystical composition, I think Holst had certainly an incredible ability to compose for voice.

[vers la flamme]

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, op.132. Guarneri Quartet

Good to get back to a late quartet. Been spending most of my time with middle period Beethoven lately, but the late stuff is just as amazing, of course. I just love the Guarneri cycle. I have another, newer cycle, Belcea Quartet on Alpha, which is also very good. But I come back to the Guarneri a lot more these days.

[Todd]

[Karl Henning]

CD 38

Schoenberg
Violin Concerto, Op. 36
Louis Krasner, vn
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York (NY Phil)
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Rec. 1 Dec 1952

Berg
Violin Concerto
Louis Krasner, vn
Cleveland Orchestra
Artur Rodziński
Rec. 15 Dec 1940

[JBS]

PD,
The artist is listed as Matt Haimovitz (cello)
(Recorded: 1990-09-09)

TD:

Ligeti - Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet



This is, well, joyful  . Certainly not what I was expecting Ligeti to be like . This exploration could be interesting (I only have "Atmospheres" in a Bernstein box and I think I listened to "Lux Aeterna" once before).

Ligeti - Volumina (1961-66)

Ligeti - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1990-93)

Good heavens! Did you decide to go for all three boxes at once! (If so, wise decision!)
Or are you just streaming? (If so, also a wise decision).

[JBS]

TD



The cover image of a storm over the sea is by Constable. It certainly fits the very tempestuous reading of the Sixth.

[Peter Power Pop]

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Mark Ermler)

[Symphonic Addict]

Schreker: Das Spielwerk und die Prinzessin

[vandermolen]

TD



The cover image of a storm over the sea is by Constable. It certainly fits the very tempestuous reading of the Sixth.

I agree - this is a terrific CD in all respects.

[classicalgeek]

Today's listening:

Haydn
Symphony no. 78
Symphony no. 102
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra




Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor
Claudio Arrau, piano




Mahler
Symphony no. 4
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Elsie Morison, soprano
Rafael Kubelik

[Operafreak]

Liszt: Totentanz- Rian de Waal (piano)Anima Eterna, Jos van Immerseel

[Que]

Morning listening:



A gorgeous recording that focuses on the Southern Netherlands and its artistic ties with Italy, and the music at the Brussels court in the early 1600's.

https://earlymusicreview.com/the-ear-of-theodoor-van-loon/

https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/the-ear-of-theodoor-van-loon

[Tsaraslondon]

Having finished my Verdi marathon, which started back in July I've moved on to a short Villa-Lobos journey with these three discs.







I prefer the versions of the famous Bachianas Brasileiras no5 featuring Bidu Sayão and Victoria De Los Angeles, but the Tilson Thomas is a useful disc, coupling Bachianas Briasileiras nos 4,5, 7 & 9 with Choros no 10.

Discovery of Brazil is colourful film music. The orchestra cope quite well, but the chorus sounds distinctly undernourished.

Forest of the Amazon is an adaptation of music written for the film Green Mansions and features Bidu Sayão and the Symphony of the Air and Chorus conducted by the composer.

[Papy Oli]

Good heavens! Did you decide to go for all three boxes at once! (If so, wise decision!)
Or are you just streaming? (If so, also a wise decision).

I am, wisely,  steaming for now, Jeffrey 

And enjoying Ligeti more than I thought I would.

[Operafreak]

Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248

Helen Donath, Andrea Ihle, Marjana Lipovsek, Eberhard Büchner & Robert Holl- Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden & Trompetenensemble Ludwig Güttler, Peter Schreier (conductor & Evangelist)

[Que]

[Mookalafalas]

The WTC on an organ? An oxymoron? Actually, it's (so far) delightful.