What are you listening 2 now?

[Linz]

Shostakovich Symphony No. 4 in C minor Op.43 Andris Nelsons

[Traverso]

Bach

[j winter]

Earlier today, orchestral music from Mendelssohn and Debussy, followed up by diving into Gieseking's Debussy on piano.  I had the Preludes in the old GPOC remastering, decided to take the plunge on the whole set...

[Linz]

Vassily Kalinnikov Symphonies No. 1 in G minor and No. 2 in A major conducted by Veronika Dudarova

[Spotted Horses]

Earlier today, orchestral music from Mendelssohn and Debussy, followed up by diving into Gieseking's Debussy on piano.  I had the Preludes in the old GPOC remastering, decided to take the plunge on the whole set...

How are those Debussy orchestral recordings? I was not aware of them.

The new Geiseking release struck me as an instance where the master is dramatically better than the prior releases.

[vandermolen]

Charles Berry: Symphony No.5 (2021)

[j winter]

How are those Debussy recordings? I was not aware of them.

The new Geiseking release struck me as an instance where the master is dramatically better than the prior releases.

The Gatti Debussy is... OK.  I picked it up for literally a buck when I was last at Princeton.  You get La Mer, Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune, and Images.  The sound is good, the performances are a bit tame, particularly in La Mer, though I admit this was my first listen.  I will probably hang onto it, but I wouldn't advise paying full price for it with all the competition out there...

[Traverso]

Bach

[Symphonic Addict]

Bloch: Macbeth

A fine opera. The work has a sort of motto theme that also appears in the 3rd mov. from Respighi's Sinfonia Drammatica.

[Karl Henning]

Oooh!  Already listening to it?!

PD

Aye. I hadn't listened to Martinů in some while (no fault of the composer's.)

I see that he wrote the Cello Sonatas, not in a compressed time-frame, exactly, but in fairly short order, though split between France and the US:

№ 1, H 277 (1939 Paris)
№ 2, H 286 (1941 Jamaica, Long Island)
№ 3, H 340 (1952 Vieux-Moulin)

Will report!

[SonicMan46]

Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847) - Complete Piano Works w/ Anna-Marija Markovina - new arrival today from JPC, and still on sale there for half-price! (LINK) - 12 disc set; she performs on a Bösendorfer Imperial piano - a lot of research by many went into this project; Markovina wrote the excellent booklet notes - reviews attached, if interested.  Dave

 

[Lisztianwagner]

Zemlinsky: Sinfonietta

There are parts of this work that remind me of Roussel.

A great recording! Capriccio often releases little jewels about Austrian composers, how brilliant.
I'll follow, but with a different recording:

Alexander Zeminsky
Sinfonietta

[Karl Henning]

Aye. I hadn't listened to Martinů in some while (no fault of the composer's.)

I see that he wrote the Cello Sonatas, not in a compressed time-frame, exactly, but in fairly short order, though split between France and the US:

№ 1, H 277 (1939 Paris)
№ 2, H 286 (1941 Jamaica, Long Island)
№ 3, H 340 (1952 Vieux-Moulin)

Will report!

Well, fooey! Defective disc!

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Well, fooey! Defective disc!

Ugh!  Oh,  "fiddle"!!!!  Sorry for you!

PD

[Todd]

[VonStupp]

George Dyson
Violin Concerto
Children's Suite

Lydia Mordkovitch, violin
City of London Sinfonia - Richard Hickox

VS

[Symphonic Addict]

A great recording! Capriccio often releases little jewels about Austrian composers, how brilliant.
I'll follow, but with a different recording:

Alexander Zeminsky
Sinfonietta

Yes, it is, Ilaria. Capriccio has championed this composer by recording much of his stuff, mostly his operas.

[Symphonic Addict]

These are delightful pieces.

[Mapman]

Maiden-Listen Monday
Zemlinsky: Clarinet Trio, Op. 3
Ensemble Liaison

Beautiful, especially the 2nd movement. This feels like a successor to the Brahms trio.

[Operafreak]

Johann Nepomuk Hummel & Muzio Clementi: Piano Sonatas-Sebastiano Mesaglio (piano)