What are you listening 2 now?

[Daverz]

Messiaen Turangalîla-Symphonie



Quite wonderful.

[Todd]

[brewski]

Ferneyhough: Time and Motion Study II (1973-76) - T.J. Borden (cello), James Bean and Paul Hembree (electronics). A virtuosic twenty minutes or so, with a kaleidoscope of effects for the instrument. I'm not always in the mood for Ferneyhough, but when he's good, he's really good.

-Bruce

[Que]

Fasch, Johann - continuing into the afternoon w/ more from this contemporary of Bach and Handel - Dave

Nice selection, Dave! 

[Linz]

Brahms Symphony No. 1 and 3 Berliner Philharmoniker

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Alexander Scriabin : Etudes for piano. Michele Gurdal.

[VonStupp]

Antonín Dvořák
Symphony 3 in E-flat Major, op. 10

Vienna PO - Myung-Whun Chung (rec. 1995)

I do like hearing Vienna's sound in this music.
VS



From this set:

[Symphonic Addict]

Brian: Symphonies 19-21

Nos. 20 and 21 contain passages that drew my attention.

[Mapman]

Maiden-Listen Monday, special Martin Luther King Jr. Day edition:
William Grant Still: Symphony #2
Järvi: Detroit

A very enjoyable symphony! The second movement is particularly beautiful. Overall the character is influenced by spirituals and jazz (although I don't know if any spirituals are quoted), but it is still clearly in the Classical tradition. The third movement is sort of a jazz march. The final movement unfortunately felt weaker than the rest. This symphony was well worth the time spent listening.

[Mapman]

And now
Price: Symphony #3
Nézet-Séguin: Philadelphia

An excellent performance of this symphony. I'm impressed with how well the trumpets can blend with the woodwinds.

[Que]

Morning listening:

[pjme]

Rarity.

From Georges Hacquard's book "Germaine Tailleferre, la dame des six (l'Harmatan : 1998), I understand that Tailleferre, at age 80, was living in great poverty in an appartment judged "insalubre et scandaleux" (unsanitary and scandalous).
Bernard Lefort (29 July 1922 – 19 January 1999), a French lyric baritone, later opera director, and a group of friends managed to help her and Charles Chaynes (composer, chef du service de la Création musicale à Radio France) ordered a new work.

As far as I understand the "fidelity" mentioned in the title refers to Tailleferre's friendship and gratitude towards Bernard Lefort and his wife Pierrette, both dedicatees of the concerto.
Tailleferre wrote two more concertos for voice and orchestra: in 1953 a "Concertino" (vocalising soprano) for Janine Micheau  and in 1954 the Concerto des vaines paroles on poems by Jean Tardieu for baritone, piano and orchestra, premiered by Lefort.
The Concerto de la fidélité  (vocalising high voice) is a short, charming... rather "unassuming" (ca 10-12 minutes) work, the orchestration was realised by composer/conductor Désiré Dondeyne. Still, it has recognisably Tailleferre's signature.
It is great to hear that beautiful voice of Arleen Auger.

Janine Micheau sings Britten, Ravel, Chabrier

[vandermolen]

Bliss: A Colour Symphony, BBC SO, Barry Wordsworth
This is a particularly fine performance, I think that I now even prefer it to the (excellent) Charles Groves version. I like the late Metamorphic Variations as well:

[Madiel]

Mozart: piano sonata no.5 in G major (K 283)



I do like this work. I thought maybe Uchida was just a teensy bit fast for my taste, but then I looked at the score, and had to admit that her Andante isn't objectively fast, I was just mishearing/misremembering what constituted a beat of the bar. The opening movement, maybe I'd want a fractionally slower Allegro, but it's very marginal. And her finale is sparkling and suitably Presto.

[Madiel]

Mozart: symphony no.28 in C major

[Operafreak]

The Italian Intermezzo: Music without words

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda

   
   
   

[Tsaraslondon]

I don't think Karajan ever visited the Britten and Vaughan Williams again, but these are wonderful performances in very clear mono sound with the Philharmonia on top form.
 

[Lisztianwagner]

Anton Webern
Quartet Op. 22
Concerto Op. 24

Pierre Boulez & Ensemble Intercontemporain

[Florestan]

Disc 1

This a fabulous recording. The voices are superb, the sonics surprisingly very good and the music, oh, the music is heavenly. I was not familiar with Lehar's Der Zarewitsch but the two numbers included here, the aria Allein! Wieder allein! (Wolgalied) (a Russian-inflected melody featuring balalaikas prominently) and the duet Kosende Wellen (with a blissful violin obbligato singing (sic!) a ravishing unison with the voices) really blew me away and I know exactly what I'll be listening to tonight:

[Traverso]

Beethoven


piano sonatas 4-5 & 6