What are you listening 2 now?

[NumberSix]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Overture to "Le nozze di Figaro" Symphony No. 38 «Prague» Orchestra of the !8th Century. Franz Bruggen

Nice! I've been checking out the Classic 80s HIP pioneers, and I need to get to Brüggen soon. I have some of his stuff saved in my streaming library.

[NumberSix]

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6
Chailly, Leipzig


Such a cliché to like the 3, 5, 6, or 9. But they are popular for a reason.

[NumberSix]

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra (1951)

[NumberSix]

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Karajan, Berlin

I was going to listen to Furtwangler '54, but I have not played anything from the 60's Karajan for a bit.

I still think the Solti 1972 CSO "9th" is my favorite, but there are so many I have yet to hear recently or ever. . .

[Lisztianwagner]

Arnold Schönberg
Chamber Symphony No.1
Chamber Symphony No.2

Pierre Boulez & Ensemble Intercontemporain

[DavidW]

Rosamunde Quartet.

[Karl Henning]

Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra (NHK Symphony Orchestra / Michael Gielen, recorded Apr. 22, 1977). Haven't heard this piece in decades, and don't know it well enough to comment or compare, but enjoying it. Sound is mostly clear, though with a bit of hiss in the background.

Update: I see there's a version with Barenboim and Chicago that's synced to the score. Will likely give that a listen.

-Bruce

Love it!

[Iota]

Schoenberg: Ewartung
Boulez, Janis Martin (soprano), BBCSO

Back to Arnie and the utter bewitchment of Ewartung. Janis Martin shines like a black diamond and sustains the intensity from the first second to the last. Boulez & co. are equally magnificent. Arnie's imagination, as so often, completely dumbfounds me.

[vandermolen]

Lyatoshinsky: Symphony No.3

[ritter]

The Scottish National Orchestra, under Neeme Järvi, perform some relatively obscure Prokofiev:

[Karl Henning]

Schoenberg: Ewartung
Boulez, Janis Martin (soprano), BBCSO

Back to Arnie and the utter bewitchment of Ewartung. Janis Martin shines like a black diamond and sustains the intensity from the first second to the last. Boulez & co. are equally magnificent. Arnie's imagination, as so often, completely dumbfounds me.

Erwartung is stunning! I'll listen to the Sinopoli recording!

[NumberSix]

Schoenberg: Variations (Op. 31)
Kent Nagano, DSO-Berlin

Today, I have listened to LvB's 6, 7, and 9. I was going to hit for the cycle and do 3 and 5. But I think I will save them for another day.

And now for something completely different. . .

[SonicMan46]

Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) - Piano Quartet & Quintet - my two versions purchased 10 years apart and enjoy both; Alexander Melnikov performs on a Pleyel fortepiano (Paris, 1851); Faust on a Strad violin called 'The Sleeping Beauty' (Cremona, 1704) on loan from the L-Bank Baden Wurttemberg.  Dave

 

[Linz]

BrucknerA Symphony No. 4 in E Flat Major, 1888 Third Version - Ed. Benjamin Korstvedt,  Altomonte Orchester St. Florian, Remy Ballot

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Bloch: Helvetia, Suite Pour Alto Et Orchestre , Suite Hébraïque.

[JBS]

This work I have never heard, so I will try to listen this evening, when I will be alone for a while!

This implies Mrs. Cato might not be as enthusiastic as you about Sessions...

TD
Thank to whomever--unfortunately I don't remember who it was--that first posted this CD. I was heretofore unacquainted with both concertos. Senora Iruzun and Maestro van Steen are a good way to rectify that.

[hopefullytrusting]

The only Shosta conductor I need:

[Symphonic Addict]

Arnold's 2nd String Quartet is a masterpiece filled with all of Arnold's typical stylistic hallmarks (minus his brilliant orchestration, of course). I was initially skeptical about how well Arnold would handle the string quartet medium, but it turns out my doubts were unfounded! The 1st Quartet contains more modernistic (Bartókian?) gestures than one is used to in Arnold's music - a very interesting work.

Whereas the first quartet is dark-hued and loaded with a pessimistic mood, the second one seems a little more carefree, mischievous, and I agree that is a masterpiece.

[André]

Malcolm Arnold: Tam O'Shanter Overture
English Northern Philharmonia: Paul Daniel (Naxos) From: The Best of Arnold.

It's also the best version of this arnoldian chestnut. The encounter with Old Nick is a jolly moment indeed.

[André]

The only Shosta conductor I need:

Cracking performances, both.