What are you listening 2 now?

[Que]

Which recordings of his oeuvre you would recommend as prime examples of his art?

[Re: Boccherini]

Well, the real Boccherini expert here* is Florestan...   but here are my two cents:

*And, how could I forget, our SonicMan!

Top Boccherini performers are La Real Cámara, La Ritirata and Europa Galante. Anything they have recorded is Gold, really.. Ensemble 415 for the Stabat Mater (though there are some good options around), and they made some other great recordings.

Recently I was quite taken by the 1st volume of the violin sonatas by Igor Ruhadze.

[Symphonic Addict]

Stravinsky: Violin Concerto

A jaw-dropping creation flawlessly interpreted. I adore this work.

[Daverz]

Which recordings of his oeuvre you would recommend as prime examples of his art?

My favorite Boccherini CD:



The Quintetto Boccherini on Ensayo.

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E Flat Major, 1880 (aka 1878/80) - Ed. Robert Haas
BBC Northrern Symphony Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein

[Que]

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Bruno Walter Conducts Beethoven / Bruno Walter • Columbia Symphony Orchestra.

[Linz]

Joseph Haydn Symphony No 27 in G major
Symphony No 32 in C major
Symphony No 37 in C major
Symphony No 107 in B flat major, 'Partita'
The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

[Karl Henning]

If one is not careful, it is possible to think of Music as a kind of Museum Piece. But it is a living Art.
Here's something from yesterday's rehearsal:

[Symphonic Addict]

Sallinen: Chamber Music V-VIII

[hopefullytrusting]

Shostakovich's Symphony No. 12 (Uzcategui with the Orquesta Sinfonica Juan Jose Landaeta) - (first listen)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reUJ4ayCbMs

[Cato]

If one is not careful, it is possible to think of Music as a kind of Museum Piece. But it is a living Art.
Here's something from yesterday's rehearsal:

Tomorrow is the big day!

Best Wishes for a great audience!

[Madiel]

Wasn't this a pinned thread? When did it become unpinned?

[hopefullytrusting]

Shostakovich's Symphony No. 2 (Uzcategui with the Orquesta Sinfonica Juan Jose Landaeta) - (first listen)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reUJ4ayCbMs

Wow, that was bombastic! I love a man who understands that the low brass and the percussion are the only parts of the orchestra that matter ...

Horowitz on playing for Scriabin and trying to meet Rachmainoff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCdd9WMbBZg

Listening to Horowitz - 1986 - Berlin - Live - Legend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL3mBkhcODw

[Symphonic Addict]

Widor: His two Violin Sonatas

A pity that his chamber works are little known. Discovering this part of his output has been enormously gratifying.

[JBS]

Shostakovich's Symphony No. 2 (Uzcategui with the Orquesta Sinfonica Juan Jose Landaeta) - (first listen)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reUJ4ayCbMs

Is that the one with the factory whistle? Or is it Symphony Number 3?
At any rate if you like the Second you'll probably also like the Third.

TD
From the CD for the July 2025 issue of the BBC Music Magazine

Mozart
Requiem
Completed by Robert Levin
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
National Youth Choir of Scotland
Donald Runnicles conductor
Vocal soloists not identified

Closest to bombast Mozart ever got?

Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
Arranged by Paul Drayton for solo violin and chorus
Laura Samuel violin
BBC Singers
Sofi Jeannin conductor

The orchestra is replaced by a (mostly wordless) chorus, but the middle section sets 12 lines from the George Meredith poem which inspired RVW, the 12 lines being those RVW quoted at the top of the score.

[hopefullytrusting]

Is that the one with the factory whistle? Or is it Symphony Number 3?
At any rate if you like the Second you'll probably also like the Third.

Whoops! It was meant to say 12, not 2, but I'll give 2 and 3 a listen tomorrow.

[Karl Henning]

Wow, that was bombastic! I love a man who understands that the low brass and the percussion are the only parts of the orchestra that matter ...

I delight in your enthusiasm for the piece!

[JBS]

Whoops! It was meant to say 12, not 2, but I'll give 2 and 3 a listen tomorrow.

The 12th would probably have a much better reputation if Shostakovich had left off the programmatic titles.

It's not in my top tier of Shostakovich symphonies*, but it is one I like.

(*That would be 4,8, 11, and 14.)

[JBS]

TD


Two CDs of about 45 minutes each.
Besides the Four Seasons, there are 3 more violin concerti by Vivaldi, an aria from "Nullo im mundo pax sincera", the Largo movement from another violin concerto, the Largo from a bassoon concerto transcribed for violin, an Adagio from a trio sonata by Giorgio Gentili, and a ten movement sequence of "Danze da Nuova e curioso scuola de' balli teatrali" by Gregorio Lambranzi, "adaptated"* for duo and trio.

*Grammar Grumble alert.
That's how it appears in the track listing.

[Symphonic Addict]

Petrassi: Concertos for orchestra 1-3

Impressive stuff. Interesting to notice how the style from one concerto to another changes pretty significantly. I can already imagine how daring and advanced the rest of them will sound.