Library CD check-outs

[Brahmsian]

Today's trip!!


Berg

Lyric Suite

Dawn Upshaw, soprano (6th movement)

Kronos Quartet
Nonesuch



Ligeti

The Ligeti Project

Melodien
Chamber Concerto
Mysteries of the Macabre

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Peter Masseurs, trumpet
Schonberg Ensemble
Asko Ensemble
Reinbert de Leeux

Teldec

Hindemith - Trauermusik
Britten - Lachrymae, Op.48a
Penderecki - Konzert for viola and Kammerorchester

Kim Kashkashian, viola
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
ECM Records

Dvorak

Bagatelles, Op.47 for small orchestra
Serenades in D minor, Op.44
Bagatelles, Op.47 (original version)

Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
MusicMasters

Daniel Jones

Complete String Quartets

Delme String Quartet
Chandos

Smetana

Various Orchestral works, Vol. 1

BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda
Chandos

Offenbach

Gaite Parissienne
Offenbachiana

Arrangements by Manuel Rosenthal

Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
Manuel Rosenthal, conductor
Naxos

Penderecki

Symphony No. 3
Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima for 52 stringed instruments
Fluorenscences for orchestra
De natura sonoris II for orchestra

National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Antoni Wit
Naxos

Piazzolla

Y SU Quinteto

Music for Bandoneon, Piano, violin, bass and Guitar Quintet

Astor Piazzolla, bandoneon
Dante Amicarelli, piano
Antonio Agri, violin
Kicho Diaz, bass
Oscar Lopez Ruiz, guitar

Circular Moves

Shoenberg

Verklate Nacht, Op.4, version for orchestra
Pelleas und Melisande, Op.5

Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
DG

Weinberg

Sonata for clarinet and piano, op.28

*Jewish Songs after Shmuel Halkin, Op.17

Piano Quintet, Op.18

Arc Ensemble
*Richard Margison, tenor
RCA Red Seal


All of these, except for Verklate Nacht, are going to be first listens!!

[karlhenning]

Ligeti

The Ligeti Project

Melodien
Chamber Concerto
Mysteries of the Macabre

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Peter Masseurs, trumpet
Schonberg Ensemble
Asko Ensemble
Reinbert de Leeux

Teldec

I have this disc, and apart from feeling a little meh about the Mysteries of the Macabre, I think it a beauty!

Hindemith - Trauermusik
Britten - Lachrymae, Op.48a
Penderecki - Konzert for viola and Kammerorchester

Kim Kashkashian, viola
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
ECM Records

I don't know the Penderecki, but the Hindemith and Britten works are exquisite.

Good listening to you, Ray!

[Brahmsian]

Yesterday's haul from the library:

Szymanowski/Rozycki

String Quartets

Royal String Quartet
Hyperion

Gliere

Bronze Horseman Suite
Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, Op.91

Richard Watkins, horn
BBC Philharmonic
Sir Edward Downes

Feldman

Piano and String Quartet

Kronos Quartet
Aki Takahashi, piano
Elektra

Luis de Freitas Branco

Concerto for violin and orchestra

Alexandre Da Costa, violin

Braga Santos

Encruzilhada
Divertimento No. 1

Jesus Amigo
Extremadura Symphony Orchestra
XXI-21 Productions

Tchaikovsky

The Nutcracker, Op.71

Gergiev
Kirov Orchestra
Philips

De Falla

Popular Spanish Suite
Dance of the Corregidor from the Three Cornered Hat
Two Dances from Love the Magician
Mazurka
Serenata
Cancion
Psyche
Homage to Claude Debussy
Soneto a Cordoba
Concerto for Harpsichord

The Shirmer Ensemble
Brett Kelly, conductor
Naxos

John Estacio

Frenergy
A Farmer's Symphony
Bootlegger's Tarantella
Such Sweet Sorrow
Solaris
Borealis
Wondrous Light

Mario Bernardi
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
CBC Records

Norgard

Symphony No. 6 'At the End of the Day'
Terrains Vagues

Thomas Dausgaard
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Chandos

FIESTA!

Revueltas - Sensemaya
Carreno - Margaritena
Estevez - Mediodia en el Llano
Marquez - Danzon No.2
Romero - Fuga Con Pajarillo
Ginastera - Dances from "Estancia"
Castellanos - Santa Cruz de Pacairigua
Berstein - Mambo

Gustavo Dudamel
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela
DG

Hindemith

String Quartet No. 3, Op.16
String Quartet No. 6, Op.32

Julliard String Quartet
Wergo

The World of Gershwin

Cuban Overture
Rhapsody in Blue (Ivan Davis, piano)
An American in Paris

Cleveland Orchestra/Lorin Maazel

Suite from Porgy and Bess

Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra

Suite from Crazy Girl
Funny Face - Overture
Oh, Kay! - Overture

Boston Pops Orchestra/Arthur Fiedler

London Records

[karlhenning]

Braga Santos

Encruzilhada

This is perhaps my favorite Braga Santos score.

De Falla

Concerto for Harpsichord

My friend Paul played this in Maine ths summer:

http://www.youtube.com/v/hB5qCuVIQRE

Paul is the chap I played Lunar Glare with.

[Guido]

Callas' Carmen
Les Chants de Nectaire by Koechlin
Levine's Ariadne auf Naxos (mainly for Battle's amazing Zerbinetta)
Voigt in Die Aegyptische Helena (what a ridiculous and thoroughly boring story. And the music seemed more tired than ever, apart from the wonderful effusion of the Zweite Brautnacht! aria)

[Superhorn]

   Lots of cool stuff recently for me,especially with the very convenient interloan system among the Westchester county libraries,where you can reserve things from other libraries online and have them delivered to your branch to pick up.

Some of the latest for me: Massenet:Esclarmonde, Sutherland,Aragall,Bonynge,Decca.
Wagner: Tristan&Isolde, Die Meistersinger,Barenboim, Teldec.
Brahms,symphony no 2,miscellaneous choral works by Brahms and Schubert, Orchestre Revolutionaire &Romantiique,Gardiner,SoloDeiGloria.
R.Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra,Don Juan,Rosenkavalier suite,Maazel,Bavarian RSO,RCA.
Rachmaninov,the 3 symphonies, Symphonic Dances, Isle of Deade etc,Previn/LSO.EMI.
Beethoven:Leonore(Original version of Fidelio),Martinpelto,Gardiner,Orch. Revol&Roman. DG Archiv.
Gluck:Alceste. Gardiner. Philips.
Wagner:Flying Dutchman: Behrens,Hale,Dohnanyi,VPO.Decca.
Britten:War Requiem. Hickox,LSO. Chandos.
John Adams: Century Rolls, Lollapalooza, Slonimsky's Earbox,Dohnanyi,Ax,Cleveland, Nagano,Hall orch.
Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito. Harnoncourt,Zurich opera, Teldec.
Weber: Der Freischutz. C. Kleiber,Dresden State O, DG.
Rachmaninov: Piano Sonatas,1,2. Idil Biret,Naxos.
Janacek,Makropoulos Case. Mackerras,English Nat. Opera,In English, Chandos.
Mozart:Complete String Quartets, various quartets performing, Brilliant.
Mahler: Symphony no 4, Kubelik,Bavarian RSO,DG.
Schoenberg: Pelleas&Melisande, Variations for orch,Boulez,Chicago sym,Erato.
R. Strauss: Don Quixote,Don Juan, Barenboim, CSO, Erato.
Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde. Domingo,Skovhus,Salonen,LA Phil, Sony.

[Coopmv]

Thanks to a generous donation , my library in New Rochelle has recently
obtained a veritable treasure trove of classical CDs ,and even installed
a listening room ! 

I have never checked out my local public library for classical music.  Years ago when I still lived in NY while in college, I did check out a few recordings but the SQ was not too flattering since the LP's were quite beat up ...

[Brahmsian]

This is perhaps my favorite Braga Santos score.

My friend Paul played this in Maine ths summer:

http://www.youtube.com/v/hB5qCuVIQRE

Paul is the chap I played Lunar Glare with.

That is cool, Karl!    I look forward to listening to this piece.

[Guido]

Robert Simpson complete Symphonies (7CD boxed set from Hyperion)
Haydn Seasons/Bohm
Haydn Creation/Rattle
Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel/Solti

[Brahmsian]

Had not been to the Millenium Library downtown, for quite some time.  They have quite a large and varied classical music section.

Got some Bizet, Britten, Walton, Martinu, Frank Martin and Schnittke!

I will post the details and pictures of recordings later today.  Almost all of these, with a few exceptions, will be first listens! 

[Superhorn]

   Current check outs for me are Abbado/LSO ,complete Mendelssohn symphonies, DG ,  Messiah , Gardiner, Philips,
   Saint Saens Requiem, Diego Fasolis cond, Chandos , Gershwin , Piano concerto, Thibaudet, Alsop /Baltimore, plus
   Rhapsody In Blue, Decca , Schumann ,string quartets 1,3, Zehetmair quartet, ECM , Sibelius orch. works , Karajan/BPO,DG,
   Mozart vionlin sonatas complete,  Grumiux, Klien, Philips ,  Brahms, Hungarian Dances, Masur/Gewandhaus, Philips ,
   Elgar violin concerto, Hillary Hahn, C. Davis/LSO /DG , Rachmaninov 3rd sym, Ashkenazy, Convertgebouw, Decca ,
   Rautavaara , True& False Unicorns,  Timo Nuoranne,  Finnish RSO, Undine,  Berio, Coro, composer conducting
   Cologne radio orch. & Chorus , DG , Arvo Prt, sym. 3, Stabat Mater, Krystian Jarvi, Berlin RSO, Sony ,
   Bizet , sym. in C , Offenbch/ Rosenthal Gaite Parisienne,  Bernstein,NY Phil, Sony .  Chopin/Liszt 1st piano concertos,
   Argerich/Abbado,LSO/DG ,  Bach Goldberg variations, transcribed for violin, viola& Cello,  Julian  Rachlin, Nobuko Imai,
   Mischa Maisky, DG , yadda yadda yadda .   

[Brahmsian]

Had not been to the Millenium Library downtown, for quite some time.  They have quite a large and varied classical music section.

Got some Bizet, Britten, Walton, Martinu, Frank Martin and Schnittke!

I will post the details and pictures of recordings later today.  Almost all of these, with a few exceptions, will be first listens! 

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Damn...great! Happy listening, Ray! Let me know which ones you've enjoyed. That Britten/Gardner disc is outstanding as are those Schnittke, Poltera's Martin, and you just can't beat Previn in Walton's 1st which is in that Collected Works set. Of course, that Martinu/Belohlavek set is fantastic.