What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[karlhenning]

Elgar
Cello Concerto in E Minor, Opus 85
Schiff / Hallé / Elder

Elder is coming to Boston to conduct the Shostakovich Fourth . . . .

[dtwilbanks]

Purcell's FAIRY QUEEN...

With a cast of thousands!!!

Well, okay, maybe just Christophers and the Sixteen and a few other folks.

[George]

Richter

Szymanowski

Sonata 2 in a minor

Moscow, 1954


What a great outlet for early Richter's tremendous energy!! 

[BachQ]

Rakhmaninov
Concerto for Piano No. 3 in D Minor, Opus 30
The composer / Phila / Ormandy

On many levels, Karl, that is a fine, fine post ! .........

[BachQ]

Hummel! Who was quite hot stuff back in the day. 

How times have changed ........

[Lethevich]

Tchaikovsky - Symphony no.6 (Giulini, Philharmonia, EMI)

[pjme]

Hi Corey, great to see "Jeanne d'Arc" ! I have the idea that that kind of work -French sung & spoken- does not go down well in the US and Great Britain....Too verbous, too melodramatic...??(English versions I find absolutely unacceptable!).

It is a work that works best in a live version - and can be very strong & gripping. i have an older recording on Supraphon with Nelly Bourgaux  as Jeanne and Serge Baudo conducting -excellent- Czech forces .

Did you ever listen to "Judith"? or " La danse des morts" ?

[BachQ]

Bach, Goldberg Variations (Gould)

[karlhenning]

Oh, that's happy! 

[dtwilbanks]

schubert D 894 sokolov

[karlhenning]

Britten
Death in Venice
English Opera Group
English Chamber Orchestra
Steuart Bedford

Because, sometimes, you've just got to mix it up 

[Kullervo]

Say more! What is this Madrigal Sonata?

Not as interesting as it sounds — the real highlight is the trio for flute, piano and violin. Lovely music.

[Kullervo]

Hi Corey, great to see "Jeanne d'Arc" ! I have the idea that that kind of work -French sung & spoken- does not go down well in the US and Great Britain....Too verbous, too melodramatic...??(English versions I find absolutely unacceptable!).

It is a work that works best in a live version - and can be very strong & gripping. i have an older recording on Supraphon with Nelly Bourgaux  as Jeanne and Serge Baudo conducting -excellent- Czech forces .

Did you ever listen to "Judith"? or " La danse des morts" ?

PJ, Jeanne is a pleasure to listen to, but I will admit it loses much of its emotional impact if one isn't reading along or doesn't speak the language. I would love to see a staging of it, but that will probably never happen.

[BachQ]

Wieniawski, Violin Concerto no. 2
Schubert, Trios opp. 99 & 100 (BAT)
Dvorak, Violin Concerto

[Brian]

BRAHMS: 21 Hungarian Dances   / Duo Crommelynck  (CLAVES)

We can only appreciate the rich and subtle rhythm of this works in the original version for piano 4 hands.

This version, with the tragic duo Crommelynck is very well balanced, with a remarkable cohesion, but with a poor enthusiasm. This music must be played with more freedom and a great rhythmic fantasy.

Try Matthies/Kohn on Naxos, I seem to remember it being well-done.

As for me .....

Tchaikovsky
#6
Jansons

I listened to it twice in a row, then put on the third movement three more times, then listened to the whole thing again. Good way to spend almost 3 hrs.

[Drasko]

Feruccio Busoni - Violin Concerto
Paul Zukofsky / New England Conservatory Symphony Orchestra / Frederick Prausnitz

deserves to be played more often

[longears]

Lalo, Cello cto in D minor, live recording from:


Yummy!

[karlhenning]

Elgar
Piano Quintet in A minor, Opus 84

Bridge
Piano Quintet in D minor, H49a

Allan Schiller / Coull String Quartet

The Elgar I find a pleasant enough listen, but doesn't quite fire my imagination.

The real discovery is the Bridge, which is exquisite.  I am guilty of hardly thinking of Bridge beyond "the guy who taught Britten" . . . but works like this, and Oration for cello and orchestra, shame my non-regard with sonic accomplishment.

[Mark]

Unusually for me, Mendelssohn's Fourth Symphony. I needed something lightweight.

[George]

Unusually for me, Mendelssohn's Fourth Symphony. I needed something lightweight.

There's a joke in there somewhere.