What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Harry]

Bohuslav Martinu.

Piano Quintet No. 1.

Martinu Quartet

[Bogey]

Bach Mass in B Minor BWV 232 Gardiner/The Monteverdi Choir/The English Baroque Soloists

Good morning friends.

[Harry]

Goodmorning Bill.

[Harry]

Martinu

Piano Quintet No. 2.
Sonata for two violins and piano.

Martinu Quartet.
Karel Kosarek, Piano.

[Harry]

Karol Szymanowski.

Violin Concerto No. 1, opus 35.

Ilya Kaler,Violin
Warsaw PO/Antoni Wit.

Absolutely stunning performance and recording.

[karlhenning]

Good morning, Bill!

Viz. the Copland, I actually had that recording myself, way back in Buffalo.  Through no fault of the recording, it passed out of my life.  At any rate, the barroom piano, as well as the other very minor alterations from what has become the standard "suite," was already introduced to me; fun stuff!

And the fact is, the ballet complete is not much longer than the 'four dance episodes' . . . s it is a mystery why it has not simply become standard to play the whole thing.

Feel much the same about Billy the Kid , though the suite in that case is significantly shorter than the complete ballet.

[George]

Hmmm....never heard the Serkin LvB PC, verrry interesting.

Its a run, don't walk, situation. 

[Harry]

Karol Szymanowski

Violin Concerto No. 2, opus 61.

Ilya Kaler, Violin.
Warsaw PO/Antoni Wit.

Again stunning performance and recording.

[karlhenning]

Sibelius
Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Opus 52
Blomstedt / SFSO

[Harry]

Szymanowski.

Nocturne and Tarantella, opus 28, (Orchestrated by G. Fitelberg)

Ilya Kaler, Violin.
Warsaw PO/Anthony Wit.



Absolutely gorgeous.

[karlhenning]

I am very close to listening at last to some Szymanowski, Harry.

I read that the Szymanowski First Vn Cto served as a loose model for the Berg Vn Cto . . . .

[Harry]

I am very close to listening at last to some Szymanowski, Harry.

I read that the Szymanowski First Vn Cto served as a loose model for the Berg Vn Cto . . . .

Well then Karl it is time for me to purchase the Alban Berg violin concerto, for I confess, I have it not.
Could you advise me in this, what performance brings ultimate joy?

[Haffner]

Its a run, don't walk, situation. 

Coming from you, that's quite a high reccomendation, George, thank you!



Currently listening to:



Mahler Symphony no.9 (Svetlanov conducting the Russian State Symphony)

[karlhenning]

Well then Karl it is time for me to purchase the Alban Berg violin concerto, for I confess, I have it not.
Could you advise me in this, what performance brings ultimate joy?

Mutter's is very good, Harry:



But I like the Isaac Stern recording even better, and it also includes the wonderful Chamber Concerto for Piano & Violin with Thirteen Winds:

[karlhenning]

And, gosh, the disc of Blomstedt/SFSO playing the Sibelius Third & Sixth is outstanding;  this, and the disc with the Fourth & Fifth (which I knew earlier) alone would justify purchase of the box . . . so I look forward to hearing the other two discs, especially Tapiola.

[Harry]

Alla Pavlova.

Symphony No. 5. (2006)

Elegy for piano and string orchestra, (1998)

Mikhail Shestakov, Violin.
Andrei Korobeinikov, Piano.
Tchaikovsky SO of Moscow Radio/Vladimir Ziva.

I am a great admirer of Alla Pavlova, and this 5th Symphony confirms my trust in her. She is a fine composer. I absolutely love this music. Stunningly recorded and performed.

[bhodges]

Another vote for Mutter in the Berg, and also on the CD is Rihm's Time Chant, a very interesting companion to Berg's concerto.  (PS, she's in town this week, doing the Berg with Maazel and the New York Philharmonic...I'm going on Saturday.)   

Haven't heard Stern's recording...have to fix that, since I love the piece!

--Bruce

[Haffner]

Mutter's is very good, Harry:



But I like the Isaac Stern recording even better, and it also includes the wonderful Chamber Concerto for Piano & Violin with Thirteen Winds:

These both look excellent, I am a great admirer of Stern (not "just" for his playing).

[Harry]

Mutter's is very good, Harry:



But I like the Isaac Stern recording even better, and it also includes the wonderful Chamber Concerto for Piano & Violin with Thirteen Winds:

I will try both, thank you Karl/Bruce/Andy for the recommendations.

[Wanderer]

Mozart:
Piano Sonata No. 8, K. 310
6 Variations on "Salve tu, Domine", K. 398
Fantasie, K. 397

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 21, Op. 53 "Waldstein" & No. 28, Op. 101.

Schumann: Nachtstück, Op. 23 No. 4

Mendelssohn: Spinnerlied Op. 67 No. 4.