What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Franco]

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 60
Paavo Jarvi, Deutsch Kammerphilharmonie

A lot of energy and crisp accents.  Can't tell if it will ultimately wear well, but so far, so good.

[Harry]

DVD III from this box.

[Florestan]

DVD III from this box.

And who are that masters, Harry?

[SonicMan46]

Bach, JC (1735-1782) - Keyboard Sonatas, Op. 5 w/ Sophie Yates on harpsichord; recommendation from the ARG (Jan-Feb 2010 issue) - short & attached.  Brief liner notes by Yates; no information on the instrument which sounds great - these works would also interest me on a fortepiano - 

Fasch, Johann (1688-1758) - Overture, Sinfonias, & Concerti w/ Capella Coloniensis; another highly recommended CD from the ARG recent issue. Robust recording w/ excelling playing on the flute, oboe, & bassoon!

 

[MN Dave]

[Keemun]

Bruckner
Symphony No. 8
Giulini
VPO

[karlhenning]

Maiden-Listen Monday!

Disc 29:

Britten
Paul Bunyan, Opus 17
Act II
(and Appendix)
Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series
Philip Brunelle
(Recorded in May, 1987, in St Paul, Minnesota, BTW.)

Britten – The Collector's Edition EMI Classics 37 CDs

This is all great good fun, so far as I can tell.

[The new erato]

Maiden-Listen Monday!

Disc 28:

Britten
Paul Bunyan, Opus 17
Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series
Philip Brunelle
(Recorded in May, 1987, in St Paul, Minnesota, BTW.)

Great fun, isn't it? The telegraph boys song (complete with bicycle bell) is hilarious!

[karlhenning]

Great fun, isn't it? The telegraph boys song (complete with bicycle bell) is hilarious!

Yes; this really ought to have had its day on the stage!

[Harry]

And who are that masters, Harry?

Well many, to name a few: Grigoras Dinicu, Maria Tanase, Maria Pietraru, Rodica Bujor, Emil Gavris, Doina Badea, Orchestra Paraschiv Oprea, etc, etc

[The new erato]

[karlhenning]

Another listen:

Chávez
Invention № 2 (vn, va, vc)
Members of Cuarteto Latinoamericano

Chávez – La obra completa para cuerda de Carlos Chávez

[George]

An incredible, rip roaring Rach 3 by Horowitz, live from 1941 with Barbirolli. Those who enjoy Argerich's exciting account should try this one. 

[bhodges]

Jörg Widmann: String Quartets 1-5 (1997-2005) (Leipzig String Quartet/Juliane Banse, soprano)
Jörg Widmann: Fieberphantasie (1999) (Widmann, clarinet/Silke Avenhause, piano/Ensemble Modern)

--Bruce

[SonicMan46]

Song of Songs or Song of Solomon or Canticum Canticorum (and yet other names) - a short book from the Old Testament of 'love poems' possibly attributed to Solomon but likely from a variety of sources.  The Renaissance world, in particular, 16th & early 17th century composers were quite curious about adapting these various verses to song - the original translations are HERE.

After acquiring the Stile Antico CD below (left), I was interested in other recordings (of course, there is the recent one w/ mamms), and found that I owned the one below (right) on Helios - the latter is w/ an all male chorus done A Cappella and composed entirely by Palestrina; the newer recordings of these verses combine compositions by a wide variety of composers from various times.   


 

[listener]

SIBELIUS Piano Music     Trees, Flowers, Finlandia arranged for solo piano, Kyllikki
        straightforward playing by Risto Lauriala on Naxos

[karlhenning]

Another listen:

Chávez
String Quartet № 3
Cuarteto Latinoamericano

Chávez – La obra completa para cuerda de Carlos Chávez

[Keemun]

Mahler
Symphony No. 2
Rattle
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

[Papy Oli]

good evening all 

Schubert - Impromptus
Jeno Jando

[Wanderer]

Is it just me, or starting at 2:56 in this duetto one can hear the main theme of Beethoven's Fantasy for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra?

I can't hear it but no matter; what an exquisite release! Too bad it's seemingly out of print.