What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

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I think what I really like in Turnovsky is the inner movements; the scherzo has a little bit more energy than Belohlavek's, and the slow movement has more of a sense of the long line and less tendency for tension to drop.

It probably depends on what mood I'm in. :-)

Ah okay well I'll probably end up acquiring it as you're not the first I read that mentioned this recording. Many other Martinu fans like it as well.

[karlhenning]

Maiden-Listen Mondays:

Brahms
String Quartet № 2 in a minor, Opus 51 № 2
Tokyo Quartet

[DavidRoss]

The Double Concerto

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The Double Concerto

This is one recording I need to get. Even though I already own other versions of the works. Mackerras was a very capable Martinu conductor.

[Brahmsian]

Maiden-Listen Mondays:

Brahms
String Quartet № 2 in a minor, Opus 51 № 2
Tokyo Quartet

Karl, you already got the box?  That seems pretty fast.

[Antoine Marchand]

Instrument: Derek Adlam, Welbeck, 1987, after Anton Walter, Vienna, ca. 1795

If Bezuidenhout keeps the level shown here, this could be -in the future- one of the best cycles of Mozart's keyboard music in existence. Honestly, I have not found anything to criticize in these interpretations. Highly recommended. 

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Listening to this recording again:



Again, this is a beautiful recording. It's becoming one of my favorite Martinu discs.

[karlhenning]

Karl, you already got the box?  That seems pretty fast.

Yes, Ray!  I placed the order on the 7^th, they advised me that it shipped out on the 8^th, and the postman tried to deliver it to me on Bastille Day . . . only I wasn't home to sign for it.  So I picked it up from the PO this past Thursday (the 15^th).

Refreshingly fast, and I have already listened to value enough to justify the expense : )

[Brahmsian]

Yes, Ray!  I placed the order on the 7^th, they advised me that it shipped out on the 8^th, and the postman tried to deliver it to me on Bastille Day . . . only I wasn't home to sign for it.  So I picked it up from the PO this past Thursday (the 15^th).

Refreshingly fast, and I have already listened to value enough to justify the expense : )

Excellent, happy to hear! 

[listener]

MARTINU: Who Is the Most Powerful in the World
     a ballet-comedy about mice, ending with a merry wedding and including a shimmy-foxtrot
  Prague S.O.  / Bělohlávek, cond.
HUBAY   Music for Violin and Piano (vol.3)
   op.3: Carmen Fantasy, 2 Mélodies by Massenet, Lahore Suite
   Eine Pusztenfahrt, op. 57   Scènes d'enfants  op 84
   Ferenc Syecsődi, violin        István Kassai, piano
          ... on hearing this I was asked "who by?" and they got mad when I kept saying  "yes".

[jlaurson]

Listen what the cat dragged in:


R. Strauss
Alpensinfonie  / 4 Last Songs
Luisi / Dresden StKp / Harteros
Sony

[Sid]

Later on in the evening, I will listen to the following program on radio 2mbs-fm Sydney (www.2mbs.com). I haven't heard any of these works, so it will be an interesting evening.

KEYBOARD CONTRASTS with Phil Vendy

Saint-Saëns, C. Six études for the left hand, op 135 (1912).

Alkan, C-V. Fantasy in A flat for left hand, from Trois grandes études, op 76 (c1838).

Mozart, W. Sonata in F, K497 (1786).

Haydn, J. Sonata no 51 in E flat, Hob.XVI:38 (1779).

Korngold, E. Suite for strings and piano left hand, op 23 (1930).

This was an interesting program. The Saint-Saens & Alkan were works for piano left hand only. The Saint-Saens had a Bach-like feel, and the Alkan was quite dramatic and dark. The complexity of Mozart's sonata for one piano four hands overwhelmed me a bit, but it was in a quite approachable "galant" style. The Haydn was a normal sonata, but here played on clavichord, which I found more listenable than harpsichord. & the Korngold was again for a left hand soloist, it had touches of Debussy (but sounded more conventional) and also sounded quite symphonic and Brahmsian for a quartet work. The amazing thing is that these left hand only works sound so complex and rich, you wouldn't notice that it was for one hand only unless you had been told.

[not edward]

Had a first listening to this. Wow. Second listening, and I'm still getting that wow feeling. Like Boulez at his best, Gielen conducts with a mixture of clarity and warmth (the odd orchestral flub aside) that brings Canticum sacrum and Agon alive in ways I've not heard before.



Is it too much to hope for a Gielen Threni?

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Now:

[karlhenning]

Maiden-Listen Mondays (I don't believe I've ever sung these, either):

Brahms
Zwei Motetten, Opus 29
Geistliches Lied, Opus 30
Zwei Motetten, Opus 74
Chamber Choir of Europe
Nicol Matt, conductor




[ Some thunder rolling in the background. ]

[listener]

W.F.BACH  Flute Sonata in F,    J.C.F. BACH  Flute and Oboe Sonata inb C
C.P.E. BACH Quartet for flute, viola, cello and harpsichord in G
J. Christian BACH  Quintet in D  op.11/6
   Karlheinz Zöller, flute
"modern" (as of 1970) British Piano Music
RAWSTHORNE  Ballade     HEADINGTON   Toccata      GOEHR  Three Pieces
SHERLAW JOHNSON Piano Sonata 2      BLAKE Variations
     John Ogdon, piano
LIGETI   Atmosphères    HOLST The Planets    Boston S.O./Steinberg
Hamburg Radio Chorus in the Ligeti

[karlhenning]

Maiden-Listen Mondays (I don't believe I've ever sung these, either):

Brahms
Zwei Motetten, Opus 29
Geistliches Lied, Opus 30
Zwei Motetten, Opus 74
Chamber Choir of Europe
Nicol Matt, conductor

Hah! I had clean forgot, but we did sing the Opus 30 at St Paul's back in the Engelhardt era.  Sweet!

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Next:

[CD]

[ Some thunder rolling in the background. ]

Is that the monolith from 2001?

Listening:

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Now:



Listening to Symphony No. 4 right now.  A great performance.