What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Lethevich]

Playing 4 & 8 now. The past 3 symphonies played have had promenent parts for bells, triangle and organ respectively. I guess nobody can say he's not making an effort Edit: now the 4th has begun with piano. I had forgotten the "novelties" this guy likes to include in each symphony. I recall the 5th has a violin soloist featured prominently.

[karlhenning]

Just listened to this for the first time:



The early C minor (op.15) made an immediate, and favorable impression. Love it. The later G minor (op.55) will take a few more listens to sink in.

Oh, I need to give those a spin someday.

[karlhenning]

First-Listen Friday continues!

Walton
Violin Concerto
The Nige
Royal Phil
Previn

Walton – Violin Concerto; Viola Concerto Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending

This had me thinking Prokofiev from the start . . . music of its own, but something of similar character.  I like it!

[DavidRoss]

What's the cast and conductor on that version--can't read the image.
The cover art looks very much like the version I owned on LP, with Rene Kollo.  Is this the same or another?

Solti--Ludwig, Kollo, Hotter, Howells, Fi-Di, Tear, Te Kanawa, Popp, Zednik, Frick, et al.  Originally an analog recording released in 1972, it could well be the same that you have on vinyl.

[Père Malfait]

Beautiful, atmospheric music, lovingly performed.

[Opus106]

FLF (composer)

Granville Ransom Bantock
Sapphic Poem for Cello and Orhcestra
Julian Lloyd Webber|Royal Philharmonic Orchestra|Vernon Handley

Need more early-20th-century Brit. music.

[George]

Bartok
String Quartet 5
Vegh Quartet
Naive

Another nice performance, but I can't help but feel that they smooth the edges out too much in these quartets. I'd be interested to hear what others think about this.

[Lethevich]

Canto, as usual -- it tends to muscle the others aside.

[drogulus]

     Stravinsky

     Le Sacre Du Printemps

     Bernstein - NYPO

     Columbia Masterworks LP (rec. 1958)

     24/96 FLAC "needle drop" downsampled to 24/48 kHz.
   
     

[pi2000]

Vasa Prihoda -Mozart 4th violin Concerto -Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino cond. Ennio Gerelli

[karlhenning]

First-Listen Fridays!

Scriabin
Sonata in e-flat minor (1887-89)
Stephen Coombs

(The pianist also did the 'completion' of the second movement, part of whose MS. was lost.)

The Early Scriabin Stephen Coombs

[listener]

RACHMANINOV   Piano Sonata 2  - second version
VILLA-LOBOS      Rudepoêma
CHOPIN              Piano Sonata 2
SCHULZ-EVLER    Arabesques (on Jn.Strauss Blue Danube)
                 Marc-André Hamelin           1994 recording

[abidoful]

First-Listen Fridays!

Scriabin
Sonata in e-flat minor (1887-89)
Stephen Coombs

(The pianist also did the 'completion' of the second movement, part of whose MS. was lost.)

The Early Scriabin Stephen Coombs

Thanks- mayby i buy it

[Harry]

First-Listen Fridays!

Scriabin
Sonata in e-flat minor (1887-89)
Stephen Coombs

(The pianist also did the 'completion' of the second movement, part of whose MS. was lost.)

The Early Scriabin Stephen Coombs

I love the cover!

[SonicMan46]

Bantock, Granville (1868-1946) - Orchestral Music w/ Vernon Handley & many others!  Just finishing up the last 2 discs of the set this afternoon - quite well done and the BRO price is hard to beat!   

[Conor71]

Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2



I have been making my way through this over the past week and am trying to get to know these pieces .

[Bulldog]

Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2



I have been making my way through this over the past week and am trying to get to know these pieces .

That's time very well spent.  For the past month or so, I've been listening to only WTC recordings in my car - makes driving a real pleasure.  The artists have been Egarr, Watchorn, Crossland, Pollini, Rangell and Sheppard.  Rangell is easily the most individualistic of the six.

[SonicMan46]

Couple of packages in the mail today w/ a half dozen discs - will be reporting back over the weekend - now:

Tchaikovsky, Boris - Chamber Orchestral Music  w/ Rudin & Musica Viva on Hyperion - nice BRO bargain and a disc that has been well recommended here - beautifully done so far - a composer new to me (and no relation apparently to Peter!) - 

[Antoine Marchand]

Couple of packages in the mail today w/ a half dozen discs - will be reporting back over the weekend - now:

Tchaikovsky, Boris - Chamber Orchestral Music  w/ Rudin & Musica Viva on Hyperion - nice BRO bargain and a disc that has been well recommended here - beautifully done so far - a composer new to me (and no relation apparently to Peter!) - 

Here listening to the string quartets by Pyotr Ilyich:

Tchaikovsky - Complete String Quartets and Souvenir de Florence
Borodin Quartet w/ Genrikh Talalyan & Mstislav Rostropovich
2 CDs, digital remastering, 2000
Chandos Historical

[SonicMan46]

Well, I'm surprised of no posts since mine on Boris T. - enjoyed that disc to the end, BTW! 

This evening another 'new' arrival today in the mail - I was extremely LUCKY to obtain the Glen Wilson harpsichord performances of the Bach WTC Bks I & II from one of our illustrious members who is also an Amazon Marketplace retailer (will not mention his name since he might want to remain anonymous) - but he offered me via a few PMs an excellent price on both of the 2-CD sets below!

The Glen Wilson performances of these works have been on my 'want list' for several years (believe an original recommendation by Don, i.e. Bulldog) - now listening to the first book tonight - will do the second in the morning - these are indeed wonderful for harpsichord enthusiasts - performed on an excellent instrument, sound right up front in your listening room, and the playing superb - quite pleased!