What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Scarpia]

No mention of Weber? And what about Crusell?

For stuff along those lines I prefer Krommer.

[bhodges]

Clarinet-orientated works are very scarce in my collection so far (besides Brahms' Clarinet Quintet ...oh... and a Henning concert  )

any other key clarinet works worth exploring please ?

If you are inclined, do check out Magnus Lindberg's Clarinet Concerto, with clarinetist Kari Kriikku.  I heard Kriikku last year do the piece here with Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic, and loved it--and Kriikku was extraordinary.

--Bruce

[listener]

back to current listening
from the box of Bach Family music
Johann Christian BACH  Sinfonias op. 6/6, 9/1, Overtures to Lucio Silla and Temistocle op.18/2 and 4
New Philharmonia Orch., Leppard
This was Bach's youngest son, he studied in Italy and spent his last 20 years in London.  There's a kind of "openness" to his music, it's not as predictable in structure as the earlier North German style.
PAINE:  Symphony no. 2 in A, op. 34   "Im Frühling"
N.Y. Philharmonic      Mehta, cond.
MILHAUD   Organ Music       Sonata,  9 Preludes, Petite Suite, Pastorale
George Baker at Chartres Cathedral

[Papy Oli]

Listener, erato, scarpia, Bruce,

plenty of unknown names to boot for me to explore, thank you as well

thread-duty :

last movement only.

[George]

[Brahmsian]

STRAUSS, R.

*Don Quixote, Op.35

Paul Tortelier, cello
Max Rostal, viola

Dance Suite from harpsichord pieces by Francois Couperin

Rudolf Kempe
Staatskapelle Dresden

*Or, as others prefer to call it, Donkey Oatey   One of my favorite Strauss' pieces.

[jhar26]

[Brian]

No mention of Weber? And what about Crusell?

The new Crusell disc on BIS with Martin Frost is so, so, so good.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



I'm making my way through this set at pretty good rate. I have been totally impressed so far. The performances of this music I imagine is quite difficult. Listening to Symphony No. 3 right now.

[karlhenning]

Berlioz
Symphonie funèbre et triomphale, Opus 15
“The President’s Own” United States Marine Band
Col. Jn Bourgeois

[jlaurson]

L.v. Beethoven
Piano Sonatas
opp.27/2 (Moonlight),
13 (Pathetique),
53 (Waldstein),
79 ('facile')
Stephen Osborne
hyperion

Like.

[kishnevi]

Good morning/day, all!

Maiden-Listen Mondays!

Britten
Concerto for Violin, Viola & Orchestra (1932)
Benjamin Schmid, vn
Daniel Raiskin, va
Berlin Symphony
Lior Shambadal

Britten, Bruch, Benjamin – Double Concertos

Lovely piece! Wish I could have written something on this order when I was 19.

have you listened to the Bruch and Benjamin works yet? 
I actually  like them better than the Britten.

Thread duty:

Mahler: Kindertotenlieder  Hampson/Bernstein/VPO

from the DG Complete Edition box.

Only word I can use for this performance is superb.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Symphony No. 5 right now and it's playing the last movement.

Next:

[listener]

MUSSORGSKY A Night on Bare Mountain   orch. Leibowitz
                       Pictures at an Exhibition  orch. Ravel
Royal Philharmonic O.,    René Leibowitz  cond.     a really good recording!  Leibowitz pays attention to detail in the score without sounding fussy.  Dynamics and tempi are very nicely handled
Lars-Erik LARSSON   Symphony 1 in c
                     Cantata The Disguised God  (Förklädd gud)   Birgit Norden, Håkan Hagegård,
Helsingborgs Symphony,  Sten Frykberg, cond.   public performances
No audible clues that the composer studied with Berg and Hindemith, sounds more like Nielsen
BOËLY   6 Noëls, op. 15      assorted pieces from opp.18, 36 & 43
Daniel Roth       organ of St.Merri, Paris

[Brian]

The Ninth, ... Had the feeling that I could listen to this performance (and this recording) every day and love it all the same*. Maybe I'll try that this week.

As decided upon above... the Ninth AGAIN!

[Dana]

Berlioz
Symphonie funèbre et triomphale, Opus 15
“The President’s Own” United States Marine Band
Col. Jn Bourgeois

You've inspired me to break out my recordings of Colin Davis and John Wallace and determine if I like one better than the other.

[Lethevich]

Don't mind me, just listening to the greatest composer ever.

[BMW]

Don't mind me, just listening to the greatest composer ever.

[mc ukrneal]

Don't mind me, just listening to the greatest composer ever.

We don't mind! 

I like that series too. I had only ever heard the marches and this was a great opportunity to hear some of his other music.

[The new erato]

As for greatest composer, I'll go with Beethoven's view of Handel. This set is so incredibly great, one wonderful aria after another in an endless stream, with S Piau and Lee Ragin on top of their form relatively early in their careers, and thrilling, nearly weightless and transparent orchestral playing. I sat transfixed through all 3 discs.