What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[listener]

JANACEK:  Sinfonietta   45rpm, non-digital!
Chicago Symphony      / Ozawa
haven't changed speeds on my turntable for a few years, but NAD make it easy.
SHOSTAKOVICH:   Symphony no. 8
London Symphony Orch.  / Previn
GINASTERA:  Piano Concerto 1,  Variaciones Concertantes
Joao Carlos Martins, piano     Boston Symphony   Leinsdorf

[bhodges]

Horatiu Radulescu: String Quartet No. 5 "before the universe was born"
JACK Quartet

https://www.youtube.com/v/pKeo79Ldz50

I've heard the JACK guys play this piece, and thought it was extraordinary - like nothing I'd ever heard.

--Bruce

[Sadko]

Bach

Englische Suite Nr. 3 (Richter)
Klavierkonzert d-moll BWV 1052 (Richter, Kurt Sanderling)
Konzert für 2 Klaviere C-dur BWV 1061 (Richter, Anatoli Vedernikov, Moscow ChO, Barshai)

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EDIT: Great interpretation of the English suite, a pity that the unstable tape speed (I guess) makes the piano not only sound out of tune, but even differently so in different parts. Apparently heavily edited from different takes.

[Gold Knight]

On Spotify:

Anton Bruckner--Symphony No.4 in E-Flat Major {"Romantic", Haas Version, 1881} and Symphony No.5 in B-Flat Major. Both works are performed by the Karl Bohm led Staatskapelle Dresden.

[Fafner]

Brandenburg Concertos
(Bach Collegium Japan)

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[Lisztianwagner]

Sergei Prokofiev
Scythian Suite

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[Daverz]

Listened to this yesterday, and it made me much happier than the recording of 1.

[Daverz]

GINASTERA:  Piano Concerto 1,  Variaciones Concertantes
Joao Carlos Martins, piano     Boston Symphony   Leinsdorf

Why this work isn't recorded more often is beyond me.  It's a showy piece (maybe lacking somewhat in musical nutrition, when since when did that matter) that would bring down the house.  Ginastera's Violin Concerto is similar, and similarly has few recordings.

[Conor71]

Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 1 In A Minor, Op. 105


Currently listening to the Schumann disc - its been a while since I heard this one. Very nice. Next I will play Disc 1 of the Berglund box: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 (been listening to the 1st a lot the last couple of days!).


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[listener]

Why this work isn't recorded more often is beyond me.    (Ginastera's Piano Concerto)

Some of the local orchestra members felt snookered when they discovered that the Variaciones Concertantes weren't for the visiting pianist and that they were expected to deliver some quite challenging solo pages.
thread duty while I look for a remote : COPRARIO / COOPER   3-part Fantasias and Dances for Viols
Jordi Savall, Christophe Coin and Serge Casademunt

[Wakefield]

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One of the best Baroque discs released by Naxos in the last years. Hopefully, Naxos will be interested in Early Music again.

Superb music and outstanding interpretations. So far, Mikko Perkola and Aapo Häkkinen have never disappointed me. 

[not edward]

Why this work isn't recorded more often is beyond me.  It's a showy piece (maybe lacking somewhat in musical nutrition, when since when did that matter) that would bring down the house.  Ginastera's Violin Concerto is similar, and similarly has few recordings.

What's even more regrettable IMO is the lack of recordings of the 2nd piano concerto, which I might well consider to be Ginastera's most substantial concerto. The existing Naxos recording isn't really good enough--I guess we can perhaps hope for a remake under Ben-Dor at some point.

Thread duty: a Honegger favourite, Munch conducting the BSO in fabulous 1950s mono readings of the 2nd and 5th.

[Mirror Image]

Allan Pettersson
Symphony No.7

http://www.youtube.com/v/KMG-QHu5QFs

Nice! Who is the conductor/orchestra in this performance, Ilaria?

Edit: Okay, I see it's Dorati/Stockholm. A pretty good performance, but I like the clarity of the Segerstam/Norrkoping on BIS.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Shostakovich: Piano concerto no. 1
Musorgsky: Pictures at an exhibiton (for piano solo)

Vladimir Ovchinnikov (piano)
John Wallace (trumpet)
The Philharmonia
Maxim Shostakovich (cond.)



For the first listening to this CD I waited for a special "right" moment - now.

Interesting looking disc. Ovchinnikov is a fantastic pianist, though totally under-recorded. Off to explore!

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Le Sacre du Printemps. One of my favorite performances of this masterpiece.

[Daverz]

The Schoenberg.  A noisy, headache inducer.

[Mirror Image]

The Schoenberg.  A noisy, headache inducer.

I rather like this Schoenberg work. I haven't heard the Baudo performance, but Karajan and Eschenbach are my go-to performances of this work.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Belkis, Queen of Sheba. Outstanding performance.

[Gold Knight]

Gustav Mahler--Symphony No.9 in D Major, featuring the Philadelphia Orchestra and James Levine.
Ludwig Van Beethoven--Symphony No.7 in A Major, Op.92 and Symphony No.8 in F Major, Op.93. Both works are performed by the Herbert von Karajan led Berliner Philharmoniker.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Belkis, Queen of Sheba. Outstanding performance.

I've already listened to the War Dance movement twice. This is just awesome. I love the brass, woodwinds, and percussion in this movement.