What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[karlhenning]

We've been playing the Leiferkus Shostakovich Songs & Waltzes disc at the MFA gift shop.

[Kullervo]

Tonight:

Scriabin - Symphony No. 3 (N. Järvi, Danish NRSO)

Langgaard - Four Tone Pictures (Rozhdestvensky, Danish NRSO)

and:

[bhodges]

Tonight, a very pleasant evening of food, drinks and listening to music with some like-minded friends.  We get together two or three times a year to do this.  The menu, roughly in the order it occurred:

Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 (Harnoncourt/COE)
Medtner: Piano Sonata No. 10, "Reminiscenza" (Hamelin)
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor (Claudio Arrau/Jochum/Concertgebouw, live recording 4/21/77)
Grainger: Country Gardens, Shepherd's Hey, Handel in the Strand (Stokowski & his orch.)
Bizet: L'Arlesienne (Plasson/Toulouse) - This is Bizet's first version, with chorus.
Schickele: Quartet for violin, clarinet, cello and piano (Kalinovsky/Begelman/Tchekmazov/Goncharova)
Shostakovich: Excerpts from 24 Preludes for Violin and Piano (Kalinovsky/Goncharova)
Holst: The Planets (Levine/Chicago)
Fauré: Pavane (Dutoit/Montreal)
Bernstein: "Mambo" from West Side Story (Dudamel/Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra, live recording 8/19/07)

--Bruce

[orbital]

[Robert]

Bartok
Mikrokosmos Suite
Miraculous Mandarin Suite
Tibor Serly
Dance Suite
Franco Autori


Contrasts
Stanley Drucker, Robert Mann, Leonid Hambro
Out of Doors
Leonid Hambro
Violin Sonata
Robert Mann


Classics Indeed.......

[beclemund]

My first exposure to Górecki was his 2nd symphony which gave me nightmares and scared my dog from my listening room. The 3rd is so completely different in mood and is simply arresting. The dog is enjoying it too. I picked up this one and Wit's Naxos release, I cannot say that I favor one over the other as they are both brilliant performances.

[George]

Richter plays 3 Schubert Moment Musicaux

[George]

Maria Joao Pires plays Schubert: Allegretto D 915

[Valentino]

Andras Shiff playing JS Bach; Wohltemperiertes Klavier Buch I.

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[Que]

A very good morning (day) to you all.


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Disc 1
Henry Du Mont: "Motets pour la Chapelle de Louis XIV"
with Hervé Lamy, Peter Harvey, Howard Crook, Peter Zajicek
Conducted by Olivier Schneebeli

See my earlier comments HERE

Q

[Maciek]

Bernstein: "Mambo" from West Side Story (Dudamel/Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra, live recording 8/19/07)

I wonder who put that on...?

[Que]

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Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani - Trumpet sonatas nos. 1 & 2
Girolamo Fantini - Trumpet Sonata No. 3, "Detta del Niccolini" &  trumpet sonata no. 8, "Detta del Nero"
Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi - Toccata nona
Johann Jacob Löwe von Eisenach - Capriccio no. 1 & Capriccio no. 2
Johann Christoph Pezel - Trumpet sonatas nos. 69, 71 & 75
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck - Fantasia Chromatica
Michelangelo Rossi - Toccata settima
Anonymous - Sinfonia a due Trombe

Niklas Eklund (Trumpet); Tormod Dalen (Cello);Marc Ullrich (Trumpet);
Mats Klingfors (Bassoon); Knut Johannessen (Organ)

Q

[val]

LISZT: Deuxième Année de Pelerinage (without the Dante Sonata) / Wilhelm Kempff (DG, 1975)

To me, the best version of this cycle, but without the Sonate. Kempff, with his magic sound, is very poetic, contemplative. Even works that always seemed boring to me, like Spozalicio, seem transfigured by this interpretation, very pure, lyrical.

In the Petrarch Sonnet 104, Kempff seems preferable to the legendary version of Lipatti.

[Que]

Andras Shiff playing JS Bach; Wohltemperiertes Klavier Buch I.

Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says...

And what did he exactly say to enduce this compulsive behaviour? 

Q

[Harry]

Andras Shiff playing JS Bach; Wohltemperiertes Klavier Buch I.

Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says. Must do as Harry says...

Good boy!

[Papy Oli]

Quite a good'un... pleased with it 

[Harry]

Alfred Hill. (1869-1960)

String Quartets Volume I.

No. 1 in B flat major, "Maori".
No 2 in G minor, "A Maori Legend in four movements".
No. 3 in A minor, "The Carnival".

Dominion Quartet.

The musical language of Hill's quartets is reminiscent of Dvorak and Tchaikovsky with easily remembered melodies crafted within the harmonic texture of the romantic era, rhythmic vitality in the outer movements and consistently beautiful slow movements of much charm. The blend of antipodean nationalism with the traditional forms and musical language of the late nineteenth century Europe brings a uniqueness and freshness that has appeal on a first hearing, yet reveals a wealth of underlying ideas on further acquaintance.
The recording and performance is exemplary.

[Haffner]

Excellent.

[Valentino]

Harry said baroque in the morning , Que, implying that Brahms is not for that time of day.

[Harry]

Spohr.

Septet opus 147, for Flute, clarinet, Horn, Bassoon, Violin, Violoncello, and Piano.

Quintet opus 130, for 2 violins, Viola, Violoncello, and Piano.

Ensemble Villa Musica.

Spohr is almost always delightful music, and this twofar is no exeption.
The performance and recording is very good.