What are you listening to now?

[Todd]

From the Ozawa box.  The First is slow, heavy, and kludgy at times, and it uses some hard right-left stereophonic tricks of the era (eg, an active left channel only with a silent right channel in the opening of the second movement).  The Third is comparatively better, but better versions of both works are out there for the listening.

[Karl Henning]

Альфред Гарриевич [ Alfred Harriyevich (Schnittke) ]
Concerto (№ 2) for piano & strings (1979)
Ewa Kupiec, pf
Berlin Radio Symphony
Strobel

[ritter]

Some assorted a capella choral works form this indigenous CD:


Rodolfo Halffter: Tres epitafios
Claude Debussy: Trois chansons de Charles d'Orléans
Goffredo Petrassi: Nonsense

...followed by another domestic release:


Roberto Gerhard's very early (1918) Trio and Ernesto Halffter's Hommages - Petite suite pour trio from 1922, when the composer was 17 years old)

[Dee Sharp]

Franck: Symphony. Martinon/Orchestre National De L'ORTF. As one might expect, Martinon conducts an outstanding performance. Recommended.

[Florestan]

Goffredo Petrassi: Nonsense

Such a lovely title, almost makes me want to listen to it

[ritter]

Such a lovely title, almost makes me want to listen to it

Good evening, Andrei! Great fun, Petrassi's Nonsense (on texts by Edward Lear, translated into Italian). Do listen to it!

[aligreto]

Langgaard: Symphony No. 6 [Dausgaard]....





This work is obviously an exercise in the Theme and Variations form but once again one is almost overwhelmed by the lyricism and the orchestration. There is some wonderful tension filled and foreboding writing in this intriguing work.

[Florestan]

Good evening, Andrei! Great fun, Petrassi's Nonsense (on texts by Edward Lear, translated into Italian). Do listen to it!

Buenas noches, Rafael! I'll try to get my hands on it without any damage to my wallet, if you know what I mean! Y si no, no! 

[ritter]

Buenas noches, Rafael! I'll try to get my hands on it without any damage to my wallet, if you know what I mean! Y si no, no! 

Aquí está, "gratis total"...

https://www.youtube.com/v/53tGixI4kAU

[Florestan]

Aquí está, "gratis total"...

https://www.youtube.com/v/53tGixI4kAU

Muchisimas gracias, caballero! Will listen attentively, and post my thoughts, asap.

[Turbot nouveaux]

Webern
Works for String Quartet
Langsamer Satz
5 Sätze op. 5
Streichquartett (1905)
6 Bagatellen op. 9
Rondo (1906)
Streichquartett op. 28
3 Stücke (1913)
Streichtrio op. 20
Satz für Streichtrio op.post.
Emerson String Quartet [DG, 1995]

A fine account - I usually find the Emersons a bit sterile, but their precision, attack and clarity are advantages in Webern. Possibly my current favourite, even over the Quartetto Italiano.

[TheGSMoeller]

Dvorak: Symphony No. 4
Witold Rowicki/LSO


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[kishnevi]

Dvorak: Symphony No. 4
Witold Rowicki/LSO


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Rowicki's cycle was budget boxed by Universal early on.  I think it holds up well, especially in the early symphonies.
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TD
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CD 8
Sonatas 24-27
Opp. 78-79-81A-90

Not necessarily best in show, but it appeals to me more than the last cycle I played, Melodie Zhao.

[TheGSMoeller]

Rowicki's cycle was budget boxed by Universal early on.  I think it holds up well, especially in the early symphonies.

So far it's definitely holding up, Jeffrey. It's interesting to compare the 4th from Kertesz and the same band from just a few years earlier.

Edit: Just finsihed the Scherzo, VERY well done. The sonics are great, incredible clarity, especially being able to hear the harps in several of the climaxes.

[Todd]

Revisited one of the great Brahms Seconds, and got hear the Kulenkampff/Mainardi Double Concerto for the first time.  Very nice, old-timey playing with some attractive portamento, though it's still not one of my favorite Brahms works.

[TheGSMoeller]

On to the next one....

Dvorak: Symphony No. 5, Op. 76
Witold Rowicki/LSO


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[Sergeant Rock]

So far it's definitely holding up, Jeffrey. It's interesting to compare the 4th from Kertesz and the same band from just a few years earlier.

Edit: Just finsihed the Scherzo, VERY well done. The sonics are great, incredible clarity, especially being able to hear the harps in several of the climaxes.

Was just discussing, and rating the Fourth's Scherzo in the Unpopular opinion thread (Brian started it). Rowicki and the LSO performance is sensational.

Sarge

[TheGSMoeller]

Was just discussing, and rating the Fourth's Scherzo in the Unpopular opinion thread (Brian started it). Rowicki and the LSO performance is sensational.

Sarge

I saw Brian's unpopular opinion, which I believe is more popular than he might think  . I would like to throw the 6th's and 8th's scherzo in that conversation as well, in fact throw them all in there, Dvorak was damn good them.

[Mirror Image]

Thanks to a seller mistake, I'm currently listening to Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 70 No. 1 ("Ghost") from this free box set I received today:



I don't know much about Beethoven's PTs, but this is quite good.

[kishnevi]

Thanks to a seller mistake, I'm currently listening to Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 70 No. 1 ("Ghost") from this free box set I received today:



I don't know much about Beethoven's PTs, but this is quite good.

Quite good is an understatement.
TD
CD 2
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Wagner Siegfried Idyll
Wolf Italian Serenade
Schoenberg Transfigured Night
Sinfonia Varsovia
Yehudi Menuhin conducting
Recorded Feb. 1997