What are you listening to now?

[aligreto]

Schubert: Symphony No. 9 [Bernstein]....

[aligreto]

Wonder who the violist is . . . .

Does it mutter matter? 

[Mahlerian]

Schoenberg: Pierrot lunaire
Yvonne Minton, Ensemble Intercontemporain, cond. Boulez
[asin]B00AK3X3U6[/asin]

The LP cover for this recording wasn't bad:



But I prefer the CD release:

[Todd]

I rarely listen to Symphonia domestica.  Once again, Clemens Krauss is the conductor who makes it work best for me, and once again Mehta's version has the same comfortable fit and feel for me, with the added benefit of good sound - and better than Zarathustra - though even so, I just don't see myself ever spinning this frequently.  For the Burleske, the Janis/Reiner version bests every other version I've heard, even from Argerich, and though I am a fan of Barenboim, this doesn't ultimately compare.  That written, it makes for an enjoyable listen.  (One day I really must try Thibaudet's version; if any recorded version can offer scintillating pianism to match or surpass Janis', it has got to be this one.)  A good disc, but one destined to probably be ripped and forgotten.

[PerfectWagnerite]

Does it mutter matter? 

No it doesn't

For the record (pun intended) it is Yuri Bashmet, a great violist, but not as pretty or flashy as Ms. Mutter I would think.

[cilgwyn]

It doesn't mutter a bit!! I prefer a painting or a nice landscape,myself;but the performances on the cds are a delight. The accompanying booklet,the inside and rear of the digi-pak style case (which folds out by the way) brings the total of photos to fifteen,I think? And the one on the front,Sixteen! If you count the inclusion of reproductions of four other Mutter cd's,it's actually a grand total of twenty! That's a lotta Mutter!!

[cilgwyn]

I think I'll put some Mutter on at this rate!!

[aligreto]

CPE Bach: CD 3 [Flute Concertos Koopman] from this set....

[cilgwyn]

On now. Here we go!!

[aligreto]

No it doesn't

For the record (pun intended) it is Yuri Bashmet, a great violist, but not as pretty or flashy as Ms. Mutter I would think.

I wonder why the poor violists are the butt of so many jokes? After all, JS Bach and WA Mozart were partial to playing the viola themselves 

[Maestro267]

Brian: Symphony No. 10 in C minor
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Brabbins

Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
Chicago SO/Reiner

[Florestan]

I should add that in Mozart's violin concertos Mutter is much less self-indulgent, flashy and in-your-face romanticizing the music than in the violin sonatas. Not that all of the above is a bad thing in my book --- Mutter/Orkis is actually my favorite incomplete set of violin sonatas.

[aligreto]

JS Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 [Pearlman]....

[Todd]

While I doubt it receives a second recording in my lifetime, I sure wouldn't mind if one the young/ish lions of the keyboard tackled the Bartok/Sandor transcription of the Concerto for Orchestra.  Chamayou would be splendid.  Schuch potentially even more so.  I think I'll next spin this in the 2030s sometime.

[PerfectWagnerite]

I wonder why the poor violists are the butt of so many jokes? After all, JS Bach and WA Mozart were partial to playing the viola themselves 

Not sure about Mozart but didn't Bach played pretty much EVERY instrument? He was often angry that the musicians weren't as good on their instrument as he was .

[Spineur]

Time to go back to Haendel suites

[aligreto]

Atterberg: Violin Concerto....





This was a first listen to this work for me. I liked its intensity and lyricism. The playing is also intense and lyrical and wonderfully played.

[aligreto]

Not sure about Mozart but didn't Bach played pretty much EVERY instrument? He was often angry that the musicians weren't as good on their instrument as he was .

Such high standards! 

[PerfectWagnerite]

Such high standards! 

Talk about a no-win situation: playing an instrument in Bach's band. Ranks right up there with being Debussy's daughter's piano teacher.

[Mahlerian]

Not sure about Mozart but didn't Bach played pretty much EVERY instrument? He was often angry that the musicians weren't as good on their instrument as he was .

Mozart played violin and viola as well as keyboards with equal proficiency, but preferred the viola in chamber music, which led to some wonderful lines for the instrument in his works.

Among famous composers, Hindemith was also known as a violist.

Stravinsky: Anthem, Threni, Requiem Canticles
Collegium Vocale Gent, Royal Flemish Philharmonic, cond. Herreweghe
[asin]B00GWS990Q[/asin]

Stunning!