What are you listening to now?

[North Star]

Bartók
Piano Concerto No. 2
Andsnes, Boulez & BPO
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[SymphonicAddict]

I listened to this symphony for the first time a couple months ago (in the Jean-Luc Tingaud recording on Naxos) and was rather disappointed by it. I liked the first movement quite a bit, but the second and third struck me as rather unmemorable and diffuse. I must have another listen, perhaps to the above Slatkin recording this time!

Unlike you, I do find it memorable throughout  I also know tunes/melodies are kind of necessary to enjoy works better, but not always. Possibly this symphony doesn't have the most striking tunes, but I think its charming lies more on its development than on its melodies, and it's very rewarding as a whole.

[pi2000]

Cortot, Thibaud, Casals - Beethoven Archduke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCS9bURe3y8
Still my favorite

[Maestro267]

Ravel: La Valse
New York PO/Boulez

MacMillan: Cello Concerto
Wallfisch (cello)/BBC Scottish SO/Vänskä

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 in G minor ("The Year 1905")
Royal Liverpool PO/Petrenko

[André]

[aligreto]

Purcell: King Arthur, Acts 1, 2 & 3 [Christie]

Purcell: King Arthur, Acts 4 & 5 [Gardiner]

[SymphonicAddict]

It's difficult not to consider this work as a favorite.

[vandermolen]

Great work which I've seen live.

[André]

Great work which I've seen live.

Wow ! You must have been there on Nov 11 2007, then ? Unless it's been revived since. What I have is a cd transcript of the BBC broadcast, complete with announcements before the two parts. Exact same forces, but I don't know if it's the same performance. Maybe it was taken to the studio before or after that November 11 evening.

[NikF]

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 - Richter/Rowicki/Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra

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[SymphonicAddict]

At last I've put my hands on this recording. And what I can say is... WOW!! What stunning works, magnificently performed!! All sounds spectacular, with the epic at its most ablaze!!

The Symphony No. 3 is simply superb, and this recording opened my ears to more details. There are passages that brought to my mind Glière (ending of the 1st movement), Bax and Tubin (2nd movement, above all the militaristic middle section with the use of the xylophone and the snare drum). The 3rd movement is full of intense wizardry-like moments. The 4th movement is in a similar vein than the 1st one, and that ending... blown me away!! so glorious and scintillating, with a great use of bells. Great, great, great stuff!!!

Grazhyna receives an impeccable rendition as expected, plenty of glaring heroic passages. More than possibly it surpasses the Naxos recording.

[Daverz]

Holst: The Planets, Boult's second to last recording with the Philharmonia from the 60s. 

I do have this on Lp



But on CD, EMI/Warner have neglected it in favor of the 70s recording with the LPO.  I found it tucked away in this "British Composers" collection.

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I do think this Philharmonia recording is fresher sounding than the LPO recording.

[aligreto]

Olympia's Lament





Two different versions of Olympia's Lament from Monteverdi and D'India

[Daverz]

Olympia's Lament





Two different versions of Olympia's Lament from Monteverdi and D'India

One of the first CDs I ever bought.



I assume that Nonesuch licensed it.  I much prefer the Hyperion cover!   

[aligreto]

One of the first CDs I ever bought.



I assume that Nonesuch licensed it.  I much prefer the Hyperion cover!   

Cheers Dave. Wonderful music and performance.

[San Antone]

Röntgen, Julius (1855-1932) - String Trios, Nos. 1-16 in 4 volumes w/ the Lendvai String Trio - composed in the early 20th century but harking back to the 1800s (Brahms & Dvorak come to mind) - all but one of the Trios were unpublished, residing in the Netherlands Music Institute in The Hague - attached are reviews of each volume, for those interested.  Dave

   
 

I was just listening to these yesterday and will continue this week.

[pjme]

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 - Richter/Rowicki/Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra

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I've been fascinated by this concerto (and definitely in this performance) since I borrowed the LP ca. 1970. The steely brillance made me think of late Art Déco à la Sonia Delaunay, cubism, silver & black jewels, mechanical precision...with a sad, haunting slow movement, full of homesickness.
There's only this crazy snippet on YT...

https://www.youtube.com/v/dNPOZdztCP0

[NikF]

I've been fascinated by this concerto (and definitely in this performance) since I borrowed the LP ca. 1970. The steely brillance made me think of late Art Déco à la Sonia Delaunay, cubism, silver & black jewels, mechanical precision...with a sad, haunting slow movement, full of homesickness.
There's only this crazy snippet on YT...

https://www.youtube.com/v/dNPOZdztCP0

Those words jumped out of your post, on account of when listening finding similar thoughts fairly frequently coming to my own mind. 

[NikF]

Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 - Vengerov/Rostropovich/LSO.

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[Daverz]

Suppé overtures



Henry Krips was the brother of Josef Krips.  His career as a conductor was mostly in Australia.

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/krips-henry-joseph-12758