What are you listening 2 now?

[Karl Henning]

And PS, was startled to discover, after browsing the archives...it has never been done at the Metropolitan Opera. Never. 

I mean, c'mon. Maybe when Yannick Nézet-Séguin gets rolling, that will change.

--Bruce

That is borderline criminal.

You know that it was premiered in Chicago?

[Traverso]

Debussy


CD 22

[bhodges]

That is borderline criminal.

You know that it was premiered in Chicago?

Now I do! But didn't until discussions after the show.

And re: the Met. I am honestly surprised, given the relative popularity of the orchestral Suite. Somehow I thought the company had done it, say, in the mid-20th century. But no.

--Bruce

[vers la flamme]

^ I get a blank picture there, Florestan.

It must be Mahler 5th night. Or Mahler 5th week. First spin of this version.



Finally another symphony I actually kind of know.

High-five. What a great symphony. Did you enjoy the Gielen recording?

I have been thinking about a CD that I passed upon at a local record store and I'm going to go back and get it later today: George Szell conducting Mahler's 4th on Sony. I listened to the first movement and was blown away.

TD:



Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No.3 in A-flat major, op.47. Svjatoslav Richter, the "Pianist of the Century". What an accolade. Anyway, I got this box set recently, and it's excellent. Would recommend to any lover of great pianism.

[Madiel]

You knew the risks.

I did! And Gielen made Mahler 5 into a stormy, dynamic piece. Even the Adagietto keeps moving more than some versions.

High-five. What a great symphony. Did you enjoy the Gielen recording?

Yes, though to be honest it did become a little overwhelming. I seized the time opportunity I had yesterday, but I'm not sure whether I was entirely psychologically prepared for a Mahler symphony.

[listener]

BEETHOVEN: Sonata no.4 op.102/1 for Cello and Piano
7 Variations on "Bei Maennerin..." 12 Variations on "Ein Madchen oder Weibchen"
12 Variations on "See, the conqu'ring hero comes
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
PAGANINI: 3 Duettos for violin and bassoon
Jean-René COMBES-DAMIEN:  Omaggio David W. SOLOMONS: Floreat Rosa Divina
Pavel Eret, violin   Franck Leblois, bassoon
GADE: Kalanus op. 48
Marianne Rørholm, msop., Nicolai Gedda, ten., Leonard Mróz, bar.
The Canzone Choir,  Collegium Musicum       Frans Rasmussen, cond.

[Karl Henning]

The Il pomo d'oro Haydn Concertos album.

[André]

String Quartet (1974)
Sonata for Violin and Cello (1975)
Flute Concerto (1977)
Symphony no 7 (1980)

The name would lead one to think Parsadanian (1925-1997) is an armenian composer, but it's far more complex than that. He was born in Russia near Armenia, studied in Moscow and settled in Estonia where he remained for the last 44 years of his life, first as an orchestral musician, a student of Eino Heller and as a composer. He is buried in the Talinn cemetary. The recordings in this disc hail from Estonian Radio. There is nothing specifically armenian in the idiom - if one is to go by composers such as Khatchaturian or Hovhanness - by which I mean his musical language is not folk or ethnic oriented.

Each work here is strongly profiled and quite original, with some truly outstanding moments, like the slow movements of the quartet and the concerto. The stern, moving symphony is an homage to the recently deceased Khatchaturian (as a violinist, Parsadanian was an ardent advocate of his elder's violin concerto). This music is pretty much what one can expect from 'soviet' music from the era, closer to Denisov and Schnittke than Khatchaturian or Khrennikov, more modern than traditional. Quite a nice assemblage of works and performances.

[San Antone]

Pleyel: String Quintets, Ben. 271-273, Vol. 17

[j winter]

Beethoven 6, Furtwangler EMI

[JBS]

Schumann Symphonies 2 and 3
Recorded 1960/61
[asin]B07H657XHV[/asin]
So far, a good Schumann cycle.

[SymphonicAddict]

I have 2 discs of his music and, apart from a general impression (pleasant, colourful) I must say I can't recall any specifics such as themes, type of instrumentation etc. I should give them a spin to reacquaint myself with Parsadanian. BTW my version of the 2nd symphony seems different. It's with Svetlanov on Russian Disc. Which one do you have?

The cover art doesn't show the performers. It's with Svetlanov too (must be the same). The other work on that CD is the Melikov's 2nd Symphony.

String Quartet (1974)
Sonata for Violin and Cello (1975)
Flute Concerto (1977)
Symphony no 7 (1980)

The name would lead one to think Parsadanian (1925-1997) is an armenian composer, but it's far more complex than that. He was born in Russia near Armenia, studied in Moscow and settled in Estonia where he remained for the last 44 years of his life, first as an orchestral musician, a student of Eino Heller and as a composer. He is buried in the Talinn cemetary. The recordings in this disc hail from Estonian Radio. There is nothing specifically armenian in the idiom - if one is to go by composers such as Khatchaturian or Hovhanness - by which I mean his musical language is not folk or ethnic oriented.

Each work here is strongly profiled and quite original, with some truly outstanding moments, like the slow movements of the quartet and the concerto. The stern, moving symphony is an homage to the recently deceased Khatchaturian (as a violinist, Parsadanian was an ardent advocate of his elder's violin concerto). This music is pretty much what one can expect from 'soviet' music from the era, closer to Denisov and Schnittke than Khatchaturian or Khrennikov, more modern than traditional. Quite a nice assemblage of works and performances.

It seems that this music has substance. An interesting CD to investigate.

Reading on Wikipedia, he wrote 11 symphonies. It's a shame that there are only 3 of them recorded. At least I'm not aware of other recordings.

[Madiel]

Just ran through Mahler 5 again. At work (Tuesday morning).

I think I enjoyed it.

[SymphonicAddict]

Arnold - The Return of Odysseus

It's one of the few choral works I am aware of him, and it turned out substantially interesting. It definitely has the Arnold stamp. My only complaint about it is the choir who sings. Not sure if the work is intended to sound that way.




Brahms - Rinaldo

The closest example to opera that Brahms ever wrote. Not a masterpiece but it did have its charms. The nature of the work is clearly lyrical, mildly celebratory, even carefree at times and a little dramatic.




Dvorak - Biblical Songs, for baritone and orchestra

The 10 songs are recorded here. Some of them are solemn, sincere, others are more expressive and angry. I liked it but not so much.

[Traverso]

Bach

The Cantatas

[Tsaraslondon]

Piano Conertos 3 & 4 from this set.

I'd call these performances civilised and urbane. Beautifully played, if a little lacking in personality.

[Florestan]

Pleyel: String Quintets, Ben. 271-273, Vol. 17

Wait a minute! Did Pleyel write 17-volume worth of string quintets? Blimey, this makes him more prolific than Boccherini or Onslow. 

[vandermolen]

String Quartet (1974)
Sonata for Violin and Cello (1975)
Flute Concerto (1977)
Symphony no 7 (1980)

The name would lead one to think Parsadanian (1925-1997) is an armenian composer, but it's far more complex than that. He was born in Russia near Armenia, studied in Moscow and settled in Estonia where he remained for the last 44 years of his life, first as an orchestral musician, a student of Eino Heller and as a composer. He is buried in the Talinn cemetary. The recordings in this disc hail from Estonian Radio. There is nothing specifically armenian in the idiom - if one is to go by composers such as Khatchaturian or Hovhanness - by which I mean his musical language is not folk or ethnic oriented.

Each work here is strongly profiled and quite original, with some truly outstanding moments, like the slow movements of the quartet and the concerto. The stern, moving symphony is an homage to the recently deceased Khatchaturian (as a violinist, Parsadanian was an ardent advocate of his elder's violin concerto). This music is pretty much what one can expect from 'soviet' music from the era, closer to Denisov and Schnittke than Khatchaturian or Khrennikov, more modern than traditional. Quite a nice assemblage of works and performances.

That looks interesting indeed. Do you know this disc André?:

[Traverso]

Frescobaldi & Louis Couperin

Cembalo

[Harry]

CD IX, from this box.

Chorale Settings VIII.

This is an absolute recommendation for organ lovers. In my view it doesn't come any better as what Stella has achieved. The performances are well judged, the spiritual level very high, the detailing in the playing phenomenal, the tempi all good, the organ he is using belongs to the best organs Zanin build in 2006 after North German examples, and the sound is superbly recorded by Alessandro Simonetto. Plus the fact that it is dead cheap on JPC.