What are you listening 2 now?

[vers la flamme]

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, op.32. Vladimir Ashkenazy, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

[MusicTurner]

Weber - 4 Piano Sonatas etc. /Endres /Oehms 2CD

There's an bustling energy and certain freshness in Weber, that is often likeable and present in this fine recording.
Bought cheaply at JPC.

[vers la flamme]

^Well, you've piqued my interest—I ought to hear some of Weber's piano music

TD;



Josef Suk: Serenade for Strings in E-flat major, op.6. Jaroslav Krček, Capella Istropolitana

This is a great piece. What a nice adagio.

[MusicTurner]

^Well, you've piqued my interest—I ought to hear some of Weber's piano music

(...)

Supposedly you already know the concertos and the Konzertstuck? They're good, IMO. The sonatas are pretty much in the same vein, generally speaking. The liner notes of this recording speak of a narrative and episodical quality, that contrasts with previous sonata traditions for musical development, according to the autor.

[Traverso]

Elgar

Pomp and Circumstance Marches op.39 1-5
Serenade for Strings E minor op.20
Enigma Variations op.36

[Traverso]

Bruckner

Symphony No.6

Horst Stein

[Traverso]

Marvelous set!   

And an achievement that the Trio in its later combination didn't surpass.

Q

Indeed,I have also this set wich includes two more discs.   

[aligreto]

Cannacich: Symphonies Nos. 51 & 52 [Grodd]

[Todd]

From the Naxos Beethoven box.  Naxos uses one of its sub-labels to fill in some of the gaps, but they do it in a less satisfactory way than they could have.  The original release has the program duplicated, with the first disc on a modern Yamaha, and the the second on a period instrument.  The Chopin Institute does something similar with some pianists recording the same repertoire twice, and Ikuyo Nakamichi's recording of the Chopin Waltzes is duplicated on two instruments.  For big box purposes, Naxos uses the fortepiano recording for two works and the modern piano recording for everything else.  Now that I think about it, this may have been part of a devious plot, because the Hamann Sisters do good enough work on the period instrument to make me want to hear all of the works played thusly, which means I may have to buy the original release.  Drats!  The modern instrument recordings are all quite excellent, including a piano version of the Grosse Fuge that I may just enjoy more than the string quartet version. 

[Thom]

Tippett - Fantasia Concertante on a theme of Corelli. What glorious music, in the best tradition of English String Music.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

An interesting CD of British piano music.  Piano Music by Malcolm Arnold and Constant Lambert with Mark Bebbington on Somm.

PD

[Mirror Image]

Tippett - Fantasia Concertante on a theme of Corelli. What glorious music, in the best tradition of English String Music.

Pounds the table! Love that work.

[aligreto]

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 [Hickox]





This is a robust, bright, fresh and brisk presentation and it is not without the requisite gravitas. The final movement is very well driven.

[Irons]

I'm with you here. Le Chasseur maudit and Les Djinns contain the best music IMO.

Two pieces I will definitely return.

[Todd]

Opp 74 & 95.

[aligreto]

Bax: Cello Concerto [Wallfish/Thompson]





I will probably be expelled from the Bax Appreciation Society for saying this but from the day that I bought this CD I simply could not fathom the Cello Concerto. I thought, then, and still do, that it was disjointed in its argument, progression, its musical language was alien to my ear [as far as Bax is concerned] and the scoring was weak. It is the only version that I own but I do immediately acknowledge that the music is in good hands here. The work has just never engaged me. This is from one who is partial to both Bax and a Cello Concerto. Is it just me? What am I missing here? Interestingly, when I listen to it I hear it as a work that could well have been written as a string quartet/quintet.

[Papy Oli]

Tubin - 8th symphony

[vandermolen]

Bax: Cello Concerto [Wallfish/Thompson]





I will probably be expelled from the Bax Appreciation Society for saying this but from the day that I bought this CD I simply could not fathom the Cello Concerto. I thought, then, and still do, that it was disjointed in its argument, progression, its musical language was alien to my ear [as far as Bax is concerned] and the scoring was weak. It is the only version that I own but I do immediately acknowledge that the music is in good hands here. The work has just never engaged me. This is from one who is partial to both Bax and a Cello Concerto. Is it just me? What am I missing here? Interestingly, when I listen to it I hear it as a work that could well have been written as a string quartet/quintet.

Actually Fergus I probably am a member of 'BAS' (Bax Appreciation Society) but I never liked the Cello Concerto either. Most of the British composers I like wrote consistently good music; VW, Finzi, Moeran, Alwyn, Arnold, Bate, Chisholm, Gipps, Arnell etc but I find that Bax's inspiration is more intermittent. Having said that I like all the symphonies but only the Symphonic Variations amongst the concertos and only the piano and harp quintets amongst the chamber music. The film music is pretty lame too compared with VW, Arnold or Alwyn for example. At his best, however, Bax is a magical composer.

Now playing:

[aligreto]

Barrios: Suite Andina [Goni]





Wonderful music that is excellently played.

[aligreto]

Actually Fergus I probably am a member of 'BAS' (Bax Appreciation Society) but I never liked the Cello Concerto either....

OK, Jeffrey....relief