What are you listening 2 now?

[Biffo]

Schubert: String Quartet in D minor, Death and the Maiden, D 810 - Jerusalem Quartet

[Todd]

[Papy Oli]

Stanford - String Quartets No.1,2,6.

[Maestro267]

Myaskovsky: Symphony No. 7
RFASO/Svetlanov

Respighi: Sinfonia Drammatica
Slovak RSO/Nazareth

Hartmann: Symphony No. 6
Bamberg SO/Metzmacher

[Todd]

Op 131.  Like the ABQ, the Fine Arts sounds much better in the late works.

[Traverso]

Christian Ludwig Bosberg & Nicolaus Bruhns

CD 5

[SonicMan46]

Dussek, Jan - Keyboard Sonatas on fortepianos - my post from yesterday quoted at bottom - finishing up today w/ the last 4 numbered volumes shown immediately below - an excellent series - more discussion in the Dussek Thread for those interested.  Dave

Dussek, Jan (1760-1812) - Piano Sonatas on fortepiano - Brilliant has released 7 volumes of these works + another un-numbered volume (first 3 volumes shown below + one w/ Kawaguchi) - these 8 CDs include about 28 keyboard sonatas and are pretty much complete when compared to Howard Craw's listing of Dussek's compositions HERE; quoted below are the contents of each Brilliant disc along w/ the performer - in the attachment are a selection from Craw's list, there seem to be some discrepancies, e.g. Op. 9 & 10 in the Brilliant contents are listed by Craw as 'Piano and Violin' compositions, but according to the liner notes, Dussek wrote these mainly for his own solo performances; another discrepancy is Craw's Op. 14 w/ 3 works listed as 'Piano Sonatas' but not included in the Brilliant set - maybe another release, don't know?  Dave

   

[Symphonic Addict]

Dour?  I've always thought of it as the fun one.  No. 4 is the pretty one.

Yes, I did feel it more dissonant and serious than I remembered, but it's a thoroughly interesting work, nevertheless.

[Traverso]

Tschaikovsky

Symphonie No. 1 "Winter Reveries "

[Traverso]

Bruckner

Symphony No.8

[Todd]

7.

[Karl Henning]

Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik, for five wind instruments [M. Thompson Wind Quintet]





I find the whimsical nature and somewhat irreverent tone of this work to be very attractive and engaging.

Love it!

[Karl Henning]

Schubert: String Quartet in D minor, Death and the Maiden, D 810 - Jerusalem Quartet

Cool!

[Symphonic Addict]

Three astounding second symphonies on impressive performances: Sibelius, Nielsen and Walton.

[André]

Will post thoughts in the Opera thread.

[bhodges]

Right now, in the Berlin Philharmonic's Digital Concert Hall:

Ensemble Modern
George Benjamin, conductor

Benjamin: At First Light
Rihm: Jagden und Formen

So far, fantastic. And FREE.

--Bruce

[Mandryka]

https://www.youtube.com/v/6k1683_TxPM


Diotima Quartet Rebecca Saunders Ubreathed from a concert I missed in 2017 in The Wigmore Hall

[bhodges]

https://www.youtube.com/v/6k1683_TxPM


Diotima Quartet Rebecca Saunders Ubreathed from a concert I missed in 2017 in The Wigmore Hall

PS, Saunders (4 works!) with the Berlin Philharmonic TOMORROW! (Similar to my post above, but with Klangforum Wien.) Also a new piece by Georges Aperghis.

EDIT: Here's the link:

https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/concert/53506

--Bruce

[Maestro267]

Martinu: Symphony No. 2
Bamberg SO/N. Jarvi

Villa-Lobos: Choros No. 12
Sao Paolo SO/Neschling

Pettersson: Symphony No. 5
Malmo SO/Markiz

[Symphonic Addict]

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
Schubert: Symphony No. 6



For me the Rachmaninov was a stellar, energetic and meaty performance. Those recordings are rarely mentioned. It's good when you hear a work with relatively fresh ears, so you can be surprised better than if you listen to it over and over again. At least that method works for me.

If Schubert's 5th was based on Mozart, the 6th was based on Beethoven, and it shares some gestures with Beethoven's 1st. Very pleased to revisit this nice symphony.