What are you listening 2 now?

[Que]

Halfway disc 8 we switch to Program Seven with the sonatas written for Augenbrugger sisters, published in 1780.
Tom Beghin plays a fortepiano after Anton Walter, Vienna 1782.

[Harry]

Joonas Kokkonen.

Symphonies 1&2.
Opus Sonorum.

Finnish Radio SO, Sakari Oramo.

I still have to get used to Kokkonen's oeuvre, but after a few hearings I get closer to the man behind the music. It is not music to close your eyes with, it is too rational in its execution, and pays hommage to a rational stance that bothers on a technical level at the cost of musicality, but that's my opinion. There are works by Kokkonen I like instantly. All three works on this disc are a tad harder to digest. But I will eventually. The recording is really very good, as is the performance.

[Sergeant Rock]

Haydn Symphony No. 99 in E flat major "The Cat" ...Gottfried conducting the Concentus Musicus Wien



First movement played fast and furiously, quite dramatic. Love it!

Sarge

[Harry]

This morning a whole bunch of CD's came in from JPC, and amongst them was a disc I was curious after, so in the player it went.

Eduard Franck.

Violin concerto in D major, opus 57.
Symphony in B flat major, opus 52.

Premiere recordings.

Christiane Edinger, Violin.
Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken, Hans-Peter Frank.

The beauty of this composer is, that he thinks in clear and logical lines. Out of nothing he makes everything! Do not expect fireworks, but rather a gentle mind writing music that does not clutter, creates no density, but only a few melodic lines that incorporates all Franck needs, to create beauty. To follow the score is easy, and great the amazement that although his music belongs to a romantic era, he manages to infuse his music with that little extra, which makes it quite unique. Both works are utterings from the heart, and although he follows the footpaths trodden by many before him, and dare I say after him, he still emits a luminance that lights far ahead. There are many influences as by necessity, as with all composers, to me his tapestry of colours is a joy to listen to.
Fine performances and good sound.

[Mirror Image]

+1 and for Copland's 'Prairie Journal' John. Slatkin's RCA Copand series was excellent, including a fine Third Symphony. I had the good fortune to hear Slatkin conduct an excellent performance of it at the Proms in London many years ago.

Indeed, Jeffrey. Slatkin's Copland series on Naxos is also top-notch.

[Harry]

Nikolai Miaskovsky.

Complete Symphonies and other Orchestral Works.
CD 15.

Sinfonietta opus 32, No. 2 & opus 68, No. 2.
Concerto Lirico, opus 32, No. 3.

State SO, of the Russian Federation, Evgeny Svetlanov.

Quite a discovery hearing these works again. And one might think to know them, but I found out, that they always sound as fresh as a daisy, as hearing them for the first time. Love the scoring in the Sinfonietta's, very special indeed and very accessible. The Concerto Lirico is to me a pastoral work, very reminiscent of what British composer tend to do.

[Sergeant Rock]

Schubert Symphony No. 5 in B flat major...Gottfried conducting the Concentus Musicus Wien




Sarge

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26
Vladimir Krainev, piano
Frankfurt RSO
Kitajenko

[Harry]

Nikolai Miaskovsky.

Orchestral Works, CD 16, The End!

Links, opus 65.
Divertissement, opus 80.
Alastor, "Poeme d'apres Shelley, opus 14.

State SO of the Russian Federation, Evgeny Svetlanov.

What a magnificent close of this box. Always have been a great admirer of "Links", that has a place in my heart when I heard it for the first time in 2002. A great piece, one that shows Miaskovsky in all the colours he could produce, so you will the softer side of him, and that goes for the other 2 works two. Of all the discs in this box it has an absolute track record, I probably played it 50 times over the years, and still do not get enough of it. Hmmm that makes me weird right? Good sonics!

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Mahler
Symphony No. 6 in A minor
New York Phil.
Bernstein

[Carlo Gesualdo]

Good Evening, I'm listening to Robert White on Gimell label, Tallis Scholars, it's no secret love  the man work.



Had order it trought Presto Classical , good distro, especially like the Lamentation 

[SonicMan46]

Milhaud, Darius - String Quartets w/ Quatuor Parisii - put together the Spotify playlist below, left - the box, right, appears OOP and a 'used' Amazon set is selling for $265 USD - contains 5 discs so my playlist may be missing one?  Milhaud wrote 18 SQs although 2 can be performed as an octet which is on one of the Spotify recordings.  I own a lot of 20th century string quartets, including a couple of sets each of Bartok & Shosty, but I must admit rarely listening to them - of that era of composers w/ a 'big' number of works in this genre, I prefer Villa-Lobos, and now I'm really enjoying these Milhaud compositions.  Dave

 

[foxandpeng]

I love her music, needless to say I've got all her recordings on Naxos. Must get them out of my collection and play them again....

Recommended order of listening, Harry?

[Irons]

Good morning all,

Holst - The Perfect Fool / Egdon Heath

Like Egnon Heath, Olivier. Also Somerset Rhapsody from your previous post. "Hammersmith" is growing on me too. All place names, even if one is in someone's imagination.

[Mirror Image]

How do you rate that set?  Several times I've been on the point of buying it, but was stopped by a doubt that it would add much to those I have already (which are: Ashkenazy/Previn, Demidenko/Lazarev, Postnikova/Rozhdestvensky, Toradze/Gergiev).  I have other recordings by Kitajenko (e.g. Shostakovich symphonies) which are fine but would be among the first to go if I had to get rid of any.

I've always liked this set and there's actually two recorded cycles of these PCs from Krainev/Kitajenko: one with the Moscow SO and of course the one pictured with the Frankfurt RSO. Kitajenko is far from a favorite conductor of mine, but he has turned in some good work and both of these cycles with Vladimir Krainev are worth your time, but given you already own so many other performances of these PCs, I wonder whether they'd get lost in shuffle in favor of other performances.

[Karl Henning]

Nikolai Miaskovsky.

Orchestral Works, CD 16, The End!

Links, opus 65.
Divertissement, opus 80.
Alastor, "Poeme d'apres Shelley, opus 14.

State SO of the Russian Federation, Evgeny Svetlanov.

What a magnificent close of this box. Always have been a great admirer of "Links", that has a place in my heart when I heard it for the first time in 2002. A great piece, one that shows Miaskovsky in all the colours he could produce, so you will the softer side of him, and that goes for the other 2 works two. Of all the discs in this box it has an absolute track record, I probably played it 50 times over the years, and still do not get enough of it. Hmmm that makes me weird right? Good sonics!

Weird? No, I think Alastor by itself would justify that ....

TD: Another of my favorite discs in this box

Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Concert Music for String Orchestra and Brass, Op. 50

Honegger
Pacific 231
Rugby
Pastorale d'été
NY Phil
Lenny

The Op. 50 Konzertmusik has been one of my favorite Hindemith pieces since I first heard it.  I like it yet better, knowing that he wrote it for Boston.

First learnt of (but did not yet hear) Pacific 231 the same year that I first heard the Hindemith. I liked the idea of Honegger's piece, but was underwhelmed when at last I did hear it (an Erato CD, IIRC) Thanks again to Lenny, I really do enjoy both Pacific 231 and Rugby. (Heck I shan't leave the Pastorale d'été out of the lovefest.

[Karl Henning]

I'm joining the Taneyev symphonies party, as it has been awhile since I listened to these.  I know I am in the minority, but the 1st symphony is my favourite of the symphonies.  Recognize the theme (Russian folk song) in the final movement, used by Stravinsky in Petruska (Tableau IV)?

Symphony No. 1 in E minor (1874)

I'm in, Ray:

Taneyev
Symphony № 1 in e minor
Russian State Symphony
Polyansky

[Brahmsian]

I'm in, Ray:

Taneyev
Symphony № 1 in e minor
Russian State Symphony
Polyansky

Nice!  I am listening to the 2nd as I type.  I really love the 2nd as well, particularly the expansive opening introduction and allegro movement.

I have to admit I have never warmed up to the 3rd symphony.     My shortcoming as a listener, not Sergei's.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

I've always liked this set and there's actually two recorded cycles of these PCs from Krainev/Kitajenko: one with the Moscow SO and of course the one pictured with the Frankfurt RSO. Kitajenko is far from a favorite conductor of mine, but he has turned in some good work and both of these cycles with Vladimir Krainev are worth your time, but given you already own so many other performances of these PCs, I wonder whether they'd get lost in shuffle in favor of other performances.

My vote for the Moscow set!

[Harry]

Recommended order of listening, Harry?

Not really, they are all in their own right very fine. I bought them when they were released, and in that order I have listend to them.
But I will take them out of my collection and start sampling them, if time permits.