What are you listening 2 now?

[Symphonic Addict]

Nielsen: Symphony No. 6
Bax: Symphony No. 2

A good performance of the 6th, perhaps a little urgent, but it worked very well.

This performance of the Bax is quite terrific and has great sound. The outer movements were especially striking.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Turning up the heat...

NP:

Falla
El amor brujo
Nati Mistral, soprano
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Nice recording. Have you listened to the Bernstein's recording? It's raw and wild.

[VonStupp]

Leave the cultural appropriation thing behind.  The music is historical, the context not intended as mocking or offensive.  When do we then exclude the use of gamelan influences or pentatonic scales.  On this basis the Mikado is "on a little list" for sure.

I ask because I generally don't feel strongly about hot-button issues in music like this, but I am also not in the demographic to be personally offended.

[Karl Henning]

I love both the vol.1 and 2. While I like Koukl's discs as well as the Ernst 3 discs set (Capriccio), I listen to the Koukl more. The Ernst is often slower, and sometimes more abstract. The Koukl recording is relatively/generally more well-structured, precise, and stable. Still, I like the both performances. Also, I like Koukl's Kapralova disc as well. I was thinking about buying more discs (mostly Central European and West Asian composers) from this label.
Have a great weekend, Karl!

You. too!

[Karl Henning]

CD 2

Dallapiccola
Commiato
Dorothy Dorow, soprano
Lucas Vis (7 Jan 79)

Bruckner
Symphony № 6 in A
Jochum (2 Nov 80)

The Dallapiccola is a first listen

[foxandpeng]

Leave the cultural appropriation thing behind.  The music is historical, the context not intended as mocking or offensive.  When do we then exclude the use of gamelan influences or pentatonic scales.  On this basis the Mikado is "on a little list" for sure.

I love this release. Thank you for sharing.

[vers la flamme]

Alban Berg: Piano Sonata, op.1. Daniel Barenboim

[T. D.]

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New arrival, 1968 recording, uncut with dialogue.
Recently acquired my first G&S recordings, though I've attended a handful of live performances.
Wanted to compare this one with the Mackerras (operatic performance).
Both are good, but I became familiar with Pirates via a New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players live Savoy-style performance, enjoy the dialogue and overture, and prefer the 1968 D'Oyly Carte.
Nothing against the Mackerras, just a matter of taste. I also got Mackerras's Mikado, and that's good as well, better than his Pirates IMO. (I've only seen The Mikado in an operatic production, which might be a factor in my impression.)

[André]

This has to be the best played and best engineered version of these two works. The players are/were principals of their section with the Berliner Philharmoniker. I was particularly smitten by the gorgeous sound of viola player Wolfram Christ. The engineering, too, deserves high praise. It's like having a top quality string trio in your listening room. The Schönberg work is sometimes given grating playing and engineering. I don't think it's ever been done as well as here. The Mozart is of course one of his top 5 chamber works, a bona fide masterpiece. I've had many versions over the years and it's not as demanding to the ear and concentration as the Schönberg, so older performances are not necessarily upstaged. But what a boon it is to hear it in such a deluxe musical and technical presentation !

[Daverz]

Anyone else notice that Variations 27 and 28 seem to be quoting Sibelius?

[Daverz]

The only problem is the culturally appropriated Native American music in the finale.

Oh no, wait until you discover the chinoiserie indulged in by so many 20th Century composers, even by my beloved Ernie Bloch!

[T. D.]

Thereof discs 7 and 6 (De Profundis and The People United).
RIP

[Karl Henning]

Alban Berg: Piano Sonata, op.1. Daniel Barenboim

Sweet!

[Karl Henning]

TD:

A first listen

Taneyev
Piano Quintet in g minor, Op. 30 (1910-11)
The Taneyev Quartet and Tamara Fidler

[Symphonic Addict]

Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1
Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica

Thank this glorious performance, Rach's Sym. No. 1 has grown on me much more. Once again the outer movements strike me like more succesful overall, albeit I do admit that this time I found the inner movements more engaging.

Whilst the Strauss is not one of my favorite works by him and that is a bit dense to my taste, it never fails to cheer me up.

[Karl Henning]

Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1
Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica

Thank this glorious performance, Rach's Sym. No. 1 has grown on me much more. Once again the outer movements strike me like more succesful overall, albeit I do admit that this time I found the inner movements more engaging.

Whilst the Strauss is not one of my favorite works by him and that is a bit dense to my taste, it never fails to cheer me up.

Good Rachmaninoff news!

[Mirror Image]

Nice recording. Have you listened to the Bernstein's recording? It's raw and wild.

Yeah, I've got it somewhere. I should dig it out.

[Symphonic Addict]

In the entire cycle, the composer stamped a very lyrical and melancholy eloquence. The presence of harshness or violence is rather absent, and, actually, you don't miss those features, or at least that was my experience. Six quartets containing beautiful and wistful music. My favorites are 1, 3 and 5.

[Symphonic Addict]

Good Rachmaninoff news!

It was superb indeed!

[kyjo]

Recorded just last night, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center uploaded this fascinating program called "Bohemian Masters," with a stellar group of musicians.

Martinů: Nonet for Winds and Strings (1959)
Suk: Elegie for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 23 (1902)
Suk: Quartet in A minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 1 (1891)

Artists:
Ransom Wilson, flute; James Austin Smith, oboe; David Shifrin, clarinet; Bram van Sambeek, bassoon; Radovan Vlatkovic, horn; Wu Han, piano; Juho Pohjonen, piano; Adam Barnett-Hart, violin; Daniel Hope, violin; Sean Lee, violin; Mark Holloway, viola; Paul Neubauer, viola; David Finckel, cello; Mihai Marica, cello; Jan Vogler, cello; Kurt Muroki, double bass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aQGLTRr9EE

--Bruce

I don't believe I know the Martinu, but the two Suk works are just lovely, particularly the wonderfully melodic Piano Quartet. A most impressive Op. 1!