What are you listening 2 now?

[SonicMan46]

Elgar, Edward (1857-1934) - Symphonies + Others w/ Edward Gardner and the BBC SO - reading a book on British Music (from 19th century to present - shown below); about half way through and just finished a 12-page chapter on Elgar; SO, thought that I'd pull my modest collection (about a dozen discs) and take a listen today to some selections - starting w/ the Symphonies in some new recordings (2016/17).  Dave

   

[Mandryka]

https://www.youtube.com/v/jNqX_jWhUzY&ab_channel=pianopera

I didn't know this existed -- I've just bought the CD on the strength of it. I just think it is really disarmingly sincere music making.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Britten
Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31
Peter Pears, tenor
Barry Tuckwell, horn
LSO
Britten

[Traverso]

Bach

Suite No.2 BWV 1067

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Paul Creston, Toccata, and Invocation and Dance.

[The new erato]

I've been listening to the Faure Nocturnes recorded by Heidsieck.

The 7th is a miracle. (The 6th didn't grab me as much.)



Heidsieck is a master.

The Nocturnes never grabbed me before I heard Heidsieck do them.

[André]

Theresienmesse and Missa in angustiis (Nelsonmesse)

While I like everything Weil does with the music, his tiny band of strings is regularly swamped by the chorus. I suppose that must be how it was heard in Haydn's time (small band, churchy acoustics). A well-balanced recording obviously corrects that, even if Haydn probably never envisaged the strings could compete against a chorus in a reverberant venue. In any case, the Harnoncourt performance is both grander and more incisive, as well as being very well engineered. The Te Deum is another winner, one of Haydn's grandest utterances even though it is so compact (under 10 minutes). In short, while both discs are musically excellent, one's reaction to the sound may be a deciding factor.

[Mirror Image]

This recording:



From this set:

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

BARTOK: Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion
BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
     Murray Perahia and Sir Georg Solti, pianos   David Corkholl and Evelyne Glennie, percussion
de FALLA:  Nights in the Gardens of Spain       
Aldo Ciccolini, piano  Royal Philharmonic Orch.
RODRIGO: A la busca de más allá,   Zarabanda lejana y Villancico
London S.O.
TURINA: Sinfonia sevillana
London Philharmonic O..... Enrique Bátiz, cond.

I like the Turina piece!

[Papy Oli]

reading a book on British Music (from 19th century to present - shown below); about half way through and just finished a 12-page chapter on Elgar

I found that book really enlightening, Dave. I hope you enjoy it as much.

TD:

Bach - BWV 178 - 'Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns halt'
Cantatas for the Eighth Sunday after Trinity

Gardiner's & Kuijken's versions

   

[foxandpeng]

Dmitri Shostakovich
Complete Symphonies
Symphony #4
Petrenko
Naxos

Shostakovichathon Part Umpteen. I may be late to the party, but I'm wearing all the party hats. I have few comparators, as my originally owned cycle was Decca under Haitink, I think, but this is scratching the itch.

[SonicMan46]

I found that book really enlightening, Dave. I hope you enjoy it as much.

TD: Bach - BWV 178 - 'Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns halt'
Cantatas for the Eighth Sunday after Trinity

Gardiner's & Kuijken's versions

Hi Papy - yes, a nice read and like the author's style - there is no detailed music staffs which does not help me anyway, but may be of interest to others thinking of reading the book (i.e. one way or the other); however, there are absolutely no pictures - would have liked some but the book is already 500+ pages to the index and the size and cost would have been raised possibly substantially? (I bought the hardcover new for $23+ USD on Amazon)  Dave

[Florestan]

[SonicMan46]

Elgar, Edward (1857-1934) - Enigma Variations, Pomp & Circumstance Marches, Falstaff, & Others w/ the conductors on the cover art of the first two CDs - own the Dream of Gerontius shown but will hold off on that one.  From 1899 to 1901, these were the works, I guess the 'war horses' that brought Elgar to all's attention; a late bloomer being already in his early 40s!  Dave

P.S. Despite the 'Seraphim' label on the first CD, these are EMI recordings from 1963, 1971, & 1977.

   

[Karl Henning]

Haydn Symphony No. 24 in D major and Symphony No. 28 in A major, Hogwood conducting the AAM




Sarge

Cheers, Sarge!

[Karl Henning]

TD:

Cage
In a Landscape
transcribed for guitar by my friend Aaron Larget-Caplan

[Symphonic Addict]

Interesting!  I hadn't heard (nor heard of) this work before.  I'll have to see if I can find more information about it as I do enjoy Suk's music.    When is the recording from?

PD

The recording is from 1993. That work is really thrilling. I hope you'll enjoy it.

[Iota]

TD:

Cage
In a Landscape
transcribed for guitar by my friend Aaron Larget-Caplan

I imagine that could work really well.

The nicest performance of the piano version I know is on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQeNHAjC6ro

[Spotted Horses]

The Nocturnes never grabbed me before I heard Heidsieck do them.

I have to say I also find the Faure Nocturnes particularly compelling under Heidsieck's hands. It makes me lament the fact that Heidsieck did not record the Impromptus or Barcarollles (as far as I know), which are my favorite works by Faure.

[Brian]

Tried Haydn 29 on Sarge's recommendation. Wow, that trio is REALLY weird!

To me, Eric Heidsieck and Germain Thyssens-Valentin are the only Fauré pianists...everyone else might as well give up.

David Matthews' Symphony No. 9, a real masterpiece that, like Martinu's Fourth, starts with pastoral simplicity and leads to heroic force, while, like Shostakovich's Ninth, is built in five movements. Of course, it sounds nothing at all like either of those composers. Totally original and fabulous. Composed 2016.