What are you listening 2 now?

[Tsaraslondon]

I managed to get my copy a couple of years ago (actually in 2013 - I just checked). Now that CD is prohibitively expensive. Glad that you found a copy of it as well.
PS I think that the good version was reissued here as well:

Indeed it is. Good to know if anyone else is looking for it.

[Traverso]

Walton

Violin Concerto  Ida Haendel
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra  Paavo Berglund

Viola Concerto  Nigel Kennedy
Improvisations on a Impromptu of Benjamin Britten
London Symphony Orchestra  André Previn

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Walton

Violin Concerto  Ida Haendel
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra  Paavo Berglund

Viola Concerto  Nigel Kennedy
Improvisations on a Impromptu of Benjamin Britten
London Symphony Orchestra  André Previn

Cool stuff, Jan! Great box set.

NP:

Berg
Lyrische Suite
Schoenberg Quartet

[Bachtoven]

[André]

Mass in Time of War

The Nelson Mass is my favourite of the lot, in part by virtue of its stunning Kyrie. The Mass in Time of War (aka Paukenmesse) is actually just as good, this time by virtue of its stunning Qui tollis for bass and obbligato cello. But there are felicities aplenty, in each movement, actually. Haydn's masses are simply unsurpassed as a corpus.

[Traverso]

Cool stuff, Jan! Great box set.

Indeed John,glad to have this box 

[André]

First ever listening to this specific version. I'm impressed !

[SonicMan46]

Foote, Arthur (1853-1937) - Orchestral & Chamber Works w/ the performers on the cover art. Unlike several others in his 'Boston Six' group and later American composers who went to Europe, Foote did not train abroad, but his writing especially for the chamber genre is quite in line with 19th century European Romanticism - short bio below and reviews attached for those interested.  Dave

Arthur William Foote was an American classical composer, and a member of the "Boston Six." The other five were George Whitefield Chadwick, Amy Beach, Edward MacDowell, John Knowles Paine, and Horatio Parker. A Harvard graduate and the first noted American classical composer to be trained entirely in the U.S. - studied w/ JK Paine. A good part of Foote's compositions consists of chamber music and these works are generally among his best. (Source)

[vandermolen]

Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony - Halle Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli

A fine version! I think that Barbirolli had a special way with A London Symphony and I enjoy both of his recordings.

[foxandpeng]

Boris Lyatoshinsky
Symphony #3 'To the 25th Anniversary of the October Revolution'
Kirill Karabits
Bournemouth SO
Chandos

This is a fine symphony from a composer that I really enjoy. Tuneful, varied and nuanced work, despite its title, which has lots of colour and interest. Lots to explore here, and filled with melody. Deserves to be played more in my rotation.

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NP:

Shostakovich
Violin Concerto in C-sharp minor, Op. 129
Mordkovitch
Scottish National Orchestra
Järvi



Smoldering performance!

[Brian]

It's surprising to say that this is the best volume of Mälkki's Bartók so far, because it contains easily the most famous music. But as the many GMGers who have seen her live can attest, Mälkki is just the conductor to wake up a warhorse with rhythmic precision, exciting tempos, super-virtuosic playing, and all-around good taste. I don't want the concerto to end.

(Grain of salt: I am a latecomer and only infrequent listener to Bartók. Love classic recordings by folks like Szell, but don't spend a ton of time with any of his music.)

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It's surprising to say that this is the best volume of Mälkki's Bartók so far, because it contains easily the most famous music. But as the many GMGers who have seen her live can attest, Mälkki is just the conductor to wake up a warhorse with rhythmic precision, exciting tempos, super-virtuosic playing, and all-around good taste. I don't want the concerto to end.

(Grain of salt: I am a latecomer and only infrequent listener to Bartók. Love classic recordings by folks like Szell, but don't spend a ton of time with any of his music.)

I'm lover of Bartók's music and there are so many incredible masterpieces within his oeuvre (as well as many hidden gems), but Concerto for Orchestra has never done much for me. I do love Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, though.

[Spotted Horses]

It's surprising to say that this is the best volume of Mälkki's Bartók so far, because it contains easily the most famous music. But as the many GMGers who have seen her live can attest, Mälkki is just the conductor to wake up a warhorse with rhythmic precision, exciting tempos, super-virtuosic playing, and all-around good taste. I don't want the concerto to end.

(Grain of salt: I am a latecomer and only infrequent listener to Bartók. Love classic recordings by folks like Szell, but don't spend a ton of time with any of his music.)

Comparisons (besides Szell) would be Fricsay on DG (mono) and Dorati/Concertgebouw (Philips) and Fischer (Philips). The CfO is a warhorse, but I find I can't get enough of it. Another piece by Bartok I enjoy a great deal is two portraits (especially Dorati/Mercury).

[ritter]

Spurred by the ongoing poll, I'm revisiting one of the works that appear on my list: Bruno Maderna's Grande aulodia for flute, oboe and orchestra.

From volume 3 of Arturo Tamayo's invaluable traversal of Maderna's works for orchestra with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (Thaddeus Watson and  Michael Sieg are, respectively, the flute and oboe soloists).

[Symphonic Addict]

Boris Lyatoshinsky
Symphony #3 'To the 25th Anniversary of the October Revolution'
Kirill Karabits
Bournemouth SO
Chandos

This is a fine symphony from a composer that I really enjoy. Tuneful, varied and nuanced work, despite its title, which has lots of colour and interest. Lots to explore here, and filled with melody. Deserves to be played more in my rotation.

A fabulous disc there. I'm a sucker for these "epic" Soviet symphonies. Grazhyna is also stupendously played.

[classicalgeek]

I'm listening to this the right way round...

Good to see lots of people listening to Koechlin!

[classicalgeek]

TD:

Lutoslawski
Concerto for Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa



A Concerto for Orchestra indeed! A real tour-de-force.

[ritter]

Another non-concerto work for soloist and orchestra: Debussy's Première rhapsodie for clarinet.

From CD 4 of this set:

The soloist is Guy Daingain. I must admit I've never warmed to Jean Martinon's conducting of Debussy, and this time is no exception. I just find it bland and a bit mushy...

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Now playing this entire recording:



Certainly amongst the finest things that Abbado has done in his career, IMHO.