What are you listening 2 now?

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Love that concerto!

Me, too! I love both of them. The Fantasia for Cello and Orchestra was especially nice, too. There was quite a dark moment that happened in this work --- the last movement I believe that reminded me of the Expressionism of Berg's Three Pieces for Orchestra.

[Irons]

Mozart: Symphony no.38 "Prague".

Does a composer give greater insight when conducting a work by someone else? Or is it, Britten who conducted a fair bit, had a special affinity with Mozart? Britten shapes and invests feeling where other conductors can gloss over. A special account of this symphony.

Shubert's "Unfinished" is very fine and enjoyed very much but it didn't have the jaw-dropping, ground-breaking insight of the Mozart.

[Traverso]

Haydn

Good to see that Gergiev is under attack,it's long overdue.

CD 12

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First-Listen Wednesday

Schmitt
Hasards, Op. 96
Christian Ivaldi, piano
Stanislas Quartet

[Karl Henning]

Top-drawer Price:

https://www.youtube.com/v/DYu5eANh_x0&t=1s

[listener]

early recordings of Paul Tortelier (1949-50)
STRAUSS:  Don Quixote    TCHAIKOWSKY Rococo Variations
with the Royal Philharmonic Orch.
DEBUSSY: Sonata for Cello and Piano
with Gerald Moore
Carl CZERNY: Piano Concertos -  op. 28 in F, op.214 in a
Rondo brilliant in B^b 
Howard Shelley, pianist/cond.   Tasmanian S.O.

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NP:

Villa-Lobos
String Quartet No. 11
Cuarteto Latinoamericano



It really doesn't matter which Villa-Lobos SQ I play, they're all so good. I love them all.

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NP:

Berio
Folk Songs
Dagmar Pecková, mezzo-soprano
Prague Philharmonia
Jiří Bělohlávek

[Linz]

CD 8 of Handel Complete Orchestra with more of his organ concertos

[Valentino]

Tchaikovsky
Symphony no. 2 «Little Russian»
Oslo PO
Jansons
🇺🇦

[SonicMan46]

Beethoven, LV - Symphonies - spending the afternoon sampling several works from each of the recordings below on Spotify - wanting to replace another box in my LvB 'Symphony Collection' - have been liking all of the performances shown below - Steinberg and Kletzki from the 1960s and Wand from the late 1980s - believe that I'm preferring the Wand, both the interpretations and the better sound although the older ones are well remastered for their age!  Reviews are attached for those interested.  Dave

   

[Todd]

[ritter]

Some solo piano music by Charles Koechlin: Christoph Keller plays L'Ancienne maison de campagne, op. 124, and the Quatre nouvelles sonatines, op. 87.

CD 2 of this set:


I can't pinpoint what my issue with Koechlin is;  it's not that I dislike this music, but I don't particularly like it either. It leaves me cold, generally speaking. Strange. 

[André]

Another version of Sinfonia Tapkaara, this time with (appropriately) a japanese orchestra. The very young italian conductor seems to have a natural feel for this music. Indeed, I think I prefer this version to that on Naxos, despite the latter's more intelligent and imaginative coupling. Since it's available on Spotify, there's no need to buy this and get yet another New World Symphony.



Sinfonia Tapkaara deserves to be known as well as other 'primitivist' music such as Sensemaya, Noches de los Mayas, the Scythian Suite or even Rite of Spring. The dancing/stomping parts are simply enthralling.

From Naxo's website:

Stimulated by Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, Akira Ifukube taught himself composition, while working as a forestry officer. His works, characterized by persistent ostinato, percussive sounds and multi-cultural melodies and rhythms, have something in common with the music of Orff, Khachaturian and Revueltas. Sinfonia Tapkaara was inspired by the primitive dances and songs of the ancient Japanese tribe, the Ainu, who stomped their feet to worship the earth

[vandermolen]

Granville Bantock's Symphony No. 3 - The Cyprian Goddess 
    Vernon Handley, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

I like that symphony very much.

[Harry]

Some solo piano music by Charles Koechlin: Christoph Keller plays L'Ancienne maison de campagne, op. 124, and the Quatre nouvelles sonatines, op. 87.

CD 2 of this set:


I can't pinpoint what my issue with Koechlin is;  it's not that I dislike this music, but I don't particularly like it either. It leaves me cold, generally speaking. Strange. 

Well its the same with me!

[Todd]

1.

[vers la flamme]

Takashi Yoshimatsu: Threnody to Toki, op.12. Ryusuke Numajiri, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

Oh my goodness, this is a beautiful piece! Well worth the price of admission on its own, but the whole disc is killer! Highly recommended to anyone.

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Some solo piano music by Charles Koechlin: Christoph Keller plays L'Ancienne maison de campagne, op. 124, and the Quatre nouvelles sonatines, op. 87.

CD 2 of this set:


I can't pinpoint what my issue with Koechlin is;  it's not that I dislike this music, but I don't particularly like it either. It leaves me cold, generally speaking. Strange. 

I like Koechlin's music a lot, but I wouldn't say his solo piano works are where he shines the brightest. I prefer his orchestral and chamber works by a country mile. And a good evening to you, Rafael.

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NP:

Debussy
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
La Mer
Jeux
Children's Corner
Lyon National Orchestra
Jun Märkl

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