What are you listening 2 now?

[DavidW]

RVW 5 Previn (RCA)

[vandermolen]

RVW 5 Previn (RCA)

One of the great performances of that symphony. Previn's RCA recordings of 2,3 and 8 are also superb IMO.

[vandermolen]

Santoro No.5
Very enjoyable. I wasn't so keen on No.7 - maybe too much of a good thing.

[kyjo]

Dukas: Symphony in C major

Exciting and lively as ever.

I love the first movement of this symphony, particularly its swaggering, trombone-led secondary theme. But I've failed to be engaged by the remaining two movements whenever I listen, for whatever reason....

[kyjo]

Santoro No.5
Very enjoyable. I wasn't so keen on No.7 - maybe too much of a good thing.

I listened to No. 5 a few days ago and was rather disappointed. The quicker sections influenced by Brazilian folk music were quite charming, but I found the slower sections to be rather grey and unmemorable. I much prefer his 4th Symphony and any of Guarnieri's works in the medium.

[kyjo]

Nino Rota's Harp Concerto
    Adrien Perruchon, Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, Anneleen Lenaerts (harp)

An idyllically lovely work! One of my favorite harp concerti.

[Karl Henning]

CD 79
Oboe Concerti by Corelli, Pergolesi, "Papa" & RVW

There are two concerti each by Corelli & Pergolesi, none of them really earning its place at the table. aggravating the workaday character of the Pergolesi concerti (both in C, by the bye) is the use of "Se tu m'ami" (yes, that staple of the undergrad voice studio) as the Andantino movement for both. Of course, it's Giovanni Battista's Greatest Hit (Stravinsky pinched it for Pulcinella, you will recall) one result is that "Papa's" concerto (possibly a spurious attribution, at that) is a breath of fresh air.

[North Star]

There are two concerti each by Corelli & Pergolesi, none of them really earning its place at the table. aggravating the workaday character of the Pergolesi concerti (both in C, by the bye) is the use of "Se tu m'ami" (yes, that staple of the undergrad voice studio) as the Andantino movement for both. Of course, it's Giovanni Battista's Greatest Hit (Stravinsky pinched it for Pulcinella, you will recall) one result is that "Papa's" concerto (possibly a spurious attribution, at that) is a breath of fresh air.

Cheers, Karl!
Funnily enough, Se tu m'ami's attribution to Pergolesi is a spurious one, too. Apparently the "Pergolesi concerti" were arranged by Barbirolli from various Pergolesi pieces (whose authorship has been disputed more recently) for his wife to play.

Thread-duty - more Maiden-listen Monday
Petrassi
Divertimento in C major (1930)
Partita (1932)
Quattro inni sacri (1942, rev. '50) * **
Coro di morti - Madrigale drammatico (1940-41) **
Carlo Putelli (tenor)* & Davide Malvestio (bass)*
Nuovo coro lirico sinfonico romano **
Orchestra sinfonica di Roma
Francesco La Vecchia

[classicalgeek]

Over the weekend:

Grieg: Holberg Suite; Two Elegiac melodies
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra



As usual for Orpheus, incomparable performances.


Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde
Birgit Finnila, contralto
Peter Schreier, tenor
Berlin Symphony Orchestra
Kurt Sanderling



Maybe not my favorite Das Lied, but it's a fine performance. I enjoyed Schreier more than I expected, and while Finnila could be a touch 'matronly' in places, she was particularly strong in 'Abschied'. The repeated 'Ewig' near the end of the work send chills up my spine every time.


Villa-Lobos
Introduction to the Choros
Two Choros for violin and cello
Choros no. 2
Choros no. 3
Choros no. 10
various performers



Simply mesmerizing works, particularly no. 10 with its chorus and Brazilian percussion... just outstanding. A couple of weeks ago I declared I preferred Guarnieri to Villa-Lobos, and I want to correct that... they are both phenomenal composers! I can't wait to dig in to the rest of this box...

[Karl Henning]

Cheers, Karl!
Funnily enough, Se tu m'ami's attribution to Pergolesi is a spurious one, too. Apparently the "Pergolesi concerti" were arranged by Barbirolli from various Pergolesi pieces (whose authorship has been disputed more recently) for his wife to play.

Thanks for the additional color, Karlo!

[Florestan]

Concerto for Two Pianos
Sonata for Two Pianos K. 448
Concerto for Three Pianos

Superb performances of these splendid and rather underrated works. SOTA sound. Highly recommended.

[Mandryka]

Concerto for Two Pianos
Sonata for Two Pianos K. 448
Concerto for Three Pianos

Superb performances of these splendid and rather underrated works. SOTA sound. Highly recommended.

I'll catch it later, but I wanted to say I was completely bowled over by a K448 with Menno van Delft and Artem Belogurov - well worth hearing I think if you have Spotify or something like it.

[Florestan]

I'll catch it later, but I wanted to say I was completely bowled over by a K448 with Menno van Delft and Artem Belogurov - well worth hearing I think if you have Spotify or something like it.

Spotify is okay. I presume it's HIP, what instruments do they play?

[listener]

REGER: appetizer:4 Sonatas from op. 91 for unaccompanied violin
Ulrike-Anima Mathé, violin
             main course: Piano Concerto op.114       dessert: Suite in altem Stil op.93
Love Derwinger, piano    Norrköping S.O.     Leif Segerstam, cond.

[Linz]

Schumann and Davork Cello Concertos with Rostroprovich and the London Symphonic Orchestra and the USSR State Orchestra

[Maestro267]

Vaughan Williams: String Quartet No. 2
Maggini Quartet

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30
Paul Lewis (piano)

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3 ("A Pastoral Symphony")
London PO/Haitink

Ligeti: Piano Concerto
Aimard (piano)/Schoenberg Ensemble/de Leeuw

[Mandryka]

Spotify is okay. I presume it's HIP, what instruments do they play?

One plays piano, one plays harpsichord, so each part is separated clearly by timbre. They're playful.

[SonicMan46]

Mozart, WA - Flute & Flute/Harp Concertos - period instrument performances from 1971-72 w/ Frans Vester and Franz Bruggen and modern flute of same works w/ Pahud & Abbado - when I went through my Wolfie collection I had 3 versions of the Flute Quartets but none of these concerto works (K299,K313,K314) - picked up these 'used' from the Amazon MP based on the attached reviews - feel more of a 'completeness' in Mozart's instrumental oeuvre now -    Dave

 

[Bachtoven]

Kravchuk writes in a conservative but polyphonic idiom--very enjoyable and well played.

[Mandryka]

Pfitzner's Pastoral is poised and elegant and that makes the music sound nicer. Beethoven as a German gentleman.