What are you listening 2 now?

[Linz]

Shostakovich  Symphony No.4 in C minor, op.43, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

[T. D.]

Haydn, string quartets Op. 20 + Seven Last Words, Q. Mosaiques.

[AnotherSpin]

I listened to the HK last night too, Rudolf Serkin's recording (Columbia, Sony) and was completely blown away.

Did you try Peter Serkin' Hammerklavier?

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Did you try Peter Serkin' Hammerklavier?

The one on a Graf? Yes! It's been some years since I've heard it but I do have the CD somewhere. Very interesting sounding instrument.

[T. D.]

Morton Feldman: Why Patterns? Eberhard Blum, Jan Williams, Morton Feldman

Well, this is about as authoritative a performance as it gets: the composer on piano, with the flutist and percussionist for whom he wrote all these late trio pieces. Feldman has an incredible touch on the piano. Makes me wish he recorded more of his own works.

Whoa. That looked unfamiliar, but I'd forgotten that New World reissued the old CRI "American Masters" CD, which I purchased back when CRI existed  . Agreed that the performances are excellent, but I recall that the sound quality is not as good as on more recent recordings.

Also reminds me that I need to acquire this one on Editions RZ, even though I have recording of all the pieces by others (note the performers including Feldman, Tilbury, Cardew and Tudor!):

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Whoa. That looked unfamiliar, but I'd forgotten that New World reissued the old CRI "American Masters" CD, which I purchased back when CRI existed  . Agreed that the performances are excellent, but I recall that the sound quality is not as good as on more recent recordings.

Also reminds me that I need to acquire this one on Editions RZ, even though I have recording of all the pieces by others (note the performers including Feldman, Tilbury, Cardew and Tudor!):

Wow, those are some big names. I should see if I can find that too.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

He was born Giuseppe Guttoveggio? And this is how I find out—on YouTube?!

Italian? The name is better than Paul Creston. I love the No.2 but not a fan of N. Jarvi!

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Pierre Boulez: Le Marteau sans maître. Pierre Boulez, Ensemble Musique Vivante, with Yvonne Minton, mezzo soloist

Love the instrumental colors.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Etenraku (Japanese court music). Stokowski/Philadelphia.

[Que]

Morning listening:

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Arthur Bliss 'Melee Fantasque' - a fine work in an excellent performance:

[Harry]

Arthur Bliss 'Melee Fantasque' - a fine work in an excellent performance:

A fine CD, both volumes.

[vandermolen]

Patrick Hadley: 'The Trees So High'

[vandermolen]

A fine CD, both volumes.

Good Morning Harry!
I agree. If anything I prefer Volume 2 - especially for the works by Bliss, Hadley, Howell, Fogg and Foulds.

[Que]

[Irons]

CD6 Saint-Saens: 3rd Symphony 'Organ'. Danse Macabre. Le Rouet d'Omphale.
Chausson: Poeme for Violin and Orchestra.



Not the deepest organ notes I have heard in Saint-Saens 3rd, however, struck by the quality of the strings. The string accompaniment to the opening organ entry for example possessed a strong tingle factor. Dare say Saint-Saens had something to do with that too.

I found Le Rouet d'Omphale more of interest then Danse Macabre. I have held the suspicion that some of the popularity of the latter is down to the title.

Chausson's Poeme is a blot on the landscape. Perlman is a brilliant violinist, one of the greatest of his generation, but he is badly let down by the recording. Notes with this set are extensive, for example the Saint-Saens pieces recorded 1970, Salle Wagram, Paris. For Chausson, nothing.

[Iota]

Mozart:
Piano Sonata No. 9 in D major, K311
Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K332
Gigue in G Major, K574
Mozart: Contredanses, K269b
Allegro K312
Adagio in B minor, K540
Ave verum corpus, K618

This really won me over, the music comes alive under her fingers, such freshness and variety. The sonatas seem peopled by breathing characters almost as much as the operas.

[Traverso]

Deutsche Kantaten

[Que]

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2021/Feb/Grazioli-sonatas-95935.htm

Pretty much forgettable...

[Florestan]