What are you listening 2 now?

[Mandryka]

Yes, I saw elsewhere you'd written that. I think the B minor sonata is slightly different to the others, wilder/freer in some ways, and may be the one least suited to Jarrett's straight approach. The first movement for example feels almost like an extended kind of recitative, followed by a tender aria in the second movement. The previous sonatas had followed a more classical sort of propriety in their form iirc.
Will check out Markovina, Belder (and van Asperen?) in the B minor. who were the other ones being touted around CPE Bach, if I remember rightly.

I've only got Asperen -- that'll do for me.


I've got an old book on CPE Bach by Philip Barford which compares the B minor Wurttemberg with Clementi's B minor op 42/2,  so I've started to check that one. It feels a bit tamer, not so "fantastic", but it's got a certain momentum forward like the CPE Bach. He also really rates the third Wurttemberg.

[Que]

Final disc:

[Cato]

Why on steroids? 

Anyway, I agree that Hartmann Symphony Cycle by different conductors is absolutely ravishing! The 6th is so striking and powerfully haunting, such a captivating piece, it remotely reminds me of Schönberg;

Kubelik performers it marvelously.

You answered your own question! 

I do not believe one can find a mediocre or wrong-headed performance of anything, when Rafael Kubelik was on the podium!

[Cato]

That is most certainly not a portrait of Schubert.

http://figures-of-speech.com/2019/05/portrait.htm

Schubert Diogenes Quartet, String Quartet in D major, D.94
Andante in C major, D.3
String Quartet in A minor, D.804 'Rosamunde'

True, which is why I wondered about the picture's resemblance to Robert Powell from Ken Russell's delirious Mahler movie:

This album cover image of Schubert reminded me of someone:





Anybody recognize this picture? 


Well, Ken Russell movies have always been something of a niche market:






Robert Powell as Gustav Mahler.

[vers la flamme]

Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.3 in D minor, WAB 103, original version. Georg Tintner, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

[Cato]

Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.3 in D minor, WAB 103, original version. Georg Tintner, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

That is a good one: the original version is not to be missed and not to be dismissed!

[Lisztianwagner]

You answered your own question! 

I do not believe one can find a mediocre or wrong-headed performance of anything, when Rafael Kubelik was on the podium!

No, mediocre or wrong-headed definitely not!

[Harry]

Alexander Glazunov.
The Seasons, opus 67.
Violin Concerto, opus 82.
Oscar Shumsky, Violin.
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi.
Recorded in 1987.

Still one of the best recordings of the Seasons, by far even. Shumsky's recording of the Violin concerto is also on par with the quality of the Seasons. And Neeme Järvi is a reliable conductor at the helm of the Scotts. Superb recording too. A winner all round.

[kyjo]

The glittering orchestration, yes, the melodic gift, let's say yes too (to some extent), I agree. The only works I really like by him are the Symphony No. 2, the Violin Concerto and one of the two violin sonatas. Among the Swedish composers, I rank Rangström, Rosenberg, Alfvén and Atterberg over him.

Not even his (Peterson-Berger's) ineffably magical 3rd Symphony...?!

[kyjo]

I dare say that Volkmann's cycle of SQs is just as good as Mendelssohn's and Schumann's. As for the slow movement of the First, it must be one of the quirkiest, most anguished and most modern-sounding in the whole 19th century repertoire. I recommend the whole 3-disc series enthusiastically.

Well, that's quite the endorsement, Andrei! I'll need to investigate these works. The only work by Volkmann I know is his wonderful Cello Concerto (which I would rank above Schumann's, tbh).

[Harry]

Gösta Nystroem.
Symphony No.I, Sinfonia Breve.
Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Christoph König.
Recorded at the Malmö Concert Hall Sweden, 2006.

New Terrain for me. And I like it enormously, but see only 2 recordings on Qobuz with orchestral works, which is a pity.

[SonicMan46]

Farrenc, Louise - Symphonies & Overtures w/ Laurence Equilbey and the Insula Orchestra on period instruments - new arrival, and in a double single-sized jewel box; reviews attached.  Dave

 

[Harry]

Dialoghi Venetiani.
L'Heritage de Monteverdi I.

Instrumental music by Scarrani, Picchi, Marini, Kapsberger, Cavalli, Castello, Uccellini, Monteverdi, Merula.
Ensemble La Fenice, Jean Tubéry.
Recorded in 1995 at Boswill, Alte Kirche, Suisse.

Without exaggeration, this is an exceptionally successful recording, released in 1995, in a performance that may be praised in all quarters. Just look at the musicians, de Creme de la Creme! The sound is so good it might have been recorded in 2023.

[Harry]

Farrenc, Louise - Symphonies & Overtures w/ Laurence Equilbey and the Insula Orchestra on period instruments - new arrival, and in a double single-sized jewel box; reviews attached.  Dave

 

It is in my waiting list to be streamed, and look forward to it, afterall its on period instruments so I expect fireworks!

[Florestan]

Well, that's quite the endorsement, Andrei! I'll need to investigate these works. The only work by Volkmann I know is his wonderful Cello Concerto (which I would rank above Schumann's, tbh).

I have that in the Hyperion Romantic Cello Concerto series but haven't listened to it yet. The SQs are really that good. My favorite is the Third, a luminous and life-affirming work --- but all others are indeed excellent, full of interesting ideas and gorgeous, quite memorable melodies. I might even rank them above Brahms'.

[Wanderer]

[Que]

Dialoghi Venetiani.
L'Heritage de Monteverdi I.

Instrumental music by Scarrani, Picchi, Marini, Kapsberger, Cavalli, Castello, Uccellini, Monteverdi, Merula.
Ensemble La Fenice, Jean Tubéry.
Recorded in 1995 at Boswill, Alte Kirche, Suisse.

Without exaggeration, this is an exceptionally successful recording, released in 1995, in a performance that may be praised in all quarters. Just look at the musicians, de Creme de la Creme! The sound is so good it might have been recorded in 2023.

Thnx for the recommendation, I'll put it on the list! 

[Karl Henning]

I prefer it to the 9th. 

Decidedly contrarian take, though I do remember much enjoying the piece in this performance. 

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Respighi: Belkis. Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Sascha Goetzel.

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony no. 4 in E Flat Major "Romantic", 1880 (aka 1878/80) - Ed. Robert Haas, Eugen Jochum in 1939, Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra Remastered for CD