What are you listening 2 now?

[prémont]

Why thanks, yes, occasionally I *am* still alive! :-) I thought I'd say "Hi", since I was in the neighborhood.

Hi! Nice to see you.

What's the neigbourhood of GMG?

[Lisztianwagner]

Gustav Mahler
Das Klagende Lied

Susan Dunn, Brigitte Fassbaender, Markus Baur, Werner Hollweg, Andreas Schmidt
Riccardo Chailly & RSO Berlin

[Todd]

[Spotted Horses]

Reger, String Quartet Op 109, Clarinet Quintet. Drolc Quartet, Karl Leister.



I found these works easy to respect, hard to love, when I listened years ago. The Quartet Op 109 is working better for me, the Clarinet Quintet less so. I think I just don't like Karl Leister's way of playing, too smooth.

I was particularly attracted to the fugal finale of the Quartet. I remember when I listened to the Drolc set long ago I thought the sound was a bit strident, but it is going better this time, perhaps thanks for the AirPods Max, which have a velvety smooth sound.

[SurprisedByBeauty]

Hi! Nice to see you.

What's the neigbourhood of GMG?

Ha! Well, it was actually a neighborhood within GMG. I had discographical questions for Todd, who helped me out once again.

TD: The final Trio of Rosenkavalier just came on. Always gorgeous. I either have to cry to it, or whistle along. (Though not the two at the same time... which I put down to my whistling somewhat diminishing the glorious effect.)

[Iota]

Prokofiev: Visions Fugitives

I love the Visions Fugitives unequivocally (though maybe amongst a rather small number in doing so), and Angelich's is another hypnotic and wonder-inducing addition to the collection.

[Wanderer]

[Spotted Horses]

Reger, String Sextet Op 118, Wiener Streicheltet



An attractive work that doesn't seem to be well represented in recordings. Generally similar in style to the Quartet Op 109, to my ears.

[SonicMan46]

Continuing with my CPE Bach collection and onto:

Piano Trios w/ the Linos Piano Trio on modern instruments; CPE composed 13 of these works (Source), and all are included on this 2-disc set.

Trio Sonatas w/ Ludger Remy & Les Amis de Philippe; another 2-disc set containing 8 works - now, CPE wrote over 30 in this genre (same Source above) but 3 are lost - I enjoy these works and just ordered a single 'used' CD (last row below) on the Amazon MP for nine bucks - will bring me up to having nearly half of these pieces.  Dave

P.S. In 1994, Ludger Rémy founded the orchestra Les Amis de Philippe, named after Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (Source); of course CPE acquired Phillipp from his godfather, Georg Philipp Telemann.

 

 

 

[Karl Henning]

I am a big fan of the Artyomov Concert of the 13 (1967) and the Silvestrov Postludium (1985) I was a little slow to get to the Baley—Violin Concerto № 1 (Quasi una fantasia) (1987 ... I'm just realizing that this is the newest music on the disc.) As I read the liner notes: The première of American composer Virko Baley's Concerto ... opened the Las Vegas Symphony Orchestra's six-concert subscription series last November (i.e. Nov. 1987) ... written for Boston-based Yuri Mazurkevich, also Ukrainian by birth. Well, the Baley Concerto is both the latest composition in the program, and yet the one which relies most on plugging into the 19^th century. That would likely have matched well with the Las Vegas band/audience. It's not a bad piece. In ways, I guess it lives into a little too much dependency on Shostakovich as a model. The cavils notwithstanding, it's well written and a reasonably good piece. I guess I'm trying to check myself from knocking the piece for not being something else, and I'll come back to it.

I revisited the entire disc today. The Baley Concerto is really an interesting piece, and a good deal better than I had given it credit for. I listened with insufficient sympathy the first time. (It happens.) Thumbs up for the entire program.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Scriabin: Symphony No. 2. Konstantin Ivanov & Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra.

[Todd]

More marvelous Ms Melikyan.  This mixed-rep disc of actual or near core rep lives up to expectations.  The big, beefy Severac opener at least matches the style and quality of playing of Attenelle (though he recorded different works) and satisfies from the lower registers up.  The Vines, which I believe is a first time listen, sounds quite lovely if less elevated.  The Ravel and Faure selections really irritate just a bit, because they make the listener want to hear more from the pianist.  The Satie - the Descriptions automatiques rather than the more predicable Gymnopedies - sound acceptable, while the closing Mompou Scenes d'enfants most definitely indicates Melikyan should go full Pla on Mompou.  The only real negative is the too compressed, too high-level recorded sound, but that's nitpicking.  Melikyan is four for four.  (I have not yet listened to her duo recording.)

[VonStupp]

Ralph Vaughan Williams
Phantasy Quintet
String Quartet 1
String Quartet 2

Simon Rowland-Jones, viola
Medici Quartet

I like that the Medici apply sinew to VW, particularly in No. 2.
VS


On the way to church, the South Downs, Robert Gallon

[ritter]

More marvelous Ms Melikyan.  This mixed-rep disc of actual or near core rep lives up to expectations.  The big, beefy Severac opener at least matches the style and quality of playing of Attenelle (though he recorded different works) and satisfies from the lower registers up.  The Vines, which I believe is a first time listen, sounds quite lovely if less elevated.  The Ravel and Faure selections really irritate just a bit, because they make the listener want to hear more from the pianist.  The Satie - the Descriptions automatiques rather than the more predicable Gymnopedies - sound acceptable, while the closing Mompou Scenes d'enfants most definitely indicates Melikyan should go full Pla on Mompou.  The only real negative is the too compressed, too high-level recorded sound, but that's nitpicking.  Melikyan is four for four.  (I have not yet listened to her duo recording.)

Interesting, Todd. Thanks!

That disc caught my attention when you posted it in the New Releases thread, particularly for the Viñes (I've never heard any music composed by this legendary pianist).

[Florestan]

That disc caught my attention when you poosted it in the New Releases thread, particularly for the Viñes (I've never any music composed by this legendary pianist).

I had exactly the same reaction.

[Linz]

Michael Tippett Symphony No. 1 and Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Howard Shelley piano, Richard Hickox

[Karl Henning]

Michael Tippett Symphony No. 1 and Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Howard Shelley piano, Richard Hickox

Time I revisited the Concerto.

[ritter]

Dipping my toes in this recently purchased set of Hans Rosbaud conducting French Music.



Disc 2: Ravel's Alborada del gracioso and Ma Mère l'oye (suite), and Albert Roussel's Concert pour petit orchestre, Suite en Fa, and Symphonie No. 3.

[Symphonic Addict]

Gibbs: Symphony No. 2 'Odysseus'

Too much English-sounding to depict something related to Greek mythology. The composer's style sounds like Vaughan Williams but without the inspiration.

[Lisztianwagner]

Speaking of Odysseus:

Luigi Dallapiccola
Ulisse

Lorin Maazel & Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin