What are you listening 2 now?

[ritter]

First listen to these absolutely non-HIP recordings of Vivaldi's Magnificat and Gloria, conducted by Riccardo Muti.



Not my usual repertoire, even if it's somewhat coherent with my recent listening, as both works are presented in the editions of G. F. Malipiero (original music by whom —as well as  a performing edition of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo— I was listening to this week). Also, as a teenager, I was in the choir in a performance of the Gloria.

But what really led me to get this CD was having two of my favourite mezzosopranos (well, two of my favourite singers ever), Teresa Berganza and Lucia Valentini-Terrani together in the same programme.

[Lisztianwagner]

Carl Nielsen
Symphony No.4

Herbert Blomstedt & San Francisco Symphony

[brewski]

This concert is just starting:

Stanislav Kochanovsky, conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
NDR Radiophilharmonie

TCHEREPNIN: "La Princesse Lointaine" op. 4 Prelude to the play by Edmond Rostand
RESPIGHI: Concerto Gregoriano for violin and orchestra
RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances op. 45

-Bruce

[Karl Henning]

Carl Nielsen
Symphony No.4

Herbert Blomstedt & San Francisco Symphony

Love that set!

TD:

[Karl Henning]

This concert is just starting:

Stanislav Kochanovsky, conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
NDR Radiophilharmonie

TCHEREPNIN: "La Princesse Lointaine" op. 4 Prelude to the play by Edmond Rostand
RESPIGHI: Concerto Gregoriano for violin and orchestra
RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances op. 45

-Bruce

Nice program!

[brewski]

Nice program!

Yes, it is! I didn't know the first two pieces at all, until today. And Kochanovsky is the incoming music director of the orchestra.

As usual, audio and video are outstanding.

-Bruce

[Linz]

Bach "Goldberg Variations" Claudio Abbado

[Bachtoven]

[SonicMan46]

Last few days, I've been listening to my Robert Schumann collection (did much of the solo piano boxes, Le Sage & Ciocarlie last week) - this afternoon the first two pics of the Piano Concerto, both with the Grieg - reviews attached, mostly excellent or outstanding w/ one exception (Hurwitz berating Kovacevich on ClassicsToday, but he gets the corner and the dunce hat relative to others making comments). BUT, decided to order the last disc below with Radu Lupu and Previn (just $5 on the Amazon MP when I used some credit) - this one liked a lot by Hurwitz in one of his YouTube videos. Will continue with some piano chamber music later. Dave

   

[ritter]

Listening to this new arrival (the disc was released one month ago):



The Quartetto Sincronie plays Malipiero's SQs 2, 3 & 6, interspersed with a transcription for SQ -by an uncredited arranger— of the movements of Monteverdi's 1650 posthumous four-voice Mass.

The music is performed in the following order:

1    Kyrie
2    Stornelli e ballate (SQ No. 2)
3    Gloria
4    Cantari alla Madrigalesca (SQ No. 3)
5    Credo
6    Arca di Noè (SQ No. 6)
7    Sanctus
8    Benedictus
9    Agnus De

I am liking this a lot. The transcription for SQ of the Monteverdi Mass is interesting, and its juxtaposition with the Malipiero quartets works very nicely (Malipiero was one of the great champions of Monteverdi in the 20th century, long before the rediscovery of the earlier composer following WW2).

I knew the Malipiero quartets from the complete traversal by the Orpheus Syring Quartet on Brilliant Classics (originally on ASV). I must say the works are making a much stronger impression in this new recording, as the tone is warmer and the phrasing less angular. I look forward to the Sincronie recording the remaining five Malipiero quartets.

[Karl Henning]

Listening to this new arrival (the disc was released one month ago):



The Quartetto Sincronie plays Malipiero's SQs 2, 3 & 6, interspersed with a transcription for SQ -by an uncredited arranger— of the movements of Monteverdi's 1650 posthumous four-voice Mass.

The music is performed in the following order:

1    Kyrie
2    Stornelli e ballate (SQ No. 2)
3    Gloria
4    Cantari alla Madrigalesca (SQ No. 3)
5    Credo
6    Arca di Noè (SQ No. 6)
7    Sanctus
8    Benedictus
9    Agnus De

I am liking this a lot. The transcription for SQ of the Monteverdi Mass is interesting, and its juxtaposition with the Malipiero quartets works very nicely (Malipiero was one of the great champions of Monteverdi in the 20th century, long before the rediscovery of the earlier composer following WW2).

I knew the Malipiero quartets from the complete traversal by the Orpheus Syring Quartet on Brilliant Classics (originally on ASV). I must say the works are making a much stronger impression in this new recording, as the tone is warmer and the phrasing less angular. I look forward to the Sincronie recording the remaining five Malipiero quartets.

Very cool, Rafael!

[JBS]

Listening to this new arrival (the disc was released one month ago):



The Quartetto Sincronie plays Malipiero's SQs 2, 3 & 6, interspersed with a transcription for SQ -by an uncredited arranger— of the movements of Monteverdi's 1650 posthumous four-voice Mass.

The music is performed in the following order:

1    Kyrie
2    Stornelli e ballate (SQ No. 2)
3    Gloria
4    Cantari alla Madrigalesca (SQ No. 3)
5    Credo
6    Arca di Noè (SQ No. 6)
7    Sanctus
8    Benedictus
9    Agnus De

I am liking this a lot. The transcription for SQ of the Monteverdi Mass is interesting, and its juxtaposition with the Malipiero quartets works very nicely (Malipiero was one of the great champions of Monteverdi in the 20th century, long before the rediscovery of the earlier composer following WW2).

I knew the Malipiero quartets from the complete traversal by the Orpheus Syring Quartet on Brilliant Classics (originally on ASV). I must say the works are making a much stronger impression in this new recording, as the tone is warmer and the phrasing less angular. I look forward to the Sincronie recording the remaining five Malipiero quartets.

Did you ever hear any of the recordings by Quartetto d'Archi di Venezia, which is the set I have?

[ritter]

Did you ever hear any of the recordings by Quartetto d'Archi di Venezia, which is the set I have?

No. How do you like it? I see it's available for a reasonable price from online sellers.

Good evening, Jeffrey!

[JBS]

No. How do you like it? I see it's available for a reasonable price from online sellers.

Good evening, Jeffrey!

They came across as perfectly fine but not particularly memorable.

I have them as part of a bigger set that seems to be OOP.

[nico1616]

First listen to Beethovens 4th piano concerto with Arrau. The tempo is quite slow but the piano sound is just marvellous.

[SonicMan46]

Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) - Piano Quartet & Quintet with the Emersons and Menahem Pressler on modern instruments and Alexander Melnikov, Isabelle Faust et al with period performances (Melnikov performs on a Pleyel fortepiano, 1851, Paris) - the latter is a newer recording from 2021 (several reviews attached if interested) - Dave

 

[Bachtoven]

[Linz]

Fauré! Pierné Trios with piano, Trio Wanderer

[Lisztianwagner]

Gian Francesco Malipiero
Pause del Silenzio

Francesco La Vecchia & Orchestra Sinfonia di Roma

[VonStupp]

Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartet 12 in D-flat Major, op. 133
String Quartet 13 in B-flat minor, op. 138
Shostakovich Quartet

No matter how 'tough' Shostakovich gets, his little rhythmic and motivic cells are easy hooks. Even a tone row as a thematic idea works remarkably well.
VS