What are you listening 2 now?

[Harry]

It is morning, so to cheer me up and get going into the day...Berlioz Requiem....like THATS going to cheer me up!  Anyway, it's the Dies Irae and Tuba Mirum of this work which knocks me out, it is such a wakeup call!  This version recorded live in St.Pauls cathederal is one of the most mighty SOUNDING, though there are definitely issues with clarity when things get ramped - so much echo.  Still, it is a true wonder of a Requiem!
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Good morning John, its good to hear from you, alive and kicking!

[pianoforever]

This is a live recording from two different Salzburg concerts in the early 1980s. You can really hear what the fuss was about with Pollini, and how all the talk of "all chops no soul" doesn't do him  justice, at least not all the time. It's one of the most beautiful DBT's I know.

I attended some of those concerts. Marvellous. Where are those recordings available?

[Mandryka]

 

I don't think they are any more --you're welcome to the music files if that's any use.  @pianoforever

[Madiel]

Mozart: Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento, K.243

[Todd]

Disc two.

[vers la flamme]

Robert Schumann: Konzertstück for Piano & Orchestra in D minor, op.134. Alexander Lonquich, Heinz Holliger, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln

This is absolutely gorgeous... where has this work been all my life?

[mahler10th]

Henning - Out in the Sun
then
Schreker - The Birthday of the Infanta Suite

[mahler10th]

Ethel Smyth.
Chamber Music.

This disc is a highlight in my CD collection and I treasure it. Ethel Smyth deserves to be heard. Your in luck, this is one of the best recordings to be had! There is much to be admired, and nothing to dislike. Performance and sound are exemplary.

This is just the thing why I have missed GMG, and am glad to be back.  A Composer unknown to me with a critque 100% positive.  Ach!  I must look into it!  Ethel must be damn good to receive such praise, especially from you Harry - you could have chosen anything wonderful from your massive music collection, but you chose Ethel Smyth.  Aye, wow.  Ethel Smyth is about to be investigated and probably bought..!

[Brian]

Trying out this appealing new CPE Bach disc that intersperses short solo keyboard works (played sometimes on harpsichord, sometimes on pianoforte) between the Hamburg Symphonies. The ensemble sounds mighty fine.

[Florestan]

[Karl Henning]

Henning - Out in the Sun

Many thanks! Hope it made you smile!

[Harry]

Robert Fuchs.
Piano Trios.
Gould Piano Trio.
See back cover for details.
Recorded at Champs Hill, Sussex, UK, 2004-2005.

Another composer, forgotten, neglected, and not on the radar of many a classical fan. Which is a pity, for he is a fine composer in every respect. Listening to these Piano trios you quickly realize, what his potential is. Romantic, highly detailed in its expression, and beautifully performed. Also well recorded. Worth everyone's while I think.

[Symphonic Addict]

part of a fine set.  Hoelscher was a really good player - I remember his Korngold (one of the 1st stereo versions after the pioneering Heifetz) was very good too.

It really is a splendid set, both the recording and the performances left me positively impressed. The Hyperion recording (as part of the Romantic Violin Concertos series) is my overall favorite, but this one from Warner has been revelatory.

[Symphonic Addict]

George Lloyd
Symphony no. 4
Albany Symphony Orchestra
Lloyd conducting
(on CD)



Such wonderful music, tuneful and lush and expertly crafted. Only minor complaint is the quality of the orchestra, who do give it their all.

I concur with you. The 4th and the 5th are his supreme symphonic masterpieces with the 7th behind IMO.

I prefer this Lyrita recording containing the 4th, 5th and 8th to the ones on Albany. Since the Philharmonia Orchestra is one of my highest preferences, I feel more than satisfied.

[Lisztianwagner]

Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata In D Minor, BWV 964
Suite In E Minor, BWV 996

Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)

[Symphonic Addict]

Braunfels continues delivering the goods with this exceptional recording of two of his sets of variations which are very different each other. Don Juan takes the theme from Fin ch'han dal vino of Mozart's Don Giovanni and the subsequent variations are loaded with a sparkling and mischievous humour displaying the composer's witty talent and genius for this classical form. An amazing piece. On the other hand, the Symphonic Variations on an Old French Nursery Song inhabits a more pastoral and bucolic sound world, far removed from the animated Don Juan but not for that less inspired. This Capriccio series devoted to Braunfels are mandatory to any fan of this composer I reckon.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

It is morning, so to cheer me up and get going into the day...Berlioz Requiem....like THATS going to cheer me up!  Anyway, it's the Dies Irae and Tuba Mirum of this work which knocks me out, it is such a wakeup call!  This version recorded live in St.Pauls cathederal is one of the most mighty SOUNDING, though there are definitely issues with clarity when things get ramped - so much echo.  Still, it is a true wonder of a Requiem!

Wow, that's quite the morning alarm call! 

Wasn't quite certain where to post this, but I'll try here.

I've been happily making my way through a DVD from an Ivan Moravec set (Portrait on Supraphon).  Nice documentary on one of my favorite pianists.    https://www.supraphon.com/album/586246-ivan-moravec-portrait

[Big David]

Symphonies 1 and 2 by Michael Tippett.  Played by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Richard Hickox.  Part of a box set on the Chandos label, recorded in the early 90s. 

[Brian]

PD - thanks for the wake-up call; I need to get that Moravec box while it's still easily available.

This afternoon's playlist:



Mendelssohn 1, starting at the beginning with the new cycle highly praised by David W. It's semi-HIP, with brilliant tempos and hard-stick timpani but a modern, appropriately-sized orchestra. We really are spoiled for choice in Mendelssohn cycles today - my direct comparison will be the very similar approach of Antonello Manacorda.

The Rachmaninov disc includes the two Suites, Symphonic Dances, and Trifonov's transcription of the adagio from Symphony No. 2, totaling 85 minutes of music.

EDIT: Trifonov plays a Bosendorfer on the left channel, Babayan plays a Steinway on the right.

[ritter]

Revisiting this lovely collection of songs and solo piano pieces by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, performed by mezzo Yvi Jänicke and Bruno Canino at the piano.