What are you listening 2 now?

[pjme]

Bartók: Violin Sonata No. 2 (André Gertler, Diane Andersenová)

https://www.diane-andersen.org/

Ernest Toch : Symphony for piano and orchestra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4b9-aqWV8I

[Spotted Horses]

Revisiting an old favorite, Honegger String Quartet No 1, Erato Quartet



I recall finding this recording very early in my exploration of Honegger, soon after first listening to Karajan's recording of Honegger's second and third symphonies. The heart of the work is the slow movement, with mesmerizing dissonances, so well represented in this recording.

[kyjo]

Casella. Noseda/BBC.

A marvelous disc!

[SonicMan46]

Well ending up my Beethoven survey w/ the recordings below (went through my symphonies and string quartets earlier this year and did a 'little' culling -  ) - Dave

 

[Le Buisson Ardent]

I don't know this work well but a friend of mine rates it very highly.

It's certainly a fine work. After "the dust settles" so to speak, I'll probably end up revisiting it. I find it more atmospheric than any of its predecessors.

[ritter]

Not the Stravinsky piece I listen most often to, but Jeu de Cartes fits with book book I'm reading on the first years of the George Balanchine - Lincoln Kirstein collaboration.



The ballet is great fun, and the Troisième donne (Third Deal), in particular, has some admirable moments. Great performance by Claudio Abbado and the London Symphony Orchestra.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Prokofiev SY2. Litton.

[ritter]

And now, some Americana: the Juilliard String Quartet performs Virgil Thomson's String Quartet No. 2, and Beveridge Webster plays William Schuman's Voyage (a cycle of five pieces for piano).



The Thomson quartet starts auspiciously with a lively allegro moderato, very well constructed and engaging. Unfortunately, this is followed by a tempo di valzer that seems like a homage to Tchaikovsky, and sounds terribly kitschy. The ensuing adagio sostenuto is revoltingly sentimental (it reminded me of the weakest movements of some of the Villa-Lobos quartets). Things come to a conclusion with a sobre, neoclassical allegretto with "American" touches, which greatly improves on the middle movements. An eclectic composition that doesn't seem to hang together, appears almost amateurish at times, and to which I doubt I will return.

Let's see how William Schuman's piano music turns out to be (I have had very little exposure to his music).

CD 14 of this set:

[Symphonic Addict]

Due Pezzi (Sarabanda; Fanfara e Fuga) and Frammenti Sinfonici dal balletto 'Marsia' are fabulous pieces, above all the latter, a perfect blend between ethereal and magical and not devoid of dramatic moments. The other three pieces did little for me, my tastes definitely resonate more with warm, lively music rather than with cold, cerebral, "gray" compositions.




Arnell: Symphony No. 3

One of the most epic English symphonies from the 20th century. This is much more to my taste, unquestionably!

[Lisztianwagner]

Arnold Schönberg
Kol Nidre
Die Jakobsleiter

Michael Gielen & SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg

[ritter]

Ernst Krenek: Symphony No. 4, op. 113 (1947). NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, Alun Francis (cond.).

[vandermolen]

It's certainly a fine work. After "the dust settles" so to speak, I'll probably end up revisiting it. I find it more atmospheric than any of its predecessors.

Good to know John 

[Le Buisson Ardent]

Continuing on with the Pettersson Complete Edition on BIS ---

NP:

Symphony No. 6
Norrköping SO
Christian Lindberg

[AnotherSpin]

[Karl Henning]

Revisiting an old favorite, Honegger String Quartet No 1, Erato Quartet



I recall finding this recording very early in my exploration of Honegger, soon after first listening to Karajan's recording of Honegger's second and third symphonies. The heart of the work is the slow movement, with mesmerizing dissonances, so well represented in this recording.

A first listen:

[Karl Henning]

Arnold Schönberg
Kol Nidre
Die Jakobsleiter

Michael Gielen & SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg

Nice!

[Le Buisson Ardent]

And now a palette cleanser ---

NP:

Yoshimatsu
Symphony No. 2, "At terra"
BBC Philharmonic
Sachio Fujioka



To me, Yoshimatsu sounds like what if you combined Vasks with Rautavaara and mixed in some Japanese exotica.

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Lahav Shani

[Bachtoven]

Absolutely brilliant playing, and the sound is very good, but the 5-6 seconds of cathedral reverb is a bit much.

[Le Buisson Ardent]

NP:

Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55, "Eroica"
Philharmonia
Klemperer