What are you listening 2 now?

[Cato]

Arthur Honegger
Concerto da camera for Flute, Cor Anglais & String Orchestra

Bohuslav Martinů
Oboe Concerto

Heinz Holliger (oboe), Aurèle Nicolet (flute)
Sir Neville Marriner & Academy of St Martin in the Fields

The Honeggerloo* continues! 

* i.e. Honegger Hullabaloo   

[Linz]

I enjoy the set of Berlin Bruckner symphonies very much

Jean-Marie Leclair, Violin Concertos Op. 7

[SonicMan46]

Couperin, Francois (1668-1733) - Keyboard Works - Carole Cerasi doing the complete works listed below on five different harpsichords (beautifully illustrated in the liner notes) compared to Angela Hewitt on piano doing a 3-disc selection - I like them both - reviews attached for those interested.     Dave

Harpsichord Works (Source)
L'Art de Toucher le Clavecin (1716), a treatise w/ 8 Préludes & an Allemande .
Premier Livre, or First Book (1713) — Ordres 1 to 5
Second Livre, or Second Book (1717) — Ordres 6 to 12
Troisième Livre, or Third Book (1722) — Ordres 13 to 19
Quatrième Livre, or Fourth Book (1730) — Ordres 20 to 27

 

   

[Symphonic Addict]

Was listening to something on the radio and it turned out to be unexpectedly gripping. I had to wait for it to finish to know the name of the piece. It's the work that accompanies this symphony on this recording:



This epic overture is actually a tone poem from his opera Oresteia. Taneyev's most inspired orchestral work I reckon.

[Mandryka]

Couperin, Francois (1668-1733) - Keyboard Works - Carole Cerasi doing the complete works listed below on five different harpsichords (beautifully illustrated in the liner notes) compared to Angela Hewitt on piano doing a 3-disc selection - I like them both - reviews attached for those interested.    Dave

 

   

I spent a lot of time exploring François Couperin about six months ago - I was very impressed by the old Amsterdam harpsichordists - Leonhardt, Asperen and to a lesser extent Alan Curtis.

[SonicMan46]

I spent a lot of time exploring François Couperin about six months ago - I was very impressed by the old Amsterdam harpsichordists - Leonhardt, Asperen and to a lesser extent Alan Curtis.

LOL    - well, these are grounds for divorce!    And even Jed Distler of Classics Today loved Angela on the piano, although Jerry Dubins ended his review with a rather crude comparison - to each is own? 

[Linz]

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffision Française
Franz Liszt Tasso - Symphonic Poem, Philharmonia Orchestra, Constantin Silvestri

[Todd]

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Mauro Giuliani guitar music.

[Bachtoven]

Excellent playing and sound.

[Symphonic Addict]

Two French string quartets: Debussy and Vierne (the latter performed by Quatuor Phillips)

[Peter Power Pop]

Two French string quartets: Debussy and Vierne (the latter performed by Quatuor Phillips)

I adore that Quartetto Italiano disc.

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, 1877 Version Ed. Leopold Nowak, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Markus Poschner

[Symphonic Addict]

I adore that Quartetto Italiano disc.

A phenomenal classic for sure.

[Symphonic Addict]

Melartin: Violin Concerto in D minor
Paderewski: Piano Sonata in E-flat minor

Two pieces that should be more widely known. Fortunately, the performances do justice to them.

[JBS]

I started listening to my Mitropolous bargain yesterday.
So tonight it's CD 4, in which only one of the two concertos is conducted by Mitropolous:
Mozart for two and three pianos and orchestra, dating from 1946

[AnotherSpin]

Op. 106

[steve ridgway]

Varèse: Amériques

[Irons]

Walton: Partita for Orchestra.

Walton in playful mood, the piece fizzes and sparkles. A Kingsway Hall recording from 1958 conducted by the composer sounds terrific. 

[Que]

Fiori Musicali: Messa della Madonna, excerpts from Secondo Libro di Toccate. Francesco Cera plays the organ mass on a modern reconstruction in the style of Antegnati by Daniele Maria Giani.