What are you listening 2 now?

[André]

Splendid.

From the Bruno Walter big box:

- Brahms: Double Concerto (1959, stereo). Columbia Symphony, Zino Francescatti and Pierre Fournier. On equal footing with the Haitink COA version with Perlman and Rostropovich. Big, big performance, incisive and effusive at the same time. Superb sound.
- Beethoven: Triple Concerto (1949, mono). NYPO, Walter Hendl, Leonard Rose, John Corigliano (NYP concertmaster and father of JC the composer). Despite the mono sound, this is a captivating performance. It sizzles and crackles. The NYPO strings are a big plus here: dense and gleaming, with superb ensemble.

- From the Böhm Orchestral edition:

- Tchaikovsky, symphonies 4 and 6. Two superbly individual performances. Not top 3 faves but close. Highlights are 4:IV and 6:II, among the most characterful and revealing I've heard.
- Strauss, Johann Jr: waltzes and polkas. The sounds made by the WP are pure aural porn. One of the highlights of that 67 disc box.
- Wagner: Overtures and Preludes (Rienzi, Meistersinger, Tannhauser etc).

[Linz]

Ernst Toch  Symphony No. 1, Op. 72, and Symphony No. 4, Op. 80, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alun Francis

[AnotherSpin]

Violin Concerto No.2

[ritter]

Chamber music by Darius Milhaud, ranging from the Violin Sonata No. 2, op. 40 (1917) to the String Trio, op. 274 (1947).

CD7 of this set:

[Karl Henning]

Amy Beach.

Piano Quintet in F Sharp minor.

Sure do love that piece!

[Brian]

The finale of the Dittersdorf quartet on this disc is really fun and Hungarian folk influenced:



The Bennewitz Quartet has a perfect record on disc so far.

[Todd]

[Karl Henning]

Delayed reaction, but about time:

Goffredo Petrassi
Concerti per orchestra N^os. 1 & 2
Netherlands Radio Symphony

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, 1890 Thorough revision Bruckner with Joseph and Franz Schalk Ed.Theodor Raettig,
Wagner Parsifal - Act II, Truista und Isolde I. Prelude ,Kirsten Flagstad II. Liebestod,Brigit Nilsson
  Wiener Philharmoniker,Hans Knappertsbusch

[Henk]

Delayed reaction, but about time:

Goffredo Petrassi
Concerti per orchestra N^os. 1 & 2
Netherlands Radio Symphony

I still do not know what to think of it. My enthousiasm has decreased. I have too many doubts. Many phases in the movements that sound boring to me, though in it's entirety it sounds promising at least.

I'm curious after your evaluation.

[Karl Henning]

Delayed reaction, but about time:

Goffredo Petrassi
Concerti per orchestra N^os. 1 & 2
Netherlands Radio Symphony

Solid mid-20^th century yumminess.

[Karl Henning]

JS Bach

BWV 102, « Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben »
BWV 108, « Es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe »

[Cato]

That's an easy one





Recorded in 1968. Fine sound, with the Prague Rudolfinum Hall reverb adding greatly to the atmosphere. Hugely characterful wind and brass playing.

Harnoncourt's performances are very polished in comparison. It can be a plus or a minus depending on the pov. I find them excellent, just not as spooky and savage as Chalabala's.

1968, when the Czechs almost broke free from...well, you know!          That could explain the energy in the performance...perhaps (?).

Or they just loved their Dvorak tone-poems! 

Many thanks for the recommendation!  😇

Delayed reaction, but about time:

Goffredo Petrassi

Concerti per orchestra N^os. 1 & 2

Netherlands Radio Symphony

Yes!


Petrassi's orchestral concertos are all-around faves!

[André]

1968, when the Czechs almost broke free from...well, you know!          That could explain the energy in the performance...perhaps (?).

Or they just loved their Dvorak tone-poems! 

Many thanks for the recommendation!  😇




Yes!


Petrassi's orchestral concertos are all-around faves!

Not sure there was a political context behind the making of these performances 🧐. That was Chalabala's way. A renowned opera conductor, he always found the main musical thread in the music. His version of Schéhérazade is superb.

[JBS]

Stravinsky's Persephone conducted by Kent Nagano



As found in this box. I've decided to focus on the works I'm not familiar with so I'm skipping around in it.
ETA:
Yes, that is non-DG recording in a DG box. I'd assume DG itself never recorded it .

[Madiel]

Dvorak: Piano Quartet no.1, op.23

[VonStupp]

Heitor Villa-Lobos
Nonetto

Roger Wagner Chorale
Concert Arts Ensemble - Roger Wagner

This is kind of a wild piece!
VS

[André]

Paul Graener (1872-1944) is one of those obscure german composers that form the backbone of the CPO catalogue. The label has 3 discs of his music, all good. Graener's music is tonally and rythmically conservative, sounding like a german Fauré, with wafts of Grieg and Delius thrown in. Totally lovely stuff.

[JBS]

Heitor Villa-Lobos
Nonetto

Roger Wagner Chorale
Concert Arts Ensemble - Roger Wagner

This is kind of a wild piece!
VS

I'm a bit puzzled. How does a chorus fit into a nonet?

In addition, of the six instruments listed for the Quartet, I can only read the first five. What's the sixth? (I'm guessing it's an indigenous instrument.)

TD
More first listen to Wellesz's symphonies. Tonight it's the Third and the Fifth.

The cover art is Egon Schiele's Stadt am blauen Fluss IIe, dated 1911.

[NumberSix]

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Liszt: 12 Etudes
Claudio Arrau