What are you listening 2 now?

[DavidW]

[foxandpeng]

Adrian Sutton
Violin Concerto
War Horse Suite
Michael Seal
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Chandos

Several excellent releases in the last couple of weeks, of which this is one.

[JBS]

Another listen to Scharwenka's Piano Concertos.

[Kalevala]

No, it's a compulsive collecting disorder K

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I hate it when "they" change the covers/artwork of CDs (even LPs); "Do I have that one?"  🤔

K

[Karl Henning]

Quite likely a first listen:

Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Symphony № 4 in e minor, Op. 17 (1918)

[Symphonic Addict]

Pavel Haas' three string quartets

Phenomenal music, very akin to Janacek's style (his teacher).

[Symphonic Addict]

Such a wonderful composer, lost in the chaos of the early 20th century, like Charles Ives, and also many Russians, e.g. Nikolai Tcherepnin, Sergei Protopopov, Nikolai Obukhov.

The 6 Maeterlinck Songs are also an all-around fave!

I haven't listened to that work yet (I don't remember well, actually), but his vocal piece I love unreservedly is his Lyrische Symphonie (especially the DG recording featuring Sinopoli, the Wiener Philharmoniker, Voigt and Terfel).

[steve ridgway]

Webern: Five Sacred Songs For Voice, Flute, Clarinet And Bass Clarinet, Trumpet, Harp, Violin And Viola, Op. 15

[steve ridgway]

Scriabin: Piano Concerto In F Sharp Minor



Very nice .

[vandermolen]

Such a wonderful composer, lost in the chaos of the early 20th century, like Charles Ives, and also many Russians, e.g. Nikolai Tcherepnin, Sergei Protopopov, Nikolai Obukhov.

The 6 Maeterlinck Songs are also an all-around fave!

Very true Leo.

[Traverso]

Mozart

Violin Sonatas

K378-K380 & K402

 Intimate with Mozart, I still love these unadorned performances that are already more than seventy years old.

[Florestan]

Mozart

Violin Sonatas

K378-K380 & K402

 Intimate with Mozart, I still love these unadorned performances that are already more than seventy years old.

Legendary stuff.

[Mandryka]

Pavel Kolesnikov and someone called Samson Tsoy, now at Wigmore. Packed, which is a surprise given the time. All ages. Bach WTC and Shostakovich Op 87.

[Traverso]

Legendary stuff.

It is certainly not perfect in a technical sense but that does not matter, the result is one that takes you by the hand and creates a romance between performer and listener and all in the service of Mozart of course.

[pjme]

Yesterday on France Musique:

"Waves" de Pascal Dusapin - an organ concerto, which the composer gives as " duo for organ and orchestra".

"Pascal Dusapin's Waves premiered on January 26, 2020 at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. The composer's initial idea was to create an opera based on Virginia Woolf's novel The Waves, before opting for a "duet for organ and orchestra." The score, which demonstrates his interest in the "movement of surfaces," is full of indications ("dark but open colors," "lighter, but woody and fruity") as to the desired sounds."

Very impressive. But I find the combination organ and orchestra irresistible

[Iota]

Pavel Kolesnikov and someone called Samson Tsoy, now at Wigmore. Packed, which is a surprise given the time. All ages. Bach WTC and Shostakovich Op 87.

I see from the website they're alternating individual pieces from the Bach and Shostakovich, but they don't say if each pianist sticks with one composer or not. I assume there'll be two pianos on stage. Looks like a potentially excellent concert, I've found Kolesnikov an interesting pianist, but don't know Tsoy.

[Madiel]

Mozart: Violin sonatas 6 and 7



The Andante of no.6 is another exceptional performance. Not that anything is less than excellent, but there are certain moments where I'm just amazed at the quality this pairing is bringing to these early sonatas.

[Iota]

Boulez: Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna

A relatively monochrome and calm work within PB's output, as befits its somewhat mournful/processional mood. A striking work nonetheless, the brass calls, the omnipresent percussive strikes painting the slow steps of a march, the sombre Rothko-like nuance of colouring, all contribute to a memorable visual/aural impression that lingers in the mind.

[Karl Henning]

JS Bach

BWV 126, « Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort »
BWV 127, « Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott »

[Madiel]

Haydn: Piano sonata no.31 in A flat



One of the largest-scale sonatas (lengthened slightly by Bavouzet's own thoroughly tasteful cadenza in the slow movement), it's one of a group that didn't get published until quite a long time after they were written, possibly because they were too difficult and ambitious for the average player.

Three sonatas in, and this set is looking like a real treasure. I even appreciate the quality of the liner notes, though I recognise that as it's republishing all the notes from the 11 separate discs there's going to be quite a bit of repetition of certain material (for example, the compositional or publication groups are going to be mentioned each time a sonata in a group is performed). But I really appreciate that background, it's clearly expressed and the description of each piece is helpful without going overboard.

And the performances on this first disc have all the sparkle I would want in Haydn. Here's to another 12+ hours of enjoyment to come.