What are you listening 2 now?

[brewski]

Betsy Jolas: bTunes (2021) - Nicolas Hodges, piano / Karina Canellakis, conductor / BBC Symphony Orchestra (world première, 05 September 2022, BBC Proms).

From the composer, now 98:

The title bTunes which I finally chose for this concerto is obviously borrowed, including the spelling, from the now quasi historical 'iTunes'. In its new version, with 'b' now standing for Betsy, this title designates a collection of short pieces written over the years for various pianists including of course Nicolas Hodges. The resulting work might be considered as a kind of modern 'suite', evoking the way most people listen to music today: through... playlists.

[JBS]

Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 8

An excellent Scriabin set that seems to have faded into the mists of time. (I'm including the other five CDs of non-sonatas that Vox put in a seperate issue.)

[Todd]

[prémont]

Bach

Suite 1-4 & 5

Although neither the primary nor the secondary choice, Viola de Hoog's recording is definitely worth to know, even in this crowded field of competition.

[Traverso]

Although neither the primary nor the secondary choice, Viola de Hoog's recording is definitely worth to know, even in this crowded field of competition.

I agree, this is my first choice by the way.



There are so many recordings that I have not heard, this one however is so good to my taste that I do not look any further.
The recording with Viola de Hoog is by the way the last recording that I bought of the cello suites.

[Traverso]

Bach

Harpsichord Music by the young J.S.Bach

[DavidW]

[Tsaraslondon]

I was looking at some old posts in this thread and came across some recommendations for this album. I listened to the slow movement of the Cello Concerto on Spotify and was hooked, so I've just bought the CD and I love it.

[Florestan]

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Bach organ works. Bram Beekman.

[prémont]

I agree, this is my first choice by the way.



There are so many recordings that I have not heard, this one however is so good to my taste that I do not look any further.
The recording with Viola de Hoog is by the way the last recording that I bought of the cello suites.

Bijlsma remains one of my top choices for both his first and second sets, though I slightly prefer the second for its greater eloquence and expressiveness.

The cello suites take a special place in my interests, and I have listened to over 80% of the existing recordings. They bring me great joy due to the exceptional artistic quality present in nearly all of these recordings.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Bijlsma remains one of my top choices for both his first and second sets, though I slightly prefer the second for its greater eloquence and expressiveness.

The cello suites take a special place in my interests, and I have listened to over 80% of the existing recordings. They bring me great joy due to the exceptional artistic quality present in nearly all of these recordings.

Are these same, and the second, recording? Will explore.

[SonicMan46]

Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826) - Clarinet Music - kind of overdid this Weber genre but a lover of period and modern clarinet - 

Top row are on period instruments and bottom on modern clarinets - to have a 'smaller' collection of these works (but w/ both types of instruments), I'd probably pick two from the top row and either of the first two on the bottom.  Dave

Carl Maria von Weber was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and critic of the early Romantic period. Best known for his operas, he was a crucial figure in the development German Romantic opera. Constanze Mozart was his first cousin. (Source)

   

[prémont]

Are these same, and the second, recording? Will explore.

The Bijlsma cello suites have been rereleased several times with different covers - somewhat confusing.

But the recording using the Stradivarius "Servais" cello is his second recording (1992) - the first of your pictures.

His first recording was for Seon (1979) on a Cello by Goffriller - the second of your pictures.

For the first recording (suite 6) he uses a violoncello piccolo from South Tyrol (1700).

https://bachcellosuites.co.uk/bach-cello-suites-home/list-of-reviews/

[Iota]

Copland: Piano Variations
John Adams: China Gates
Corigliano: Fantasia on an Ostinato
Thomas Newman: American Beauty


There's a kind of grinding insistence to the theme of the Copland, from which the subsequent variations never really liberate themselves, despite the odd, brief break for freedom. A rather stark piece whose starkness I enjoyed a lot.
Adams' China Gates is an attractive four minutes of minimalism. Corigliano's Fantasia is an absorbing and rather hypnotic piece. At one point I thought the music was hinting at the second movement of Beethoven 7, but it moved on and I thought maybe not. But then approaching the end, sure enough, there it appears, unequivocally, with  gauze-like fragments of modernism drifting above it as if from another dimension (a task which Trifonov rises to magically). The Newman is the lovely theme from American still sounding lovely.
Trifonov remains a treat throughout.

[Mandryka]

Are these same, and the second, recording? Will explore.

The second image is the first recording I think.  There's aso a third unpublished cycle, from concerts in Leiden in 1998, which I can let you have.

[Traverso]

 Dobrinka Tabakova



 

[Karl Henning]

Copland: Piano Variations
John Adams: China Gates
Corigliano: Fantasia on an Ostinato
Thomas Newman: American Beauty


There's a kind of grinding insistence to the theme of the Copland, from which the subsequent variations never really liberate themselves, despite the odd, brief break for freedom. A rather stark piece whose starkness I enjoyed a lot.
Adams' China Gates is an attractive four minutes of minimalism. Corigliano's Fantasia is an absorbing and rather hypnotic piece. At one point I thought the music was hinting at the second movement of Beethoven 7, but it moved on and I thought maybe not. But then approaching the end, sure enough, there it appears, unequivocally, with  gauze-like fragments of modernism drifting above it as if from another dimension (a task which Trifonov rises to magically). The Newman is the lovely theme from American still sounding lovely.
Trifonov remains a treat throughout.

Love the Copland and Corigliano!

TD:

Shostakovich
Symphony № 9 in E^b, Op. 70
Royal Phil
Volodya Ashkenazy

[Brian]

Finally started my Leif Segerstam in memoriam listening, with one of his most celebrated albums.

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EDIT: Wow, the review on Qobuz is so harsh on Rautavaara! Check this out:
"Einojuhani Rautavaara is arguably Finland's most popular modern composer because of his approachable, neo-Romantic orchestral music; yet his works' consistently somber tone, gray orchestration, and fairly static pacing make them predictable and tedious. ...Rautavaara is most recognizable for his slow harmonic rhythms and overcast colors, and his monochromatic music is barely disturbed by exciting ideas or startling innovations.... Cantus Arcticus (1972) is a tedious slog through Rautavaara's austere Scandinavian scenes. Even the Clarinet Concerto (2001), which should be a dynamic showpiece, is dominated by too many stretches of brooding melancholy."

[Ian]

Dukas, Saint-Saëns and Respighi performed by the Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gibson.
Very good versions of each piece on this "easy listening" CD.