What are you listening 2 now?

[Harry]

Thank you for the recommendation. Most likely, I had never listened to works by Henri Marteau before. I started with his Violin Concerto. The music is pleasant, but I can't shake the feeling that I've heard it all before. It seems like some kind of potpourri, pieced together from bits of music by other composers — Tchaikovsky, etc.



Added: I'm continuing to listen HM, now to String Quartet No. 3, Op. 17, and I'm much more impressed!

Interesting, I selected it for listening. Marteau was always a composer I liked in general, so time to explore.

[Harry]

Johann Friedrich Fasch.
Orchestral Music, Volume I.
Tempesta di Mare Chamber Players.
Recorded: 2007. Live recording.

Mediocre at best, sound and performance.

[Traverso]

Erbach  c.1568-1635

 

[ritter]

Ernest Ansermet conducts the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in works by Frank Martin: the Violin Concerto (with Wolfgang Schneiderhan as soloist) and In terra pax (with chorus ans vocal soloists, including tenor Ernst Haefliger and alto Marga Höffgen).

CD 32 of this set:



EDIT: TBH, I found the Violin Concerto OK, but In terra pax seemed utterly uninspired and boring to me...

[Harry]

Johann-Jakob Walther.
Scherzi da violino solo con il basso continuo per l'organo ò cimbalo, accompagnabile anche con una viola ò leuto.
Bojan Cicic (Violin) & Illyria Consort.
Recorded on 26-30 July 2021 in St Martin's Church, East Woodhay, Hampshire.
Cover image: Johan Jakob Walther (c.1604–c.1677), A Male Teal, watercolour and gouache heightened with gum arabic


Excellent.

[Traverso]

Bach

Listen to these lovely Goldberg Variations.......

[Harry]

Giuseppe Agus (1722 – 1798).
Sonate a violino solo e basso [Op. 1].
Quartetto Vanvitelli.
Recording: 2021, Elfo Studio, Tavernago (Piacenza), Italy.

Beautiful.

[Karl Henning]

Obliquely inspired by the Veranda 
RVW
A London Symphony
London Phil 
Adrian Boult

[Traverso]

 Beethoven

Symphony No.5

Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Beethoven

Symphony No.5

Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam

Nice! His DG and EMI recordings sound excellent too!

[Traverso]

Nice! His DG and EMI recordings sound excellent too!

I have his EMI recodings.

[Karl Henning]

Because it's been a while:
RVW
Symphony No. 9
LSO
André Previn

[Spotted Horses]

Bacewicz, Piano Trio No 2, Kocuiban, Messages Quartet (DUX) A late work, with an avant garde feel, wonderful.



Another performance of Bacewicz Divertimento for Strings, Blaszczyk, DUX. More deliberate than Duxzmal (also DUX). Interesting to hear a different approach to the music.



Hindemith, Sonata for unaccompanied cello, Op 25 No 3, Ermert. An expressionist work, not much Neo-baroque influence.



Also listened to the Wispelwey recording on Channel Classics. A bit more indulgent than Ermert, also enjoyed.



This release has some interesting "fillers" by other composers.

[Kalevala]

'The 49TH Parallel: Prelude' by Vaughan Williams and The Red Shoes Ballet by Brian Easdale.
A nice compilation of music from Powell and Pressburger films.

Is that based on the Hans C.A. story?

Hindemith, Symphonic Dance. Fricsay/Berlin.

I love those DG OM sets! 

K

[Roasted Swan]

Is that based on the Hans C.A. story?
I love those DG OM sets! 

K

Yes and no.  The film-story is about a composer and a ballerina - he writes the music for a ballet which is based on the HCA story and her dancing of this "new work" is a major part of the film and ultimately she dies in a way that mirrors the fate of the fairytale heroine.  But most of the film is about the relationship between the two main protagonists and having to choose career or love - the wiki article is quite detailed - certainly worth a watch

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Shoes_(1948_film)

[Lisztianwagner]

Richard Strauss
Don Juan
Tod und Verklärung

Otto Klemperer & Philharmonia Orchestra

[Linz]

Mahler Symphony No. 9 in D major,  Orchestra di Milano della Radio Italiana, Vladimir Delman

[Karl Henning]

"Papa"
Symphonies N^os. 81 in G & 45 in f# minor « Les adieux »
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

[Karl Henning]

"Papa"
Symphonies N^os. 81 in G & 45 in f# minor « Les adieux »
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Every bit as tasty as I remembered!

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No . 9 in D Minor, 1894 Original Version. Ed. Alfred Orel, Reichsender Orchestra Berlin, Carl Schuricht