What are you listening 2 now?

[Madiel]

Mozart: Serenade no.11 (for 8 winds in its revised version, I've no idea whether the original 6-wind version still exists and gets played)



There's no doubt that at some point I'm going to want to buy some Mozart serenades and divertimenti. Though the exercise of sorting them out, rather than having orchestral works and chamber works mashed together, won't help in figuring out just which albums I want! But it seems "Serenades" 11 & 12 make a rather logical pairing.

[Traverso]

Mozart: Serenade no.11 (for 8 winds in its revised version, I've no idea whether the original 6-wind version still exists and gets played)



There's no doubt that at some point I'm going to want to buy some Mozart serenades and divertimenti. Though the exercise of sorting them out, rather than having orchestral works and chamber works mashed together, won't help in figuring out just which albums I want! But it seems "Serenades" 11 & 12 make a rather logical pairing.

Don't forget the recordings with Heinz Holliger or Edo de Waart, both previously on Philips.( for wind ensemble)

[Madiel]

Don't forget the recordings with Heinz Holliger or Edo de Waart, both previously on Philips.( for wind ensemble)

Yes, they are definitely on my radar. I know the Edo de Waart ones in particular are considered classics, but I like mixing it up a little bit on Idagio as I work through the Koechel catalogue.

For the orchestral serenades I'm probably going to buy Vegh's performances.

[Que]

[Traverso]

Pachelbel

[Harry]

JOLY BRAGA SANTOS.
COMPLETE CHAMBER MUSIC.
VOLUME ONE.
See for details back cover.
Recorded on 1–3 November 2017 and 4–6 April 2018 in the Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon.

If you like his Orchestral works, you will definitely like his Chamber works. I for one admire the man's compositional quality. He is a rhythmically and harmonically captivating composer, and your attention will not waver listening to the works on this CD. There is also a urgency and balance, throughout his music that keeps me on my toes. Plus the fact that it is beautifully recorded and performed.

[Traverso]

Bach

[DaveF]

Bach

Great CD with a boy soprano who sings his heart out with a convincing passion and where you realize that this is not possible with female voices, it is incomparably different.
When listening to these performances I notice that they continue to convince next to those with Suzuki which is a good thing.

Completely agree - the old "brown boxes" (as I continue to think of them) are still my favourite - Suzuki, Koopman and Rilling notwithstanding.  And who doesn't even get a credit on the box?  He's called Seppi Kronwitter, for the record, as as you say sings as though his life depended on it.  (I'm sure I've heard the Sinfonia to BWV52 somewhere else, too  )

[Iota]

Brahms: Viola Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120

A fatigued listener (me), but plenty of loveliness still making it through the haze, from performers and composer alike. Brahms and the viola seem such a natural pairing, it seems almost a bespoke tool for him when in 'autumnal' mood.

[Karl Henning]

[Spotted Horses]

Interrupting my Dvorak, for a disc that just arrived from Poland: Boguslaw Schaeffer's Piano Concerto No. 4



Comes with an awesome booklet as well.

Would love to hear it, but how?

[Traverso]

Completely agree - the old "brown boxes" (as I continue to think of them) are still my favourite - Suzuki, Koopman and Rilling notwithstanding.  And who doesn't even get a credit on the box?  He's called Seppi Kronwitter, for the record, as as you say sings as though his life depended on it.  (I'm sure I've heard the Sinfonia to BWV52 somewhere else, too  )

Falsche Welt,dir traue ich nicht mit Seppi Kronwitter of the Tölzer Knabenchor is really heartwarming. The choir on the recording is Knabenchor Hannnover.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Skalkottas - The Sea.

[hopefullytrusting]

Would love to hear it, but how?

I have it ripped to my computer.

I can upload and email, if you'd like?

[LKB]

Mahler's Second Symphony, now and for several weeks to come. 

[Spotted Horses]

Reger Serenade for flute, violin and Viola, Op 141a (recommendation by @Mandryka)



Indeed a charming piece.

Returning the Bacewicz Piano Sonata No 2



An impressive work, and Kupiec never fails to impress me.

[Karl Henning]

I have it ripped to my computer.

I can upload and email, if you'd like?

Me, too. 

[Karl Henning]

Mahler's Second Symphony, now and for several weeks to come. 

Sehr interessant!

[hopefullytrusting]

Me, too.

Anyone interested, simply pm me.

[André]

Disc 2.

Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Concerto funebre for violin and orchestra
Bohuslav Martinu: Double concerto for violin, piano and orchestra

The Hartmann is a well-known quantity, a somber, tragic work of great inner beauty. I didn't know the Martinu concerto. Its finale is very virtuosic, with a folkish/late romantic outdoorsiness that reminded me of Wieniawski and Bruch. The Adagio is another matter however: soulful and deeply felt - it sits awkwardly with the jolly, optimistic tone of the outer movements.

The playing is superb in both works.