What are you listening 2 now?

[SonicMan46]

In the Klenke quartet image - is it reversed?  They all have beautiful bow holds..... but in the wrong (left) hand....... or are they just being "quirky"....

Nice pickup - believe that question came up the last time I posted their image (from Amazon, bottom right w/ bows in left hand) - first image on left from Discogs w/ bows in the right hands, so yes reversed images.  Dave

 

[North Star]

Bohuslav Martinů

Nonet for wind quintet & string quartet, H. 374 (1959)
Czech Nonet

Double Concerto for 2 String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani, H. 271 (1938)
Jan Panenka (pf), Josef Heyduk (timp)
Czech Philharmonic
Karel Sejna

Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra, H. 353
František Hanták
Brno Philharmonic Orchestra
Martin Turnovský

[VonStupp]

WA Mozart
Piano Concerto 17 in G Major, K. 453
Piano Concerto 18 in B-flat Major, K. 456
Stuttgart RSO - Neville Marriner

For years I have taught students out of the Enjoyment of Music text, now on its 14th Edition. Currently it has eschewed CDs in lieu of online music locked on the W.W.Norton website, sometimes coming with videos of performances.

In any case, through the many editions, that text has continued liking to use the first movement from Mozart's K. 453 as the student's introduction to the piano concerto, the idea of a cadenza, as well as reinforcing the sonata-allegro form.

I have heard this movement year, after year, after year, and the text's recording is always from Dezső Ránki with Jeffrey Tate leading the ECO (I included the video below). It is always hard to listen to another recording, since I subconsciously (or maybe now consciously) anticipate the subtle nuances and differences from Ránki and Tate.
VS

[pianococo90]

Stephen Yip
Elegance in Emptiness (2018) for Flute and Harp

[Kalevala]

Not now, but two nights ago, while driving back home from the airport after a short business trip to Lisbon, I caught —not knowing what it was, because it must have started a couple of minutes before I turned on the radio— the live concert of the Spanish Radio and Television Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Krzysztof Urbanski, performing Wojciech Kilar's Exodus.

This piece, I'm afraid, is a strong contender for the most repulsive and unattractive "classical" composition I have ever heard. Even my car broke down when it ended (fortunately, when I was driving into my garage). 

Oh, my!   

And what went wrong with your car?!

K

[ritter]

Oh, my! 

And what went wrong with your car?!

K

When I was already in the inner courtyard of my building, waiting for the car lift to take my car to its parking space, the radiator suddenly lost all its refrigerant, with a huge burst of steam. I could leave it in the courtyard, without bothering other residents, and today the roadside assistance came and apparently it was a coupling that had cracked and loosened, so no permanent damage. I'll take it to the mechanic this week so they take a thorough look at it anyway

TBH, my Mini Cooper is 21 years old, but I hope it lasts another 20 years at least (as I have no intention of buying another car).  In any case, I will henceforth avoid my poor car enduring any music by Kilar! 

[Karl Henning]

[ChamberNut]

When I was already in the inner courtyard of my building, waiting for the car lift to take my car to its parking space, the radiator suddenly lost all its refrigerant, with a huge burst of steam. I could leave it in the courtyard, without bothering other residents, and today the roadside assistance came and apparently it was a coupling that had cracked and loosened, so no permanent damage. I'll take it to the mechanic this week so they take a thorough look at it anyway

TBH, my Mini Cooper is 21 years old, but I hope it lasts another 20 years at least (as I have no intention of buying another car).  In any case, I will henceforth avoid my poor car enduring any music by Kilar! 

It's a car killar.

[Karl Henning]

[Karl Henning]

[André]

Every work of Marteau I've heard is a gem and this quartet is no exception. The sinuous opening melody is an instance in point. The them is heard from the violins and almost immediately reprised by the cello, quickly asserting its prominence in the balance. And so it goes. There's not a moment where I wasn't charmed by the way the instruments dialogue with one another.

The clarinet quintet is Marteau's best known work and there are a few versions of it out there. I have it in another performance (coupled with the Reger clarinet quintet). It may be because I discovered the work through that disc first, but it seems to me it has a bit more character. Hard to make movement by movement comparisons when the music is relatively unfamiliar. I guess I'll have to live with both for some time (years) to find out which one I prefer.

[Cato]

Concerning Exodus, by Wojciech Kilar:

Some reviews are positive, others rather negative!

[André]

CPO's notes mention how posterity quickly forgot about Hermann Goetz (1840-1876). That's not quite true. His opera The Taming of the Shrew has continued to be played into the 1960s. At least 2 versions are available on disc, with some star names on the billboard. Then his piano concerto op 18 has been recorded at least 4 times. So, not a total unknown then. Both concertos are very fine works, the second (op 18) actually excellent in all respects. This cd has been issued both as a single cd and as part of a 3-cd set by CPO. That's the one I have. Like in another 3 (or 4?) cd set I own CPO has taken the obvious yet brilliant decision to put all 3 individual booklet notes in the 3-disc jewel case. Economical, smart and practical.

I heartily recommend this set. If only one of the discs is what you're willing to try, this one is the one to have.

[Number Six]

Mozart: Violin Concertos No. 3, 5
Isabelle Faust
Il Giardino Armonico & Giovanni Antonini

That Hurwitz dude hates this recording. I love it. I think he just doesn't like HiP. Dude is un-hip as can be.

[Karl Henning]

Mozart: Violin Concertos No. 3, 5
Isabelle Faust
Il Giardino Armonico & Giovanni Antonini

That Hurwitz dude hates this recording. I love it. I think he just doesn't like HiP. Dude is un-hip as can be.

Tough noogies on Hurwitz. 

[Number Six]

Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
Hilary Hahn
Paavo Järvi, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

[Kalevala]

When I was already in the inner courtyard of my building, waiting for the car lift to take my car to its parking space, the radiator suddenly lost all its refrigerant, with a huge burst of steam. I could leave it in the courtyard, without bothering other residents, and today the roadside assistance came and apparently it was a coupling that had cracked and loosened, so no permanent damage. I'll take it to the mechanic this week so they take a thorough look at it anyway

TBH, my Mini Cooper is 21 years old, but I hope it lasts another 20 years at least (as I have no intention of buying another car).  In any case, I will henceforth avoid my poor car enduring any music by Kilar! 

Well, glad number one that you're o.k.

Depending upon how much you drive your car, the weather conditions, mileage, regular maintenance, etc., 21 years can be a very and decently long life.  Have a conversation with your mechanic; a good one will give you an honest assessment of what kind of shape your car is in and how much longer they think that it will safely last.

All the best,

K

[Florestan]

my Mini Cooper is 21 years old, but I hope it lasts another 20 years at least (as I have no intention of buying another car)

My Hyundai Accent will turn 21 coming August --- however (or better said, therefore) I hope next year I'll be able to buy a new car.

[Que]

I was curious..

PS It doesn't catch my imagination, and I don't feel the organ is appropriate for the music.

[Que]

Mozart: Violin Concertos No. 3, 5
Isabelle Faust
Il Giardino Armonico & Giovanni Antonini

That Hurwitz dude hates this recording. I love it. I think he just doesn't like HiP. Dude is un-hip as can be.

Tough noogies on Hurwitz.

Though luck for The Hurwitzer indeed.. 
Although I do not know the recording by Faust, the HIP recordings I do know - Zehetmair/Brüggen (Glossa) and Johannes Leerouwer (Challenge) blow all the non-HIP competition right out of the water. The famous Grumiaux recording is holding on for dear life, but even though I revere the violinist, or perhaps because of it, it sounds hopelessly outdated...