What are you listening 2 now?

[Karl Henning]

CD 25

[Linz]

Ludwig van Beethoven Concerto no. 4 in G major for piano and orchestra op. 58, Robert Casadesus, piano
Joseph Haydn Symphony no. 92 in G major (HOBI:92) "Oxford Symphony"
Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto in A minor for violin, string orchestra and basso continuo BWV 1041, Roland Greutter, violin
West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gunter Wand The Radio Recordings, Box 3, CD6

[hopefullytrusting]

Explosive stuff ! 💣

Especially over such an amazing piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bFo65szAP0 (if they are referring to Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1)

[Karl Henning]

The set has moved from Minneapolis to New York. Petrushka was recorded 5 Mar 1951

[brewski]

Dipping into the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (ROCO) livestream from Houston, Texas.

Delyana Lazarova, conductor
Lara Downes, piano

Emilie Mayer: Overture No. 2 in D Major (with the Houston Youth Symphony)
Clarice Assad: The Evolution of AI (ROCO Co-commissioned Texas Premiere)
Clarice Assad: Total Eclipse, Piano Concerto (ROCO Commissioned World Premiere)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

[foxandpeng]

He died some years ago (2013).

Here is an excerpt about the difficulty a living composer has in getting noticed today, from a lengthy interview: (A.R. = Arnold Rosner)

(My emphasis in red)

For the full interview:

http://www.bruceduffie.com/rosner2.html

Helpful,  thank you!

[foxandpeng]

George Frederick McKay
Moonlit Ceremony
Harbor Narrative
Evocation Symphony
John McLaughlin Williams
Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra
Naxos

Excellent works

[André]

CDs 3 and 4, symphonies 3 (1919), 4 (1925) and Rhapsodie (1957) for large orchestra.

Moving right along after listening to his first 2 symphonies, nos 3 and 4 show a huge advance in terms of originality. The basic language is the same but has become more confident, brashly affirmed, unabashedly so in places (#4, movement 2: positively bizarre, with no traceable influence whatsoever).

Brun was a true symphonist, a composer who thought and composed with a big and broad palette: horizontally (rythms, duration) and vertically (harmonies and coulours). Fellow Swiss composers Honegger and Martin had a more terse, pithy and euphonious language (french influence?). Brun seems to have had a view toward craggy, uncouth sonorities as well as long-lined phrases. Composers such as Brian, Maxwell-Davies, Ives and Krenek come to mind. Not because of any similarities, but in terms of exploring quirkiness as a means of communication.

[JBS]

Moving on to a Polish composer who is not as controversial as Chopin

The second CD of this duo, which has the Third Symphony conducted by Jerzy Semkow, joined to the contents of this LP

[JBS]

Geographical and chronological change of pace

(mostly)18th century Italian concertos transcribed for trumpet
Vivaldi RV 356 in a minor for violin
Marcello in c minor for oboe
Albinoni in B Flat Op 7 no 3 for oboe
Benjamin in c minor on themes of Cimarosa for oboe
Vivaldi RV 310 in G major Op 3 no 3 for violin
Tartini in D major D 53 for violin
Albinoni Sonata da chiesa in d minor

Recorded in 2009

[Linz]

Max Bruch Symphonies 1 & 2 Bamburger Symphoniker, Robert Trevino

[Madiel]

BWV 120a



A wedding cantata that only exists in a performable state because of Bach's habit (and really not uniquely his for the time, especially when under severe time pressure) of reusing and recycling music. The parts that remain are enough to enable ready identification of all the movements that were also used in other intact scores.

That's volume 51 done. Now only 4 more to go.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Moving on to a Polish composer who is not as controversial as Chopin

The second CD of this duo, which has the Third Symphony conducted by Jerzy Semkow, joined to the contents of this LP

Nice!

[Que]

Revisting. I do think the main strength of this ensemble lies with the very early English and French repertoire.
This recording for instance, is absolutely wonderful.

[Madiel]

Poulenc

Sept Chansons
Litanies à la vierge noire (original organ version)
Petites voix



Poulenc very suddenly became interested in choral music in 1936, having written only one song more than a decade earlier. For the rest of his career there'll be quite a bit of it.

[Madiel]

Ravel: Histoires naturelles



Song settings that are absolutely all about the words. And which caused an outrage at the first performance  because Ravel did things that were popular and colloquial rather than 'proper'.

[Traverso]

Bach

[Que]

Laurencinus Romanus, "Il Cavaliere del Liuto" (c.1552–1590) is also known as Lorenzino del Liuto, under which name there is also a very nice Naxos recording by Marco Pesci.

Lorenzino del Liuto was one of the most famous and accomplished virtuosi of the lute, as well as a composer who strongly influenced Italian and foreign lute literature. Anthologies of his work circulated throughout the cities of Europe for many years after his early death.

[ritter]

Ravel: Histoires naturelles



Song settings that are absolutely all about the words. And which caused an outrage at the first performance  because Ravel did things that were popular and colloquial rather than 'proper'.

A very seductive work! Top-drawer Ravel, IMHO.

Manuel Rosenthal (who in his youth was close to Ravel and made some outstanding recordings of his orchestral works in the 1950s) orchestrated the songs very effectively, and the live performance of this version from 1960 with the great mezzo Nan Merriman, conducted by Bruno Maderna, no less, is a great favourite of mine.

[Madiel]

Mozart: Cassation in G, K.63



Completely sparkling. Frankly, as far as performance goes it might be better than anything in the first 2 volumes, including 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik'.