What are you listening 2 now?

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, 1872 First concept version. Ed. William Carragan [2005],  Bruckner Orchester Linz, Bruckner Orchester Linz

[ritter]

And I venture to say that I strongly disagree. There is no such thing as the work itself. If all the scores of the Matthaeus-Passion, past, present or future, suddenly disappeared without trace for good, the music would still live on by way of recordings. If all the recordings of Matthaeus-Passion, past, present or future, suddenly disappeared without trace for good, the music would be as dead as the dinosaurs, score notwithstanding.

And I venture to say I'm in no mood to engage in silly arguments. You know perfectly well what I meant, Andrei.

I'm too busy keeping track of the dozens and dozens of chsracters that keep appearing in Cela's La colmena. I can't believe this guy was considered one of the great writers in Spanish of the second half of the twentieth century, and that he was awarded the Nobel prize.

Good evening to you !

[Florestan]

I'm too busy keeping track of the dozens and dozens of chsracters that keep appearing in Cela's La colmena. I

Well, a beehive swarms, right? 

[Karl Henning]

CD 13, highly satisfactory. In fact, I replayed it directly to get another listen of the Gounod in.

[JBS]

I'm too busy keeping track of the dozens and dozens of chsracters that keep appearing in Cela's La colmena. I can't believe this guy was considered one of the great writers in Spanish of the second half of the twentieth century, and that he was awarded the Nobel prize.

Good evening to you !

English language Wikipedia says there are over 300 characters.
And then there's this:

. But the most significant thing is the chronological disorder, as facts are not told in the manner which they happen. If you were to read the novel in a traditional manner, you would need to re-order the chapters in the following order: I, II, IV, VI, III, V, Final.

Which I suppose means the characters you see in III have already experienced whatever happens in IV and VI, and whoever is in V has already experienced VI.
So for about half the novel the time is out of joint.

[JBS]

TD
Two recital discs from the Warner Puccini set

[Linz]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonatas, Daniel Barenboim CD 5

[VonStupp]

George Lloyd
Symphony 12
The Serf: Suite

Albany SO - George Lloyd
David Alan Miller

A nice end to Lloyd's symphony cycle.
VS

[Karl Henning]

The Opus 4 Suite qualifies for Maiden-Listen Monday. Designed to be programmed together with the Mozart Gran Partita?

[André]

Comments in the Bruckner Abbey thread (hint: one of the Best Eveerrrrrr !).

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Some post-dinner Schumann:

Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. posth.
Isabelle Faust (violin)
Freiburger Barockorchester
Pablo Heras-Casado

Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor, Op. 110
Isabelle Faust (violin), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano)

From this set -

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

NP:

Vaughan Williams

Flos campi
Nobuko Imai, viola

Five Mystical Songs
Thomas Allen baritone
Nobuko Imai, viola

Cordydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra
Matthew Best

From this set -

[pianococo90]

Mark Andre
Contrapunctus for piano

[brewski]

Listening to this concert (thank you, @lunar22) from Stuttgart, streamed on Valentine's Day. (Well, for some of us, it says "love." ). I would have tuned in to hear any one of these pieces, never mind all four on the same program.

SWR Symphonieorchester
Ingo Metzmacher, conductor
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin and vocalist

Ligeti: Lontano
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Ligeti: Mysteries of the Macabre
Hartmann: Sinfonie Nr. 3

[JBS]

Via last month's BBC Music Magazine, the BBC Singers doing an utterly delightful work for a capella 12 part chorus
Jean-Yves Daniel Lesur
Le Cantique de Cantiques.
Here's a performance from Germany on YouTube. Recommended to everyone.

His Wikibio is here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Lesur

[hopefullytrusting]

Had Google AI help me this evening (lovely program):

Strauss's Mephistos Höllenrufe (Dudamel with the WP): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyqobRKhvCk
I think, before today, I had only ever heard one piece by Strauss - this was quite an enjoyable jaunt.

Scriabin's Piano Sonata No. 9 (Elina Akselrud):
I wouldn't recommend this version, but this sonata, done right, is out of this world, bubbling over with intensity.

Paganini's Caprices 1-6 for Solo Violin (Ricci): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ugLoMvfUiQ
Ricci is legitimate nuts, blistering - the first caprice alone should sell you on the rest - a generational virtuoso.

[Que]

From the shelves:



A recording dedicated to Ars Nova, featuring Franco-Flemisch composers.

[Que]

A recent posting in the Purchases thread was a timely reminder to pull this off the shelves:

[Madiel]

And I venture to say that I strongly disagree. There is no such thing as the work itself. If all the scores of the Matthaeus-Passion, past, present or future, suddenly disappeared without trace for good, the music would still live on by way of recordings. If all the recordings of Matthaeus-Passion, past, present or future, suddenly disappeared without trace for good, the music would be as dead as the dinosaurs, score notwithstanding.

Goodness me. However did they manage to appreciate Bach in the 19th century without recordings?

Honestly Andrei, this is one of the rashest things you've said in a very long time. Score notwithstanding? The score is how performances are generated. Including, but not confined to, the performances that happen to get recorded.

[Madiel]

Today's entry in non-randomized Schumann piano sampling:



Rather good. Admittedly the Bunte Blaetter don't really hold up that well in comparison, but I particularly enjoyed the Humoreske and Piano Sonata no.1