What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[bhodges]

R. Strauss: Salome, final scene (Deborah Voigt/Valery Gergiev/Verbier Festival Orchestra, from the Verbier Festival, Aug. 1, 2010) - More fabulous with each viewing.  Great to see shots of Voigt up close, and clearly on a very good day.

--Bruce

[Papy Oli]

good evening all 

Another maiden work off the exploring list :

[bhodges]

good evening all 

Another maiden work off the exploring list :

That looks really good--how do you like it?  I'm quite impressed with the LSO Live series so far.

--Bruce

[Antoine Marchand]

Now my wife is here, and so I must play some more traditional things, so :



The Rhenish Symphony (3rd) with Gardiner.

I want that! 

P.S.: That box set, not a wife. 

[Papy Oli]

That looks really good--how do you like it?  I'm quite impressed with the LSO Live series so far.

--Bruce

I am only halfway through the 2nd movement and discovering the work as we speak, so i have no reference point whatsoever. Gergiev doesn't seem to be hanging about ...  I liked the 1st mvt, the 2nd is a bit more err...erratic ...Still the playing sound more than fine to me 

[bhodges]

I am only halfway through the 2nd movement and discovering the work as we speak, so i have no reference point whatsoever. Gergiev doesn't seem to be hanging about ...  I liked the 1st mvt, the 2nd is a bit more err...erratic ...Still the playing sound more than fine to me 

Oh wow, cool that you're hearing it for the first time!     In that case, no more questions--just enjoy.

--Bruce

[The new erato]

Though I won't say I buy absolutely all new releases of Handel operas, I buy a fair amount, and this rerelease from 1993:



strikes me as one of the best new (to me) Handel opera recordings I've heard for quite some time.

[karlhenning]

Maiden-Listen Mondays! (This recording.)

Сергей Сергеевич [Sergei Sergeyevich]
Любовь к трём апельсинам (The Love for Three Oranges), Opus 33 (1919)
The Prince: Evgeny Akimov
Princess Clarissa: Larissa Dyadkova
Truffaldino: Konstantin Pluzhnikov
& al.
Mariinsky Theatre Chorus & Orchestra
Gergiev

Prokofiev – 6 Operas

[Keemun]

[Franco]

Schoenberg, Op. 25 Piano Pieces
Paul Jacobs

I've got Gould and Pollini doing these works but I think I find Jacobs best of the lot.

[Père Malfait]

Ah well, couldn't find the Juan de Araujo disc ("Fire Burning in Snow") mentioned upthread, so listening to this instead:



It's hard to believe I've had this recording for nearly 20 years!

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Symphony No. 1 right now. Very good indeed. I like it. Can't wait to explore the set in depth.

[karlhenning]

Maiden-Listen Mondays! (The recording.)

Henning
Mirage, Opus 79
Night of the Weeping Crocodiles, Opus 16
the composer, cl
Alexey Shabalin, vn
Eric Mazonson, pf

[Papy Oli]

Oh wow, cool that you're hearing it for the first time!     In that case, no more questions--just enjoy.

--Bruce

some interesting moments in there, promising indeed. To explore in further depth again later 

Another 2 maiden works/composer now :



Listening to the Clarinet concerto.

Clarinet-orientated works are very scarce in my collection so far (besides Brahms' Clarinet Quintet ...oh... and a Henning concert  )

any other key clarinet works worth exploring please ? 

[Mirror Image]

some interesting moments in there, promising indeed. To explore in further depth again later 

Another 2 maiden works/composer now :



Listening to the Clarinet concerto.

Clarinet-orientated works are very scarce in my collection so far (besides Brahms' Clarinet Quintet ...oh... and a Henning concert  )

any other key clarinet works worth exploring please ?

What about Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto? You should check that one out.

[Franco]

Clarinet-orientated works are very scarce in my collection so far (besides Brahms' Clarinet Quintet ...oh... and a Henning concert  )

any other key clarinet works worth exploring please ?

Two by Mozart, a concerto and quintet.  The Copland concerto is worth having (I like Stoltzman) - but, if you like the Brahms quintet, his clarinet trios would be a logical addition.

[Scarpia]

any other key clarinet works worth exploring please ?

From Brahms there are the clarinet sonatas.  I won't even mention the Mozart, except for the wonderful trios for clarinets and basset horn (obscure works that are true works of genius).   In chamber music, I like the Clarinet Quintets of Hindemith, Frankel and Machonchy.  The Finzi is a wonderful clarinet concerto.  I also like the Nielsen concerto a lot.

[Papy Oli]

What about Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto? You should check that one out.

Two by Mozart, a concerto and quintet.  The Copland concerto is worth having (I like Stoltzman) - but, if you like the Brahms quintet, his clarinet trios would be a logical addition.

From Brahms there are the clarinet sonatas.  I won't even mention the Mozart, except for the wonderful trios for clarinets and basset horn (obscure works that are true works of genius).   In chamber music, I like the Clarinet Quintets of Hindemith, Frankel and Machonchy.  The Finzi is a wonderful clarinet concerto.  I also like the Nielsen concerto a lot.

noted, thank you 

[listener]

What about Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto? You should check that one out.

2 Concertos by Malcolm Arnold, Milhaud op.230, there's one by Hindemith, 4 by Spohr, 3 by Crusell, a batch by Cartellieri that are probably easier to listen to than to play, but the Mozart and Copland are more memorable, as are Brahms' 2 Sonatas op.120  and Stravinsky's "Ebony Concerto"  composed for Woody Herman.
Using "Dieter Klöcker" as a search will get you a lot of rarities that he has recorded on various labels, usually with the Collegium Classicum.

[The new erato]

 No mention of Weber? And what about Crusell?