What are you listening to now?

[jlaurson]

Earlier:


Othmar Schoeck
Violin Concerto
Penthesilea Suite
Bettina Boller
Andreas Delfs / Swiss YO
Claves
German link - UK link

One of the 15 great Violin Concertos of the 20th Century. Just behind Wolf-Ferrari, ahead of Martin... and on par with Bartok  2 and Martinu 2.


...and when I couldn't sleep this new arrival -- one of TWO CDs that were in my mailbox yesterday of contemporary classical SAXOPHONE music. One of those days!


HOT
Ryan Muncy, Ensemble Dal Niente
(Music by G.Aperghis, A.Cheung, A.Cassidy, M.Balter, C.Czernowin, F.Donatoni)
New Focus Recordings
German link - UK link


But now, for the soul must cheer in the morning, even to titles like: "Who Knows how Near my End" and "Why Are you Distressed, my Heart":


Johann Sebastian the Eternal
Cantatas for One Liturgical Year v.12
BWV 27, 47, 96, 138
S.Kuijken, La Petite Bande et al.
Accent SACD
German link - UK link

[marvinbrown]

  HAPPY BIRTHDAY VERDI
  Today, October 10 is Verdi's 200 year Anniversary and to celebrate this man's tremendous achievement in the world of opera I decided to play his (arguably) GREATEST masterpiece......OTELLO!  Currently spinning this sublime performance which is featured in the big Verdi boxset from Decca to which I also have the individual recording:

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  Verdi fans please celebrate in kind as there is so much to be grateful for. Verdi lived well into his 80s and produced his greatest works when he was well into old age (even by today's definition of old age!) Whether its Otello, Falstaff, Aida, Don Carlo, Un Ballo there is an opera to suit all tastes.  So why not join me in this joyous occasion? What Verdi operas are you listening to today?

  marvin

[amw]

As a fortepianist his [...] Rejcha (36 Fugues for Fortepiano) are excellent

Consider my interest piqued.

Today (10/10/13 in kiwiland)

James Weeks - TIDE (performed by Apartment House)
This piece is three solos that can be played separately or together (I prefer the together version personally)—a tape-delayed clarinet, a nervous oboe d'amore and a mysterious, otherworldly cello (played with curved bow). It's not an easy piece to explain or describe, except with some generic adjectives—magical, haunting, atmospheric, etc. Feldman fans take note. Also the most effective evocation of the sea I've heard this year, and that includes a live performance of La Mer. >.>

Myaskovsky - Symphony No. 11 (Yevgeny Svetlanov, USSR State Symphony Orchestra)
A piece that's been on my mind a good deal lately, since I found a set of parts on IMSLP and decided to recreate the score from them. (Copying music you like out has been a technique used by composers throughout history, so I didn't feel it was as weird as it sounds.) It was a very interesting way to get to know a piece—and there are a few others I'd like to enter into Sibelius now for similar reasons—so as such, there's a lot I could say about it, but I'll limit myself to commenting that it's one of Nikolay Yakovlevich's stronger symphonies, with a gorgeous slow movement and a finale that's a quirky variation/sonata hybrid reminiscent of a darker version of the finale of Dvořák 8.

[kyjo]

Have you heard Schnittke's Hymns for chamber ensemble, Kyle?

Hmmmmm......Either I've never heard it or it's been an awful long time since I have. Thanks for the tip!

[Wanderer]

Arrived today:
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[Brian]

If you don't have the Pollini already, I'd say yes.  The 70s recordings are close to essential.  The Vivarte box is very good, but also variable.  The smaller scale works fare better, relatively speaking, than the post-Baroque orchestral and choral works.  It's not essential.

Thanks!

[Sergeant Rock]

This morning, Verdi Quattro Pezzi Sacri, Shaw conducting





And now Un Ballo in Maschera, Leinsdorf conducting




Sarge

[marvinbrown]

This morning, Verdi Quattro Pezzi Sacri, Shaw conducting





And now Un Ballo in Maschera, Leinsdorf conducting




Sarge

  Excellent! Bravo!  My Verdi celebrations are continuing now with this:

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  Another masterpiece from Verdi.  A fine work, Puccini actually walked from Luca to Pisa (9.5 miles!) to watch this Verdian opera, I am sure he was blown away by the grandness, the drama and Verdi's majestic score.  The music flows effortlessly through arias, ensembles, choruses as the drama unfolds and we find ourselves in ancient Egypt celebrating the victory of Radames over the Ethiopians, unfolding into a forbidden love story (a love triangle ensues)..... and soon along the Nile, then a betrayal, culminating in death and MUSIC....SUCH SUBLIME MUSIC!

  Is it any wonder that we are STILL talking, listening, admiring Verdi 200 years after his birth!

  marvin
  marvin

[North Star]

Villa-Lobos
Chôros no. 6
   Neschling & São Paulo Symphony
Five Preludes
Suite Populaire Brésilienne
   Andrés Miolin (guitar)
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[Karl Henning]

Сергей Сергеевич [ Sergei Sergeyevich (Prokofiev) ]
String Quartet № 1 in b minor, Op.50
Pavel Haas Quartet

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[Mirror Image]

Villa-Lobos
Chôros no. 6
   Neschling & São Paulo Symphony
Five Preludes
Suite Populaire Brésilienne
   Andrés Miolin (guitar)
[asin]B002CAOVVK[/asin]

Pounds the table!!!! Quintessential Villa-Lobos right there. Choros No. 6 is an awesome work.

[North Star]

Pounds the table!!!! Quintessential Villa-Lobos right there. Choros No. 6 is an awesome work.

Yes indeed, one of - perhaps even the - my favourites.

Schoenberg
Violin Concerto
Rolf Schulte, Craft & Philharmonia
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[SonicMan46]

Wolfl, Joseph (1773-1812) - KB Sonatas & Harp Duos w/ the performers on the cover art below - Collandant on a fortepiano & Nakamatsu on a modern piano - there's been a little activity here lately about this Austrian composer who was born in Salzburg (M. Haydn & L. Mozart early teachers) -

 

[Lisztianwagner]

Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloé

http://www.youtube.com/v/YHrstmOPKBQ
Première partie

[Brahmsian]

Сергей Сергеевич [ Sergei Sergeyevich (Prokofiev) ]
String Quartet № 1 in b minor, Op.50
Pavel Haas Quartet

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*pounds the table!*

I really dig those Prokofiev string quartets, along with the Cello Sonata.  Scrumptious!  Hope you enjoy these works too, Karl. 

[Karl Henning]

*pounds the table!*

I really dig those Prokofiev string quartets, along with the Cello Sonata.  Scrumptious!  Hope you enjoy these works too, Karl. 

I like them very well, Ray!  For long I have only known the Emersons' recording;  but I have certainly noted that this Pavel Haas Qt recording has been the ruin of many a table here at GMG.

[kyjo]

Rochberg ~ Symphony No. 1



I like his music before he "changed".

I like Rochberg's early and late styles almost equally. Symphony no. 1 is a bit overlong, but fascinating and almost Ivesian nonetheless. His Symphony no.5, VC, and Transcendental Variations are most moving works IMHO.

[kyjo]

Unsung candidate for the 20th Century violin concerto "Top Ten"?

https://www.youtube.com/v/cA5jDnFHYlA

We badly need a modern recording of Ginastera's VC. I'm really surprised Naxos hasn't recorded it.

[prémont]

That link isn't working for me, it says that there is currently no text on the page.

Strange, because it works on my PC.


On this page (you have to copy it and paste it into the browswes address field) :

http://imslp.org/wiki/Apparatus_Musico-Organisticus_(Muffat,_Georg)

You get, as you wrote, an information like this:

"There is currently no text in this page. You can search for this page title in other pages, or see the related logs."

If you click search for this page title in other pages, you are directed to a page where you can find Muffats edition by entering reference no. two on the page.

Hopefully this works.

[listener]

Laurie JOHNSON: Symphony (Synthesis) for orchestra and jazz ensemble
The Wind in the Willows-  tone poem    Three Paintings by Lautrec      Royal Tour Suite
assorted groups conducted by the composer
MOZART:  Serenade in G K.525    Serenade 9 in D - "Posthorn"
Prague Chamber Orchestra    Mackerras, cond.     Zdenék Tylšar, posthorn