What are you listening 2 now?

[Karl Henning]

If people are under the impression that I love everything I listen to, here is the counter example.



I was intrigued to read about 20th century Concerti Grossi that I didn't know about, paricularly the Krenek. I found it on Apple Music. Not bad, but seems like weak sauce to me.

I thought better of the Schulhof. The Symphonic Elegy remains the best thing I've heard by Křenek.

[ritter]

First listen to this recent purchase (the disc is OOP, but Bongiovanni had a new copy for sale):



It's been ages since I last listened to Pizzetti's Canti della stagione alta (in Aldo Ciccolini's recording). The piece, here played by Bruno Canino and conducted by Antonio Ballista (who often played with Canino as a piano duet), is making a favourable impression this time around.

[classicalgeek]

Verdi
La Forza Del Destino - Overture
Macbeth - Ballet Music
La Traviata - Prelude to Act 1
Luisa Miller - Overture
Aida - Prelude
Giovanni D'Arco - Overture
La Traviata - Prelude to Act 3
I Vespri Siciliani - Overture
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Igor Markevitch
(on CD)

[Lisztianwagner]

Johann Strauss II
Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald
Ägyptischer Marsch
Wiener Blut

Herbert von Karajan & Berliner Philharmoniker

[AnotherSpin]

[Linz]

Franz Liszt Oiano Concerto No.1 in E-flat major S 124, Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Melodies S 123, Claudio Arrau, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

[Bachtoven]

Wonderful playing from this exceptional guitarist. Very realistic sound, too. (DSD64 download). Samples and further info here: https://www.nativedsd.com/product/euddr2401-moments-musicaux/

[Bachtoven]

I also enjoyed this new release this morning. It loses a lot of color compared to the original, but it has its own character and is good for people like me who don't particularly like vocal music. (Although I do like the original version of the Requiem.)

[Spotted Horses]

Maybe that has to do with this performance.

That may be the case, I've always been unenthusiastic about Marriner's "polite" style in other repertoire.

I thought better of the Schulhof. The Symphonic Elegy remains the best thing I've heard by Křenek.

I did find the Schulhof to be the most interesting on the disc. I have a history of not getting Krenek.

[Linz]

Carl Nielsen Symphony No. 5, Op. 50, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik
Jean Sibelius Luonnotar, op.70, Gwyneth Jones- soprano, Night-ride and Sunrise, op.55, The Oceanides, op.73, London Symphon Orchestra, Antal Dorati

[Que]

Hopefully that concert grand sounds as good as it looks - it's a beauty.

[classicalgeek]

Today's Hurwitz program:

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto
Pettersson: Symphony no. 14

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, 1894 Original Version. Ed. Leopold Nowak, 1992 Finale Realization by Samale//Philips/Cohrs/Mazzuca - Revised 1996, New |Phiharmonic Orchestra of Westphalia, Johannes Wildner

[Karl Henning]

That may be the case, I've always been unenthusiastic about Marriner's "polite" style in other repertoire.

I did find the Schulhof to be the most interesting on the disc. I have a history of not getting Krenek.

Maybe you've already been here. For me, this is for First-Listen Fridays:

[Karl Henning]

Carl Nielsen Symphony No. 5, Op. 50, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik
Jean Sibelius Luonnotar, op.70, Gwyneth Jones- soprano, Night-ride and Sunrise, op.55, The Oceanides, op.73, London Symphon Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Great program!

[Karl Henning]

Pettersson: Symphony no. 14

My Pettersson policy is when I'm in the humor, and if I figure I've the time. What are your thoughts on the Fourteenth?

[Lisztianwagner]

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No.6

Hans Rosbaud & Südwestfunk-Orchester Baden-Baden

[Todd]

[Karl Henning]

Maybe you've already been here. For me, this is for First-Listen Fridays:

Oh, this is good!

[Spotted Horses]

Maybe you've already been here. For me, this is for First-Listen Fridays:

I've not listened to any of the string quartets. Might be the right direction to go. I was left cold by Toch Symphonies but the string quartets turned out to be revelatory. Might be a similar situation here, although they have not all been recording, that I can see.