What are you listening 2 now?

[Karl Henning]

Excellent choice Linz! 

Here listening to Haydn's The Creation with HvK the Berlin Phil and
Gundula Janowith
Christa Ludwig
Fritz Wunderlich Werner Kern
Walter Berry
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
and the Wiener Singverein

Listening to it as dawn is arriving here and "Now before the sacred ray the dismal shadows of black darkness vanish..."



PD

Sweet!

[SonicMan46]

Well, since Mozart's chamber works are charming us, I pulled out two of my 3 sets of 'KB Trios' (also have the Florestans), one w/ the Mozarteans on fortepiano (Lubin playing on a RJ Regier, 1981 reproduction, after Anton Walter, Vienna, ca. 1785) and the other with Trio Parnassus on an older 'modern' instrument (Steinway Concert Grand Piano D, 1901).  Dave

 

[Karl Henning]

CD 10

LvB
String Quartet № 10 in E^b, « Harp » Op. 74

[Florestan]

Well, since Mozart's chamber works are charming us, I pulled out two of my 3 sets of 'KB Trios' (also have the Florestans), one w/ the Mozarteans on fortepiano (Lubin playing on a RJ Regier, 1981 reproduction, after Anton Walter, Vienna, ca. 1785) and the other with Trio Parnassus on an older 'modern' instrument (Steinway Concert Grand Piano D, 1901).  Dave

 

Hah! Just the other night I listened to disc 1 of this:



and was mightily impressed.

The fine liner notes are by our Jens Laurson, which is a bonus.

[VonStupp]

Arthur Honegger
Le Roi David

Netania Davrath, Martial Singher
Madeleine Milhaud - Witch of Endor
Utah SO - Maurice Abravanel

King David's 'Alleluia' is beautiful, but this is a pretty eclectic cantata. Less eccentric, and more palatable, than Honegger's Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher however, although I like that one too.

VS

[Karl Henning]

Arthur Honegger
Le Roi David

Netania Davrath, Martial Singher
Madeleine Milhaud - Witch of Endor
Utah SO - Maurice Abravanel

King David's 'Alleluia' is beautiful, but this is a pretty eclectic cantata. Less eccentric, and more palatable, than Honegger's Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher however, although I like that one too.

VS

I don't know just why Le roi David didn't click with me, back when.

TD

"Wolferl"
Pf Sonata in F, K. 332 (1781-3)
Bart van Oort

Good, but not in LvB's class.

[VonStupp]

I don't know just why Le roi David didn't click with me, back when.

I know I have to be in a very peculiar mood to sit through Honegger's French narration in both King David and Joan of Arc; it is not casual listening, that is for sure.

VS

[MusicTurner]

I know I have to be in a very peculiar mood to sit through Honegger's French narration in both King David and Joan of Arc; it is not casual listening, that is for sure.

VS

Yeah, I had the old mono LP. Very solemn. Different times back then.

[Todd]

Disc two.  The set gets better each spin.

[Karl Henning]

CD 11

Baldassare Galuppi
Concerto a quattro № 1 in g minor

Boccherini
String Quartet in G « La Tiranna », Op. 44 № 4

Giuseppe Maria Cambini
String Quartet in g minor

[ritter]

First listen to this new arrival:



Music for piano duet by Les Six. Milhaud is represented by the ubiquitous Le Boeuf sur le toit and Scaramouche, but the works by the other cinq are much less known:

- Poulenc: L'Embarquement pour Cythère and Capriccio
- Tailleferre: Premières prouesses, Suite burlesque, and Deux valses
- Auric: Cinq bagatelles
- Durey: Neige
- Honegger: Trois contrepoints

The pianists are Philippe Corre and Édouard Exerjean (had never heard of them until now)

[vers la flamme]

Took Karl Henning's suggestion, jumping in with the fourth movement, "Fears".



Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No.13 in B-flat minor, op.113, "Babi Yar". Vasily Petrenko, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra

Sounds good, though still don't know if it's all the way clicking with me yet.

[Mirror Image]

Took Karl Henning's suggestion, jumping in with the fourth movement, "Fears".



Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No.13 in B-flat minor, op.113, "Babi Yar". Vasily Petrenko, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra

Sounds good, though still don't know if it's all the way clicking with me yet.

A shame. I think it's one of Shostakovich's towering masterpieces, but I don't like Petrenko's Shostakovich very much at all I'm afraid.

[Todd]

[vers la flamme]

A shame. I think it's one of Shostakovich's towering masterpieces, but I don't like Petrenko's Shostakovich very much at all I'm afraid.

Eh, I've got the rest of my life to spend with this music. I'm sure, or at least I hope, it will all click eventually.

Next up:



Sergei Rachmaninov: Francesca da Rimini, op.25. Gianandrea Noseda, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Singers

This was a library find from today. I didn't even know Rachmaninov had written any operas. So far so good, sounds quite dark, like a descent to hell ought to

[Karl Henning]

CD 11

Baldassare Galuppi
Concerto a quattro № 1 in g minor

Boccherini
String Quartet in G « La Tiranna », Op. 44 № 4

Giuseppe Maria Cambini
String Quartet in g minor

Pleasant, if arguably unnotable music, in superb presentation. Now:

CD 12

Giovanni Gabrieli
Due canzoni per sonar a quattro

Biagio Marini
Balletto primo a tre, Op. 22 № 1

Massimiiiano Neri

Sonata quinta a quattro, Op. 2 № 5

Giovanni Battista Vitali
Capriccio in F

Alessandro Scarlatti
Sonata a quattro № 4 in d minor

Antonio Vivaldi
Sonata a quattro in E^b « Al Santo Sepolcro » RV 130

I think it actually the case, that the Gabrieli, Scarlatti & Vivaldi are the superior works, and it is not name-recog. only.

[Mirror Image]

Eh, I've got the rest of my life to spend with this music. I'm sure, or at least I hope, it will all click eventually.

If you say so.

[André]

Every decade or so I like to listen to the complete music to Egmont. I have Szell, Abbado and Albrecht. Much depends on the important narrator part. The final hectoring diatribe always scares me. This one's quite good. Superb playing from the orchestra and sweet singing from soprano Ruth Ziesak. Very appropriately coupled with the overture Leonore II.

[vers la flamme]

If you say so.

I do say so. There's quite a bit of music that I didn't quite get at first that I now count among my favorites. One of the joys of life for me is gaining appreciation for a piece of music over time.

Edit: This Rachmaninov opera is REALLY good! Wasn't expecting to enjoy this so much!

[Mirror Image]

I do say so. There's quite a bit of music that I didn't quite get at first that I now count among my favorites. One of the joys of life for me is gaining appreciation for a piece of music over time.

Edit: This Rachmaninov opera is REALLY good! Wasn't expecting to enjoy this so much!

It's best to let it "fester" over time. Come back to it whenever you feel you're ready, but this may not mean much since I'm a Shostakovich fanatic. And yes, that is a great Rachmaninov work. All three of his operas are worth more hearings than they deserve. I revisited Aleko several nights ago and enjoyed it. I'll be listening to The Miserly Knight next.