What are YOU listening to today?

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:25 am

Honegger
Symphony № 4, Deliciae basiliensis
Bavarian Radio Symphony
Dutoit

Cheers,
~Karl

piston · Post by **piston** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:48 am

Koechlin:
Septet for Wind Ensemble.
Henri Sauguet:
Suite royale pour clavecin.

maskedman · Post by **maskedman** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:32 pm

Anne-Sophie Mutter
Dutilleux, Bartok, Stravinsky
Violin Concertos

Rautavaara
Angel of Light
Leif Segerstam

Debussy
La Mer, Nocturnes, Premiere Rhapsodie, Jeux
Pierre Boulez
Cleveland Orch.

John Surman
Private City

Robert

kombelpeter · Post by **kombelpeter** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:32 pm

Great thread!

Richard Wagner

Götterdämmerung

Wilhelm Furtwängler
Scala Orchestra Live Recordings 1950

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:51 pm

Jared wrote:
.... Also of interest, is that the Harnoncourt set includes the original, 1841 version of the 4th Symphony...

I would certainly be interested in hearing that

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:34 pm

Prokofiev
The Tale of the Stone Flower, Opus 118
North German Radio Symphony Orchestra Hanover
Mikhail Jurowski

Cheers,
~Karl

nut-job · Post by **nut-job** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:38 pm

Fergus wrote:
Jared wrote:
.... Also of interest, is that the Harnoncourt set includes the original, 1841 version of the 4th Symphony...
I would certainly be interested in hearing that

I pinched a used copy of the Harnoncourt Schumann 3 and 4 on Amazon Marketplace for 5 bucks, and I also have an older recording of Schumann 4 (and Schubert 4) with the Berlin Philharmonic. Unfortunately the booklet of the old Berlin recording is defective. It has the right cover but all the pages inside seem to describe a Neal Young album. Does anyone know offhand if the Harnoncourt/Schumann 4/Berlin recording is the original or revised version? (I guess it's likely to be revised version if there is no explicit mention on the cover.)

Donaldopato · Post by **Donaldopato** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 7:27 pm

since "Sylph" mentioned the composer in a thread:

Sir Granville Bantock (is that not a name or what??):

Celtic Symphony, The Witch of Atlas, The Sea Reivers, A Hebridean Symphony"

Handley, RPO Hyperion CDA 66450

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:18 pm

Feldman
Coptic Light

Cheers,
~Karl

maskedman · Post by **maskedman** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:23 pm

karlhenning wrote:Feldman
Coptic Light

Cheers,
~Karl

Karl,
Is this the Tilson Thomas disc?....I love this entire disc.....

Robert

piston · Post by **piston** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:28 pm

To piano music from a young Ginastera:
-Danzas Argentinas, op. 2;
-Milonga from Dos Canciones, op. 3;
-Tres Piezas, op. 6;
-Malambo, op. 7;
-Triste, op. 10 (Fournier arrang. for piano and cello);
-Suite de Danzas Criollas, op. 15.

Alberto Portugheis, piano.
(with Ginastera's wife at the cello)

Jared · Post by **Jared** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 1:32 am

nut-job wrote:
Fergus wrote:
Jared wrote:
.... Also of interest, is that the Harnoncourt set includes the original, 1841 version of the 4th Symphony...
I would certainly be interested in hearing that
I pinched a used copy of the Harnoncourt Schumann 3 and 4 on Amazon Marketplace for 5 bucks, and I also have an older recording of Schumann 4 (and Schubert 4) with the Berlin Philharmonic. Unfortunately the booklet of the old Berlin recording is defective. It has the right cover but all the pages inside seem to describe a Neal Young album. Does anyone know offhand if the Harnoncourt/Schumann 4/Berlin recording is the original or revised version? (I guess it's likely to be revised version if there is no explicit mention on the cover.)

taking a guess, I *think* that is the revised version... the original version with the Ch Orch of Europe (Warner) is rarely played...

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:46 am

maskedman wrote:
karlhenning wrote:Feldman
Coptic Light
Karl,
Is this the Tilson Thomas disc?....I love this entire disc.....

Robert

Aye, a lovely disc!

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 7:33 am

JSB
French Ouverture en si mineur, BWV 831
Christiane Jaccottet, harpsichord

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:16 am

JSB
French Suite № 1 in D Minor, BWV 812
Christiane Jaccottet, harpsichord

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:33 am

JSB
French Suite № 2 in C Minor, BWV 813
Christiane Jaccottet, harpsichord

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:47 am

No surprise, of course . . . .

JSB
French Suite № 3 in B Minor, BWV 814
Christiane Jaccottet, harpsichord

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 9:14 am

Joly Braga Santos
Staccato brilhante (1988)
Concerto for Cello & Orchestra (1987)
Jan Bastiaan Neven, vc
Algarve Orchestra
Cassuto

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 10:42 am

Joly Braga Santos
Divertimento № 2 (1978)
Algarve Orchestra
Cassuto

A little puzzled at calling a two-movement work, of which the first is an exquisitely long-breathed Largamente, a "divertimento" . . . but whatever the title, this is wonderful music.

Cheers,
~Karl

maskedman · Post by **maskedman** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 1:22 pm

Morton Feldman
Piano and Orchestra
Cello and Orchestra
Coptic Light
New World S.O.
Michael Tilson Thomas
ARGO
(thank you for the reminder Karl)

Humphrey Searle
Symphonies 2 3 & 5
BBC Scottish S.O.
Alun Francis
CPO

Benjamin Frankel
Complete String Quartets (1-5)
Nomos Quartet
CPO

Robert

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 2:59 pm

maskedman wrote:Morton Feldman
Piano and Orchestra
Cello and Orchestra
Coptic Light
New World S.O.
Michael Tilson Thomas
ARGO
(thank you for the reminder Karl)

At your service, Robert!

Hindemith
Symphony in B-flat for Concert Band (1951)
Philharmonia Orchestra
The composer conducting

Cheers,
~Karl

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 4:53 pm

I have just spent a wonderful evening listening to Schoenberg's Gurrelieder for the first time

I loved every minute of it

Chalkperson · Post by **Chalkperson** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:02 pm

Fergus wrote:I have just spent a wonderful evening listening to Schoenberg's Gurrelieder for the first time

I loved every minute of it

At least it wasn't Rattie's reading...

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:06 pm

Chalkperson wrote:
At least it wasn't Rattie's reading...

I didn't know that he did one....I would have acquired it just to annoy you

Jared · Post by **Jared** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:07 pm

this evening, I have listened to:

Mendelssohn: Symph 2 (Hymn of Praise) & Schumann: Symph 3 (Rhenish) courtsey of various BBC Orchestras...

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:29 pm

Fergus wrote:
Chalkperson wrote:
At least it wasn't Rattie's reading...
I didn't know that he did one....I would have acquired it just to annoy you

That's about the only reason there is for buying it and certainly not to listen to it.

Sylph · Post by **Sylph** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 6:14 pm

johnQpublic · Post by **johnQpublic** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 6:35 pm

Strauss - Overture to Act 1 of "Le Bourgeois Gentilehomme" (Leinsdorf/ASV)
Bartok - Divertimento (Solti/London)
Martin - Petite Symphonie Concertante (Kapp/ESS.A.Y)

Trilogy · Post by **Trilogy** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 9:47 pm

Mahler Symphony No.6 in A Minor (Live) (Abbado / B.Phil., DG)

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:16 am

JSB
French Suite № 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 815
Christiane Jaccottet, harpsichord

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:30 am

JSB
French Suite № 5 in G Major, BWV 816
Christiane Jaccottet, harpsichord

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:19 am

JSB
French Suite № 6 in E Major, BWV 817
Christiane Jaccottet, harpsichord

Italian Concerto in F Major, BWV 971
Dubravka Tomsic, pf

Cheers,
~Karl

Chalkperson · Post by **Chalkperson** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:43 am

Sylph wrote:

I have always heard good things about that Recording, never seen it at J+R, but I always keep looking...

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:54 am

Liszt
Tasso, Lamento e Trionfo (S.96)
Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig
Masur

Cheers,
~Karl

Sylph · Post by **Sylph** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:55 am

Chalkperson wrote: I have always heard good things about that Recording, never seen it at J+R, but I always keep looking...

Buying online is not an option?

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:29 am

Liszt
Poème symphonique № 4: Orpheus (S.98)
Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig
Masur

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:42 am

Liszt
Mephisto Waltz № 2 (S.111)
Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig
Masur

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:05 am

Prokofiev
Sonatines, Opus 54
№ 1 in e minor
№ 2 in G Major
György Sándor

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:19 am

Prokofiev
Piano Sonata № 9 in C Major, Opus 103
György Sándor

Cheers,
~Karl

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 3:01 pm

Prokofiev's stimulating Concerto for Cello and Orchestra:

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 3:12 pm

Seán wrote:Prokofiev's stimulating Concerto for Cello and Orchestra

Wonderful piece, Seán!

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 3:23 pm

Vaughan Williams
Symphony № 6
London Phil
Haitink

Cheers,
~Karl

Chalkperson · Post by **Chalkperson** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 4:00 pm

Fergus wrote:
Chalkperson wrote:
At least it wasn't Rattie's reading...
I didn't know that he did one....I would have acquired it just to annoy you

It's actually pretty good, and he has excellent soloists...

http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Dri ... p_id=27962

johnQpublic · Post by **johnQpublic** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 4:22 pm

Walton - Johannesburg Festival Overture (Thomson/Chandos)
Wiren - Symphony #2 (Dausgaard/cpo)
Leifs - Hekla (Shao/BIS)

Jared · Post by **Jared** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 4:24 pm

RVW: Symphonies Nos 1,2,3 & 4... Andre Previn, LSO, RCA...

Chalkperson · Post by **Chalkperson** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 4:48 pm

Sylph wrote:
Chalkperson wrote: I have always heard good things about that Recording, never seen it at J+R, but I always keep looking...
Buying online is not an option?

Takes the fun out of finding it, but, I guess I have no choice...

piston · Post by **piston** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 4:52 pm

Ginastera:
=Doce Preludios Americanos, op. 12, piano (1944)
includes tributes to Juan Jose Castro, Aaron Copland and Villa Lobos
-Piezas Infantiles, piano (1934)
-Four Dances from Estancia, op. 8
-Pampeana, for 'cello and piano, op. 21 (1959).
Portugheis at the piano; Aurora Ginastera at the 'cello.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:25 pm

johnQpublic wrote:Walton - Johannesburg Festival Overture (Thomson/Chandos)

This I've never heard... How is it? When in his career was it composed?

piston · Post by **piston** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:35 pm

Ginastera:
-"Cancion al arbor del Olvido" from Two Songs, op. 3 (1938)
with Jose Carreras.
-Cantos del Tucuman, op. 4, for voice, violin, flute, harp and two Indian Cajas (1938), with a semi-professional ensemble...the singer was very good.
-Duo for flute and oboe, op. 13 (1945). Neat little piece.
-Pampeana no. 1, for violin and piano, op. 16 (1947). Quite dissonant at this point in Ginastera's aesthetic development.
-Rondo sobre temas infantiles argentinos, op. 19, piano (1947)
-String quartet no. 1, op. 20 (1948). His first "major work"?

johnQpublic · Post by **johnQpublic** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:56 pm

Ken wrote:
johnQpublic wrote:Walton - Johannesburg Festival Overture (Thomson/Chandos)
This I've never heard... How is it? When in his career was it composed?

1956, Ken, which places it a little beyond the mid-point in his career. It's not unlike his other overtures (Scapino & Portsmith Point) in that it's lively, sassy and a tiny bit brassy with several tunes that keep reappearing but always altered through re-orchestrations and re-harmonizations. It's good stuff.

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