What are you listening to now - I ?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

This morning: Brahms Piano 4tet in c minor/Han, Faust, Giuranna, Meunier
This afternoon: Nono Fragmente-Stille an Diotima/Ardittis; "Hay que caminar" sognando Irvine Arditti & Davis Alberman
This evening: The Flower of all Virginity(Music from the Eton Choirbook Vol 4) The Sixteen/Harry Christophers

[MrGongGong]

This morning: Leif Inge : 9 Beet Stretch
This afternoon: Leif Inge : 9 Beet Stretch
This evening: Leif Inge : 9 Beet Stretch

after which my ears will be clean and ready for tomorrows rehearsal of Hildergard Westerkamp , John White and a piece of my own

[gradus]

Voda.....fone's continuous loop of 'music'.

[EdgeleyRob]

Mahler 9 / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Vasily Petrenko (Evening concert last wednesday).

3 Stanford part songs from TTN.

[Roehre]

Today:

Honegger:
Une Cantate de Noël (1953)

Schönberg:
Weihnachtsmusik (1921)

Vaughan Williams:
Fantasia on Christmas Carols

Pettersson:
Symphony no.4 (1959)

The latest BBC MM CD : In dulci jubilo,
with seasonal repertoire sung by The Choir of Gonville & Caius College.
Amazing choice of repertoire –many non-trodden paths- in very nice performances (though some of the soloists are a bit wobbly).

[Petrushka]

Berlioz: Overture - The Corsair

Elgar: Cello Concerto (Jacqueline du Pre, cello)

[interval]

Mahler: Symphony No 4 (Heather Harper)

BBC SO/Sir John Barbirolli

Given in the Smetana Hall, Prague, January 3 1967

[jayne lee wilson]

60s classics for mum:
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 3 (LSO/Dorati, 1965)
Weber Der Freischutz, overture (Philharmonia/Klemperer, 1965)

Late night, solo, in a sombre mood:
Schoenberg, Quartet No.2 (Juilliards, 1952)

... ...
Haydn, Symphony No.44 (VSOO/Scherchen, 1953)

[John Skelton]

Friedrich Cerha, 'Cello Concerto and Franz Schrecker, Chamber Symphony. Heinrich Schiff / Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra / Peter Eötvös (ECM). Excellent CD: Cerha is an interesting composer (much more to his music than the brilliant completion of Act III of Berg's Lulu) and Schrecker's Chamber Symphony is .

[Mahlerei]

Stenhammar: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 (Sivelöv)

[gurnemanz]

Schubert Mayrhofer Lieder with Siegfried Lorenz. Auf der Donau is a haunting little song which I have have not taken much notice of up to now. It starts off placid and lilting and gradually turns anxious.
I found a rather compelling video with F-D and Richter:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2Cl2xeFT5g

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Friedrich Cerha, 'Cello Concerto and Franz Schrecker, Chamber Symphony. Heinrich Schiff / Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra / Peter Eötvös (ECM). Excellent CD: Cerha is an interesting composer (much more to his music than the brilliant completion of Act III of Berg's Lulu)

There used to be a boxed set of 5 CDs of his works, but it doesn't seem to be readily available. There are individual discs from KAIROS and col legno, and the ECM CD you mention.

and Schrecker's Chamber Symphony is .

Oh, it is, it is!

As for me this afternoon:

The Voices of Angels Volume 5 of the Eton Choirbook collection by The Sixteen conducted by Harry Christophers.
Achingly beautiful Music that makes time and the world back off, just a little.

[Chris Newman]

Berlioz: Overture - The Corsair

Elgar: Cello Concerto (Jacqueline du Pre, cello)

[interval]

Mahler: Symphony No 4 (Heather Harper)

BBC SO/Sir John Barbirolli

Given in the Smetana Hall, Prague, January 3 1967

Do you have that concert on tape, Petrushka? I have the Mahler on CD. I seem to recall that the interval feature was about the BBCSO tour at the time and featured the players having jam sessions on long bus and train journeys to pass the time and included the great Heather Harper (one of my favourite Mahler, Strauss and Mozart sopranos) leading a rousing chorus of (wait for it) Lara's Theme from Doctor Zhivago. On the same tour (concerts were broadcast live back in Blighty in those days) Sir John walked out on a Moscow Concert because the audience were still coming in after he reached the rostrum.

[John Skelton]

There are individual discs from KAIROS and col legno, and the ECM CD you mention.

http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product//KAI0013002.htm I'd recommend enthusiastically .

Pete likes it, too: "I have always regarded Friedrich Cerha as one of the most important personalities of his generation. I have followed his composing with great interest whenever I had the opportunity to listen to a work or read it during its creation. I am delighted that an album has now appeared which makes it possible to get an impression of his music’s remarkable development. I hope that this will serve to create an awareness of his true significance."
Pierre Boulez (Paris, 21 Dec. 2009) http://shop.kairos-music.com/en/C/FR...m-Momente.html

One of us must be right .

[maestro267]

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 in A major
LPO/Jansons

[EdgeleyRob]

Mendelssohn string quartet op 80 / Melos quartet.

Mozart string quartet K 387 / Amadeus quartet.

Beethoven string quartet op 135 / Amadues quartet.

Beethoven piano sonatas (lunchtime concert today)