What Are You Listening To Now? - II

[Stanfordian]

Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 'Romantic' version 1878/80 ed. Nowak (1958)
Münchner Philharmoniker/Valery Gergiev
Recorded 2015 Philharmonie, Munich
Münchner Philharmoniker Recordings

Xavier Sabata - Catharsis
Arias from Orlandini, Conti, Torri, Vivaldi, Handel, Hasse, Ariosti, Caldara, Sarro
Xavier Sabata (countertenor)
Armonia Atenea/George Petrou
Recorded 2015 Athènes au Megaron, Greece
Aparte Music

[BBMmk2]

Playing the Bruckner again today, as I didn't hear it all, unfortunately.

Next up

Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No.1 in Bb minor, Op.23.
Lazar Berman(piano), Berliner Philharmoniker,
Herbert von Karajan.

Used to have this on vnyl, when it first appeared on the scene!

Following on from the piano concerto, I played Tchaik's Symphony No.5, from this box. having said that, it's certainly not patch on his much earlier 1960s recording! You wouldn't have thought it were from the same conductor! having said that, I am quite enjoying this box set.

[HighlandDougie]

I've no idea about the sound quality of these recordings though.

Barring the Japanese SACDs, it's as good as you'll get. 2010 Abbey Road 24/96 remastering. Notes by Richard Osborne. A steal at that price!

[Petrushka]

Celebrating the 90th anniversary of the birth of Mstislav Rostropovich, March 27 1927

Dvorak: Cello Concerto
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan

[interval]

Shostakovich: Symphony No 5
National Symphony Orchestra of Washington DC
Mstislav Rostropovich

[Stanfordian]

Mahler
Symphony No. 2 ‘Resurrection’
Anne Schwanewilms (soprano) & Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano)
Münchner Philharmoniker/Valery Gergiev
Recorded 2015 Philharmonie, Munich
Münchner Philharmoniker Recordings

Revive - Elīna Garanča
Arias from Cilea, Berlioz, Cilea, Leoncavallo, Mascagni, Massenet,
Mussorgsky, Ponchielli, Saint-Saëns, Thomas, Ambroise, Verdi
Elīna Garanča (mezzo-soprano)
Cor de la Comunitat Valenciana
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana/Roberto Abbado
Recorded 2016 Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Valencia,
Deutsche Grammophon

[BBMmk2]

Gergiev recording another Mahler cycle, Stan?

Bartok Orchestral Music.(Box of 4CDs).
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer

[pastoralguy]

Continuing our Haydn Symphony odyssey on Period Instruments.

Today, Symphony 54 in two versions.

Christopher Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music.

[Stanfordian]

Gergiev recording another Mahler cycle, Stan?

Bartok Orchestral Music.(Box of 4CDs).
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer

Looks like it. Last week I was in Munich and saw Valery Gergeiv and the Münchner Philharmoniker give a stunning account of Mahler 4 at the Philharmonie. It was being recorded I noticed; certainly for radio.

[BBMmk2]

Looks like it. Last week I was in Munich and saw Valery Gergeiv and the Münchner Philharmoniker give a stunning account of Mahler 4 at the Philharmonie. It was being recorded I noticed; certainly for radio.

This surely has to be a record for conductors doing this?

[Petrushka]

Looks like it. Last week I was in Munich and saw Valery Gergeiv and the Münchner Philharmoniker give a stunning account of Mahler 4 at the Philharmonie. It was being recorded I noticed; certainly for radio.

The LSO/Gergiev Mahler cycle was the least likeable one I'd heard and I never did get the 4th. Still got the LSO discs but not sure why I don't give them away as I'm not likely to hear them again.

I'm not so far tempted by the Munich re-make on the grounds that once bitten, twice shy but would be interested in any reports of whatever has been issued so far (the 2nd has. Any more?).

[Lat-Literal]

A bit of Turkey:

Cemal Resit Rey - Türkiye - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ScPGXnCw3Y

[jayne lee wilson]

Beethoven Symphony No.1; Symphony No.2. NBC Symphony Orchestra/Toscanini.
Live Oct/Nov 1939. Music & Arts CDs 2013.

[BBMmk2]

The LSO/Gergiev Mahler cycle was the least likeable one I'd heard and I never did get the 4th. Still got the LSO discs but not sure why I don't give them away as I'm not likely to hear them again.

I'm not so far tempted by the Munich re-make on the grounds that once bitten, twice shy but would be interested in any reports of whatever has been issued so far (the 2nd has. Any more?).

Always send them to me Pet! :)

[gurnemanz]

Couldn't stand listening to the news and opted for Klemperer/Eroica as breakfast accompaniment. Funeral March matched my mood.

[cloughie]

The LSO/Gergiev Mahler cycle was the least likeable one I'd heard and I never did get the 4th. Still got the LSO discs but not sure why I don't give them away as I'm not likely to hear them again.

I agree Pet, they are not even idiosyncratically fun. Whatever his talents are elsewhere he is not a Mahlerian, l see he's done Bruckner 4 and some R Strauss in Munich - anyone any comments on these I don't think he would fare well with Elgar but maybe he's not tried it yet!