What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? IV

[Stanfordian]

Giacomo Meyerbeer
'Le prophète', grand opera in five acts (1849)
John Osborn, Elizabeth DeShong, Mané Galoyan, James Platt, Edwin Crossley-Mercer,
Guilhem Worms, Valerio Contaldo, Maxime Melnik, David Sánchez, Hugo Santos
Lyon Opera Chorus,
Maitrise des Bouches-du-Rhone,
Mediterranean Youth Orchestra,
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder
Recordeed Live July 2023, Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence
LSO Live, hybrid SACD, new release

[pastoralguy]

A interesting cd I picked up in the BHF for 50p today.

Bach & Mozart. Adagios & Fugues.

Arrangements for Clarinet Trio of music by Mozart, J.S. Bach and C.P.E. Bach.

Trio di Clarone. Sabine Meyer, Wolfgang Meyer & Reiner Wehle.

Lovely music for a summer’s evening.

[LMcD]

Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 (Perlman/Barenboim)

[smittims]

Brahms for me too: the first symphony, by the Boston Symphony and Charles Munch. Also Piston's sixth and Martinu's sixth, same artists. Both these were Boston S.O commissions.

[LMcD]

Brahms for me too: the first symphony, by the Boston Symphony and Charles Munch. Also Piston's sixth and Martinu's sixth, same artists. Both these were Boston S.O commissions.

I have CDs of a range of orchestral and chamber works by Piston, including the 6th symphony (Seattle SO/Schwarz).
Martinu 6th - I've been unable to find the details, but if memory serves it was performed at a Prom which I attended shortly after the Russian invasion ('fraternal assistance') of Czechoslovakia in August 1968. It was a pretty emotional evening, and scores of flowers - mostly roses, I think - were thrown onto the stage at the end of the performance.

[Pulcinella]

I have CDs of a range of orchestral and chamber works by Piston, including the 6th symphony (Seattle SO/Schwarz).
Martinu 6th - I've been unable to find the details, but if memory serves it was performed at a Prom which I attended shortly after the Russian invasion ('fraternal assistance') of Czechoslovakia in August 1968. It was a pretty emotional evening, and scores of flowers - mostly roses, I think - were thrown onto the stage at the end of the performance.

Martinu S6 Proms performances.

1. 2010
   1. 29 Aug
      Prom 58
2. 2001
   1. 25 Aug
      Prom 47
3. 1969
   1. 9 Sep
      Prom 48

[LMcD]

Martinu S6 Proms performances.

1. 2010
   1. 29 Aug
      Prom 58
2. 2001
   1. 25 Aug
      Prom 47
3. 1969
   1. 9 Sep
      Prom 48

Thank you - it was the 9th of September 1969. The other work on the programme was Mahler's 5th.

[richardfinegold]

Brahms for me too: the first symphony, by the Boston Symphony and Charles Munch. Also Piston's sixth and Martinu's sixth, same artists. Both these were Boston S.O commissions.

I just listened to the Piston-Martinu recording about 2 weeks ago. I have 2 other recordings of the Piston and this was an interesting change.
I’m not much for Martinu, outside of his VCs and Cello Concertos, and this piece didn’t change my opinion

[richardfinegold]

From the big Klemperer box I listened to the Liszt First PC and the Schumann Concerto with Annie Fischer. A little Liszt goes a long way with me but this had me sitting up and paying attention, an excellent mix of bravura and lyricism. The Schumann threatened to grind to stasis in I, but the momentum of III was perfectly judged for a satisfying send off.

I just listened to the Schumann again and don’t feel that it is lacking impetus in the first two movements. I tested positive for Covid last night and had a headache when listening so that might have altered my perception, or perhaps I’ve just gotten more in sync with the musicians. I’ve that experience with OK before, where things click after an initial hearing

[smittims]

Yes, I think this was Klemperer's only Liszt recording. Annie Fischer was a personal friend. Her husband Aladair Toth got Klemperer an important job in Budapest.

My last listening: Peteris Vasks : Cantabile for strings
Bantock: In the Silent West
Warlock: Capriol Suite. The version for orchestra, with some interesting Gabrieli-type wind/strings alternations.

[Stanfordian]

Gaëlle Arquez - ‘Ardente flamme’
Opera arias by Gluck, Cherubini, Lalo, Bizet, Berlioz, Gounod, Massenet & Wormser
Gaëlle Arquez (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine / Paul Daniel
Recorded 2017 L'Auditorium de Bordeaux
Deutsche Grammophon, CD

French Sonatas for Harpsichord & Violin
by Mondonville, Guillemain, Balbastre, Duphly, Corrette, Marchand & Clément
Philippe Grisvard (harpsichord) & Johannes Pramsohler (baroque violin)
Recorded 2016, SWR Studio, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Audax Records, 2 CDs

[groovydavidii]

Handel: Listening to Opus 3–Concerti grossi (complete) 5-cd box set, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, charity shop purchase £5, Sir Neville Marriner, Iona Brown, includes Water Music/Royal Fireworks, rousing, uplifting music…

[pastoralguy]

Anton Webern. Lieder.

Christiane Oelze, soprano and Eric Schneider, piano.

DG (1995)

Very interesting music.

[oliver sudden]

Boulez Domaines, the ensemble version. Portal, Musique Vivante / Masson. I’d forgotten how lovely this is…

[smittims]

The last 3 posts here are all discs I'm familiar with. I agree about Domaines, a very original and enjoyable piece.

For me this morning, Charles Munch again, conducting the Tchaikovsky Serenade for strings and Elgar's Introduction and Allegro, his only Elgar on disc, I think, with a curious slowing of tempo for the big tune . I haven't heard anyone else do this; I am sure it's a misreading of a tempo marking in the score.