What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[pastoralguy]

Rachmaninov. Piano concerto no. 3 in d minor

played by the powerhouse that is Yuja Wang with Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela.

Pretty impressive, imho.

[BBMmk2]

Just because it has ten movements does not make Turangalîla any symphonier.

Bit of a shaky start but the contributions from Osborne and Millar seem very fine, so far (a little way into the second movement). My earlier comment re. the wind section seem sadly to be being confirmed. Oh dear, this band was not too tight last night.

[Things do seem to improve as the performance progresses. Let's hope the orchestra is more together and the wind section sounds a bit more committed for the Leeds gig.]

My thoughts entirely. I did think that the conductor doesn't know what his orchestra can do. If I said anything else, elsewhere, I be routed!

[Lat-Literal]

Abram Chasins - A Shanghai Tragedy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLgr9k0L8vc

[pastoralguy]

Camille Saint-Saëns
Piano Concerto in g minor.

Cécile Ousset, piano

CBSO conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.

I heard Mademoiselle Ousset play the Rachmaninov 'Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini' with the SNO in 1978 and immediately fell in love with both the piece and her! (Well, I was 15!) She seems to have fallen off the radar recently although I understand she's still playing.

Actually, I realised I'm talking rubbish! (No surprises there then!)

It was Christina Ortiz I heard playing the Rachmaninov in 1978. I did fall in love with her too as indeed I had with Martha Argerich the year before. A pattern seems to be emerging here...

[Petrushka]

Bizet: Symphony in C

[interval]

Strauss: Ein Heldenleben

Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink

[Pianoman]

Brahms: Symphonies

Philharmonia/ Klemperer

Re-visiting this after many years. Interesting how I thought I'd moved on to a leaner, cleaner style with these works and wouldn't enjoy Otto's way, but boy did that first wow factor come back in spades !

[Lat-Literal]

Normand Lockwood - Light Out of Darkness - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEK3bPlyM5Y
Marion Bauer - Coyote Song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLp5Qs26KBU
Lukas Foss - Fantasy Rondo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_6FLhWhppA
Thomas Oboe Lee - Violin Concerto Op 129 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtfNY-LxCwA

[visualnickmos]

Brahms: Symphonies

Philharmonia/ Klemperer

Re-visiting this after many years. Interesting how I thought I'd moved on to a leaner, cleaner style with these works and wouldn't enjoy Otto's way, but boy did that first wow factor come back in spades !

I feel exactly the same. I too, hadn't played these for a while (a good few years) then about 3 months ago gave 'em a spin. Yep - that wow factor came storming back!

Of Brahms complete symphonies, this would be my desert island choice.

[Sir Velo]

Camille Saint-Saëns
Piano Concerto in g minor.

Cécile Ousset, piano

CBSO conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.

I heard Mademoiselle Ousset play the Rachmaninov 'Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini' with the SNO in 1978 and immediately fell in love with both the piece and her! (Well, I was 15!) She seems to have fallen off the radar recently although I understand she's still playing.
..

Indeed. In the 80s she was definitely on EMI's roster of go to artists for popular repertoire.

I must dig out my old copies of her virtuosic recording of the Debussy Preludes and the Grieg/Mendelssohn Concertos with the ASMF/Marriner (IIRC). Sadly both on tape. May need to investigate the options of transferring these to a FLAC file. Seem to remember a machine for this purpose being recommended on a thread so maybe time to get the credit card out...

[Pulcinella]

Englund: Piano concerto 1

Caught on YLE Klassinen (thanks, Draco!) yesterday afternoon, and thought it sounded vaguely familiar.
Realised that I had it (different performance) on a Naxos CD, so (re)listening a bit more attentively this morning.

[Stanfordian]

Magnard
Hymne à la Justice
Suite dans le Style Ancien
Chant Funèbre
Ouverture
Hymne à Vénus
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg/Mark Stringer
Recoeded 2001 Luxembourg Conservatoire
Timpani

Debussy – Piano Works
Masques
D'un cahier d'esquisses
L'isle joyeuse
Images I & II
Estampes
Children’s Corner
Steven Osborne (piano)
Recorded 2016 Henry Wood hall, London
Hyperion - New release

[BBMmk2]

Hiya StaN. I don't know Magnard's music at all. any good starting point?

[Stanfordian]

Hiya StaN. I don't know Magnard's music at all. any good starting point?

Hiya maestro,

Best places to start. I admire the 4 symphonies under Plasson on EMI:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magnard-Symphony-1-4-Alberic/dp/B000006DFJ

Also the complete chamber music on Timpani:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magnard-Complete-Chamber-Timpani-4C4228/dp/B00L98UNKE/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_15_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=N5PG8KJKET4Q7DCYTVXV

[Pulcinella]

Hiya maestro,

Best places to start. I admire the 4 symphonies under Plasson on EMI:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magnard-Symphony-1-4-Alberic/dp/B000006DFJ

Also the complete chamber music on Timpani:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magnard-Com...JKET4Q7DCYTVXV

I have the Hyperion dyad set of the symphonies:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magnard-Four-Symphonies/dp/B001L8K16S/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1507290156&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=Magnatd+symphonies

Not sure if jlw recommended them or not, but I'm sure she had something to say about him and his music somewhere (I haven't searched).

[Pulcinella]

Stravinsky: Violin concerto
Mullova/LAPO/Salonen

On YLE, but soon to be available in Casa Pulcinella, as it's in the Salonen Stravinsky box just ordered.
I can understand why the Penguin Guide gave it four stars!