What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[silvestrione]

Delius - Marche Caprice

Royal Scottish National Orchestra, cond. David Lloyd-Jones

Strange to think that it had to wait 56 years for its first performance. To quote from the Naxos notes on the RPO/Beecham recording: "Marche Caprice is the earliest Delius music to be heard on this disc. It dates from 1889-90 and is the third of a suite of three pieces entitled Morceaux Caractéristiques, all typical of the 28-year old Delius’s formative style. It had not been performed before Beecham rescued it for inclusion in his 1946 festival."

Not pedantry at all (to allude to your 'reason' for your edit), the sort of detail that makes these posts so intriguing! Certainly suggests something about Beecham's commitment to this composer.

[jayne lee wilson]

Pergolesi Stabat Mater
Scarlatti Stabat Mater
Sols./Concerto Italiano/Alessandrini. Opus 111CD.
Irresistible music, and very good as aubade/nocturne....

Robin Holloway Romanza Op.31 for Violin and Small Orchestra.
Gruenberg/CLS/Hickox. Chandos CD.

David Matthews
Toward Sunrise Op.117; Symphony No.8 Op.131.
BBCPO/Van Steen. Signum CD.

[Joseph K]

Return to The New Complete Stravinsky Edition: disk 22, which features his solo vocal works.

The second half of this disk.

[Joseph K]

Messiaen - Chronochromie - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Benjamin

[teamsaint]

LVB SQ # 15, Op 132
Alexander Quartet.

[Bryn]

LVB SQ # 15, Op 132
Alexander Quartet.

Which of their recordings of Op.132? They have recorded it at least twice. That in the Sony Complete Masterpieces box is the earlier one.

[teamsaint]

Which of their recordings of Op.132? They have recorded it at least twice. That in the Sony Complete Masterpieces box is the earlier one.

The earlier one in that case !!

Thanks for the info.

[DoctorT]

Mendelssohn
Elijah
Terfel et al/Edinburgh Festival Chorus/OAE/Daniel

[Stanfordian]

Mirella Freni – ‘The Opera Album’
Arias by Puccini, Verdi, Bellini, Mascagni & Bizet
Mirella Freni (soprano)
with Franco Bonisolli (tenor), Sesto Bruscantini (baritone), Gudrun Schäfer (soprano)
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg / Leone Magiera;
Chor und Orchester der Berliner Staatsoper / Lamberto Gardelli;
Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Ino Savini
Recorded: 1959 Munich; 1973 Berlin; 1974 Hamburg
Acanta

Walter Boeykens & Robert Groslot – ‘Musique pour Clarinette et Piano’
Saint-Saëns
Sonata in E flat major for clarinet & piano
Gaubert
Fantaisie for clarinet & piano
Chausson
Andante et Allegro & clarinet and piano
Pierné
Canzonetta for clarinet & piano
Rabaud
Solo de Concours for clarinet & piano
Messager
Solo de Concours for clarinet & piano
Debussy
Première Rhapsodie for clarinet & piano
Walter Boeykens (clarinet)
Robert Groslot (piano)
Recorded 1982 - No venue given
Classic Talent (orig. EMI & Signum)

[Joseph K]

Mozart - piano concerto no. 3 - Brautigam (fortepiano) Die Koelner Akademie/Willens

I just opened this newly arrived box of the complete Mozart piano concertos. Two thoughts: as with the complete Messiaen box and others, each CD comes in a blank white paper/cellophane case - I'd've preferred track listing on cardboard case. Unlike the Messiaen box, which contains one large booklet, this one contains many small ones, like a collection of booklets collected from the original CDs; not a real problem I guess, but I'd've preferred one large booklet. Just as well the music is good! And obviously this is early days yet, I have his mature concertos to look forward to.

[Mandryka]

There's a lot to be said about the performance, but what is impressing me at the moment is the beautiful sound of his lute harpsichord.

I will say something about the performance. His approach, which is effectively to make the voices in the contrapuntal music sound like they are improvising a duet, produces something airy, and totally organic. I'm listening to the fourth partita.

[Hitch]

Rodrigo - Fantasía para un Gentilhombre

Miloš Karadaglić (guitar)
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin

[Bryn]

There's a lot to be said about the performance, but what is impressing me at the moment is the beautiful sound of his lute harpsichord.

I will say something about the performance. His approach, which is effectively to make the voices in the contrapuntal music sound like they are improvising a duet, produces something airy, and totally organic. I'm listening to the fourth partita.

Please advise what it is you are referring to. Which work played on a lute harpsichord, for instance.

[pastoralguy]

Brahms. Piano Concerto No.2. C/W Tchaikovsky. Piano Concerto No.1

Arthur Rubinstein with London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Albert Coates and Barbirolli respectively.

Absolutely fantastic music making! Frankly, I wasn’t expecting much what with the Brahms being recorded in 1929 and the Tchaikovsky in 1932. The sheer force of the personalities involved make one forget about the less than modern sound and focus on the real ‘seat of the pants’ performances.

A cd bought in a charity shop in Grange-over-Sands last week for 10p! (I chose 10 cds which were 10 for a pound!)

[Mandryka]

Please advise what it is you are referring to. Which work played on a lute harpsichord, for instance.

Sorry! They are the six partitas for keyboard by JS Bach. I was listening to BWV 828, the fourth partita. All six are played on lute harpsichord by Wolfgang Rübsam. You can find some details of his approach, some samples, and the opportunity to purchase the recording, here

https://www.wolfgangrubsam.com/

Recommended! As is all his other recordings on lute harpsichord (except perhaps the violin transcriptions, I haven’t managed to get into them.)