What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[rauschwerk]

Miklós Rózsa
Orchestral Music Vol.3
Violin Concerto, Op.24
Concerto for Strings, Op.17
Theme, Variations & Finale, Op.133
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Rumon Gamba.

Rózsa's music is, imho, well worth anybody's time, though even Jennifer Pike's fine performance doesn't persuade me that the violin concerto one of his best pieces. The Theme, Variations and Finale (Op.13 btw) is an excellent early work (1933) which was premiered by Munch and taken up by Walter, Ormandy, Bernstein and others.

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Rózsa's music is, imho, well worth anybody's time, though even Jennifer Pike's fine performance doesn't persuade me that the violin concerto one of his best pieces. The Theme, Variations and Finale (Op.13 btw) is an excellent early work (1933) which was premiered by Munch and taken up by Walter, Ormandy, Bernstein and others.

Totally in agreement there.

Carrying on with my theme of recordings celebrating the artistry of Riccardo Chailly.

Bruckner
Symphony No.4 in Eb major “Romantic “
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly

[pastoralguy]

Mozart. Symphonies 40 & 41

Nicklaus Harnoncourt conducting The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

A 1995 cd in beautiful condition found in a local charity shop. 5 for a £!

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Beethoven
Symphonies No.1-9
Overtures
Leonora’s Nos.1,2, & 3
Fidelio Overture
Soile Isokopski (soprano)
Rosemarie Lang (contralto)
Robert Gambill (tenor)
René Pape (bass)
Chor Der Deutschen Staatsoper, Berlin
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim.

[Stanfordian]

Puccini – Turandot
Birgit Nilsson (Turandot), Jussi Björling (Calaf), Renata Tebaldi (Liù), Mario Sereni (Ping), Piero De Palma (Pang), Tommaso Frascati (Pong), Giorgio Tozzi (Timur) & Alessio De Paolis (Emperor Altoum)
Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Erich Leinsdorf
Recorded 1959 Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Original issue 1960 RCA Victor Red Seal -
Remastered and reissued 2013 on Alto CD.

[gurnemanz]

Greatly enjoying getting to know Herbert Howells songs. Two CD collection on Chandos, just picked up second-hand.
Lynne Dawson, Catherine Pierard, John Mark Ainsley and Benjamin Luxon, accompanied by Julian Drake.

[richardfinegold]

Mozart. Symphonies 40 & 41

Nicklaus Harnoncourt conducting The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

A 1995 cd in beautiful condition found in a local charity shop. 5 for a £!

Does it start skipping after the second moment of the G Minor?

[cloughie]

Mozart. Symphonies 40 & 41

Nicklaus Harnoncourt conducting The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

A 1995 cd in beautiful condition found in a local charity shop. 5 for a £!

Did you manage to revive your Haitink Mahler 6?

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Beethoven
Symphonies No.1-9
Overtures
Leonora’s Nos.1,2, & 3
Fidelio Overture
Soile Isokopski (soprano)
Rosemarie Lang (contralto)
Robert Gambill (tenor)
René Pape (bass)
Chor Der Deutschen Staatsoper, Berlin
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim.

Now hearing Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 from above set. A bit a,bit opus to hear all in one day,I’m thinking?!?!?

[gurnemanz]

Bach
Cantata 22, Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe
Canatat 23, Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn
Gustav Leonhardt

JSB's audition pieces for the Leipzig job

[Hitch]

Rodrigo
Cançoneta for Violin and Orchestra
Agustín León Ara, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/Marriner

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After my listening to B9, I thought, I haven’t heard Karajan’s LvB’s Missa Solemnis, so this is a good opportunity.

Beethoven
Missa Solemnis
(Gundula Janowitz, soprano, Christa Ludwig, contralto,
Fritz Wunderlich, tenor, Walter Berry, baa-baritone,
Wiener Singverein, Berliner Philharmoniker,
Herbert von Karajan)
Mozart
Mass in C major, K317 ‘Coronation Mass’
(Anna Tomowa-Sintow, soprano, Agnes Baltsa, contralto.
Werner Krenn, tenor, José van Dam, bass,
Wiener Singverein, Berliner Philharmoniker,
Herbert von Karajan).

[Bryn]

Cage: 10 (Apartment House) from:

http://www.anothertimbre.com/

A harmonic wonderland.

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Mahler
Symphony No.1 in D major.
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti.

Yesterday afternoon’s listening.

[cloughie]

Mahler
Symphony No.1 in D major.
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti.

Yesterday afternoon’s listening.

An absolute cracker Bbm!