What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[richardfinegold]

Indeed, and the references to Schneider and Knab relate to the Haydn, not the Beethoven.

OK, that explains it. I have that Jansons B9. I find it to be like every one of his recordings since he left Oslo. Well played, tidily executed, not particularly memorable

[BBMmk2]

Elgar
Caractacus, Op.35
Severn Suite, Op.87
Judith Howarth (soprano)
Arthur Davies (tenor)
Stephen Roberts (baritone)
Alastair Miles (bass)
LSO Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox

Parry: Songs of Farewell
Choral music by
Parry, Holst, RR Bennett, Howells,
Tavener, Elgar, Vaughan Williams,
Sullivan and W. Harris
Tenebrae, Nigel Short.

[Cockney Sparrow]

I'm scheduled (if all goes well) to be singing in a performance of Elgar's The Black Night, next year. Not many recordings, I must listen to the Hickox.

[pastoralguy]

Bartok. String Quartets.

The Lindsay Quartet.

I’ve never really associated The Lindsays with this music but they play it extremely well.

[CallMePaul]

Bartok. String Quartets.

The Lindsay Quartet.

I’ve never really associated The Lindsays with this music but they play it extremely well.

I don't have their recording, but I heard the Lindsays play the cycle twice when they were resident at Manchester University. My favourite recording of these is the Hungarian Quartet on DG; I have this on vinyl LP and do not know if it is available on CD,

[Bryn]

Bartok. String Quartets.

The Lindsay Quartet.

I’ve never really associated The Lindsays with this music but they play it extremely well.

And in tune, or did they come Cropper?

[rauschwerk]

Bartok. String Quartets.

The Lindsay Quartet.

I’ve never really associated The Lindsays with this music but they play it extremely well.

They studied the Bartok quartets with Sándor Végh and Vilmos Tátrai, so surely they knew them intimately.

[BBMmk2]

Handel
Saeviat tellus inter Rigores
Laudate Pueri Dominum
Salve Regina
Dixit Dominus
Annick Massis (soprano)
Magdalena Kožena (mezzo-soprano and soprano in DD)
Sara Fulgoni (contralto)
Patrick Henckens, Kevin Maclean-Nair, (tenors)
Marcos Puljol (bass)
Chœur et Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski.

Sibelius
CD 1
Kullervo
(Randi Stene, mezzo-soprano, Peter Mattel, baritone,
National Chpir of Estonia
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Paavo Järvi)
CD 2
Night Ride, & Sunrise, Op.55
Luonnotar, Op.70 *
Lemminkäinen Suite, Op.22
(*Solveg Kringleborn, soprano,
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Paavo Järvi).

[BBMmk2]

Handel
Saeviat tellus inter Rigores
Laudate Pueri Dominum
Salve Regina
Dixit Dominus
Annick Massis (soprano)
Magdalena Kožena (mezzo-soprano and soprano in DD)
Sara Fulgoni (contralto)
Patrick Henckens, Kevin Maclean-Nair, (tenors)
Marcos Puljol (bass)
Chœur et Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski.

Sibelius
CD 1
Kullervo
(Randi Stene, mezzo-soprano, Peter Mattel, baritone,
National Chpir of Estonia
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Paavo Järvi)
CD 2
Night Ride, & Sunrise, Op.55
Luonnotar, Op.70 *
Lemminkäinen Suite, Op.22
(*Solveg Kringleborn, soprano,
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Paavo Järvi).

Carrying on from the above Sibelius set.

Sibelius
CD 3
The Maiden in the Tower (1896)
Pelléas & Mélisande, Op.46 (1906)
Solveg Kringlehorn (soprano)
Lilli Paaskkivi (mezzo-soprano)
Lars-Erik Johnson (tenor)
Gary Magee (baritone)
Ellerhein Girls’ Choir
Estonian National Male Voice Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi.

[Alison]

Carrying on from the above Sibelius set.

Sibelius
CD 3
The Maiden in the Tower (1896)
Pelléas & Mélisande, Op.46 (1906)
Solveg Kringlehorn (soprano)
Lilli Paaskkivi (mezzo-soprano)
Lars-Erik Johnson (tenor)
Gary Magee (baritone)
Ellerhein Girls’ Choir
Estonian National Male Voice Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi.

Which Sibelius set is this Maestro?

[Bryn]

Which Sibelius set is this Maestro?

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7990011--sibelius-symphonic-poems-cantatas?_gl=1*1rz7s04*_up*MQ..*_ga*NzM2MjkxMTQxLjE2MzM3NzMxODY.*_ga_YSZK8CYF0N*MTYzMzc3MzE4NS4xLjAuMTYzMzc3MzE4NS4w

[Bryn]

Milhaud: L'Homme et son désir (Abravanel). Possibly my favourite Milhaud work.



Though my introduction to the work and this recording was via:



There is also a recording with Milhaud conducting the piece, but I think the Abravanel the better.

[pastoralguy]

J.S. Bach. Six Partitas.

Andras Schiff, piano.

ECM Edition. Charity shop find. £1.50!

[Alison]

https://www.prestomusic.com/classica...YzMzc3MzE4NS4w

Looks a decent set, thanks Nethersage.

[Alison]

Revisiting

Mozart Symphonies SCO/Mackerras

Had forgotten just how tremendous a set this is.

Symphonies 29, 31, 32, 35 and 36