What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[HighlandDougie]

I'll give it a try, though in recent decades I have been rather more taken wth the 2nd Piano Concerto. I probably listened to the 3rd too often in my youth (that and its 'progeny', the Ireland Piano Concerto).

Me too - like the Ravel PC in G, I've heard it much too often and tend to avoid it these days so, not having listened to it for some time, maybe that's why I enjoyed this performance so much. Agree about the 2nd but even that can pall with over-listening. And, yes, shame that MA seems to have given that concerto a complete body swerve.

[Joseph K]

I listened to Sur Incises yesterday (not one of my favourite Boulez pieces).

Today it's Messagesquisse and Anthemes 2.

[Mandryka]

I listened to Sur Incises yesterday (not one of my favourite Boulez pieces).

Today it's Messagesquisse and Anthemes 2.

I like the original Anthèmes (Anthèmes I) more - partly because I’m more interested in solo music. Irvine Arditti made a fabulous recording of it. I remember thinking Messagesquisse is nice though.

[Joseph K]

I like the original Anthèmes (Anthèmes I) more - partly because I’m more interested in solo music. Irvine Arditti made a fabulous recording of it. I remember thinking Messagesquisse is nice though.

I am fond of Anthèmes 1 & 2 (more so number 2 probably) and Messagesquisse...

[Stanfordian]

Bax
Concertante for cor anglais, clarinet, horn & orchestra
London Pageant,
Suite from Tamara
Cathaleen-ni-Hoolihan
BBC Philharmonic / Martyn Brabbins
Recorded 2000 New Broadcasting House, Manchester
Chandos

Bryn Terfel – ‘Silent Noon’
English Songs by Stanford, Quilter, Gurney, Keel, Elwyn-Edwards, Vaughan Williams,
Somervell, Head, Britten, Warlock, Parry, Dunhill
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) & Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Recorded 2003/04 Henry Wood Hall, London
Deutsche Grammophon

[BBMmk2]

Bax
Concertante for cor anglais, clarinet, horn & orchestra
London Pageant,
Suite from Tamara
Cathaleen-ni-Hoolihan
BBC Philharmonic / Martyn Brabbins
Recorded 2000 New Broadcasting House, Manchester
Chandos

Bryn Terfel – ‘Silent Noon’
English Songs by Stanford, Quilter, Gurney, Keel, Elwyn-Edwards, Vaughan Williams,
Somervell, Head, Britten, Warlock, Parry, Dunhill
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) & Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Recorded 2003/04 Henry Wood Hall, London
Deutsche Grammophon

I don’t know that Bax recording?!?!?

This morning’s listening

Brahms
Serenade in D major, Op.11
Serenade No.2 in A major, Op.16
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink.

[Joseph K]

Bruckner - Symphony no. 8 - Vienna Philharmonic/Boulez

[teamsaint]

Bruckner - Symphony no. 8 - Vienna Philharmonic/Boulez

Let us know what you think of it…….

[Joseph K]

Let us know what you think of it…….

Enjoying it. Not so much thinking about how Boulez interprets it - rather about Bruckner & how he's not really about melodies or even themes but rather texture, harmony and structure...

[teamsaint]

Enjoying it. Not so much thinking about how Boulez interprets it - rather about Bruckner & how he's not really about melodies but rather texture, harmony and structure...

…..and there I was thinking what nice melodies#8 has …..

Not sure I have ever heard any Boulez Bruckner in fact. ( Probably have, but have lined this up for a play in any case, as I rather like #8.)

[Joseph K]

…..and there I was thinking what nice melodies#8 has …..

Not sure I have ever heard any Boulez Bruckner in fact. ( Probably have, but have lined this up for a play in any case, as I rather like #8.)

Let us know what you think.

[Bryn]

…..and there I was thinking what nice melodies#8 has …..

Not sure I have ever heard any Boulez Bruckner in fact. ( Probably have, but have lined this up for a play in any case, as I rather like #8.)

Boulez Bruckner is as rare as hens' teeth. His 8th is well worth hearing, though it has always confused me that Boulez, with his supposed respect for the composition, should have chosen to use the Haas which, for all the way it flows, is not a score approved by its named composer. It's something of a cut-and-paste job, restoring some sections which Bruckner chose to remove.

[Petrushka]

Boulez Bruckner is as rare as hens' teeth. His 8th is well worth hearing, though it has always confused me that Boulez, with his supposed respect for the composition, should have chosen to use the Haas which, for all the way it flows, is not a score approved by its named composer. It's something of a cut-and-paste job, restoring some sections which Bruckner chose to remove.

The 8th was the only Bruckner symphony that Boulez recorded. However, the VPO concert archive reveals that he also conducted the 9th (in 2001) and the 7th (in 2005 and 2007).

https://www.wienerphilharmoniker.at/en/konzert-archiv

Rather a shame he didn't commit those to disc as well though I'm sure that the Austrian Radio (ORF) will have recordings stored in their vaults.

[RichardB]

I liked Boulez's Bruckner 8, despite going into it feeling that it probably wasn't going to do much for me. On the other hand I didn't find it as powerful as Giulini with the same orchestra which is my benchmark for Bruckner recordings.

[RichardB]

Now playing here: Brahms, Deutsches Requiem, the live 2008 recording conducted by JEG. Not much difference in interpretation between this and his earlier recording, although the liveness of it is certainly a plus, as are the two Schütz motets that open the programme. I would have liked the orchestra to be a bit more forward in the mix, but otherwise this is very fine indeed. I think I might just still prefer Herreweghe, but for some reason Qobuz misses out some of its tracks.