What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[Bryn]

Morton Feldman: Violin and String Quartet (Apartment House)

http://www.anothertimbre.com/feldmanvsq.html

Arrived in the post, today.

It is mentioned inside the gatefold sleeve that those who purchase the CD double album, and who do not want to have to change discs to listen to the whole work, can request a FLAC of the complete recording from Another Timbre. I did so and Simon Reynell, who runs Another Timbre, sent the relevant download link today. Not only does the FLAC offer the complete performance as a single file, but it is also in 24-bit quantization, so the generally quiet dynamics are even better reflected than in the 16-bit CD version.

[Serial_Apologist]

He didn't complete it. Mr Yates did a very creditable 'Anthony Payne' job on it (i.e. a performable version of what Moeran left). It's on Dutton CDLX 7281, whee it is described as

'Sketches for Symphony no.2 in E flat realised and completed by Martin Yates'.

The disc includes an orchestration of John Ireland's Sarnia and Moeran's Overture for a Festival orchestrated by Rodney Newton.

That clarifies it - thanks.

[Joseph K]

Already within the space of less than two minutes and it seems like the Fine Arts Quartet have the measure of Bartok's third string quartet to a greater extent than the Hagen Quartett. Either that or it could be that simply hearing the piece again increases my appreciation, I don't know... it's good though.

[gradus]

Already within the space of less than two minutes and it seems like the Fine Arts Quartet have the measure of Bartok's third string quartet to a greater extent than the Hagen Quartett. Either that or it could be that simply hearing the piece again increases my appreciation, I don't know... it's good though.

Is this from the same complete Bartok quartets recordings originally released in the sixties on Saga?

[Pulcinella]

Is this from the same complete Bartok quartets recordings originally released in the sixties on Saga?

Yes, with the red, green, and blue covers.

Now available as this box set:

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7942344--bartok-string-quartets-nos-1-6#reviews

[Bryn]

Is this from the same complete Bartok quartets recordings originally released in the sixties on Saga?

In the UK, maybe, but they were originally issued on the Concert-Disc label in 1958 in the USA. They were not released on the SAGA label until 1962.

[Bryn]

In honour of the recently late Clarence Barlow, his Çoǧluotobüsişletmesi (Irmela Roelcke, Hermann Kretzschmar, Jürgen Kruse, and Benjamin Kobler [pianos], James Avery [conductor].

[smittims]

Busoni: piano concerto

Noel Mewton-wood, solo
BBC S.O.
Sir Thomas Beecham

overall a better performance than the famous EMI recording with John Ogdon, but possibly due to the conductior being more distinguished.

I always find this work goes through my head all day after hearing it, perhaps because its few main themes are skilfully re-introduced in various guises throughout. Although nearly 70 minutes, it is well-structured.

[Quarky]

After listening for what seems a lifetime to Through The Night, I have come across an acceptable alternative for my tastes. That is the Contemporaine section of France Musique. Nothing explosive or hard on the ears - plenty of natural sounds, bird song etc. For example Jean Claud Risset - Sud::

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc4dGl8JZGg

[ahinton]

Busoni: piano concerto

Noel Mewton-wood, solo
BBC S.O.
Sir Thomas Beecham

overall a better performance than the famous EMI recording with John Ogdon, but possibly due to the conductior being more distinguished.

I always find this work goes through my head all day after hearing it, perhaps because its few main themes are skilfully re-introduced in various guises throughout. Although nearly 70 minutes, it is well-structured.

Although this long predates Ogdon's recording, it's only been available comparatively recently. What lets Ogdon's otherwise spectacular account of the work down is the undistinguished and at times almost sloppy orchestral playing. Incidentally, Ogdon's introduction to the concerto was at what's now RNCM in Manchester when aged just 9 and he heard a student practising and asked what the music was, said student - Ronald Stevenson (1928-2015), then aged 18 - told him that it was Busoni's Piano Concerto...

[Pulcinella]

Although this long predates Ogdon's recording, it's only been available comparatively recently. What lets Ogdon's otherwise spectacular account of the work down is the undistinguished and at times almost sloppy orchestral playing. Incidentally, Ogdon's introduction to the concerto was at what's now RNCM in Manchester when aged just 9 and he heard a student practising and asked what the music was, said student - Ronald Stevenson (1928-2015), then aged 18 - told him that it was Busoni's Piano Concerto...

The version on my shelves ('inherited' via my partner's collection) is by Volker Banfield, with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Lutz Herbig (CPO).
I can't in all honesty say I remember listening to it, but I surely must have done.
Time to revisit?

[pastoralguy]

Brahms. Violin Concerto.

Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin.

Herbert Von Karajan conducting Die Berliner Philharmoniker.

Listening in honour of Ms. Mutter’s 60th birthday.

[ahinton]

The version on my shelves ('inherited' via my partner's collection) is by Volker Banfield, with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Lutz Herbig (CPO).
I can't in all honesty say I remember listening to it, but I surely must have done.
Time to revisit?

Yes, I'd say so - as also would be Marc-André Hamelin's and Peter Donohoe's, both conducted by Elder (though they might be visits rather than revisits); the one to avoid at all costs is Postnikova conducted by Rozhdestvensky which distends to almost an hour and a half...

[Stanfordian]

Verdi
‘Il trovatore’
Leontyne Price (soprano), Sherrill Milnes (baritone), Plácido Domingo (tenor),
Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo-soprano), Bonaldo Giaiotti (bass),
Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano), Stanley Riley (bass),
Neilson Taylor (tenor), Ryland Davies (bass)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Zubin Mehta
Recorded 1970 Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
Sony Classical Opera, remastered reissued CD set (orig. RCA Red Seal)

[pastoralguy]

Herbert Howells. ‘Cello Concerto.

Guy Johnston, ‘cello.

Britten Sinfonia conducted by Christopher Seaman.

(Whispers… It’s a bit thin…)