What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[Petrushka]

Mahler: Symphony No 3
Martha Lipton (mezzo-soprano)
Women's Chorus of the Schola Cantorum
Boys' Choir of the Church of the Transfiguration
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein

[Beef Oven!]

Mahler: Symphony No 3
Martha Lipton (mezzo-soprano)
Women's Chorus of the Schola Cantorum
Boys' Choir of the Church of the Transfiguration
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein

A great performance, superior to his DG outing. I still prefer the last Haitink release, although having spun Abbado's BPO et al recently, I find that one coming up on the blind-side.

Currently listening to Schnittke #2 prompted by teamsaint's post. BIS, Segerstam, Royal Stockholm et al .....

[Petrushka]

A great performance, superior to his DG outing. I still prefer the last Haitink release, although having spun Abbado's BPO et al recently, I find that one coming up on the blind-side.

Currently listening to Schnittke #2 prompted by teamsaint's post. BIS, Segerstam, Royal Stockholm et al .....

I was also prompted by ts into playing the Mahler. I've not played the DG for years and will give it an outing some time. The last Haitink release would be my preferred choice as well along with his earlier BPO set. I find it difficult to get on with the BPO/Abbado on account of the less than ideal sound.

[Beef Oven!]

A great performance, superior to his DG outing. I still prefer the last Haitink release, although having spun Abbado's BPO et al recently, I find that one coming up on the blind-side.

Currently listening to Schnittke #2 prompted by teamsaint's post. BIS, Segerstam, Royal Stockholm et al .....

I'm ok with the sound of the Abbado 3 on DG. Not sure what the complaint might be .....

Agree about the last Haitink, especially since that Prom performance, so close by.

[Bryn]

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 (the cough-ridden 1965 Ivanov live recording from the Melodiya 110th Anniversary box).

[Never mind the coughs, what a blistering 9th of January! The dynamic range is, to use a Clementinism, hugely impressive.]

[Stanfordian]

Brahms
Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53
Nanie, Op. 82
Helen Watts (contralto)
Choirs of Suisse Romande & Pro Arte de Lausanne
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Ernest Ansermet
Recorded 1967
Four Serious Songs, Op. 121 Five Songs, Op. 94
John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) & Martin Isepp (piano)
Recorded 1971
Decca

Mozart
Piano Trio in G major, K496
Piano Trio in B flat major, K502
Divertimenti in B flat major, K254
Maria João Pires, Augustin Dumay & Jian Wang
Recorded 1994 Hochschule für Musik, Munich (K502) & 1995 Konzertsaal, Lankwitz, Berlin (K254, K496)
Deutsche Grammophon

[cloughie]

Bruckner Sym 5 Chailly

[BBMmk2]

A great performance, superior to his DG outing. I still prefer the last Haitink release, although having spun Abbado's BPO et al recently, I find that one coming up on the blind-side.

Currently listening to Schnittke #2 prompted by teamsaint's post. BIS, Segerstam, Royal Stockholm et al .....

I still haven't heard the Haitink/Berlin account yet or the Bernstein. A must. abbado is always there at the top, as far as I am concerned, with the aforementioned quite close, I would think.

Hans Rott
Symphony No.1 in E minor; Two Suite Fragments/
Frankfurt RSO, Paavo Jarvi,

I heard the Scherzo this morning on Radio 3 Essential Classics and was blown away when they played the Scherzo from the above work.I think the first time I have heard this. A great find. Love it.

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No.3
Royal Concertgerbouw. Bernard Haitink.

[mahlerei]

Abbado's VPO Mahler 3rd, with the magnificent Jessye Norman, pretty good as well.

Now playing:

SHOSTAKOVICH
The Gadfly (score reconstructed by Mark Fitz-Gerald)
The Counterplan (excerpts)
Bachchor Mainz/Ralf Otto
Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz/Mark Fitz-Gerald
Premiere complete recording
NAXOS FILM MUSIC CLASSICS 8.573747

[Petrushka]

Haydn: Symphony No 88

[interval]

Mozart: Requiem
Edith Mathis (soprano), Julia Hamari (contralto)
Wieslaw Ochman (tenor), Karl Ridderbusch (bass)
Hans Haselböck (organ)
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor

Wiener Philharmoniker
Karl Böhm

[Stanfordian]

Richard Strauss
Don Juan, Op. 20
Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life), Op. 40
Anton Barachovsky (solo violin)
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Mariss Jansons
Recorded Live: 2013 Herkulessaal (Op. 20); 2011, Philharmonie (Op. 40), Munich
BR Klassik

Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 44
In Memoriam, Adagio, Op. 65
Konzertstück, Op. 84
Ulf Wallin (violin)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Okko Kamu
Recorded 2014 Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Dahlem, Berlin
BIS SACD

[BBMmk2]

Bach in the Wind
Prelude & Fugue in D minor, BWV539; Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C Major, BWV564;
Fantasia & Fugue in c minor, BWV542; Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, BWV582;
Christ lay in Bonds of Death, BWV625; In Dulci Jubilo, BWV720; Before the Throne I now Appear, BWV668; a mIGHTY fortress is our God, BWV720; Nun Komm' der heiden heilen, BWV870; Fugue in
C minor, BWV578/
Montreal Festival Wind Orchestra, conducted by Mordechai Rechtmann.

[DublinJimbo]

Hans Rott
Symphony No.1 in E minor; Two Suite Fragments/
Frankfurt RSO, Paavo Jarvi,

I heard the Scherzo this morning on Radio 3 Essential Classics and was blown away when they played the Scherzo from the above work.I think the first time I have heard this. A great find. Love it.

It's E major, isn't it? Agree it's terrific stuff. Hard to believe it was written 8 years before Mahler's 1st.

[pastoralguy]

Felix Mendelssohn. String Quartets No.4, Op.44/2 & No.2, Op.13

The Sorrel Quartet.

Chandos (1997)

Gorgeous playing.

[Petrushka]

Schumann: Overture - Manfred
Strauss: Don Juan

[interval]

Elgar: Violin Concerto*

Kyung-Wha Chung (violin)*
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam
Bernard Haitink

https://www.nporadio4.nl/concerten/264-omroeparchief-concertgebouworkest-o-l-v-bernard-haitink

Given in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, on December 2 1982

I've reversed the Strauss and Schumann as that was the order of the original concert according to the RCO concert archive.