What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[Dave2002]

Dohnányi
2nd Piano Quintet in E flat minor, Op 26.
Martin Roscoe and the Vanbrugh Quartet
Available at Amazon Unlimited and probably also Qobuz and Spotify

https://music.amazon.co.uk/albums/B003Y701IM?trackAsin=B003Y7146A&ref=dm_sh_9a86-973e-86ca-c26f-6a9c7

A curious work this, and worth listening to several times to get into it.

[Lat-Literal]

Hendrik Andriessen:

Miroir de Peine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0qY_GpYBe8
Psalm 100 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgA1W1DXn00
Qui Habitat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y1bnLVBBe0
Ricercare, 1949 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waTfsA6Dzog

Underrated in my humble opinion.

[Stanfordian]

Haydn
Symphony No. 76
Mozart
Symphony No. 40, K550
Recorded live 1995 (Haydn) & 1988 (Mozart) Philharmonie, Berlin
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Günter Wand
Profil

Ligeti
String Quartet No. 1 'Métamorphoses Nocturnes'
String Quartet No. 2
Hommage À Hilding Rosenberg
Ballade and Dance, for 2 violins
Movements (2) for string quartet
Arditti Quartet
Recorded 1994 Henry Wood Hall, London
Sony

[BBMmk2]

Pet, your Bruckner and Mahler 5 concert looks rather interesting combination. Sounds as though it could b quite fulfilling!

Robert Schumann
Adagio & Allegro, Op.70
Fantasiestucke, op.73
Clarinet Sonata No.1 in F minor, Op.120, No.1
Clarinet Sonata No.2 in F major, Op.120, No.2
K;auss pfister(saxophone, Gerard Wyss(piano)
shore

Howard Shore
Soundtrack to the film ""The hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"

[eighthobstruction]

....I'm listening to my mind in free fall (sans velocity) thinking how I'd like to ring the neck of the bloke who runs the repairs garage that I use....a staccato self confident little sound - whinging but in a low register - quite violent attention seeking sort of ah ah ah ah ah ah.....

[HighlandDougie]

Messiaen: Trois petites liturgies de la Présence divine/O sacrum convivium!/Cinq rechants
Duruflé: Requiem (and other pieces on the CD, 'Remembrance')

Danish National Vocal Ensemble/Danish National Concert Choir/Danish National Chamber Orchestra/Marianna Shirinyan (piano)/Thomas Bloch (ondes Martenot)/Marcus Creed (Messiaen)
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo)/Neal Davies (bass)/Matthew Jorysz (organ)/Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/Graham Ross (Duruflé)

Two of the current Amazon France bargain CDs offer (4 for €18), which has been a bit like being let loose in a sweetshop, as there is/was so much on offer which I might not have bought at full price but at €4.50 a pop was very tempting. The Messiaen is beautifully recorded and, particularly in the case of the Cinq Rechants, stunningly well sung - eat your heart out, BBC Singers. The best performance of them I've ever heard.

The Graham Ross/Clare College Choir CD is a delight - even "Abide with Me" (admittedly as arranged by Graham Ross) proves to be quite moving.

[Dave2002]

Dohnányi
2nd Piano Quintet in E flat minor, Op 26.
Gottlieb Wallisch and the Ensō Quartet

[teamsaint]

Indescribably lovely.

[Bryn]

Messiaen: Trois petites liturgies de la Présence divine/O sacrum convivium!/Cinq rechants
Duruflé: Requiem (and other pieces on the CD, 'Remembrance')

Danish National Vocal Ensemble/Danish National Concert Choir/Danish National Chamber Orchestra/Marianna Shirinyan (piano)/Thomas Bloch (ondes Martenot)/Marcus Creed (Messiaen)
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo)/Neal Davies (bass)/Matthew Jorysz (organ)/Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/Graham Ross (Duruflé)

Two of the current Amazon France bargain CDs offer (4 for €18), which has been a bit like being let loose in a sweetshop, as there is/was so much on offer which I might not have bought at full price but at €4.50 a pop was very tempting. The Messiaen is beautifully recorded and, particularly in the case of the Cinq Rechants, stunningly well sung - eat your heart out, BBC Singers. The best performance of them I've ever heard.

The Graham Ross/Clare College Choir CD is a delight - even "Abide with Me" (admittedly as arranged by Graham Ross) proves to be quite moving.

Can you please post a link to the current amazon.fr offer you refer to?

[HighlandDougie]

I've done so already but here it is again:

https://www.amazon.fr/gp/promotion/A3FGT8HAWJYJF8/ref=gbph_img_m-6_4be0_8acca429?smid=A1X6FK5RDHNB96&pf_rd_p=ad713e76-ac9d-46d8-bf35-291cc9264be0&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-6&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=301062&pf_rd_m=A1X6FK5RDHNB96&pf_rd_r=W63YAGQAWB0M5WB35RTD

[Bryn]

I've done so already but here it is again:

https://www.amazon.fr/gp/promotion/A...QAWB0M5WB35RTD

Ah, so it's the same link as for the 3 for €15 offer you linked to previously.

Looks like "Remembrance" is no longer included. Can't find the Messiaen at all.

[HighlandDougie]

Alas, there seems to have been something of a run on the CDs which were available three or four days ago so, no more Marcus Creed Messiaen and no more Clare College Remembrance.

[Stanfordian]

Berliner Philharmoniker - The John Adams Edition
Works by John Adams, Composer in Residence with the Berliner Philharmoniker in the 2016/17 season
1. Harmonielehre, John Adams (conductor)
2. Short Ride in a Fast Machine, Alan Gilbert (conductor)
3. City Noir, Gustavo Dudamel (conductor)
4. Lollapalooza, Alan Gilbert (conductor)
5. Scheherazade.2, John Adams (conductor), Leila Josefowicz (violin)
6. The Wound-Dresser, Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Georg Nigl (baritone),
7. The Gospel According to the Other Mary, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
Kelley O'Connor, mezzo-soprano (Mary Magdalene), Tamara Mumford Martha, her sister (contralto), Peter Hoare Lazarus, their brother (tenor)
Daniel Bubeck (countertenor), Brian Cummings (countertenor), Nathan Medley (countertenor)
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Recorded 2016/17 Philharmonie, Berlin
4 CDs + 2 Blu-ray Live concert recordings in HD Video & interviews + high resolution audio files for download
Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings

[BBMmk2]

Hiya Stan. Worth having?

Hubert Parry
Overture to an Unwritten Tragedy
BBC NOW, Rumon Gamba
Britten
Violin concerto in D minor, Op.15
Tasmin Little(violin), BBCPO, Edward Gardner.
Bax
Symphony No.3 in A major.
BBC PO, Vernon Handley

[Stanfordian]

Hiya Stan. Worth having?

Hubert Parry
Overture to an Unwritten Tragedy
BBC NOW, Rumon Gamba
Britten
Violin concerto in D minor, Op.15
Tasmin Little(violin), BBCPO, Edward Gardner.
Bax
Symphony No.3 in A major.
BBC PO, Vernon Handley

The John Adams Edition is certainly worth having for the quality of the performances and recordings! But at 79 euros plus p&p from Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings the price is steep.