What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[Joseph K]

Bartók - Piano Concerto No. 2, Sz. 95
Sviatoslav Richter
Orchestre de Paris, Lorin Maazel

Piano Concerto No. 3, Sz. 119
Martha Argerich
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit

... last night. And now -

Violin Concerto No. 1, Sz 36
Dmitry Sitkovetsky
Philharmonia Orchestra, Libor Pesek

All from the Bartók Concerto Album.

[Joseph K]

Fausto Romitelli - Professor Bad Trip - Ictus Ensemble.

[Wychwood]

Thanks to a Boarder in another thread Elgar Music Makers/Spirit of England, and that marvellous programme on ITV last night, The Queen's Green Planet I am playing the recording that was mentioned.

Elgar
Coronation Ode, Op.44; The Spirit of England, Op.80.
Teresa Cahill, Ann Collins, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gwynne Howell,
Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus,
Sir Alexander Gibson.

What great recordings this conductor produced? I have his CD of The Planets which I will get out next.

I have that recording of The Planets in the 30-CD retrospective box issued to celebrate Chandos's 30th anniversary. And in honour of Sir Alexander's work to champion the music of Sibelius, you have spurred me to dig out his coupling with the SNO of symphonies 2 and 5 -- never going to sweep the board in BaL, but imv satisfying readings for repeated listening.

To stray off-topic, one of my earliest musical memories is attending a concert given by the SNO and Sir Alexander in the Town Hall in Ayr, it must have been sometime in the late 1960s. The programme ended with the second Daphnis and Chloe suite, which made a huge impression on a receptive teenager. If memory serves, it was preceded by one of Henze's piano concertos -- yes, in Ayr of all places! -- could it actually have been the second, which had only recently been composed? I think the soloist was none other than Christoph Eschenbach!

[Beef Oven!]

Weinberg - String Quartet #8
Quatuor Danel. cpo

[EdgeleyRob]

Weinberg - String Quartet #8
Quatuor Danel. cpo

BeefO,there is a wonderfully atmospheric performance of no 8 by the Borodins (c/w the piano quintet with MW himself playing),recorded in the early 60s
It's in the Naxos library and on Spotify

[Beef Oven!]

BeefO,there is a wonderfully atmospheric performance of no 8 by the Borodins (c/w the piano quintet with MW himself playing),recorded in the early 60s
It's in the Naxos library and on Spotify

Thanks Rob. I’ll have a listen.

[Bryn]

It's also at QOBUZ, available to listen to losslessly via their Web Player if you have a Hi-Fi account (or highrer}.

[BBMmk2]

I have that recording of The Planets in the 30-CD retrospective box issued to celebrate Chandos's 30th anniversary. And in honour of Sir Alexander's work to champion the music of Sibelius, you have spurred me to dig out his coupling with the SNO of symphonies 2 and 5 -- never going to sweep the board in BaL, but imv satisfying readings for repeated listening.

To stray off-topic, one of my earliest musical memories is attending a concert given by the SNO and Sir Alexander in the Town Hall in Ayr, it must have been sometime in the late 1960s. The programme ended with the second Daphnis and Chloe suite, which made a huge impression on a receptive teenager. If memory serves, it was preceded by one of Henze's piano concertos -- yes, in Ayr of all places! -- could it actually have been the second, which had only recently been composed? I think the soloist was none other than Christoph Eschenbach!

Wow Wychwood, re the Henze! Perhaps Beefy, Richard Barrett, or JLW could help out here?

[Stanfordian]

Hindemith
Violin Concerto
Britten
Violin Concerto
Arabella Steinbacher (violin)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Vladimir Jurowski
Recorded 2017, Haus des Rundfunks, RBB, Berlin
Pentatone SACD

Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde, version with voice and piano arranged by composer
Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano), Francisco Araiza (tenor) & Cyprien Katsaris (piano)
Recorded 1989 Siemens-Villa, Berlin
Teldec

[Joseph K]

Webern - 5 Pieces for Orchestra (1913), Three Orchestral Songs for Voice and Orchestra (1913/14), Symphony Op.21, Das Augenlicht Op.26, Cantata no. 1 Op.29, Variations for Orchestra Op.30, Cantata no. 2 Op.31 - BP/Boulez.

[Beef Oven!]

Hans Werner Henze - Violin Concerto #1
Wolfgang Schneiderhan violin, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hans Werner Henze.
Deutsche Grammophon

[Joseph K]

J.S. Bach - Art of Fugue.

On the harpsichord. Can't remember the performer - have mislaid the cardboard case. It's the one from the complete Bach boxed set (though mine is sadly incomplete )

[Stanfordian]

Webern - 5 Pieces for Orchestra (1913), Three Orchestral Songs for Voice and Orchestra (1913/14), Symphony Op.21, Das Augenlicht Op.26, Cantata no. 1 Op.29, Variations for Orchestra Op.30, Cantata no. 2 Op.31 - BP/Boulez.

Hello JK,

I'm tempted to say that Boulez is peerless in this repertoire and is my first port of call. Staatskapelle Dresden and Giuseppe Sinopoli is fine too!

[Joseph K]

Hello JK,

I'm tempted to say that Boulez is peerless in this repertoire.

Indeed. However Robert Craft is pretty good - I have a Naxos CD with various works of Webern, some of which are conducted by Craft...

[vinteuil]

J.S. Bach - Art of Fugue.

On the harpsichord. Can't remember the performer - have mislaid the cardboard case. It's the one from the complete Bach boxed set (though mine is sadly incomplete )

... which complete Bach boxed set??

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