What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[Beef Oven!]

Just had a listen to Schub 2 BPO Bohm - lively as you like!

Although I enjoy Schubert's piano music, songs and chamber music, his symphonies have never taken off with me.

[richardfinegold]

Although I enjoy Schubert's piano music, songs and chamber music, his symphonies have never taken off with me.

Not even the lovely #5?

[Beef Oven!]

Not even the lovely #5?

Not even.

[EnemyoftheStoat]

I bet he was singing in it too........
Not, obviously, that it isn't probably worth listening to anyway.

Perhaps this is the one to convert GG......

You were right on point one at least, Sainty.

I don't make a habit of listening to stuff wot I sang in afterwards - at least not on the wireless - but in this case curiosity had me checking it out as there were a couple of reviews where you wonder whether they were at the same gig. Still not sure, as neither of the reviews mentioned a certain, ahem, "feature" that was in any case edited out for the broadcast.

[BBMmk2]

Wagner Tristan und Isolde, Prelude & Liebestod.
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
Bruckner Symphony No.3(1877 version).
Wiener Philharmoniker, Bernard Haitink.

Bruckner Symphony No.6 in A major.
Symphonieorchester des Bayrischen Rundfunks
Bernard Haitink.

[cloughie]

Although I enjoy Schubert's piano music, songs and chamber music, his symphonies have never taken off with me.

Musical likes and dislikes are very personal and rarely rational, I guess that’s what makes the world of music so magical!

[Beef Oven!]

Musical likes and dislikes are very personal and rarely rational, I guess that’s what makes the world of music so magical!

I can't help feeling I'm being labeled irrational ...

[Joseph K]

Berg - chamber concerto, three orchestral pieces, Altenberg lieder - BBCSO/Boulez.

Absolutely love these works and performances!

[Beef Oven!]

Berg - chamber concerto, three orchestral pieces, Altenberg lieder - BBCSO/Boulez.

Absolutely love these works and performances!

Agreed on all counts.

I think I'm right in thinking RB said he wasn't over-keen on the chamber concerto.

If you get a chance, try Alessandra Marc/Giuseppe Sinopoli/ Staatskapelle Dresden in the Lieder.

[Petrushka]

Mozart: Piano Concerto No 20
Friedrich Gulda (piano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado

[interval]

Mahler: Titan: A Tone Poem in Symphonic Form
(Symphony No 1 Hamburg version 1893)
NDR Sinfonieorchester
Thomas Hengelbrock

This performance of the Mahler is superb and you might, like me, end up preferring the 1893 version. Urgently recommended to all Mahlerians.

[Joseph K]

Agreed on all counts.

I think I'm right in thinking RB said he wasn't over-keen on the chamber concerto.

If you get a chance, try Alessandra Marc/Giuseppe Sinopoli/ Staatskapelle Dresden in the Lieder.

[BBMmk2]

Mozart: Piano Concerto No 20
Friedrich Gulda (piano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado

[interval]

Mahler: Titan: A Tone Poem in Symphonic Form
(Symphony No 1 Hamburg version 1893)
NDR Sinfonieorchester
Thomas Hengelbrock

This performance of the Mahler is superb and you might, like me, end up preferring the 1893 version. Urgently recommended to all Mahlerians.

Didn’t the LPO record this with Juwoski. Might check this out.

[Stanfordian]

Mahler
Symphony No. 1
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker / Ádám Fischer
Recorded live, February 2017 Tonhalle, Düsseldorf
CAvi-music – recent recording

Franco Fagioli – Handel Arias
Arias from Ariodante, Oreste, Rinaldo, Rodelinda, Serse, Imeneo, Il Pastor Fido, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Partenope
Franco Fagioli (countertenor)
Il Pomo d'Oro / Zefira Valova (concertmaster, baroque violin)
Recorded 2017 Sala Rossa, Villa San Fermo Rossa, Lonigo, Italy
Deutsche Grammophon – new recording

[BBMmk2]

Bruckner
Symphony No.9
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Didn’t the LPO record this with Juwoski. Might check this out.

No - Jurowski just puts the rejected Blumine movement after the First Movement, Bbm; otherwise it's just the First Symphony as usually performed and recorded. Hengelbrock's is the first (and, I believe, so far the only) recording of the two-part, five-movement Symphonic poem Titan, which is quite a bit different, particularly in respect of the orchestration: there are a couple of moments when the Timps rock you off your seat if you're expecting the more familiar things to happen.

Pet's right - I hadn't encountered Thomas Hengelbrock before (nor in the two years since I bought the disc) but on this showing, he's a considerable force:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Symphony-No-1-Titan-G-Mahler/dp/B00IGJOWTM