What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[Stanfordian]

Bruckner
Symphony No. 3 (1888/89 version, edited Nowak)
Wagner
Tannhäuser, overture
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Andris Nelsons
Recorded live 2016 Gewandhaus, Leipzig
Deutsche Grammophon

Telemann
'Concerti per molti stromenti'
Concerto for 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 oboes, strings & basso continuo in D major, TWV 54: D3
Concerto for 2 flutes, calchedon, strings & basso in B minor, TWV 53: h1 (Dresden Version)
Concerto for 3 oboes, 3 violins & basso in B flat major, TWV 44: 43
Sonata for 2 violins, 2 violas, violoncello & basso in F minor, TWV 44: 32
Concerto for mandolin, hammered dulcimer, harp, strings & basso in F major, TWV 53: F1
(from “Musique de Table, II. Production, No.3”, arr. Peter Huth)
Concerto for 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & basso in D minor, TWV 53: d1
Concerto for 3 horns, violin, strings & basso in D major, TWV 54: D2
Adagio from the Concerto for 2 violins, viola, violoncello & basso in G major, TWV 43: G5
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Recorded 2016 Teldex Studio, Berlin
Harmonia Mundi

[Stanfordian]

Zemlinsky
Lyrische Symphonie
Alessandra Marc (soprano)
Håkan Hagegård (baritone)
Symphonische Gesänge
Willard White (bass-baritone)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly
Recorded 1993 Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Psalm 83
Slovak Philharmonic Choir
Wiener Philharmoniker/Riccardo Chailly
Recorded 1997 Konzerthaus, Vienna
Decca

Mendelssohn
‘Complete Works for Cello and Piano’
Variations concertantes, Op. 17
Cello Sonatas No’s 1 & 2
Lied ohne Worte, Op. 109
Albumblatt
Luca Fiorentini (cello) & Stefania Redaelli (piano)
Recorded 2012, Teatro Amilcare Ponchielli, Cremona
Brilliant Classics

[pastoralguy]

Beethoven. The Piano Concertos

Paul Lewis.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by the late, great Jirí Bêlohlávek.

I've not heard this set before and, having started with no. 4, am really enjoying them.

(Discs courtesy of Edinburgh City Library).

I also borrowed Lewis' 'Diabelli Variations' so that may be next after the concertos.

[Petrushka]

Martinu: Frescoes of Piero Della Francesca
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto*

[interval]

Janacek: Sinfonietta

Josef Suk (violin)*
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Karel Ancerl

[pastoralguy]

Alexander Glazunov.

5 Novelettes and the String Quartet no. 5.

The Lyric String Quartet. Meridian.

[Stanfordian]

Kiri Te Kanawa - Mozart Opera Arias
8 arias - Zaide, La finta giardiniera, La Clemenza di Tito, Cosi fan tutte,
Il re pastore, Lucio Silla, Idomemeo, Die Zauberflote
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
LSO/Sir Colin Davis
Recorded 1982 London
Philips

Korngold
Piano Quintet, Op. 15
String Quartets No’s 1-3
Recorded 2008 (Op. 15) & 2007, ORF Funkhaus im Großen Sendesaal
& RP3, Argentinierstraße, Vienna,
CPO

[BBMmk2]

Beethoven. The Piano Concertos

Paul Lewis.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by the late, great Jirí Bêlohlávek.

I've not heard this set before and, having started with no. 4, am really enjoying them.

(Discs courtesy of Edinburgh City Library).

I also borrowed Lewis' 'Diabelli Variations' so that may be next after the concertos.

Well, PG. Thoughts. I enjoyed these immensely.

[pastoralguy]

Well, PG. Thoughts. I enjoyed these immensely.

Thank you for asking, BBM.

I've listened to 3, 4 & 5 and will listen to 1 & 2 this afternoon. They sound pretty good to me. I noticed details in the orchestral parts I've not really noticed before which is always a good reason to listen to an alternative version of a well known piece. Lewis sounds very convincing with no evidence of barnstorming or playing to the gallery. He seems, to me, to have a lovely touch.

Super recording too.

Oddly, there were a few doubting Thomas on Amazon but these people sometimes swim against the tide for effect. My own ears tell me they are extremely accomplished.

[pastoralguy]

Jean Sibelius

Lemminkäinen Legends (including 'The Swan of Tuonela')

The Scottish National Orchestra under Sir Alexander Gibson. Recorded in the Usher Hall in 1978, shortly after I started attending their concerts. Happy days. (Chandos. A £ in the Capability charity shop!)

[BBMmk2]

Thank you for asking, BBM.

I've listened to 3, 4 & 5 and will listen to 1 & 2 this afternoon. They sound pretty good to me. I noticed details in the orchestral parts I've not really noticed before which is always a good reason to listen to an alternative version of a well known piece. Lewis sounds very convincing with no evidence of barnstorming or playing to the gallery. He seems, to me, to have a lovely touch.

Super recording too.

Oddly, there were a few doubting Thomas on Amazon but these people sometimes swim against the tide for effect. My own ears tell me they are extremely accomplished.

Very good to hear PG! I am so glad you have enjoyed these, as much as I have.

John Ireland

Violin sonatas Nos. 1 and 2; Fantasy-Sonate
Lydia Mordkovich(violin), Gyenneth prior(piano).

[HighlandDougie]

Jean Sibelius

Lemminkäinen Legends (including 'The Swan of Tuonela')

The Scottish National Orchestra under Sir Alexander Gibson. Recorded in the Usher Hall in 1978, shortly after I started attending their concerts. Happy days. (Chandos. A £ in the Capability charity shop!)

My earliest memory of being taken to a concert by my parents (Ayr Town Hall, c.1962) is of Alexander Gibson and the-then SNO playing 'The Swan of Tuonela' so that particular recording has much significance for me. Great buy!

[pastoralguy]

My earliest memory of being taken to a concert by my parents (Ayr Town Hall, c.1962) is of Alexander Gibson and the-then SNO playing 'The Swan of Tuonela' so that particular recording has much significance for me. Great buy!

I've played this cd on repeat this afternoon. (Mrs. PG is remarkably tolerant of my odd listening habits!). I've really enjoyed this disc and have benefited from getting to know the other three Lemminkäinen legends better. Very strange music but very potent for us Scots.

I've dug out my Decca Sound Mono Sound cube and am now listening to Eric Tuxon conducting the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra recorded in the 1950's. Very interesting approach although, imho, not as well played as the SNO version.

[BBMmk2]

Thanks guys for reminding me about Sir Alexander Gibson!

Jean Sibelius
Four Legends of Kalavea, Op.22; Finldnadia,Op.26.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestr, Sir Alexander Gibson.

[Petrushka]

Janacek:

Sarka - Overture
Taras Bulba

[interval]

The Cunning Little Vixen - suite
Sinfonietta

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras

Took delivery of this two CD set today. Performances and recordings can't be faulted but the set came without a booklet which surely cannot be right as it came new from Amazon in plastic wrapping. In addition, the box arrived cracked on the reverse. Not impressed but can't be bothered to complain though the lack of a booklet is most disappointing.

[pastoralguy]

Janacek:

Sarka - Overture
Taras Bulba

[interval]

The Cunning Little Vixen - suite
Sinfonietta

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras

Took delivery of this two CD set today. Performances and recordings can't be faulted but the set came without a booklet which surely cannot be right as it came new from Amazon in plastic wrapping. In addition, the box arrived cracked on the reverse. Not impressed but can't be bothered to complain though the lack of a booklet is most disappointing.

I think I'd be complaining, Pet. I wonder if other sets are affected. Was it DECCA?