What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[Pulcinella]

Martinu: PC4
Dvorak: Legends

Ohlsson/BBCSSO/Volkov
October 2019 BBC MM cover CD

[Stanfordian]

Gounod
'Faust', opera in four acts (version 1859)
Soloists: Benjamin Bernheim (Faust), Véronique Gens (Marguerite), Andrew Foster-Williams (Mephisto), Jean-Sébastien Bou (Valentin), Juliette Mars (Siebel), Anas Séguin (Wagner), Ingrid Perruche (Dame Martha)
Flemish Radio Choir,
Les Talens Lyriques / Christophe Rousset (direction)
Recorded: studio 10th, 11th, 13th June 2018 Salle Gramont of Conservatoire Jean-Baptiste Lully, Puteaux
& live concert performance 14th June 2018 Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris
‘Opéra français’ (French Opera) series of Bru Zane, Volume 22
Bru Zane (3 CDs)

I'm loving every minute of this!

[teamsaint]

Handel. Jephtha,

Johannes Somary et al.
From this box which has some excellent performances .

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B001JHI8LG/ref=tmm_acd_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&qid=&sr=

[Bryn]

Boris is called to the throne (no, not the wrong thread). See here. THere is also a Blu-ray video of the production but I am not that fond of modern re-staging of 19th-century operas, so the audio-only option suits me fine. It's a bit late to listen to more than the opening scenes tonight but so far, so good.

[cloughie]

Boris is called to the throne (no, not the wrong thread). See here. THere is also a Blu-ray video of the production but I am not that fond of modern re-staging of 19th-century operas, so the audio-only option suits me fine. It's a bit late to listen to more than the opening scenes tonight but so far, so good.

Clearly Johnson is not Godunov for us!

[BBMmk2]

Screamers- Circus Marches
Eastman Wind Ensemble
Frederick Fennel.

[teamsaint]

Janacek.The Eternal Gospel.
LPO/ Jurowski .

[BBMmk2]

Korngold Works for Orchestra
Symphony in F# Major,Op.40
Theme & Variations, Op.42
Straussiana(after Johann Strauss II)
City of London Sinfonia
John Wilson.

[Petrushka]

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4
Murray Perahia (piano)

[interval]

Bruckner: Symphony No 9

Wiener Philharmoniker
Bernard Haitink

Given in the Royal Albert Hall, London, on September 6 2012

Can this really be 7 years ago?? Seems like yesterday to me.

[Richard Barrett]

Henze, Los Caprichos (Fantasia per orchestra) from a Wergo CD by the BBC SO conducted by Oliver Knussen that I somehow managed to miss when it was released a few months ago. This piece was written in 1963, around the time of many of my favourite Henze pieces. I shall be listening to it numerous times in the coming days.

[Pianoman]

Henze, Los Caprichos (Fantasia per orchestra) from a Wergo CD by the BBC SO conducted by Oliver Knussen that I somehow managed to miss when it was released a few months ago. This piece was written in 1963, around the time of many of my favourite Henze pieces. I shall be listening to it numerous times in the coming days.

Yes I've been enjoying this disc immensely the last few weeks, especially Heliogabalus, which has been on a virtual loop, but I have moved on to give the other stuff a 'proper' listen...

[Petrushka]

Yes I've been enjoying this disc immensely the last few weeks, especially Heliogabalus, which has been on a virtual loop, but I have moved on to give the other stuff a 'proper' listen...

Same here! Only heard Heliogabalus Imperator (more than once) from this disc so far and need to listen to the rest of it.

[johnb]

I see the Henze disc is available on Qobuz. I've made it a "favorite" so I can easily find for tomorrow's listening.

Thanks for mentioning it. One of the reasons I keep an eye on this thread is for the interesting recordings which I wouldn't have come across otherwise.

[Edgy 2]

Shebalin

Symphonies 1 & 3

USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra

Mark Ermler (1) Valery Gergiev (3)

[Stanfordian]

Anna Moffo sings Puccini
2 Arias from La Bohème
Anna Moffo as Musetta with Giuseppe di Stefano, Maria Callas
Chorus of La Scala, Milan, Orchestra of La Scala, Milan / Antonio Votto
Recorded 1956
6 Arias from Madama Butterfly
Anna Moffo as Butterfly with Cesare Valletti, Rosalind Elias, Renato Cesari, Mario Carlin
Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma /Erich Leinsdorf
Recorded 1957
CD 5 from the remastered set ‘Anna Moffo - The Complete Early Performances’ (10 CDs) on Documents label

Shostakovich
Symphony No. 14
Polina Pastirchak (soprano); Dimitry Ivashchenko (bass)
Dresdner Philharmonie / Michael Sanderling
Recorded 2019 Kulturpalast, Dresden (part live concert / part studio conditions)
Sony Classical