What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[Pulcinella]

Robert Saxton
Concerto for orchestra
The sentinel of the rainbow
The ring of eternity
Chamber symphony: The circles of light

BBCSO/London Sinfonietta
Oliver Knussen

[Joseph K]

Robert Saxton
Concerto for orchestra
The sentinel of the rainbow
The ring of eternity
Chamber symphony: The circles of light

BBCSO/London Sinfonietta
Oliver Knussen

I think I have this CD knocking about somewhere... what're your thoughts on it?

[Pulcinella]

I think I have this CD knocking about somewhere... what're your thoughts on it?

I'm rather taken with the textures/sound world he conjures up, and also by the concision of the works: I often find music such as this can outstay its welcome!

[Bryn]

Morton Feldman: Triadic Memories (Phillip Thomas) from the new 5 CD set being sent out today. Those who have ordered the set got to down load a FLAC of the c. 90 minute recording of Triadic Memories, since it has to be split over 2 CDs in the disc set.

The 5-disc boxed set arrived a few minutes ago. However, it will have to wait. I am currently listening to the stereo mix of the recording I made of last Thursday's Memorial Concert for Robert (Bob) Coleridge at the Warehouse, Waterloo. Pretty happy withthe results from the RØDE NT-SF1/Zoom F4 compnation.

[Stanfordian]

‘Handel Arias’ – Franco Fagioli
Arias from Oreste, Serse, Rinaldo, Imeneo, Il pastor fido, Rodelinda, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Ariodante & Partenope
Franco Fagioli (countertenor)
Il Pomo d'Oro / Zefira Valova (concertmaster)
Recorded 2017, Sala Rossa, Villa San Fermo, Lonigo, Italy
Deutsche Grammophon

JS Bach - ‘Cantatas with Piccolo Cello’
Cantatas No’s BWV 85, BWV 183, BWV 199 & BWV 175
Andreas Scholl, alto
Barbara Schlick, soprano
Christoph Prégardien, tenor
Concerto Vocale de Leipzig,
Ensemble Baroque de Limoges / Christophe Coin (piccolo cello)
Willem Jansen, Silbermann organ (1737)
Recorded 1994 Church of Peace, Ponitz, Thüringia
Naïve

[BBMmk2]

Charles-Valentin Alkan
Concerto for solo Piano
Troisième recuiel de Chants
Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)

Sergei Rachmaninov
Symphony No.1 in D minor, Op.13
Isle of the Dead, Op.13
Symphony No.2 in E minor, Op.27
Scherzo in D minor(1887)
Vocalise, Op.34 No.14
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Maris Jansons

Shostakovich
Symphony No.4 in C minor, Op.43
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Mariss Jansons.
The Gadfly - Suite
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons

[Joseph K]

Haydn's keyboard sonata no. 33. At 23 minutes, this one's a long one.

[Pulcinella]

Martinu: String quartets
Panocha Quartet

Yesterday: 1–5
Today: 6–7

An interesting cycle, which I shall certainly return to.
The piano concerto set flagged up on the Martinu (Composer) thread looks interesting too (I have the Firkusny 2, 3, 4 and Palenicek 4, as well as the new BBC MM version of 4) but don't know 1 or 5!

[Edgy 2]

Charles-Valentin Alkan
Concerto for solo Piano
Troisième recuiel de Chants
Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)

Best piano record ever,Hamelin’s 1993 recording of the Concerto a close 2nd

[Bryn]

Feldman: Last Pieces (1959) , Piano (1977), Palais de Mari (1986) {Philip Thomas).

Contrary to Philip Thomas's suggestion in the booklet notes, I find it necessary to turn the volume down a fair bit. Admittedly it is late, and there is very little background noise to obscure the recorded sound of the piano but, quite rightly in my view, the recording has not been made at a low level but uses most of the dynamic range available on a CD.

[Stanfordian]

Calleja – Verdi
Arias from Aida, Il trovatore, La Forza del Destino, Don Carlo & Otello
Joseph Calleja (tenor)
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana / Ramón Tebar
Recorded 2016, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Valencia
Decca

J.S. Bach
6 Sonatas for violin & harpsichord, BWV 1014-1019;
Giuliano Carmagnola (baroque violin) & Andrea Marcon (harpsichord)
Recorded 2000 Sala del Conclave, Isola di San Giorgio, Venice
Sony Classical

[BBMmk2]

[B]
J.S. Bach
6 Sonatas for violin & harpsichord, BWV 1014-1019;
Giuliano Carmagnola (baroque violin) & Andrea Marcon (harpsichord)
Recorded 2000 Sala del Conclave, Isola di San Giorgio, Venice
Sony Classical

I bet this is special, Stan!

Shostakovich
Symphony No.8 in minor, Op.65
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons.

[Stanfordian]

I bet this is special, Stan!

Shostakovich
Symphony No.8 in minor, Op.65
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons.

Yes, I love this album of the JS Bach violin & harpsichord sonatas by Giuliano Carmagnola & Andrea Marcon.

[BBMmk2]

Yes, I love this album of the JS Bach violin & harpsichord sonatas by Giuliano Carmagnola & Andrea Marcon.

You can’t go wrong!

Tchaikovsky
Symphony No.5 in E minor, Op.64
Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op.74
“Manfred” Symphony, Op.58
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons.

[DracoM]

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