What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[Pulcinella]

'Hungarian Rhapsody': a Liszt Recital by Kun Woo Paik:

1) Mephisto Waltz no. 1
2) Au lac de Wallenstadt
3) Au bord d'une source
4) Variations on a theme of BACH
5) Liebestraum no. 3
6) Hungarian Rhapsody no. 12
7) Les jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este
8) Benediction de Dieu

I have that CD too; a cheap Virgin Virgo release.

[Joseph K]

I have that CD too; a cheap Virgin Virgo release.

One of my first classical disks (which I had originally in its HMV Classics form) and still one of my favourites.

[Stanfordian]

Gál, Kaminski & Bernstein – ‘Works for Violin & Orchestra’
Hans Gál
Concertino for violin and string orchestra, Op. 52
Josef Kaminski
Concerto for violin and symphony orchestra
Leonard Bernstein
Serenade (after Plato's Symposium) for solo violin, strings, harp and percussion
Erez Ofer (violin)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Frank Beermann (Gál, Kaminski) / Omer Meir Wellber (Bernstein)
Recorded 2016 (Gál, Kaminsky); 2017 (Bernstein), Saal 1, Haus des Rundfunks, Berlin
Hänssler Classic - recent release

Buxtehude - ‘Abendmusiken’
Gott hilf mir, BuxWV 34
Trio sonata in A minor, BuxWV 272
Befiehl dem Engel, dass er komm, BuxWV 10
Jesu, meine Freude, BuxWV 60
Trio sonata in B flat major, BuxWV 255
Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr, BuxWV 41
Trio sonata in D major, BuxWV 267
Jesu, meines Lebens Leben, BuxWV 62
Vox Luminis / Lionel Meunier
Ensemble Masques/Olivier Fortin
Recorded 2017, AMUZ, Antwerp, Belgium
Alpha Classics

[BBMmk2]

Beethoven
Piano Concerto in Eb major, Op.73, ‘Emperor’
Paul Lewis (piano)
BBC SO
Jiri Behlohlavek.

Bax
Piano Quintet in G minor
String Quartet in E minor
David Owen Norris(piano)
The Mistry Quartet

[jayne lee wilson]

Nielsen Flute Concerto; Clarinet Concerto (1926/28).
Langevin/McGill/NYPO/Gilbert. DaCapo SACD/CD.
Each time I return, I have to play these remarkable works more than once... so mysterious, adventurous, inventive and farseeing... fascinating links to the 6th Symphony as well. Flowing, tactfully understated performances, in lovely warm mid-hall sound. Intellectual, imaginative challenge and Ear-balm. What more etc.....

Sebastian Fagerlund "Transit" Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra (2013).
Eskelinen/Finnish RSO/Lintu. BIS SACD/CD.
Another Concerto from the North....Baffled at first as the gongs resound, impressed by the imagination and sense of threatening power in reserve after 2nd hearing..... quite a piece.... on with the 3rd....
Fagerlund has certainly moved on from the Clarinet & Violin Concertos...

[LeMartinPecheur]

Lyapunov Sextet & Gretchaninov 3rd String Quartet (Dante Quartet + John Thwaites piano & Leon Bosch db)

A recent s/h purchase, made more interesting after hearing Leon Bosch presenting on R3 on Saturday.

[teamsaint]

'Hungarian Rhapsody': a Liszt Recital by Kun Woo Paik:

1) Mephisto Waltz no. 1
2) Au lac de Wallenstadt
3) Au bord d'une source
4) Variations on a theme of BACH
5) Liebestraum no. 3
6) Hungarian Rhapsody no. 12
7) Les jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este
8) Benediction de Dieu

Hmmm, you got me interested, JK.( and Pulcers)
Can’t find it to stream anywhere though.

[Pianorak]

Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34 - Stephen Hough and Castalian String Quartet

Interval

Carl Frühling : Piano Quintet in F sharp minor Op. 30

Live stream from the Wigmore Hall

https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/watch-listen/live-stream?utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MSW-Jan20-StephenHoughlivestream&utm_content=version_A&emailsource=9078

[pastoralguy]

None but the lonely heart. Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto and other works.

Daniel Lozakovich, violin.

The National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia conducted by Vladimir Spivakov.

Deutsche Grammophon.

One of the latest hot shot fiddle players displaying his talent. Very fine playing if, perhaps, not hitting the heights by Mr. Heifetz, Igor Oistrakh or Janine Jansen to name but three of my favourite exponents of this, my favourite violin concerto. What lets the concerto down, imvho, is the rather run of the mill conducting.

[Joseph K]

Hmmm, you got me interested, JK.( and Pulcers)
Can’t find it to stream anywhere though.

The performance of Benediction is available here (though uncredited, I am pretty sure the performer is Kun Woo Paik:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=751oEcW8Y0Q

Liebestraum here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWIM9MBydhc

CD shouldn't be too expensive... it's worth it IMO.

[teamsaint]

The performance of Benediction is available here (though uncredited, I am pretty sure the performer is Kun Woo Paik:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=751oEcW8Y0Q

Liebestraum here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWIM9MBydhc

CD shouldn't be too expensive... it's worth it IMO.

Thanks. Have now found a great value used copy, so have ordered one. Look forward to that.

[richardfinegold]

Bruckner 5, Karajan/Berlin, on Blu Ray. So far, a lot more atmospheric than the CD version

[gurnemanz]

Fun when one thing leads to another. I am re-reading my Penguin Book of Classical Myths - details tend to become a bit hazy over time. Getting into the Labours of Heracles I was reminded that for the Greeks the Ocean was a river that encircled the flat earth. This made me listen to The Oceanides by Sibelius (Lahti Symphony Orchestra with Osmo Vänskä on BIS). This is followed on the same disc by Luonnotar - rivetingly sung by Helena Juntunen - also on a watery theme. I then became mildly obsessed with this work and the bizarre imagery of its text and listened to several more versions on Spotify (it only lasts about eight minutes).

[BBMmk2]

Witold Lutoslawski
Orchestral Works II
Symphonic Variations (1936-1938)
Concerto for Piano & Orchestra (1987-88)
Variations on a theme of Paganini (1978)
Symphony No.4(1988-92)
LouisLortie(piano)
BBC SO
Edward Gardner

[HighlandDougie]

Bruckner 5, Karajan/Berlin, on Blu Ray. So far, a lot more atmospheric than the CD version

a telling example of the benefits which BluRay, even in 2-channel form, can bring to what originally on LP didn’t sound all that wonderful.