What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[Pulcinella]

Messiaen - Le tombeau resplendissant for orchestra

You're not getting one up on me!


Messiaen: L'Ascension
BBCSSO/Jurowski

(The piece following the Poulenc Gloria on a BBC MM release.)

[Bryn]

You're not getting one up on me!


Messiaen: L'Ascension
BBCSSO/Jurowski

(The piece following the Poulenc Gloria on a BBC MM release.)

Messiaen: Un oiseau des arbres de Vie (Oiseau tui), orch. Dingle (BBC PO, Collon), but where to place it in the context of Éclairs sur l'Au-Delà …?

[Ah, it appears that it would have been placed immediately before the eventual 3rd movement, L’oiseau-lyre et la ville-fiancée (The Lyrebird and the Bridal City).]

[[I have been looking for a recording of Éclairs sur l'Au-Delà … which might make a plausible match for Oiseeau tui. Since the only performance of the work was at a 2015 Prom, it needs to be a Prom performance, of which there have only been two. The Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle has a rather distinct orchestra sound. That of the BBCSO is a little closer to that of the BBCPO, so the Andrew Davis performance looks to be the better option (an I prefer it, anyway). That's for tomorrow, though.]]

[BBMmk2]

Wilfred Heaton
Contest Music
Partita
Black Dyke Band
Dr Nicholas J Childs.

Vaughan Williams
Piano Quintet in C minor
Quintet for Horn, Clarinet & Piano in D major
Six Studies in English Follksong(version for clarinet)
London Soloists Ensemble.

Graźyna Bacewicz
Piano Quintet No.1
Piano Sonata No.2
Piano Quintet No.2
Kaja Danzowska, Agata Syzmzewska
Ryszard Groblewski, Rafal Kwiatowski
Krystian Zimerman.

[richardfinegold]

Messiaen - Le tombeau resplendissant for orchestra

Is that a recording or was it a Concert? I have been listening to the two Messiaen CDs included in a Boulez collection that he made with the Cleveland Orchestra

[Joseph K]

Is that a recording or was it a Concert? I have been listening to the two Messiaen CDs included in a Boulez collection that he made with the Cleveland Orchestra

Recording I think? In any case it is performed by Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille under Myung-Whun Chung.

Currently listening to Beethoven 4 - Cleveland Orchestra under Szell.

[Stanfordian]

Verdi
'Attila' – Dramma lirico in a prologue and three acts
Attila, king of the Huns – Ildebrando D’Arcangelo (bass); Ezio, Roman general – Simone Piazzola (baritone); Odabella, daughter of Lord Aquileia – Mari José Siri (soprano); Foresto, a knight of Aquiliea – Fabio Sartori (tenor); Uldino, young Breton – Gianluca Floris (tenor); Leone, old Roman – Antonio Di Matteo (bass)
Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Comunale di Bologna / Michele Mariotti
Recorded 2016 Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Stage Director: Daniele Abbado; Stage and Lighting Designer: Gianni Carluccio; Costumes Designer: Gianni Carluccio and Daniela Cernigliaro
Video Direction: Arnalda Canali
C Major Blu-ray - recent release

[teamsaint]

Shostakovich Symphony #4.
Myung - Whun Chung/ Philadelphia Orchestra.

Has this work ever been covered in BaL ?

[visualnickmos]

Shostakovich Symphony #4.
Myung - Whun Chung/ Philadelphia Orchestra.

Has this work ever been covered in BaL ?

I seem to recollect that in the deep and distant past, it was. But by whom, I have not the slightest idea, let alone who took the 'Gold star'

[HighlandDougie]

Yes. Maybe twice? Järvi? And then Rattle and/or Haitink. All fine but none would be my BaL choice.

[Pulcinella]

Shostakovich Symphony #4.
Myung - Whun Chung/ Philadelphia Orchestra.

Has this work ever been covered in BaL ?

Confirming HD's response (could only find the later one if there are indeed two).

Shostakovich, Dmitri
Symphony No 4 in C minor
Nick Morgan
17/3/01

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra,
Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI CDC 5 55476-2 (CD)

London Philharmonic Orchestra,
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
DECCA 425 065-2 (CD)

[teamsaint]

Confirming HD's response (could only find the later one if there are indeed two).

Shostakovich, Dmitri
Symphony No 4 in C minor
Nick Morgan
17/3/01

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra,
Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI CDC 5 55476-2 (CD)

London Philharmonic Orchestra,
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
DECCA 425 065-2 (CD)

Thanks for the replies Pulcers and HD. I’ll dig the Rattle out for a listen later.

[BBMmk2]

Thanks for the replies Pulcers and HD. I’ll dig the Rattle out for a listen later.

There’s been other recordings since.

[Pulcinella]

Thanks for the replies Pulcers and HD. I’ll dig the Rattle out for a listen later.

Good choice for a stormy morning!
But which version from my shelves: Barshai, Haitink, Jansons, Rattle?
Actually, BBCPO/Sinaisky, a BBC MM release that I think others hereabouts speak highly of!

[Bryn]

Good choice for a stormy morning!
But which version from my shelves: Barshai, Haitink, Jansons, Rattle?
Actually, BBCPO/Sinaisky, a BBC MM release that I think others hereabouts speak highly of!

Raiskin, Mark Wiggesworth or the RCO/Kondrashin recording, for me.

[BBMmk2]

Good choice for a stormy morning!
But which version from my shelves: Barshai, Haitink, Jansons, Rattle?
Actually, BBCPO/Sinaisky, a BBC MM release that I think others hereabouts speak highly of!

Barshai and Jansons. Every time.

Beethoven
Piano Sonata No.2 in A major, Op.2/2
Piano Sonata No.3 in C minor, Op.2/3
Three Sonatas, WoO47, “Electoral”, Nos1-3
Piano Sonata No.4 in Eb major, Op.7
Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op.13 “Pathetique”
Piano Sonata No.10 in G, Op.10, Nos1-3
Emil Gilels (piano).