What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[jayne lee wilson]

Sibelius Symphony No.3.
Berlin Symphony Orchestra/Kurt Sanderling. Denon Japan CD (from Ariola-Eurodisc). Rec.1970

So hard to get right, I feel the 3rd works best, the less the conductor does. Set each movement in motion, let it flow, let it grow...Sanderling never obstructs it. So when the finale theme emerges fully, sublimely - one of my favourite moments in all Sibelius.....eloquent, effortless perfection.

I love the sobriety of this reading; set close and a little dry, but those so-distinctive, agile, velvety, slightly muted strings are the more pleasurable. My favourite non-Scandinavian 3rd.

[Stanfordian]

Meyerbeer - ‘Grand Opera’ - Diana Damrau
Opera Arias from Le Prophète, Robert le Diable, Die beiden Kalifen,
L'étoile du nord, L'Africaine, Il crociato in Egitto, Le pardon de Ploërmel,
Ein Feldlager in Schlesien, Emma di Resburgo, Les Huguenots
Diana Damrau (soprano)
Orchestre et Choeur de l’Opéra National de Lyon / Emmanuel Villaume
Recorded 2015, Opéra National de Lyon, France
Erato

Saint-Saëns
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 17
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 29
Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor, Op. 44
Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major, Op. 103
Wedding Cake, Valse-Caprice for piano and strings, Op. 76
Rapsodie d’Auvergne, for piano and orchestra, Op. 73
Allegro appassionato, for piano and orchestra, Op. 70
Africa, fantasie for piano & orchestra, Op. 89 (1891)
Stephen Hough (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo
Recorded: 2000 Symphony Hall, Birmingham; 2001 Warwick Arts Centre, UK
Hyperion - I'm dipping into this set today.

[BBMmk2]

Shostakovich
Symphony No.5 In D minor, Op.47
WDR Sinfonieorchester
Rudolf Barshai

Walton
Symphony No.1 in B minor(1936)
Cello Concerto
Belshazzar’s Feast
Sherill Milnes (baritone)
RSNO Chorus & Orchestra
Scottish Festival Brass Bands
Sir Alexander Gibson

[Alison]

A very enjoyable outing for Enescu’s Third Symphony

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski

Radio 3 at its best!

[teamsaint]

Villa - Lobos. Choros 2,3,10,12.
Sao Paolo SO/ Neschling.

[cloughie]

Villa - Lobos. Choros 2,3,10,12.
Sao Paolo SO/ Neschling.

Cooking music this evening was a Naxos Mozart CD - Flute and Rp Concerto and the wind Sinfonia Concertante, and a Bach Trio Sonata from al lovely DG Lisa Batiashvili CD.

[Joseph K]

Mozart - Flute & Harp Concerto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc6-KozGK3c

[Bryn]

Raag Bhupali, Jugalbandi: Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia (bansuri) & Rahul Sharma (santoor) with Bhavani Shankar (pakhawaj), Vijay Ghate (tabla), Rohini Sahajpal (tanpura).

Tonight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcCzfj_otVU , followed by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcCzfj_otVU

Superb quality video (watching on 50" plasma) with more than acceptable 128kbps aac audio. Both URLs saved to USB stick via Video Downloadhelper (Firefox add-on) and played back through Oppo UDP-203 and Yamaha/Mission/Tannoy surround set-up. Outstanding musicianship, as expected, from Shujaat Khan and Zakir Hussain performing rag Janjhuti, both these Ustads I first heard play nearly 39 years ago when both were not that long out of their youth.

[Zakhir looking all too much like a sort of musical Paul McCartney, from some angles. (no apologies to Le Grand Baton ]

[Suffolkcoastal]

Score following - Days 53, 54 & 55

Bizet:
Symphony in C
Roma Symphonie
L'Arlesienne Suite No 1
L'Arlesienne Suite No 2
Carmen (vocal score)

[Stanfordian]

‘Great Singers Live’ - Mirella Freni
Arias from Cilea, Puccini, Bizet, Massenet, Verdi, Mozart, Tchaikovsky
Mirella Freni (soprano)
Münchner Rundfunkorcheste / Kurt Eichhorn / Vladimir Ghiaurov*
Selection recorded live at 3 Sunday Concerts, Munich - 1971 & 1983 Congress Hall, Deutsches Museum; 1987 Philharmonie*
BR-Klassik

French clarinet music - Walter Boeykens & Robert Groslot
Saint-Saëns
Clarinet Sonata, Op. 167
Gaubert
Fantaisie for clarinet & piano
Chausson
Andante et Allegro for clarinet & piano
Pierné
Canzonetta for clarinet & piano, Op. 19
Rabaud
Solo de Concours for clarinet & piano
Messager
Solo de Concours for clarinet & piano
Debussy
Première Rhapsodie for clarinet & piano
Walter Boeykens (clarinet) & Robert Groslot (piano)
No dates and venue given
Classic Talent

[Dave2002]

Mozart - Flute & Harp Concerto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc6-KozGK3c

That seems to be played by Irena Grafenauer, Maria Graf, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner - I have that, and several others on CD, and even some versions on LP from before CDs came in. This one has elaborate cadenzas.

My first recording IIRC was with Yehudi Menuhin, Elaine Shaffer and Marilyn Costello and the Philharmonia - https://www.discogs.com/Yehudi-Menuh...elease/3022841

I enjoyed it at the time.

[Dave2002]

This Mozart clarinet concerto seems good.

https://youtu.be/YT_63UntRJE Iceland SO

Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Cornelius Meister, conductor
Arngunnur Árnadóttir, clarinet

Saw the Iceland SO just before we were all locked up. I was surprised at what a big orchestra it is (can be).
Very good orchestra.

[visualnickmos]

This Mozart clarinet concerto seems good.

https://youtu.be/YT_63UntRJE Iceland SO

Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Cornelius Meister, conductor
Arngunnur Árnadóttir, clarinet

Saw the Iceland SO just before we were all locked up. I was surprised at what a big orchestra it is (can be).
Very good orchestra.

As exemplified in their Sibelius symphonies, and other orchestral works, on Naxos.

[BBMmk2]

The music of Delius today.

Frederick Delius
Delius in Norway
Grieg arr.Delius
Folkeivsbilleder, Op.19 No.2
Delius
On the Mountains
7 Songs from the Norwegian, Nos.3 & 7
(version with voice and orchestra)
3 Small tone poems, No.2 ‘Winter Night’ (Sleigh Ride)
Norwegian Suite
2 Pieces for Small Orchestra No.1, “On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring”
Eventry(Once upon a Time)
Ann-Helen Moen(soprano)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis.

Brigg Fair
Piano Concerto in C minor
Idyll de Printemps
Paris The Sing I’d a Great City
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis

Double Concerto
Violin Concerto
Tasmin Little (violin)
Paul Watkins(cello)
BBCSO
Sir Andrew Davis

[jayne lee wilson]

Sibelius Symphony No.4. Night Ride and Sunrise
Berlin Symphony Orchestra/Kurt Sanderling. Deutsche Schallplatten rec.1977/King Record Japan "Hyper-remastering" CD.

What might sum up Sanderling's approach to this music? "Stoical concentration" might be a start....