What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[BBMmk2]

Il tramonto is a lovely piece, which deserves to be better known.
I have Janet Baker singing it (City of London Sinfonia/Hickox).

Right now:
Bernstein: Dybbuk, one of your favourites, I think.
NY City Ballet Orchestra/Bernstein

Indeed it is, Pulcie! The Respighi you mentioned, is indeed a lovely work. Like all Respighi’s works, besides the Roman Trilogy, they should be better known.

[pastoralguy]

Respighi. Violin Sonata and 3 of the Six Pieces for violin and piano, P.31

Tasmin Little, violin and Piers Lane, piano. Chandos.

I heard the Waltz from the Six Pieces played on Radio3 this morning and it inspired me to dig this cd out. Lovely music!

[Barbirollians]

Respighi. Violin Sonata and 3 of the Six Pieces for violin and piano, P.31

Tasmin Little, violin and Piers Lane, piano. Chandos.

I heard the Waltz from the Six Pieces played on Radio3 this morning and it inspired me to dig this cd out. Lovely music!

L'Elisir d'Amore in the Pritchard recording - with Cotrubas, Domingo and Evans - streets ahead of Sutherland, Pavarotti and Bonynge - just much more zip , better acting and comic singing.

[Suffolkcoastal]

Score following - Days 94 & 95

Copland:
Movement for String Quartet
Symphony for Organ & Orchestra
Music for the Theatre
Piano Concerto
Dance Symphony
Symphonic Ode
Short Symphony
Statements for Orchestra

[BBMmk2]

Charles-Valentin Alkan
48 Esquisses, Op.63.
Steven Osborne, (piano)

Prokofiev
Symphony No.5 in Bb major, Op.100
Malcolmm Sargent
An Impression on a Windy Day
Elizabeth Maconchy
Overture Proud Thames
Percy Grainger
Marching Song of Democracy*
*BBC Singers BBC Sympony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo.

Nikolai Medtner
Sonata-Ballada in F# major, Op.27
Sonata in A minor, Op.30
Forgotten Melodies, Op.38
Forgotten Melodies, Op.39
Sonata in Bb minor, Op.53/1 ‘Sonata Romantica’
Sonata in F minor, Op.53/2 ‘Sonata Minaciosa’
Sonate-Idylle in G major, Op.56.
Marc-Andre Hamlin (piano)

[Stanfordian]

A Tribute to Gilbert Duprez – John Osborn
French language opera arias by Verdi, Donizetti, Berlioz, Rossini
John Osborn (tenor)
Kaunas State Chorus,
Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra/Constantine Orbelian
Recorded 2016, Kaunas Philharmonic, Lithuania
Delos

Théodore Dubois – Chamber Music with Organ & Motets
Hymne nuptial for String Trio, harp & organ
Agnus Dei for soprano, tenor & organ
Ave verum for baritone & organ
Sub tuum for soprano, tenor, bass & organ
Ave Maria for soprano, violin, cello, harp & organ
Ave verum for tenor & organ
Andante religioso for cello & organ
Meditation-Priere for violin, harp & organ, Op. 17
Cantilene for violin, horn & organ
Tantum ergo (1894) for soprano & organ
Melodie religieuse for violin, harp, organ & double bass
Memorare for soprano, tenor, bass & organ
Verbum supernum for soprano, tenor, bass & organ
Tantum ergo (1922) for soprano, tenor, bass & organ
Cantilene nuptiale for violin & organ
Cantilene for organ
Panis angelicus for tenor, harp, cello, organ & double bass
Meditation for violin, oboe & organ
Vocal soloists: Katia Velletaz (soprano), Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenor), Benoît Arnould (bass),
Diego Innocenzi (organ / conductor)
Baptiste Lopez (violin), Caroline Donin (viola), Pauline Buet (cello), Mathieu Serrano (double bass), Clara Izambert (harp), Olivier Rousset (oboe), Matthieu Siegrist (horn)
Recorded 2012, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll organ (1865), Saint-Jacques du Haut-Pas, Paris
Aeolus SACD

[LMcD]

Emmanuel Ax playing the 'Emperor' concerto in a concert recorded in Hamburg (Lyric FM)

[Jonathan]

Mosonyi's rather nice little piano concerto.

[gradus]

Mosonyi's rather nice little piano concerto.

New one on me, perhaps there is a recording?

[pastoralguy]

Mrs. PG and I are revelling in the fact the charity shops are gradually opening again in Edinburgh! We filled our boots today so I'm currently listening to a lovely cd I picked up for a single pound...

Tchaikovsky. String Quartet No. 1*. Borodin. String Quartet No.2++ and DSCH. String Quartet No.8++

*Gabrieli String Quartet.

++Borodin String Quartet.

DECCA.

[HighlandDougie]

Mrs. PG and I are revelling in the fact the charity shops are gradually opening again in Edinburgh! We filled our boots today so I'm currently listening to a lovely cd I picked up for a single pound...

Tchaikovsky. String Quartet No. 1*. Borodin. String Quartet No.2++ and DSCH. String Quartet No.8++

*Gabrieli String Quartet.

++Borodin String Quartet.

DECCA.

Ooh! Good spot - I have that CD which has given me a lot of enjoyment over the years. There may individually be better performances of the respective works but, taken as a package of three excellent recordings, it makes for a really rewarding issue.

[Jonathan]

New one on me, perhaps there is a recording?

Hi Gradus, the pianist is Jerome Rose, it's on the multiple box set of Romantic Piano Concertos now on Brilliant Classics. Hope this helps!

[cloughie]

Mrs. PG and I are revelling in the fact the charity shops are gradually opening again in Edinburgh! We filled our boots today so I'm currently listening to a lovely cd I picked up for a single pound...

Tchaikovsky. String Quartet No. 1*. Borodin. String Quartet No.2++ and DSCH. String Quartet No.8++

*Gabrieli String Quartet.

++Borodin String Quartet.

DECCA.

Yes that’s a good CD - The Borodin and Shostakovich were on an old Ace of Diamonds LP - Still my favourite version of Borodin SQ2.
I have listened today to an Eloquence 2CD -Tchaikovsky 4th PCO Wolff and 5th NDRSO Schmidt-Isserstedt.

[Richard Barrett]

Alerted by two pianist friends to the existence of the Italian pianist Vincenzo Maltempo (nomen non est omen) I've been listening to his Scriabin sonatas on Piano Classics. Absolutely fantastic, in every sense. Alkan admirers will probably have come across a video of a recital of his in Japan in which he plays all twelve op.39 etudes, quite an achievement in itself but especially so when the playing never falls below a high level of inspiration and energy in over two hours.

[ahinton]

Alerted by two pianist friends to the existence of the Italian pianist Vincenzo Maltempo (nomen non est omen) I've been listening to his Scriabin sonatas on Piano Classics. Absolutely fantastic, in every sense. Alkan admirers will probably have come across a video of a recital of his in Japan in which he plays all twelve op.39 etudes, quite an achievement in itself but especially so when the playing never falls below a high level of inspiration and energy in over two hours.

Yes, I've been familiar with his work for quite some time and he is indeed a most remarkable pianist. He has made several recordings for the Dutch Piano Classics label (part of Brilliant Classics) whose artist roster has recently been expanded to include two more outstanding talents, Jonathan Powell and Abel Sánchez-Aguilera, so it's very much a label to watch for exceptional pianism.