What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[Suffolkcoastal]

Score following - Days 101 & 102

Copland:
Suite from 'The Tender Land'
Dance Panels
Nonet for Strings
Connotations
Music for a Great City
Inscape
Ceremonial Fanfare
Inaugural Fanfare

[Joseph K]

I've started listening to my copy from #4- #6 to include my favourite (#5). Wonderful sound and a feeling that everything was under firm control. I loved how many 'hidden melodies' Maltempo uncoveredand his ability to discriminate between foreground and background. Most enjoyable.

Yep, agreed.

[BBMmk2]

Some line up! Martha Argerich, Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon & Mischa Maisky.
All players of the highest quality and particular favourites of mine too.

Mine as well, Stan. I love this set, very much. I treasure a CD I have of Micha Maisky and Martha Argerich of some Bach.

[Stanfordian]

Saint-Saëns - ‘Mélodies avec orchestre’
Yann Beuron (tenor)
Tassis Christoyannis (baritone)
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana / Markus Poschner
Recorded 2016, Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, Switzerland
Alpha Classics

Saint-Saëns - ‘Chamber Music’
Septet in E flat major for piano, trumpet, two violins, viola, cello & double bass, Op. 65
Tarantelle in A minor for flute, clarinet and piano, Op. 6
Bassoon Sonata in G major, Op. 168
Piano Quartet in B flat major, Op. 41
Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 14
Oboe Sonata in D major, Op. 166
Clarinet Sonata in E flat major, Op. 167
Caprice sur des airs danois et russes for piano, flute, oboe & clarinet, Op. 79
The Nash Ensemble
Recorded 2004 Henry Wood Hall, London
Hyperion (2 CDs)

[BBMmk2]

Hiya Stan, I rather like The Nash Ensemble. I should think this recording is pretty good?

Yes

Carrying on with this splendid set.

Beethoven
Piano Concerto No.1 in C major, Op.15
(Martha Argerich, piano,
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Hubert Soudant)
Piano Quartet No.3 in C Major, WoO36
(Martha Argerich, piano, Renaud Capuçon, violin,
Lyda Chen, viola, Gautier Capuçon, cello)
Piano Trio in D major, “Ghost”, Op.70/1
(Martha Argerich, piano, Renaud Capuçon, violin,
Mischa Maisky, cello)
Triple Concerto in C major, Op.56
(Renaud Capuçon, violin, Mischa Maisky, cello,
Martha Argerich, piano, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Alexandre Rabinowitz-Barakovsky)
Cello Sonata No.2 in G minor, Op.5/2
(Martha Argerich, piano, Mischa Maisky, cello)
Fantasy for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra in C minor, Op.80 “Choral Fantasy”
(Various singers,
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Diego Fasolis)
Bach
Violin Sonata No.4 in C minor, BWV1017
(Tedi Papavrami, violin, Martha Argerich, piano)
Schubert
Variations for Piano Four Hands, D813
(Martha Argerich, Alexander Mogilevsky, pianists)
Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
(Arranged for two pianos)
(Martha Argerich, Christina Morton, pianists)
Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, Op.49
(Martha Argerich, piano, Renaud Capuçon, violin,
Gautier Capuçon, cello).

Carrying on from the above today

CD7
Chopin
Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor,Op.11
(Martha Argerich, piano,
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Jacek Kaspszyk)
Introduction & Polonaise Brilliante in C Major, Op.3
(Martha Argerich, piano, Gautier Capuçon, cello)
Liszt
Les Préludes, S97
arr, for two pianos the composer)
Martha Argerich, Daniel Rivera, pianists)
Réminiscences de Don Juan, (S656, after S418)
Martha Argerich, Mauricio Vallina, pianists)
CD8
Schumann
Kinderszenen, Op.15
(Martha Argerich, piano)
Fantasiestücke
(Martha Argerich, piano, Gautier Capuçon, cello)
Violin Sonata No.1 in A minor, Op.105
Violin Sinata No.2 in D minor, Op.121
(Martha Argerich, piano, Renaud Capuçon, violin)
CD9
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54
(Martha Argerich, piano, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky)
Fantasiestücke, Op.88
(Martha Argerich, piano,
Renaud Capuçon, violin, Gautier Capuçon, cello)
Piano Quartet in Eb major, Op.47
(Martha Argerich,piano, Renaud Capuçon, violin,
Lyda Chen, viola, Gautier Capuçon, cello)

[DublinJimbo]

Suk:
Piano Quintet in G minor op. 8
Životem a snem (Things Lived and Dreamt) op. 30*

Christian Tetzlaff, Florian Donderer (violins), Timothy Ridout (viola), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Kiveli Dörken (piano)*

I'd forgotten how wonderful the Quintet is. The only other performance I've heard is by The Nash Ensemble on Hyperion, which dates from 2003. I need to revisit that, but I don't remember it being as riveting as this offering. Unfortunately, streaming and downloading options come without a digital booklet, which is especially disappointing in the case of the set of piano pieces that make up op. 30. I had to resort to online translation even to discover the meaning of the Czech title, and the titles of the individual pieces are given in Czech only, which is very unhelpful.

I didn't really take to the piano pieces on a first hearing, but the Quintet is so wonderful that it more than made up for that. It's so good, in fact, that I've ordered an actual physical CD purely so I can get a copy of the booklet.

[Suffolkcoastal]

Score following - Day 103

Henry Cowell:
Symphony No 4 'Short Symphony'
Symphony no 11 'Seven Rituals of Music'

Paul Creston:
Invocation and Dance op58
Symphony No 6 for Organ & Orchestra op118

[BBMmk2]

Suk:
Piano Quintet in G minor op. 8
Životem a snem (Things Lived and Dreamt) op. 30*

Christian Tetzlaff, Florian Donderer (violins), Timothy Ridout (viola), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Kiveli Dörken (piano)*

I'd forgotten how wonderful the Quintet is. The only other performance I've heard is by The Nash Ensemble on Hyperion, which dates from 2003. I need to revisit that, but I don't remember it being as riveting as this offering. Unfortunately, streaming and downloading options come without a digital booklet, which is especially disappointing in the case of the set of piano pieces that make up op. 30. I had to resort to online translation even to discover the meaning of the Czech title, and the titles of the individual pieces are given in Czech only, which is very unhelpful.

I didn't really take to the piano pieces on a first hearing, but the Quintet is so wonderful that it more than made up for that. It's so good, in fact, that I've ordered an actual physical CD purely so I can get a copy of the booklet.

This looks interesting!

[Stanfordian]

Vesselina Kasarova – ‘Love Entranced’
French Opera Arias by Meyerbeer, Berlioz, Thomas, Gounod, Lalo, Saint-Saëns, Massenet
Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo-soprano)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Frédéric Chaslin
Recorded 2001, Studio 1, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich
RCA Red Seal

Chausson - ‘Musique de Chambre’
Poème, Op. 25 (arranged by composer for violin, string quartet & piano)
Piano Trio in G minor for piano, violin & cello
Andante and Allegro for clarinet & piano
Pièce for clarinet & piano, Op, 39
Philippe Graffin (violin), Pascal Devoyon (piano),
Gary Hoffman (cello), Charles Neidich (clarinet),
Chilingirian Quartet,
Recorded 1997 ‘Consonances’ festival de musique de chambre,
Galerie des Franciscains, Saint-Nazaire, France
Hyperion

[Stanfordian]

Neil Shicoff – ‘Live’
Opera arias from Bizet, Gounod, Halévy, Massenet, Puccini, Tchaikovsky, Verdi
Neil Shicoff (tenor)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Frédéric Chaslin / Marcello Viotti / Fabio Luisi
with Vladimir Chernov (baritone)
Recorded 1996 Regentenbau, Bad Kissingen, Bavaria;
1999 Philharmonie & 2001 Prinzregententheater, Munich
Orfeo

‘Chamber Music for Piano and Wind Instruments’
Poulenc
Sextet for piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon, S 100
Rimsky-Korsakov
Quintet in B flat major for piano, flute, clarinet, horn & bassoon, Op. posth
Françaix
L’Heure du berger for piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon
Saint-Saëns
Caprice sur des airs danois et russes for flute, oboe, clarinet & piano, Op. 79
d’Indy
Sarabande et Menuet for piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon, Op. 72
(arranged from Suite dans le style ancien, Op. 24)
Vovka Ashkenazy (piano),
Reykjavík Wind Quintet
Recorded 1999, Vioistaoakirkja, Hafnarfjörour, Iceland
Chandos

[Petrushka]

Elgar: Introduction and Allegro
Elgar: Symphony No 1

Halle Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

Given in St Nicholas Chapel, King's Lynn, on July 24 1970, fifty years ago tonight

A pity that that the Sea Pictures with Kirstin Meyer, which made up the rest of the programme, isn't either on the CD or on youTube.

[Bryn]

A DVD (from Premiere Opera) of a 17th February 2017 Carnegie Hall, NY performance by the Philip Glass Ensemble of Music with Changing Parts. This is a rather different version from that which I heard in the basement of the Royal College of Art back in March of 1971. This version has a choral complement of some 30 women and a fairly significant brass and wind complement. The original analogue Farfisas were also replaced by modern digital keyboard alternatives. Good video quality and more than merely acceptable Dolby Digital sound. Being a film of a live performance, it is not without fluffs, but neither was that in 1971. Worth getting if it turns up again in one of Premiere Opera's frequent sales. The DVD runs for 1 Hour, 31 minutes and 28 seconds. The catalogue number is DVD 15265. Oh, and an audience many, many times the size of that in the basement of the Royal College of Art. Packed houses on both occasions, however.

[DublinJimbo]

‘Chamber Music for Piano and Wind Instruments’
Poulenc
Sextet for piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon, S 100
Rimsky-Korsakov
Quintet in B flat major for piano, flute, clarinet, horn & bassoon, Op. posth
Françaix
L’Heure du berger for piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon
Saint-Saëns
Caprice sur des airs danois et russes for flute, oboe, clarinet & piano, Op. 79
d’Indy
Sarabande et Menuet for piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon, Op. 72
(arranged from Suite dans le style ancien, Op. 24)
Vovka Ashkenazy (piano),
Reykjavík Wind Quintet
Recorded 1999, Vioistaoakirkja, Hafnarfjörour, Iceland
Chandos

This is a wonderful CD.

[Bryn]

Currently streaming from QOBUZ, Beethoven Symphonies 1 -5 (Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall). Their recording of the other four symphonies has been put on hold by the current pandemic. Though tempted by the prospect of listening to these in the surround sound of this SACD release, I think I will await a possible future release of all nine.

[BBMmk2]

Hiya Stan, I rather like The Nash Ensemble. I should think this recording is pretty good?

Yes

Carrying on from the above today

CD7
Chopin
Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor,Op.11
(Martha Argerich, piano,
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Jacek Kaspszyk)
Introduction & Polonaise Brilliante in C Major, Op.3
(Martha Argerich, piano, Gautier Capuçon, cello)
Liszt
Les Préludes, S97
arr, for two pianos the composer)
Martha Argerich, Daniel Rivera, pianists)
Réminiscences de Don Juan, (S656, after S418)
Martha Argerich, Mauricio Vallina, pianists)
CD8
Schumann
Kinderszenen, Op.15
(Martha Argerich, piano)
Fantasiestücke
(Martha Argerich, piano, Gautier Capuçon, cello)
Violin Sonata No.1 in A minor, Op.105
Violin Sinata No.2 in D minor, Op.121
(Martha Argerich, piano, Renaud Capuçon, violin)
CD9
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54
(Martha Argerich, piano, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky)
Fantasiestücke, Op.88
(Martha Argerich, piano,
Renaud Capuçon, violin, Gautier Capuçon, cello)
Piano Quartet in Eb major, Op.47
(Martha Argerich,piano, Renaud Capuçon, violin,
Lyda Chen, viola, Gautier Capuçon, cello)

Carrying on from the above

CD 10
Schumann
Andante and Variations for 2 Pianos in Bb major, Op.46
(Martha Argerich and Gabriela Montero, pianists’
Piano Quintetbin F major, Op.44
(Martha Argerich, piano,
Dora Schwarzberg, Renaud Capuçon, violins,
Nora Romanoff- Schwarzberg, viola, Mark Drobinsky, cello)
Violin Sonata No.1 in A minor, Op.105
(Géza Hosszu-Legocky, violin, Martha Argerich, piano)
5 Stücke I’m Volkston (Gautier Capuçon, cello, Martha Argerich, piano)
CD 11
Adagio & Allegro, Op.70
Gautier Capuçon, cello, Martha Argerich, piano)
6 Canonic Études, Op.56
(arr. for two pianos by Debussy)
(Martha Argerich, piano, Lilya Zilberstein, pianists)
Fantasiestücke, Op.73
arr. for flugelhorn & piano)
(Sergei Nakariakov, flugelhorn, Martha Argerich, piano)
Liszt
Concerto Pathétique
(Martha Argerich, Lilya Zilberstein, pianists)
Brahms
Variations on a theme by Haydn
(Martha Argerich, Polina Leschenko, pianists)