What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[Stanfordian]

‘Parfum’ - Christiane Karg
Orchestral songs from Ravel, Debussy (arr. John Adams), Britten, Koechlin, Duparc
Christiane Karg (soprano)
Bamberger Symphoniker / David Afkham
Recorded 2016, Joseph-Keilberth-Saal, Konzerthalle Bamberg
Berlin Classics CD

Organ works by Dupré, Langlais, Vierne, Litaize, Messiaen, Ropartz
Langlais
Suite Brève
Incantation pour un jour Saint
Messiaen
Offrande au Saint Sacrement
Litaize
Scherzo
Lied
Epiphanie
Ropartz
Prélude funèbre
Vierne
Three Improvisations
Dupre
Evocation
Colin Walsh (organ, Lincoln Cathedral)
Recorded 2003, Lincoln Cathedral
Guild Records CD

[Petrushka]

Strauss: Horn Concerto No 2
Norbert Hauptmann (horn)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan

[Bryn]

Martinů: Julietta (E.N.O., Mackerras) from Radio 3 FM broadcast, 14th April 1978. A delight to listen to again, occasional FM 'crackles' notwithstanding.

[gradus]

Dino Ciani playing Debussy Preludes and the Schumann Novelettes. Very fine GG original recording with a piano sound that has complexity and weight.

[cloughie]

Dino Ciani playing Debussy Preludes and the Schumann Novelettes. Very fine GG original recording with a piano sound that has complexity and weight.

A certain winner then?

[gradus]

A certain winner then?

Better with a 'D'.

[cloughie]

Better with a 'D'.

[BBMmk2]

Organ works by Dupré, Langlais, Vierne, Litaize, Messiaen, Ropartz
Langlais
Suite Brève
Incantation pour un jour Saint
Messiaen
Offrande au Saint Sacrement
Litaize
Scherzo
Lied
Epiphanie
Ropartz
Prélude funèbre
Vierne
Three Improvisations
Dupre
Evocation
Colin Walsh (organ, Lincoln Cathedral)
Recorded 2003, Lincoln Cathedral
Guild Records CD

That looks like a great recording!

[richardfinegold]

Chopin, Nocturnes, Claudio Arrau

Absolutely one of my favorite, Desert Island discs, each work a small tone poem bathed in melody. There are many fine alternatives—the newish Pollini in particular—but Arrau combines poetry, beauty of tone, and an unerring sense of drama

[Pulcinella]

Falla
El amor brujo (1915 version)
El retablo de maese Pedro

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/search?search_query=falla%20pedro%20naxos

But I now find another Naxos release, similarly coupled, so might try to find it and stream it later!

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7952694--falla-el-amor-bruja-el-retablo-de-maese-pedro

[silvestrione]

Chopin, Nocturnes, Claudio Arrau

Absolutely one of my favorite, Desert Island discs, each work a small tone poem bathed in melody. There are many fine alternatives—the newish Pollini in particular—but Arrau combines poetry, beauty of tone, and an unerring sense of drama

Yes, I love Arrau and Pollini in these, though Rubinstein is magnificent in Op 48 No 1 in C minor

[Stanfordian]

‘Mirages’ - Sabine Devieilhe
Arias and orchestral songs from Messager, Debussy, Delibes,
Delage, Stravinsky, Thomas, Berlioz, Massenet, Koechlin
Sabine Devieilhe (soprano)
Les Siècles / François-Xavier Roth
with guests Marianne Crebassa (mezzo-soprano), Jodie Devos (soprano)
Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
Recorded 2017, Les salles de répétition de la Philharmonie de Paris
Erato CD

Ravel - Chamber Works
Piano Trio
Sonata for violin & piano
Sonata for violin & cello
Sonata for violin & piano 'Sonata posthume'
Renaud Capuçon (violin), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Frank Braley (piano)
Recorded 2001 Studio Tibor Varga, Switzerland
Virgin Classics CD

[gradus]

Angelic playing Brahms op.116-119. I like almost as much as Glen Gould's recordings of these pieces.

[frankbridge]

Philip Glass

Koyaanisqatsi

Island Masters IMCD 98

I just love his music

[Stanfordian]

That looks like a great recording!

Yes, I like to hear organ music from time to time.