What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[visualnickmos]

I have a very old (1965) recording of this with the RPO under Sargent.
I wonder if you know it, and if it would make the grade in a BaL (other than in the historic category, perhaps!).
I think it was quite well thought of in its day.

Yes, that Sargent recording is one of my fav Ma Vlasts. In answer to your wonder; I reckon it would certainly make the grade. There are of course, many superb recordings of this monumental masterpiece.

[Pulcinella]

Yes, that Sargent recording is one of my fav Ma Vlasts. In answer to your wonder; I reckon it would certainly make the grade. There are of course, many superb recordings of this monumental masterpiece.

I listened to it earlier, and it's certainly quite impressive.

[cloughie]

Yes, that Sargent recording is one of my fav Ma Vlasts. In answer to your wonder; I reckon it would certainly make the grade. There are of course, many superb recordings of this monumental masterpiece.

Not least by the aforementioned Kubelik with a number of recordings spanning 4 decades!

[bluestateprommer]

Listening to WRTI's Sunday afternoon relay of The Fabulous Philadelphians, with a 2016 program starting with Kurt Weill's Symphony No. 2:

https://www.wrti.org/post/philadelphia-orchestra-concert-wrti-yannick-conducts-three-works-composed-paris

Not the most obvious fare for YNS to conduct (or for the orchestra to play), compared to the two later works on the program.

[cloughie]

Schumann:Sym 3/4/Ov Sch & Finale IPO Kletzki.

[LMcD]

No 'bleeding chunks' from John Shea - since 6.45 we've had a Mozart piano concerto, a Fanny Mendelssohn string quartet, a William Boyce symphony and now Dvorak's Wind Serenade - lovely stuff!

[Petrushka]

Haydn: Symphony No 104 (London)

[interval]

Elgar: Symphony No 2

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti

[Bryn]

Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 (BRSO, Kubelik, 1976):

[Edgy 2]

Chopin

Piano Concertos

Polish Festival Orchestra, Zimerman

Works for Piano and Orchestra

Arrau, LPO, Inbal

[teamsaint]

Started a bit of listening to the Kuchar Dvorak/ DSCH/ Smetana/ Nielsen box set download.
I thought the Czech suite was outstanding, may well become a favourite recording of a favourite work.

Might give some of the Nielsen a spin later.

[antongould]

Chopin

Piano Concertos

Polish Festival Orchestra, Zimerman

Works for Piano and Orchestra

Arrau, LPO, Inbal

What do you think of the Zimmerman edge ..... ???? ... love those concertos .......

[cloughie]

What do you think of the Zimmerman edge ..... ???? ... love those concertos .......

Me too, though they do come in for some stick on the forum.

[Edgy 2]

What do you think of the Zimmerman edge ..... ???? ... love those concertos .......

Hmm, brilliant playing but just seems a bit over fussy, for want of a better phrase, in some passages, which I don't think he is with Guilini LAPO (IMVHO of course)
Anyway I much prefer Pires/Krivine,Previn

[BBMmk2]

Sir George Dyson Complete Music for Piano
The Open Window
Simon Callaghan, Cliodna Shanahan, (pianists)

[antongould]

Me too, though they do come in for some stick on the forum.

Not as much as Alkers surely ...... ?????