What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[gurnemanz]

Henri Marteau - Mélodies & Lieder
8 Mélodies, pour chant avec accompagnement de quatuor d'instruments à archets, Op. 19c
(arranged for piano & voice by Pancho Vladigerov)
8 Gesänge, for voice & piano, Op. 28
Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo), Galina Vracheva (piano),
Recorded 2017 Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Hamburg
5 Schilflieder, for baritone, obbligato viola & piano, Op. 31
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Franz Schmidtner (viola),
Günther Weißenborn (piano)
Recorded 1956 Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Hamburg
Solo Musica - Henri Marteau series Volume 2

Thanks for mentioning this disc. It caught my eye for several reasons:
I'm a big Kasarova fan.
Some early F-D.
The combination of those two!
Chance to discover some new song repertoire - as the disc title suggested.

I listened to some tracks online and decided I needed to acquire it. Especially having read that the CD lacked texts, I went for a download and spent some time online tracking down the texts.

A most enjoyable "Entdeckung" and I duly read up a bit on Henri Marteau. Being married to a German, I was interested in the multicultural aspects of his life - not all positive.

Some very informative background info here. In German.

[BBMmk2]

Today’s proposed listening. Carrying on with my theme of recordings featuring the artistry of Mariss Jansons.

Mahler
Symphony No.5 in C# minor
Symphony NO.7 in E minor
Symphony No.9 inn D major
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Mariss Jansons

[Jonathan]

Raff - his Op.86 no 1, a thoroughly charming piece whose title I don't have time to check as my lunch break is almost up!

[Joseph K]

Mozart - string quintet in C K515 - Salomon Quartet with Simon Whistler

Thanks to Bryn for pointing out this bargain (2-disk set of Mozart string quintets for 7 quid something).

[Joseph K]

Beethoven - piano sonata no. 1 - Eric Heidsieck

[jayne lee wilson]

Wonderful double-album, with one of the best Prometheus ballets I've heard (I go back to Louis Lane here), possibly even better than the Atenea/Petrou of a few years ago. The 7th here is more forthright and muscular than the fascinating Currentzis, but still with lovely warmth and subtlety. The recording is exceptional even in an outstanding series: a truly big Beethoven sound, but transparent to detail with perfectly natural, spacious balance. A joy in itself.


Mes favoris
Cet élément a bien été ajouté / retiré de vos favoris.Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 - The Creatures of Prometheus
Freiburger Barockorchester and Gottfried von der Goltz
Released on 19/02/2021 by harmonia mundi

[LMcD]

Bartok Piano Concerto No. 2 - a work that clearly holds no terrors for the young replacement soloist Denis Kozhukhin. Sir Simon conducts the LSO. (Sky Arts).

[Bryn]

Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 with final movement in the 2017 completion by William Carragan (Croatian Radio S.O., Mladen Tarbuk), recorded in concert in December 2017.

[BBMmk2]

Carrying on with my theme of recordings featuring the artistry of Mariss Jansons.

The SACD Recordings
SACD 09Shostakovich
Symphony No.7 in C major, Op.60 “Leningrad “

SACD 10
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No.5 in E minor, Op.64
Francesca da Rimini, Op.32
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Mariss Jansons.

[Stanfordian]

Schubert
Winterreise
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) & Yannick Nezet-Seguin (piano)
Recorded Live, December 2019, Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall, NYC
Erato, recent release

Berg
Violin Concerto ‘To the Memory of an Angel’
Seven Early Songs
Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6 (1929 revision)
Gil Shaham (violin)
Susanna Phillips (soprano)
San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas
rec. Live, 2015/18, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
SFS Media (SACD), recent release

[BBMmk2]

Carrying on with my theme of recordings featuring the artistry of Mariss Jansons.

The SACD Recordings
SACD 09Shostakovich
Symphony No.7 in C major, Op.60 “Leningrad “

SACD 10
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No.5 in E minor, Op.64
Francesca da Rimini, Op.32
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Mariss Jansons.

Carrying on. Next up, more Tchaikovsky.

Tchaikovsky
Manfred Symphony, Op.58
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons.

[Bryn]

On a whim, Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, the first item in Vol. 4 of the Gielen Edition. What a great combination that team made, and how undersung does Geilen tend to be?!

[Joseph K]

Beethoven - piano sonata no. 1 - Eric Heidsieck

.... subsequently nos. 5 & 6...

[Bryn]

On a whim, Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, the first item in Vol. 4 of the Gielen Edition. What a great combination that team made, and how undersung does Geilen tend to be?!

Now, from the first disc in Vol. 5, Bartok's Wooden Prince Suite. I usually avoid the Suite, much prefering the full ballet music, but this bunch really pull it off, for me.

[teamsaint]

Hindemith SQ #3
Amar Quartet.

Hindemith’s gift for melody much in evidence here. And the CD has a lovely cover image, spoiled a bit by that Naxos white surround.