What are you listening to now - I ?

[BBMmk2]

Hiya maestro,

The Bax 'Fauré-variations' is brand new to me as well, I didn't even know it existed. I'll have to listen to it again before I form an opinion.

Thanks as ever Stan!

[Roehre]

Today:

Birtwistle:
The Corridor (2009)
The Cure (2015)

Brahms:
Violin concerto in D op.77
Violin sonata no.1 op.78

Boughton:
Troilus & Cressida op.17 (1902)

Bainton:
Pompilia op.11 (1903)

Schütz:
Musikalische Exequien SWV 279-281
Habe deine Lust an den Herren SWV 311
Herr unser Herrscher SWV 343
Meine Seele eerhebt den Herren SWV 344
Wie ein Rubin SWV 357

[Stanfordian]

Prokofiev:
Cello Sonata, Op. 119
Waltz, from The Stone Flower (arranged for cello and piano)
March, from The Love for Three Oranges (arranged for cello and piano)
Adagio, from Cinderella (arranged for cello and piano)
Kabalevsky:
Novelette, for cello and piano, Op. 27/25
Cello Concerto No. 2 in C, Op. 77
Leonard Elschenbroich, cello
Alexei Grynyuk (Sonata), Petr Limonov (Novelette, Waltz, March, Adagio), pianos
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Litton
Recorded: 2012, Potton hall, Suffolk, U.K;
Live 2014 Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands (cello concerto)
Onyx CD
The Kabalevsky Cello Concerto No. 2, Op. 77 is a masterpiece!

Bruch:
Complete Works for Violin & Orchestra Vol. 2
Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op. 26
Serenade for violin and orchestra, Op. 75
In Memoriam, Adagio, Op. 65
Antje Weithaas (violin)
NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover/Hermann Bäumer
Recorded 2014 NDR Radiophilharmonie im Großen Sendesaal, Hannover
CPO CD

John Coltrane with Paul Quinichette, Julian Euell, Ed Thigpen & Mal Waldron:
‘Cattin With Coltrane and Quinichette’
Prestige (1957)

[Roehre]

Prokofiev:
Cello Sonata, Op. 119
Waltz, from The Stone Flower (arranged for cello and piano)
March, from The Love for Three Oranges (arranged for cello and piano)
Adagio, from Cinderella (arranged for cello and piano)
Kabalevsky:
Novelette, for cello and piano, Op. 27/25
Cello Concerto No. 2 in C, Op. 77
Leonard Elschenbroich, cello
Alexei Grynyuk (Sonata), Petr Limonov (Novelette, Waltz, March, Adagio), pianos
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Litton
Recorded: 2012, Potton hall, Suffolk, U.K;
Live 2014 Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands (cello concerto)
Onyx CD
The Kabalevsky Cello Concerto No. 2, Op. 77 is a masterpiece!
....

Stanfordian, I agree immediately. I discovered that as I gave a BBCMM CD a spin some 5 years ago (Vol.20 no.2, with Brahms and Mendelssohn).

[BBMmk2]

I would like to hear of your opinion, Stan, of the above programme!

I am listening to CD1 of the John Storgards cycle of Nielsen's symphonies! I have heard the Myun Whung Chung and Jarvi cycle . This I like too!

[Beef Oven!]

Richard Wagner - Siegfried, Act II, Scene 3.

Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra, Barry Tuckwell (solo horn), Alberto Remedios, Gregory Dempsey, Norman Bailey, Derek Hammond-Stroud, Clifford Grant, Anne Collins, Rita Hunter, Maurine London, Reginald Goodall. Chandos.

[Roehre]

Today:

Gary Carpenter:
Dadaville (2015)

Woolrich:
Falling Down (2009)

Brahms:
Rhapsodies op.79
Academische Festouvertüre op.80
Tragische Ouvertüre op.81

Boughton:
A Summer Night op.5 (1899 rev 1903)

Bainton:
Prometheus op.19 (1909)

Scott:
Piano concerto in D op.10 (1900)
IMO the resurrection of this work through the hands of Martin Yates (2012) really is a waste of time and effort, how beautifully done the realisation may be. Has Scott never been taught that a piano in a concerto plays melodies in stead of passage work from beginning to end?

[richardfinegold]

An excellent concert broadcast on WFMT from the Ravinia Festival. The Tackacz Qt. playing Janacek's Kruetzer Sonata, smetena's From My Life Qt., and Beethoven's Second Razumovsky

[Stanfordian]

Verdi:
La Traviata
Violetta Valéry - Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)
Alfredo Germont - Ramón Vargas (tenor)
Giorgio Germont - Roberto Frontali (baritone)
Flora Bervoix - Natascha Petrinsky (soprano)
Annina - Tiziana Tramonti (mezzo)
Gastone - Enrico Cossutta (tenor)
Barone Douphol - Alessandro Paliaga (baritone)
Marchese d’Obigny - Piero Teranova (bass)
Dottor Grenvil - Luigi Roni (bass)
Domestico di Flora - Giuseppe Nicodemo (bass)
Commissionario - Ernesto Panarielo (bass)
Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet of the Teatro alla Scala di Milano/Lorin Maazel
Recorded 2007 Teatro alla Scala di Milano,
Directed by Liliana Cavani
Renewal by Marina Bianchi
Chorus Master: Bruno Casoni
Set Design: Dante Ferretti
Costumes: Gabriella Pescucci
Choreography: Micha van Hoecke
Video and TV director: Paola Longobardo
Arthaus Musik, Blu-ray disc

Weinberg:
Fantasia for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 52
Concerto No. 1 for Flute and String Orchestra, Op. 75
Concerto No. 2 for Flute and Orchestra, Op. 148
Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra, Op. 104
Claes Gunnarsson (cello); Anders Jonhall (flute); Urban Claesson (clarinet)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Thord Svedlund
Recorded 2005 Concert Hall, Gothenburg, Sweden
Chandos

Lester Young, Roy Eldridge & Harry ‘Sweets’ Edison
with Hank Jones, Herb Ellis, George Duvivier & Mickey Sheen:
‘Laughin’ to keep from cryin’’
Verve (1958)

[Dave2002]

Weinberg
Violin concerto in G minor, Op 67. Leonid Kogan, Rudof Barshai, Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Flute concerto in D minor, Op 75. Alexander Korneyev, Kyril Kondrashin, Moscow Philharmonic SO

[ChrisBennell]

Mahler

Symphony No 9 - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra - Abbado

[Roehre]

Today:

Gruber:
Into the open (2015)

Brahms:
Nänie op.82
Piano concerto no.2 in B-flat op.83

Alan Bush:
Dance overture op.12 (1930; version for symphony orchestra 1935)
Dorian Passacaglia & fugue op.52 (1959)

[Stanfordian]

Bruch:
Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 44
In Memoriam, Adagio, Op. 65
Konzertstück, Op. 84
Ulf Wallin (violin)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Okko Kamu
Recorded 2014 Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Dahlem, Berlin
BIS SACD

Verdi:
Messa da Requiem
Anja Harteros (soprano), Daniela Barcellona (mezzo-soprano), Wookyung Kim (tenor) and Georg Zeppenfeld (bass)
Philharmonischer Chor München,
Münchner Philharmoniker/Lorin Maazel
Recorded live 2014 Philharmonie, Munich
Sony Classical CD

Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery:
‘The Dynamic Duo’
Verve (1966)

[DublinJimbo]

Bruch:
Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 44
In Memoriam, Adagio, Op. 65
Konzertstück, Op. 84
Ulf Wallin (violin)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Okko Kamu
Recorded 2014 Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Dahlem, Berlin
BIS SACD

How does this compare with the other recording you listened to a couple of days ago? —

Bruch:
Complete Works for Violin & Orchestra Vol. 2
Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op. 26
Serenade for violin and orchestra, Op. 75
In Memoriam, Adagio, Op. 65
Antje Weithaas (violin)
NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover/Hermann Bäumer
Recorded 2014 NDR Radiophilharmonie im Großen Sendesaal, Hannover
CPO CD

I admire Ulf Wallin, but am not so sure about Antje Weithaas. Okku Kamu is another big draw for the BIS recording. Oh dear, what should I do?

[Stanfordian]

How does this compare with the other recording you listened to a couple of days ago? —



I admire Ulf Wallin, but am not so sure about Antje Weithaas. Okku Kamu is another big draw for the BIS recording. Oh dear, what should I do?

Hiya DublinJimbo,

As you can see only ‘In Memoriam’ is duplicated on these two releases. On CPO the playing by Antje Weithaas with a extremely smooth legato is excellent as is the NDR Radiophilharmonie of Hannover (not be confused with the NDR Sinfonieorchester of Hamberg). Sit back and wallow as I cannot imagine too many people being disappointed and well recorded too. However, on BIS I was rather more aware as Ulf Wallin as a soloist who seems to dig deeper into the music making me want to sit up and providing broader dynamics than Weithaas. I am rarely disappointed with the magnificent Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and they play splendidly under Okko Kamu. Wallin on BIS is much closer recorded. If I was asked to choose just one of these two releases I would struggle to choose. Even though I am a great admirer of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin who I get to see in concert a couple of times each year on balance I would plump for Antje Weithaas and the NDR Radiophilharmonie of Hannover.