What are you listening to now - I ?

[EdgeleyRob]

Alkan.
Grand duo concertant in F sharp minor, Op. 21.
Cello Sonata, Op. 47,
Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 30.

Trio Alkan.

Trois Grandes Etudes Op 76 and Trois Etudes de Bravoure Op 16.

Ronald Smith.

[Stanfordian]

Hindemith:
Violin Sonatas
Tanja Becker-Bender (violin) &Péter Nagy (piano)
Recorded 2012 Jesus-Christus Kirche, Berlin
Hyperion

The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Vol. 4 – Philip Langridge
Schubert & his Friends II
Philip Langridge (tenor) & Graham Johnson (piano)
Recorded 1988 Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead
Hyperion

Ben Webster:
‘Ben Webster and Associates’
Verve (1959)
‘Soulville’
Verve (1957)

[Roehre]

Today:

JSBach
Cantata “Schwingt freudig euch empor” BWV 36 (one of the cantatas for Advent 1, today)

Enescu:
Nottorno for violin and piano

Alessandrescu
Amurg de toamnă ('Autumn Dawn') (1910),

Lipatti
3 Romanian Dances for 2 pianos (1945)

Andricu
Sinfonietta No.13 opus 123 (1972)

Porumbescu:
Ballad for Violin and Orchestra (1880) (Bruckner pupil writing music without his tutor’s fingerprints)

Kutev
Gherman - Symphonic Poem (1940)

Paderewski:
Concert overture in E flat (1884)

Moniuszko, :
Paria: Overture (1859-69)
Ballet Music for the Merry wives of Windsor by Otto Nicolai (1849)

Popper:
Concert Polonaise opus 14 (1878)

McNeff:
Heiligenstadt (2005)

Colin Matthews:
Grand Barcarolle (2011)

Dean:
Testament (2008 orchestral version)

Nono:
Canti per 13 (1955)

[Stanfordian]

Rachmaninov:
Symphony No.1 in D minor,
Prince Rostislav symphonic poem,
RLPO/Vasily Petrenko
Recorded 2013 Philharmonic hall, Liverpool (Sym No.1 live)
Warner Classics

Rachmaninov:
Symphony No.2 in E minor,
Dances from Aleko,
RLPO/Vasily Petrenko
Recorded 2011 (Sym No.2) & 2012 (Dances), Philharmonic hall, Liverpool
EMI Classics

Rachmaninov:
Symphony No.3 in A minor,
Caprice bohémien, symphonic poem, Op. 12
Vocalise, Op. 34/14
RLPO/Vasily Petrenko
Recorded 2009/10 Philharmonic hall, Liverpool
EMI Classics

[BBMmk2]

Messiaen: La Nativite du Seigneur; Naji Hakim: Le Tombeau d'Olivier Messiaen. Naji Hakim(organ of la Trinite, Paris.

Christmas Vespers, at Westminster Cathedral. Westminster Cathedral Choir, Matthew Martin(organ), Martin Baker, Master of Music.

[Pianoman]

Haas. 'in vain' Klangforum Wien/ Cambreling (post hcmf 2013)

[Roehre]

Today:

CD: The A-La-Re-mi Manuscripts.
Flemish Polyphonic treasures for Charles V (1500-1558)

Assad:
Terra Brasilis - Fantasia on the Brazilian National Anthem (2012)

Loeffler:
Divertimento Espagnole (1901)
Poem Avant que tu ne t'en ailles

[Colonel Danby]

Karl Heinz Stockhausen: Gruppen for 3 Orchestras

Berlin Phil conducted by Bawdy Claude

I know that the composer didn't care for it, but I think it rocks. Shame about the cover though.. what were DG think of. Two big ears in concrete? And only 44 minutes of music, even for contemporary music is a bit short measure for a full price CD.

It's still wonderful stuff though...

(DG 447 761-2GH)

[Roehre]

Karl Heinz Stockhausen: Gruppen for 3 Orchestras

Berlin Phil conducted by Bawdy Claude

I know that the composer didn't care for it, but I think it rocks. Shame about the cover though.. what were DG think of. Two big ears in concrete? And only 44 minutes of music, even for contemporary music is a bit short measure for a full price CD.

It's still wonderful stuff though...

(DG 447 761-2GH)

I wonder too whether the performers have a say in the way their recordings are marketed (some seem to have, others obviously haven't)
Brilliant CD it is, but the artwork is not exactly appealing, is it?
The front of the LP of Gruppen (late 1960 DGG, now on an expensive Stockhausen Verlag CD) shows at least the orchestras in action....

[jayne lee wilson]

Beethoven Missa Solemnis
ORR/Monteverdi Choir/Lucy Crowe, Jennifer Johnston, James Gilchrist, Matthew Rose/John Eliot Gardiner/SDG CD live recording 2012.

ORR/Monteverdi Choir/Charlotte Margiono,Catherine Robbin,William Kendall, Alasdair Miles/John Eliot Gardiner/DG Archiv CD rec.1990.

Quite a work to spend a weekend immersed in... for more comments see my review on the CD Review thread.

Tristan Murail Winter Fragments (2000); Unanswered Questions; Ethers; Le Lac (2001) (Argento Chamber Ensemble/Michel Galante/AEON CD)
Can't stop playing this gorgeous thing...
The cat being inclined to climb up for cuddles mid-evening, I make sure there's good reading to hand and a disc in each transport; as JEG's 2012 Missa finished I noticed that the other disc was still spinning. Switching to it I found that it was Le Lac... it says much for its compelling, richly inventive beauty that I listened to the end.

[Stanfordian]

The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Vol. 1 – Janet Baker
Goethe & Schiller Settings
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)
Recorded 1987
Hyperion

Howells:
Requiem and other sacred choral works
Hymn for St Cecilia; Salve Regina; The Gloucester Service; Magnificat; Nunc dimittis; Take him, earth, for cherishing; The St. Paul’s Service; Magnificat; Nunc dimittis; Requiem; All my hope on God is founded (Michael);
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Stephen Layton
Recorded 2011, Lady Chapel, Ely Cathedral and Lincoln Cathedral
Hyperion

[BBMmk2]

Howells:
Requiem and other sacred choral works
Hymn for St Cecilia; Salve Regina; The Gloucester Service; Magnificat; Nunc dimittis; Take him, earth, for cherishing; The St. Paul’s Service; Magnificat; Nunc dimittis; Requiem; All my hope on God is founded (Michael);
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Stephen Layton
Recorded 2011, Lady Chapel, Ely Cathedral and Lincoln Cathedral
Hyperion[/QUOTE]


I am pretty sure I have the Layton version, I know, definetly I have it non good old Naxos!

MrsBBM hasn't heard Christmas Vespers at Westminster Cathedral. So I have played or am p-laying this again, especially for her! It really just like being at the abbey where we go!

[Bryn]

Earlier, Beethoven Op. 120 (Schiff/Brodmann), then (Cooper/Walter und Sohn), now (Staier/Graf).

I'd say that Schiff lets Beethoven tell the jokes, while Staier embellishes them, not always to the best service of the humour. Cooper ploughs a more even furrow. I find much to admire in each of them. Demus, Komen and Battersby to follow (all on Grafs or copies thereof).

[amateur51]

Earlier, Beethoven Op. 120 (Schiff/Brodmann), then (Cooper/Walter und Sohn), now (Staier/Graf).

I'd say that Schiff lets Beethoven tel the jokes, while Staier embellishes them, not always to the best service of the humour. Cooper ploughs a more even furrow. I find much to admire in each of them. Demus, Komen and Battersby to follow (all on Grafs or copies thereof).

Thanks Bryn

[Bryn]

By the way, I see the Demus double CD album is up for grabs (new) via the amazon.co.uk marketplace at £6.91 including p&p. Not listed under Beethoven, of course. You have to search for "diabelli demus"or "demus eloquence".