What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? IV

[cloughie]

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Well, I'm surprised that you are surprised . Many music lovers will assure you that Grieg and Tchaikovsky will never go out of fashion. You write as if you actually want this to happen. Why? Why not just enjoy this wonderful music?

Indeed - listen to Manfred and Francesca and enjoy!

[Pulcinella]

The layout had gone a bit awry in the two previous posts, so I've done some judicious editing and hope I've not misinterpreted the messages!

[AuntDaisy]

Reichenauer Concertos II - Music From Eighteenth Century Prague, Musica Florea.
Very lively and enjoyable. These Czech Supraphon CDs are a joy to hear (& read the booklets).

[vinteuil]

Reichenauer Concertos II - Music From Eighteenth Century Prague, Musica Florea.
Very lively and enjoyable. These Czech Supraphon CDs are a joy...

... mine is winging towards me : I assume you saw my # 3198

[AuntDaisy]

... mine is winging towards me : I assume you saw my # 3198

Yes, your Reichenauer post inspired / tempted me - you're a terrible influence! (Saving up for #1.)
Kryštof Lada on bassoon.

[vinteuil]

- you're a terrible influence! (Saving up for #1.)

... I think we're equally bad/good influences each on the other!

[MickyD]

Reichenauer Concertos II - Music From Eighteenth Century Prague, Musica Florea.
Very lively and enjoyable. These Czech Supraphon CDs are a joy to hear (& read the booklets).

This series has so far escaped me, but I think it must be full of good things and the catalogue must be quite extensive by now.

[Jonathan]

As Tausig has come up in conversation, I do have to say that he's not forgotten by me! I've played his Op.1 work, "Das Geisterschiff" many times over the last 25 years. I was also listening to a recent CD which includes that work, as well as several other pieces by him. Also, regarding Suk, try his Scherzo Fantastique - it's wonderful and not at all sad

[richardfinegold]

Should I post anything here, I have to factor in time to proof read it.... (I too have my bugbears - have I mentioned very, very long paragraphs? - I try to restrain myself. I'm sure I read Lord Denning's exhortation to avoid them, but I cannot find the reference, even with the aid of AI).

I'm quite certain I have infringed standards of grammar, not least when it comes to it's and its, so I have again located The Apostrophe Protection Society for a refresher, and have bookmarked it for future reference.........
https://www.apostrophe.org.uk/

My wife has an apostrophe in her last name and has long agitated for such a group. I forwarded this to her and she is sharing with her sibs

[smittims]

Haydn: Symphony no.72. Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati.

Even for Haydn,this is a work of fascinating originality , the scoring including four horns, rare in an 18th-century symphony, and timpani without trumpets, also unusual. The second movement is a miniature flute concerto, trio is for wind band, and the finale . is an andante set of variations , including one for solo double bass. It's one of his less-well-known works, though HC Robbins Landon notes that it was played in the BBC Third Programme in 1948, presumably a 'performance you wouldn't hear anywhere else'. .

[oliver sudden]

Haydn: Symphony no.72. Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati.

Even for Haydn,this is a work of fascinating originality , the scoring including four horns, rare in an 18th-century symphony, and timpani without trumpets, also unusual. The second movement is a miniature flute concerto, trio is for wind band, and the finale . is an andante set of variations , including one for solo double bass. It's one of his less-well-known works, though HC Robbins Landon notes that it was played in the BBC Third Programme in 1948, presumably a 'performance you wouldn't hear anywhere else'. .

The 72 is very misleading if the boffins are correct and the four-horn symphonies are contemporaneous… it should apparently be about number 30, chronologically speaking. (As should Hob I:13…)

[Stanfordian]

Bax
String Quartet No. 1
String Quartet No. 2
Maggini Quartet
Recoerded 1999, Potton Hall, Suffolk
Naxos, CD

Gerald Finley – ‘Songs of Travel’ – ‘Chants de Voyage’
Songs by Vaughan Williams, Derek Holman & Britten
Gerald Finley (baritone) & Stephen Ralls (piano)
Recorded 1998
CBC Records, CD

[richardfinegold]

The 72 is very misleading if the boffins are correct and the four-horn symphonies are contemporaneous… it should apparently be about number 30, chronologically speaking. (As should Hob I:13…)

I was wondering about the four horn issue and whether the numbering could be wildly off.
I am going to commit some mild heresy here and say that once past the very low numbered Haydn Symphonies (arbitrarily, 1-10) I don’t see a lot of stylistic differences between works until we get to the point where Haydn has “arrived “ as an International Star, and the Paris Symphonies. If it turned out that say, number 55 was written before #15, I find that plausible. I know that the 40-50s are supposed to be Sturm und Drang, but I would have no trouble popping that label on many of the earlier or later works.
I am not being critical of these works, and in fact have had great pleasure listening to them over the years, but I question the accepted chronological order and supposed stylistic differences

[Petrushka]

I was wondering about the four horn issue and whether the numbering could be wildly off.
I am going to commit some mild heresy here and say that once past the very low numbered Haydn Symphonies (arbitrarily, 1-10) I don’t see a lot of stylistic differences between works until we get to the point where Haydn has “arrived “ as an International Star, and the Paris Symphonies. If it turned out that say, number 55 was written before #15, I find that plausible. I know that the 40-50s are supposed to be Sturm und Drang, but I would have no trouble popping that label on many of the earlier or later works.
I am not being critical of these works, and in fact have had great pleasure listening to them over the years, but I question the accepted chronological order and supposed stylistic differences

Apparently, Haydn didn't number his symphonies so the order we know isn't always the chronological sequence.

[richardfinegold]

CSO concert Saturday night. Strings only, led by concertmaster Robert Chen. The big piece was the 4 Seasons. The first half was Mozart K.137 Divertimento and Mahler arrangement of the Beethoven Serioso Quartet.
I think the Beethoven arrangement works very well. It doesn’t soften the edges and adds some heft and power.
For all its ubiquity this is the first time in 25 years that I’ve seen the Vivaldi in concert. It is interesting to see how some of the remarkable effects are produced