What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? IV

[pastoralguy]

Joseph Martin Kraus. (1756 - 1792)

4 Sinfonien.

Concerto Köln. Capriccio label.

Interesting music.

[Stanfordian]

Arnold Bax – 'Orchestral Works' Vol 4
The Tale the Pine Trees Knew
Into the Twilight, part one of Éire
In the Faery Hills, part two of Éire
Roscatha, part three of Éire
Ulster Orchestra / Bryden Thomson,
A Legend
LPO / Bryden Thomson,
On the Sea Shore (edited and orchestrated by Graham Parlett)
Ulster Orchestra / Vernon Handley
Recorded 1991 (A Legend), 1986 (On the Sea Shore), 1985 Ulster Hall, Belfast (other works)
Chandos, CD

John Ireland – 'The Songs'
CD 3
Songs for Tenor
The Heart’s desire; The sacred flame; Remember; Hawthorne Time; The East Riding;
Love is a sickness full of woes; The Land of Lost Content; Two Songs
Songs for Contralto:
The three Ravens; Bed in Summer; Mother & Child; Earth’s Call; Three Arthur Symons Songs;
What art thou thinking of?; Three Thomas Hardy Songs
John Mitchinson (tenor); Alfreda Hodgson (contralto) & Alan Rowlands (piano)
Recorded 1978 Smith Square, London
Lyrita, No. 3 of 3 CD set

[pastoralguy]

Dvorak. Piano Quintet. Op.81

Svyatoslav Richter with Borodin Quartet. A live performance from April 25th 1983.

c/w

Dvorak. Terzett for two violins and viola.

Victor Pizaizen and Miroslav Rusin, violins and Igor Oistrakh, viola.

Melodyia label.

The only recording, afaik, of Igor Oistrakh playing the viola. Wonderful playing from all concerned, as one would expect.

[silvestrione]

Dvorak. Piano Quintet. Op.81

Svyatoslav Richter with Borodin Quartet. A live performance from April 25th 1983.

c/w

Dvorak. Terzett for two violins and viola.

Victor Pizaizen and Miroslav Rusin, violins and Igor Oistrakh, viola.

Melodyia label.

The only recording, afaik, of Igor Oistrakh playing the viola. Wonderful playing from all concerned, as one would expect.

Igor played the viola in the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante, a fine performance, though the LP did not have great sound, I seem to remember.

[pastoralguy]

Igor played the viola in the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante, a fine performance, though the LP did not have great sound, I seem to remember.

If I recall correctly, Igor played the violin whilst his father played the viola. However, I’m sure you’re correct that he played the viola on at least one recording of Mozart’s masterpiece.

[Stanfordian]

Brahms
Piano Trios 1-3
Renaud Capucon, Gautier Capucon & Nicholas Angelich
Recorded 2003 Auditorium de la Cite dea Arts, Chambery
Virgin Classics, CD

Magdalena Kožená – Handel – Arias
Arias from Alcina, Hercules, Agrippina, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Joshua,
Ariodante, Theodora, Amadigi di Gaula, Orlando, Ariodante & Rinaldo
Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano)
Venice Baroque Orchestra / Andrea Marcon
Recorded 2006, Gustav Mahler Saal, Kulturzentrum Grand Hotel, Toblach
Archiv Produktion, CD

[pastoralguy]

Ravel & Debussy. Piano Trios .

André Previn, piano, Julie Rosenfeld, violin & Gary Hoffman, ‘cello. RCA Red Seal.

I found this cd in a sale room in Lancaster. It was priced at 10p. Superb though it is, I still regret not trying to bargain the price down! (Actually, it was a charity stall so I gave them a £2 coin and donated the change!)

[pastoralguy]

Elgar. Symphony No.1 in Ab.

The Hallé Orchestra conducted by Sir Mark Elder. The most recent recording from the Orchestra’s own label.

[Pulcinella]

Ives
Orchestral Set No 1: Three places in New England
Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy

BBC MM's top choice for this work.

[gurnemanz]

Erik Satie
Complete Works for Piano 4 Hands
Sandra and Jeroen Van Veen
Brilliant Classics

Four hands on one Fazioli sounding great.

[richardfinegold]

Vivaldi , La Cetra, Rachel Podger et.al. Listening prompted by a question in the La Stravaganza thread, but what a wonderful recording.

[smittims]

The Cenci, Havergal Brian's Shelley opera, a late work, and a wonderful performance with Helen Field and David Wilson-Johnson.

Many years ago, when only a few Brian symphonies had been made available , the idea of hearing his fifve operas seemd an impossible dream. Yet I've been able to hear three of them and have hopes of hearing Faust and Turandot some day. The Cenci seems to me the best of those I've heard so far. Brian brings to life splendidly the refined, colourful and slightly claustrophobic atmosphere of Renaissance Italy.

[Pulcinella]

Lined up for later, after reading this review in The Times:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/e2dcc4c8-bef2-4fa9-9486-dc05b38b685f?shareToken=da5f159d03fb0600f1191be224570d16

[Lion-of-Vienna]

Good morning Smittims. Havergal Brian's opera Faust is available on a Dutton Epoch recording with the English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins. Sadly, Turandot has never been performed and only short orchestral excerpts are available on cd.

[Roger Webb]

Vivaldi , La Cetra, Rachel Podger et.al. Listening prompted by a question in the La Stravaganza thread, but what a wonderful recording.

Playing the same, and it now plays perfectly after clearing the cache of the control (Playfi) app. thanks to a suggestion by Sir Velo. Hoping now that La Tribune will pick Podger's for its exploration of La Stravaganza on Sunday. Thanks.