What Are You Listening To Now? - II

[BBMmk2]

There's a line-up of artists for you, Stan! Looks very much an enticing disc, re the John Ireland chamber works. BTW Stan, I have bought that Wagner box set from Sony!!

Sir Arnold Bax

Four Orchestral Pieces
I Pensive Twilight
II Dance in the Sun
III From the Mountains of Home
IV The Dance of the Wild Iravel
Phantasy for Viola & Orchestra*
Overture, Elegy & Rondo.

*Philip Dukes, BBCPO, Sir Andrew Davis

[teamsaint]

The Feldman epic quartet. Listening on the train.( this isnwhat iplayer downloads are perfect for).

Other things that take 6 hours.
Cricket. Including meal breaks, dubious betting, and the chance to go for a wander and a natter.

Train from Southampton to Glasgow. Some interesting scenery, potential delays, and much more expensive.

Sales meeting. Worse experience mostly, but more chocolate and numbers,ifyou like either of those,or even if you don't.


Anyway, my thoughts about an hour or so in? I'd likely buy the 5 CD set if available at a sensible price. I can imagine that format working very well for me, for what that is worth.

I suppose that one thing that the work really highlights is how different a listening experience we all have .

And it's amazingly full of beautiful surprises.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384; Soloists/AAM Chorus & Orchestra/Hogwood.

Lor'! Isn't the acting in the dialogue of Singspiels tedious?!

[teamsaint]

this was a nice treat at Waterloo last week, while waiting for my train.

The LPO brass , led by Principal Trombone Mark Templeton, I think.

[BBMmk2]

I've played with some of those guys TS!

Richard Wagner

"The Great Wagner Sony Recordings"

"Eileen Farrell/Wagner"

CD34:-

Tannhauser, Overture
Gotterdammerung, Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene*
Wesendonk Lieder*
Tristan & Isolde, Prelude.

*Eileen Farrell(soprano),
NYPO, Leonard Bernstein.

[EdgeleyRob]

Roger Norrington's Romantic Box

The Elgar cd In the South, Int & Allegro and Enigma Vars. They are very different to any other I have heard, lacking the warmth that I think Elgar needs. Others my disagree with this view. In the South lacks the zip of Silvestri and Collins and Barbirolli are more to my taste in Int & All. I'll listen again to the Norrington and see if I can find anything more to attract!

This Alassio is the most Strauss like sounding of them all I think and seems a bit long,although I haven't compared timings with others.
Introduction and Allegro is a bit ordinary to my ears.
The Enigma is super.

[EdgeleyRob]

John Ireland - The Songs with Piano
Benjamin Luxon (baritone), John Mitchinson (tenor), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto) Alan Rowlands (piano)
Recorded 1972/78 St John’s Smith Square, London
Lyrita

John Ireland - The Chamber works
Phantasie Piano Trio in A minor (In one Movement)
Piano Trio No. 2 in E (in one Movement)
Piano Trio No. 3
Yfrah Neaman (violin); Julian Lloyd Webber (cello); Eric Parkin (piano)
Sextet for Clarinet, Horn and String Quartet
Sonata for Cello and Piano
Fantasy-Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (in one Movement)
Emanuel Hurwitz, Ivor MacMahon (violins); Cecil Aronowitz, (viola); Terence Weil (cello);
Gervase de Peyer (clarinet); Neill Sanders (horn)
André Navarra (cello); Eric Parkin (piano)
Violin Sonata No. 1
Violin Sonata No. 2
Yfrah Neaman (violin); Eric Parkin (piano)
Recorded 1971 & 76 St. John’s Smith Square, London
Lyrita

I’ll be dipping in to these Lyrita sets today.

[teamsaint]

I've played with some of those guys TS!

Richard Wagner

"The Great Wagner Sony Recordings"

"Eileen Farrell/Wagner"

CD34:-

Tannhauser, Overture
Gotterdammerung, Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene*
Wesendonk Lieder*
Tristan & Isolde, Prelude.

*Eileen Farrell(soprano),
NYPO, Leonard Bernstein.

you mean they have played with you , BBM ?

Vlad obviously had something more important on this year.....

[BBMmk2]

you mean they have played with you , BBM ?

Vlad obviously had something more important on this year.....

Ah, this was last year. Yes indeed, they were impressed by a tuba playing the third trombone part in Schubert's 8th!

[Stanfordian]

Debussy
Images, pour orchestre
Jeux
La plus que lente
San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas
Recorded 2013/14 Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
SFSMedia, new release

Ernst Neumann
String Trio, Op. 12 (1883)
Wilhelm Berger
String Trio, Op. 69 (1898)
Dresden String Trio
Recorded 2010 Bethanienkirche, Leipzig
Querstand

[BBMmk2]

Tchaikovsy: Symphony no.1 in G minor, Op.13, "Winter Daydreams". Vienna PO, Lorin Maazel.

Wagner Great Recordings CD39" Tannhauser Without Words. Pittsburgh So, Lorin Mazzel.

Rameau Une Symphonie Imaginaire. Les Musicens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

[pastoralguy]

Mitsuko Uschida playing Beethoven's op. 109, 110 & 111 sonatas.

Just wonderful.

[EdgeleyRob]

Today

Britten

Death in Venice

Decca,Pears et al

[pastoralguy]

Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.

Igor Oistrakh, violin.

David Oistrakh, conductor.

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra.

Reel to Reel tape.

Fantastic as always although I do think my Sony machine is running a tad fast raising the pitch a little.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Mozart:
String Quartets in Eb, K428; Bb, K458 ("Hunt"); D, K499 ("Hoffmeister"); Hagen Quartet

Symphonies 40 & 41; OAE/Bruggen

Concertos for Violin #1 in Bb, K207; Piano #5 in D K175; 2 Violins in C K190; Bassoon in Bb, K191 - Vars!

Magnus Granberg: Would Fall from the Sky, Would Wither and Die, Ensemble Skuggorna och Ljuset (= "shadows & light")
Another Timbre CD, at184.

I bought this on the back of my instant enthusiasm for Granberg's How Deep is the Ocean, How High is the Sky last year. This one didn't have quite the immediate impact of that, but it's growing on me nicely.