What Are You Listening To Now? - II

[EnemyoftheStoat]

Well, lots of performers, really...don't tempt me... are you sure you want the list...?

No ta, my "who else" was rhetorical. One OS&F is probably enough for my collection!

Now on Schumann 2 from the same set, having run no 1 earlier and found it a lot more fun than I remembered from other recordings.

[BBMmk2]

I recall in autumn 2015 you kept enthusing about the Stravinsky "Complete Columbia Album Collection" issued by Sony, in the Original Miniature Jackets, etc...
i kept holding off, happy with the earlier 22-cd issues, and knowing that I'd never play many of this 56-disc affair....

Long story short.... I bought the lovely, luxurious thing. Have I played much of it? Perhaps 5 or 6 of them, some only in part. Do I regret the purchase, my one-and-only reissued BIGBOXSET?
No. I just wanted to have it, really. I longed for it. A bit like a kitten or a teddybear.
I sometimes look at it thinking, oh I can't wait to play....

The lid covers almost the whole box. I like the way that, replacing it very carefully, if you tap it softly it...slides down unaided, slowly, to cover all the discs and settle in its appointed place.

And now this equally luxurious overduplicating Melodiya thing......

What were you saying about the Melodiya thing, JLW?.............

[pastoralguy]

The lid covers almost the whole box. I like the way that, replacing it very carefully, if you tap it softly it...slides down unaided, slowly, to cover all the discs and settle in its appointed place:

I thought it was only me that did that...

[BBMmk2]

Sir Arnold Bax: Orchestral Music Vol.2

Spring Fire Symphony; Northern Ballad Nos.2; Symphonic Scherzo(*)
Northern Ballad No.3(Prelude for a Solemn Occasion); Mediterranean (**)

(*) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
(**) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson.

[Pulcinella]

I thought it was only me that did that...

Wishful thinking again, pg.

I too find that immensly satisfying, and like jlw bought the set to replace my 22CD set (even though that was in the big black box) because I wanted it, or rather I wanted to be reunited with the cover art of the original LPs I bought when I was a sixth former; not sure if they were deletions, but a small shop in an arcade in Southport got them in a trickle that I could just about afford!

[Bryn]

Wishful thinking again, pg.

I too find that immensly satisfying, and like jlw bought the set to replace my 22CD set (even though that was in the big black box) because I wanted it, or rather I wanted to be reunited with the cover art of the original LPs I bought when I was a sixth former; not sure if they were deletions, but a small shop in an arcade in Southport got them in a trickle that I could just about afford!

I requested, and got, the LP of the Symphony in 3 Movements and Violin Concerto for my 14th birthday. It was the Symphony I was after. I did not know the Violin Concerto and, to the horror of the record shop owner, had never heard of this Isaac Stern fellow. That was the start of an addiction which has never been cured, even though I have now and again gone cold turkey.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I thought it was only me that did that...

The lid of the big Mozart box does the same sort of thing, giving a gentle sigh of pleasure as it does so - echoing my own whenever I take a CD out of the box in the first place.

[mahlerei]

Ferenc Farkas
Music for Wind Ensemble
Early Hungarian Dances from the 17th Century
The Sly Students - Suite
Timon of Athens - Suite
Intrada, Passacaglia, Saltarello
Tower Music from Nyírbátor
Contrafacta Hungarica
Musica per Ottoni
Csínom Palkó (Mischievous Tune)
Budapest Wind Symphony/László Marosi
TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC0349

[Alison]

I don't think we've ever had a thread on the indefatigable Toccata Classics label.

Martin Anderson deserves a knighthood.

[EdgeleyRob]

I don't think we've ever had a thread on the indefatigable Toccata Classics label.

Martin Anderson deserves a knighthood.

Ahhh rare Alkan and Weinberg

[mahlerei]

I don't think we've ever had a thread on the indefatigable Toccata Classics label.

Martin Anderson deserves a knighthood.

Here are two terrific Toccata releases that came my way recently:

Ernst Krenek
Complete Piano Concertos Vol. 1
Piano Concertos 1-3
Mikhail Korzhev (piano)
English Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Woods
POCCATA CLASSICS TOCC0323

Dmitri Shostakovich
Complete Music for Piano Duo and Duet Vol. 1
Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op.70
Unity/Song of the Great Rivers: Waltz, Op. 95d
Ballet Suite No. 2, Op. 89b: No. 3 Polka
The Adventures of Korzinkina, Op. 59: No.3, ‘The Chase’
Suite for Two Pianos in F sharp minor, Op. 6
Tarantella for Two Pianos, Op. 84d
Merry March for Two Pianos, Op. 84c
Concertino for Two Pianos in A minor, Op. 94
Vicky Yannoula and Jakob Fichert (pianos)
TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC0034

[BBMmk2]

Agreed. He and David Weuste are a delight to deal with. Here are two terrific Toccata releases that came my way recently:

Ernst Krenek
Complete Piano Concertos Vol. 1
Piano Concertos 1-3
Mikhail Korzhev (piano)
English Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Woods
POCCATA CLASSICS TOCC0323

Dmitri Shostakovich
Complete Music for Piano Duo and Duet Vol. 1
Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op.70
Unity/Song of the Great Rivers: Waltz, Op. 95d
Ballet Suite No. 2, Op. 89b: No. 3 Polka
The Adventures of Korzinkina, Op. 59: No.3, ‘The Chase’
Suite for Two Pianos in F sharp minor, Op. 6
Tarantella for Two Pianos, Op. 84d
Merry March for Two Pianos, Op. 84c
Concertino for Two Pianos in A minor, Op. 94
Vicky Yannoula and Jakob Fichert (pianos)
TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC0034

They do look rather tempting, Mahlerie! And piano discs, as well.

Much of my listening of late, as you might have seen is themed related. I think, at the moment, it seems to help me with my
listening. Today, time permitting, will be various recordings by Martha Argerich. One of my favourite pianists.

Martha Argerich & Friends Lugano Festival 2013.
Beethoven: Piano concerto no.1 in C major, op.15
Respighi Violin Sonata in Eb major
Liszt La lugubre Gondola
Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op.40
Ravel Violin Sonata, Op.Posth.
Debussy Petite Suite
Offenbach arr Rosthethal: Gaite Parisienne
Saint Saens: Le Carnaval des animaux

[mahlerei]

Mornin' maestro

Yes, well worth hearing IMO. The Farkas Music for Wind Ensemble should be right up your street. The Budapest Wind Symphony draws its players from Hungary's best orchestras - and it shows. A real find.

[BBMmk2]

Mornin' maestro

Yes, well worth hearing IMO. The Farkas Music for Wind Ensemble should be right up your street. The Budapest Wind Symphony draws its players from Hungary's best orchestras - and it shows. A real find.

Yes, I meant to have to have commented about that. Thanks, I will investigate, somehow!

[Stanfordian]

Offenbach
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Olympia, Giulietta – Kerstin Avemo
Antonia, Giulietta – Mandy Fredrich
La Muse, Niklausse, La Voix de la tombe – Rachel Frenkel
Hoffmann – Daniel Johansson
Lindorf, Maître Luther, Coppélius, Le docteur Miracle, Le capitaine Dapertutto – Michael Volle
Spalanzani – Bengt-Ola Morgny
Crespel – Ketil Hugaas
Andrès, Cochenille, Frantz – Christoph Mortagne
Nathanaël – Hoël Troadec
Hermann – Josef Kovačič
Wilhelm – Petr Svoboda
Stell (non singing part) – Pär (Pelle) Karlsson
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Wiener Symphoniker/Johannes Debus
Stage Director – Stefan Herheim
Set Design – Christof Hetzer
Costume Design – Esther Bialas
Video and TV director – Felix Breisach
Recorded live July Festspielhaus, Bregenz Festival
C Major Blu-ray