What Are You Listening To Now? - II

[BBMmk2]

Shostakovich:
Symphony No.11(The Year 1905).
Czecho-Slovak RSO, Ladislav Slovak.

Not a bad sounding orchestra this. Haven't heard this orchestra before so I am giving them a listen.

[Stanfordian]

Zemlinsky
Lieder aus dem Nachlass (Posthumous Songs)
Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Iris Vermillion (mezzo-soprano),
Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor), Andreas Schmidt (baritone)
& Cord Garben (piano)
Recorded 1993 SDR, Studio Villa Berg, Stuttgart
Sony

Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 ‘Romantic’ version 1878/80 ed. Nowak (1958)
Münchner Philharmoniker/Valery Gergiev
Recorded 2015 Philharmonie, Munich
Münchner Philharmoniker Recordings

[mahlerei]

Darius Milhaud
La Bien-Aimée - Ballet in one act for Pianola and Orchestra
Rex Lawson (pianola)
Orchestre National d’Ile de France/Enrique Mazzola

Premiered 22 November 1928, and not performed again until 8 April 2016

An absolute delight, sent to me by a good friend and fellow boarder (8 April 2016, Paris)

[EnemyoftheStoat]

Continuing the 152-cd odyssey...

Busoni
Berceuse élégiaque - RCO/Spanjaard

Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde - Larsson/Smith/RCO/Luisi

The latter not a patch on Baker/King/CO/Haitink in 1975, I'm afraid.

[vinteuil]

Darius Milhaud
La Bien-Aimée - Ballet in one act for Pianola and Orchestra
Rex Lawson (pianola)
Orchestre National d’Ile de France/Enrique Mazzola

Premiered 22 November 1928, and not performed again until 8 April 2016

An absolute delight, sent to me by a good friend and fellow boarder (8 April 2016, Paris)

.... is this available anywhere? (Or are you just being a tease? )

[teamsaint]

A few years ago I made the acquaintance of the composer Georges Lentz (b 1965) who was born in Luxembourg but these days divides his time between Sydney and Berlin, and I was subsequently very pleased to discover that his music is very engaging indeed. Now playing is a CD of his orchestral music on the Timpani label (he has a couple of things on Naxos too) which shows a very fine and individual sense of orchestral sonority and a quite idiosyncratic style not a million miles from Messiaen's later work in often juxtaposing strange textural effects with moments of unexpected consonance (although there the resemblance more or less ends). I recommend giving it a go.

Giving the Naxos CD of Caeli Enarrant a spin.
Liked it so much I ordered it. Pay day treat.

The contrasts are a really significant feature, not least of restless propulsive rhythmic drive, and stiller, calmer music.
Still, I suppose that's what it must be like in the Andromeda Galaxy.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Giving the Naxos CD of Caeli Enarrant a spin.
Liked it so much I ordered it. Pay day treat.

The contrasts are a really significant feature, not least of restless propulsive rhythmic drive, and stiller, calmer music.
Still, I suppose that's what is must be like in the Andromeda Galaxy.

A sample here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtWiQM8qy6E

... there are other youTube samples for anyone as intrigued by the Music as I have been. to Richard and ts for the nudge.

[teamsaint]

A sample here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtWiQM8qy6E

... there are other youTube samples for anyone as intrigued by the Music as I have been. to Richard and ts for the nudge.

Several CDs ( perhaps all ?) are in the Naxos Library too.

and yes, thanks to RB for a great recommendation.

[mahlerei]

.... is this available anywhere? (Or are you just being a tease? )

Just sent you a PM

[Petrushka]

Webern: Six Pieces for Orchestra (original 1909 version)
Berg: Seven Early Songs
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado

[interval]

Mahler: Symphony No 7
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle

[Bryn]

Messiaen: Les Offrandes oubliées,version for piano, (Benjamin Frith) from the Chandos recording which falsely claims to be the first of the composer's arrangement for piano. In fact, Paul Kim's recording on the Centaur label had been made and released some 3 years before Frith's for Chandos. I feel Paul Kim's Messiaen recordings deserve to be better known.

[BBMmk2]

Hiya Pet. I haven't listened to this particular recording for a long time. May have to now!(Re the Mahler! )

Yesterday:-

Schubert:
String Quintet in C major, D976
Mistislav Rostropovich, Melos Quartet.

Today:-

Debussy String Quartet
Duttileaux Ainsi la nuit for String Quartet
Ravel String Quartet.
Belcea Quartet.

[Stanfordian]

Zemlinsky
Lieder aus dem Nachlass (Posthumous Songs)
Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Iris Vermillion (mezzo-soprano), Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor),
Andreas Schmidt (baritone) & Cord Garben (piano)
Recorded 1993 SDR, Studio Villa Berg, Stuttgart
Sony

Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 ‘Romantic’ version 1878/80 ed. Nowak (1958)
Münchner Philharmoniker/Valery Gergiev
Recorded 2015 Philharmonie, Munich
Münchner Philharmoniker Recordings

[Bryn]

Messiaen: Les Offrandes oubliées,version for piano, (Benjamin Frith) from the Chandos recording which falsely claims to be the first of the composer's arrangement for piano. In fact, Paul Kim's recording on the Centaur label had been made and released some 3 years before Frith's for Chandos. I feel Paul Kim's Messiaen recordings deserve to be better known.

By the way, it was Paul Kim's recording of Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jésus which was slightly adjusted by Barrington-Coupe and attributed to Joyce Hatto, in which form they were highly lauded,:

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2006/Oct06/Messiaen_Vingt_Hatto_CACD20032.htm

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2007/Mar07/Messiaen2_kim_crc2627-8.htm

https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/messiaen-vingt-regards-sur-lenfant-jesus

[BBMmk2]

Verdi Aida. Acts 1 & 2 of the winning recording in today's BaL(on Spotify Premium), conducted Riccardo Muti.