What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[BBMmk2]

Sir William Walton
Improvisations on a theme of Benjamin Britten
Cello Concerto*; Symphony no.2.
Paul Watkins(cello)*, BBC SO,
Sir Andrew Davis.

[pastoralguy]

Tchaikovsky's 'Rococo Variations and Saint-Saëns 1st 'cello concerto.

Han-Na Chang, 'cello.

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich.

EMI.

Ms. Chang seems to have fallen off the circuit since I've not heard of her for a long time. (Well, apart from resigning as conductor of the Qatar Orchestra with no notice after they played a Prom concert). According to Wikipedia, she's now conductor of the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and her 'cello playing appears to be on the back burner. That's a real shame since I heard her in Edinburgh with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and was absolutely bowled over. A truly wonderful player.

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George Frederick Handel
Ode for the Birthday of Queenn,HWV74
Judith Nelson, Shirley Minty, David Thomas,
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford,
Simon Preston.

[Stanfordian]

Havergal Brian
Symphony No. 5 'Wine of Summer'
Symphony No. 19
Symphony No. 27
Festal Dance
Roderick Williams (baritone)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins
Recorded 2014, RSNO Centre, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
Dutton Epoch

'Silence & Music' - Part Songs from Stanford, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Howells, Grainger, MacMillan, Dove, Britten, Warlock
Gabrieli Consort/Paul McCreesh
Recorded 2016 Charterhouse School, Surrey
Signum - New Release

[pastoralguy]

Ludwig van Beethoven.

Quintet in C. Op.29

Sextet in Eb. Op. 71

Sextet in Eb. Op. 81.

Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble.

Philips. Recorded 12/1991

[Petrushka]

Strauss: Don Quixote*

[interval]

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5

Pierre Fournier (cello)*
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan

A shameless steal of Barenboim's programme from last week and taken from the 1960s Karajan box. Alas, the Don competed with the noise of a barrage of fireworks round here. Sounded like a war-zone

[teamsaint]

Frank Bridge
String Quartets 2 and 3.

The Bridge String Quartet.

I only recently bought a copy of these and the other 2 quartets. They certainly cut through the firework noise well enough.
One of those discs you just want to put on straight away. I don't know Bridge's chamber music at all really, but really thought these two works were excellent.

[Beef Oven!]

Frank Bridge
String Quartets 2 and 3.

The Bridge String Quartet.

I only recently bought a copy of these and the other 2 quartets. They certainly cut through the firework noise well enough.
One of those discs you just want to put on straight away. I don't know Bridge's chamber music at all really, but really thought these two works were excellent.

I adore FB's String Quartets - only have the Maggini's on Naxos, but love 'em!!

P.S. Shouldn't this be on the "What British, Commonwealth .......?

[teamsaint]

I adore FB's String Quartets - only have the Maggini's on Naxos, but love 'em!!

P.S. Shouldn't this be on the "What British, Commonwealth .......?

I didn't think he was neglected enough...... feel free to copy and paste though !!

[Beef Oven!]

I didn't think he was neglected enough...... feel free to copy and paste though !!

Don't task me

[teamsaint]

Don't task me

OK, fair enough.

Earlier I was listening to Tasso by Liszt, ( well anything is better than the footy at the moment) and there is a bit in it which is just like a bit in the final movement of Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony.

[cloughie]

Strauss: Don Quixote*

[interval]

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5

Pierre Fournier (cello)*
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan

A shameless steal of Barenboim's programme from last week and taken from the 1960s Karajan box. Alas, the Don competed with the noise of a barrage of fireworks round here. Sounded like a war-zone

I think at the time of their release they competed with Tortelier Kempe on EMI!

[DublinJimbo]

Schubert: Nacht und Träume
Lieder orchestrated by Felix Mottl, Benjamin Britten, Richard Strauss, Max Reger, Franck Krawczyk, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Hector Berlioz, Anton Weber and Schubert himself

Stanislas de Barbeyrac (tenor), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (mezzo-soprano), accentus, Insula orchestra / Laurence Equilbey

New release listened to via Qobuz streaming. A beautiful disc.

[Dave2002]

Andrea Tarrodi: String Quartets
Dahlkvist Quartet

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Garden of Dreams
Music by David Maslanka
A Child's Garden of Dreams; In Memoriam;
Symphony No.4.
Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin, conductor.