What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[HighlandDougie]

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No 2 op.22; Piano Concerto No 5 'Egyptian' op.103 + assorted solo piano pieces

Bertrand Chamayou/Orchestre National de France/Emmanuel Krivine

There have been some fine recent recordings of these concertos (Louis Schwizgebel, for example) but Chamayou (aided by excellent accompaniment from Krivine and an excellent recording) makes the strongest possible case for what I suppose used to be called "warhorses". I hesitate to call them second-rate but the dazzling pianism, accompanied by Chamayou's usual sensitive approach, might convinced one that they were minor masterpieces of the genre. I have a particular fondness for the 5th, dating from my father having an LP with Richter as soloist.

[pastoralguy]

Beethoven. Op.10 piano sonatas.

Richard Goode, piano.

A 50p charity shop find! (I do have the complete set but I couldn't resist.)

Lovely playing.

[Beef Oven!]

David Matthews (b. 1943)

Earlier - Symphony #7 Op. 109

Now - String Quartet #10 Op. 84

Dutton Epoch (symphony)
Toccata Classics (string quartet)

[Stanfordian]

Mahler
Adagio – Symphony No. 10
‘Wunderhorn Lieder’ – selection of 8 songs from ‘Des Knaben Wunderhorn’
Michael Volle (baritone)
Münchner Philharmoniker / Christian Thielemann
Recorded live 2011 Philharmonie, Munich
MPHIL – super new release

Schubert
Octet in F major for clarinet, horn, bassoon, two violins, viola, cello & double bass, D. 803
Dresdner Oktett (Wolfram Große, clarinet; Robert Langbein, horn; Joachim Hans, bassoon;
Matthias Wollong, violin; Jörg Faßmann, violin; Sebastian Herberg, viola; Norbert Anger, cello;
Andreas Wylezol, double bass)
Recorded Osterfestspiele Salzburg 2017 Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Austria
Profil - new release - top-drawer playing

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Franz Liszt Organ Arrangements
Fantasy & Fugue on the Chorale “Ad nos, ad salutarem undam(arr.Marcel du Pré)
Weinen Klagen, Sargen(arr.Leo Weiner)
Orpheus, version for organ
Prelude & Fugue on the name B A C H(arr.R Bischof for orchestra)
Christian Scmitt(organ), Deutsch Radio Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern Philharmonie,
Martin Haselbrock.

Thank you Jonathan Welsh.

[Beef Oven!]

DSCH - Symphony #4
Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev. Hi-Res download.

[teamsaint]

Beverly Sills.
Bellini and Donizetti Heroines.

( From the Westminster Legacy Box).


The more I listen to this, the more I like it.

Any recommendations for some of her other recordings ?

[Stanfordian]

Wolfgang Rihm
Das Gehege, nocturnal scene for soprano and orchestra (2004/05)
Jean-Pascal Beintus
Le Petit Prince, concert suite for violin, harp and chamber orchestra (2006)
Rayanne Dupuis - soprano (Das Gehege)
Eva-Christina Schönweiss - violin & Kirsten Ecke - harp (Le Petit Prince)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Kent Nagano
Recorded 2011, Großer Sendesaal, Haus des Rundfunks, RBB, Berlin
Capriccio

Handel - Arias
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

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Hi Stan! Simon Rattle’s Mrs singing Handel? She has rather a wide repertoire? Looks good though! Christian Thieleman, doing Mahler! I might investigate further.

[Stanfordian]

Hi Stan! Simon Rattle’s Mrs singing Handel? She has rather a wide repertoire? Looks good though! Christian Thieleman, doing Mahler! I might investigate further.

The Mahler / Thielemann CD with Michael Volle singing Wunderhorn Lieder is really excellent.

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The Mahler / Thielemann CD with Michael Volle singing Wunderhorn Lieder is really excellent.

Thanks! I'll have a go on Spotify!

Feruccio Busoni Piano Concerto, Op.39.
Marc-Andre Hamelin(piano), CBSO, Sir Mark Elder.

NB Not on Spotify the Thielemann.

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DSCH - Symphony #4
Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev. Hi-Res download.

I bet that sounds really good on that version?

Listening now to the winner of last Saturday's BaL recording of RVWs On Wenlock Edge(Spotify).

Ralph Vaughan Williams
On Wenlock Edge;
Ivor Gurney
Ludlow & Theme
Ian Venables
Songs of Eternity, Op.36
Andrew Kennedy,(tenor)
Simon Crawford-Taylor(piano)
Dante Quartet

[Stanfordian]

Janáček
Glagolitic Mass (original version based on 1927 premiere, reconstructed by Jiří Zahrádka)
Sinfonietta
Taras Bulba
The Fiddler’s Child
Hibla Gerzmava (soprano), Jan Martiník (bass), Stuart Neill (tenor), Veronika Hajnová (mezzo-soprano)
Prague Philharmonic Choir,
Czech Philharmonic / Jiří Bělohlávek
Aleš Bárta (organ)
Recorded 2013 (Mass), 2014 (Taras Bulba), 2015 (Fiddler’s Child), 2017 (Sinfonietta), Rudolfinum, Prague
Decca

Scriabin
Symphony No. 2
Piano Concerto
Kirill Gerstein (piano)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko
Recorded 2016 Oslo Concert Hall, Norway
Lawo

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Two very enticing CDs there Stan!

Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, Op.15.
Krystian Zimerman, Piano, Berliner Philharmoniker,
Sir Simon Rattle.

Beethoven arr.Mahler
String Quartet No.11 in F minor, Op.95.
Brahms/Schoenberg
Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor, Op.25.
Wiener Philharmoniker
Christoph von Dohnányi

[pastoralguy]

Tchaikovsky. Violin concerto.

Vilde Frang, violin.

Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eivind Gullberg Jensen.

I'm going to hear the marvellous Ms. Frang play the Beethoven Concerto tomorrow with The Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Very much looking forward to it.