What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[Lat-Literal]

The 2nd Brahms Piano Concerto and the 4th Beethoven Piano Concerto.

I am more of a Brahmsian than a Beethovenite.

Always have been - but it always surprises me.

[Joseph K]

Schoenberg - Moses und Aaron - BBCSO/Boulez

[BBMmk2]

The 2nd Brahms Piano Concerto and the 4th Beethoven Piano Concerto.

I am more of a Brahmsian than a Beethovenite.

Always have been - but it always surprises me.

Artists Lat?

Vaughan Williams
Symphony No.2 in G minor(A London Symphony), (1911, rev.1913)
Sound Sleep, (1903, for soprano and small Orchestra *
Orpheus with his Lute, (1903-1903, for Voice and Small Orchestra**
Variations for Brass Band(1957)***
Elizabeth Watts, (soprano)*, Mary Bevan, (soprano)*, Kitty Whateley(mezzo soprano)
***Royal College of Music Brass Band, BBC SO
Martyn Brabbins.

[pastoralguy]

Elliot Carter.

Variations for Orchestra.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Levine. D.G.

[BBMmk2]

Artists Lat?

Vaughan Williams
Symphony No.2 in G minor(A London Symphony), (1911, rev.1913)
Sound Sleep, (1903, for soprano and small Orchestra *
Orpheus with his Lute, (1903-1903, for Voice and Small Orchestra**
Variations for Brass Band(1957)***
Elizabeth Watts, (soprano)*, Mary Bevan, (soprano)*, Kitty Whateley(mezzo soprano)
***Royal College of Music Brass Band, BBC SO
Martyn Brabbins.

Sir Michael Tippett
Symphony No.1(1944-1945)
Symphony No.2(1956-1957)
BBCSSO, Martyn Brabbins.

[Richard Barrett]

Elliot Carter.

Variations for Orchestra.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Levine. D.G.

I like that CD a lot, although more for the Babbitt and Cage pieces than the others!

[Joseph K]

Beethoven 5 LSO/Haitink

[Lat-Literal]

Artists Lat?

Vaughan Williams
Symphony No.2 in G minor(A London Symphony), (1911, rev.1913)
Sound Sleep, (1903, for soprano and small Orchestra *
Orpheus with his Lute, (1903-1903, for Voice and Small Orchestra**
Variations for Brass Band(1957)***
Elizabeth Watts, (soprano)*, Mary Bevan, (soprano)*, Kitty Whateley(mezzo soprano)
***Royal College of Music Brass Band, BBC SO
Martyn Brabbins.

Brahms

Hélène Grimaud
Conductor: David Zinman
NHK Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven

Krystian Zimerman, piano
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

[Joseph K]

Messiaen - Quartet for the End of Time - Amici Ensemble

[Alison]

Beethoven 5 LSO/Haitink

Trust have you have been enjoying the Haitink recordings, Joseph.

A fine fine cycle IMHO. I listened to a couple of Solti LvB symphonies from his second set today.

A rather plodding Seventh and a sprightlier Eighth, it’s Sir Georg who sounds a bit dour to me and BH a lot more riveting. The LSO Eighth a real highlight of that series.

[Joseph K]

Trust have you have been enjoying the Haitink recordings, Joseph.

A fine fine cycle IMHO. I listened to a couple of Solti LvB symphonies from his second set today.

A rather plodding Seventh and a sprightlier Eighth, it’s Sir Georg who sounds a bit dour to me and BH a lot more riveting. The LSO Eighth a real highlight of that series.

Yes I have, and I would agree with you about the eighth.

[Stanfordian]

Jean Martinon - Chicago Symphony Orchestra - The Complete Recordings
Ravel, Roussel, Varese, Martin, Nielsen, Bizet, Lalo, Massenet, Bartok, Hindemith, Martinon, Mennin, Weber, Mendelssohn, Casadeus, Paganini
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Jean Martinon
Recorded 1964/69 Orchestra Hall & Medinah Temple, Chicago
RCA Red Seal Box 10 CDs
I’m dipping into this box today; full of delights!

‘Visions’ - Véronique Gens
Soprano Arias: Saint-Saëns, Niedermeyer, Halévy, Godard, Février, David, Franck, Massenet, Bizet, Bruneau
Véronique Gens (soprano)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Hervé Niquet
Recorded 2017 Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich
Alpha Classics - A wonderful collection - delicously sung by Véronique Gens

[Beef Oven!]

Hi Stan,

What Varèse works are in that set?

Jean Martinon - Chicago Symphony Orchestra - The Complete Recordings
Ravel, Roussel, Varese, Martin, Nielsen, Bizet, Lalo, Massenet, Bartok, Hindemith, Martinon, Mennin, Weber, Mendelssohn, Casadeus, Paganini
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Jean Martinon
Recorded 1964/69 Orchestra Hall & Medinah Temple, Chicago
RCA Red Seal Box 10 CDs
I’m dipping into this box today; full of delights!

‘Visions’ - Véronique Gens
Soprano Arias: Saint-Saëns, Niedermeyer, Halévy, Godard, Février, David, Franck, Massenet, Bizet, Bruneau
Véronique Gens (soprano)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Hervé Niquet
Recorded 2017 Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich
Alpha Classics - A wonderful collection - delicously sung by Véronique Gens

[Richard Barrett]

What Varèse works are in that set?

Arcana - quite a searing and startlingly precise performance, compromised only by the percussion being artificially loud - the version I would listen to most often before Gielen came along.

[Beef Oven!]

Arcana - quite a searing and startlingly precise performance, compromised only by the percussion being artificially loud - the version I would listen to most often before Gielen came along.

Thanks. Sounds like it's definitely worth checking out. I'm always excited to hear performance of Varèse compositions that I've not come across before.