What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[gurnemanz]

‘Reynaldo Hahn – Complete Songs (Mélodies)’
107 Mélodies for baritone and piano
Tassis Christoyannis (baritone) & Jeff Cohen (piano)
Recorded 2018-19 Palazzetto Bru Zane, Venice
Bru Zane - New 4 CD set. I'm dipping into this today.

Thanks so much for mentioning this, which I might have missed. I have duly downloaded and been relishing its delights. Beautifully done and surely indispensable for Hahn fans.

[Stanfordian]

Thanks so much for mentioning this, which I might have missed. I have duly downloaded and been relishing its delights. Beautifully done and surely indispensable for Hahn fans.

It's a pleasure gurnemanz. I've had much enjoyment from this set.

Tassis Christoyannis does a great job but ideally I would have preferred hearing more than a single singer for 107 melodies.

[BBMmk2]

Albert Roussel
Suite in F major, Op.33
Pour une fête de Printemps, Op.22
Evocations, Op.15
BBC PO
Yan Pascal Tortelier

[pastoralguy]

Schubert. Symphony No.9 in C Major. 'The Great'.

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Maxim Emelyanychev. LINN Records.

Imho, an absolutely outstanding recording, both musically and technically.



I honestly didn't think any recording could displace my love for the classic Boult/LPO disc but this really does!

[HighlandDougie]

Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 59 "Razumovsky", Nos 1 & 2

Quatuor Ébène

A bit like PG and that rather wonderful Schubert "Great" from the SCO and their immensely gifted (but, as I was told on Saturday by one of the SCO's management team, a wee bit unworldly - as in he only brought one shirt with him to serve for three nights of concerts) new principal conductor, this new recording from the equally immensely gifted Ébènes is a joy from start to finish. The first Razumovsky is a desert island work for me - and I'm struggling to think of a finer recording than this one. OK, gush over, it really is exceptional.

[DublinJimbo]

‘Reynaldo Hahn – Complete Songs (Mélodies)’
107 Mélodies for baritone and piano
Tassis Christoyannis (baritone) & Jeff Cohen (piano)
Recorded 2018-19 Palazzetto Bru Zane, Venice
Bru Zane - New 4 CD set. I'm dipping into this today.

How did I miss this? I was mightily impressed with Tassis Christoyannis's surveys of mélodies by Saint-Saëns and Gounod and his contributions to Alpha's release of orchestral songs by Saint-Saëns, so must investigate this. There are so many wonderful Hahn songs which are perfectly suited to his voice.

Sincere thanks for pointing me towards this set.

[Dave Payn]

Tchaikovsky Ballet Suites. Berlin Phil/Rostropovich. Wonderful!

[gurnemanz]

How did I miss this? I was mightily impressed with Tassis Christoyannis surveys of mélodies by Saint-Saëns and Gounod and his contributions to Alpha's release of orchestral songs bu Saint-Saëns, so must investigate this. There are so many wonderful Hanh songs which are perfectly suited to his voice.

Sincere thanks for pointing me towards this set.

Their Lalo also well worth investigating

[teamsaint]

Brahms Requiem.
Sinopoli/Orchestra Filarmonica Ceca.

[Stanfordian]

‘Der schwarzeste Bass’ (The Blackest Bass): Gottlob Frick – Portrait
CD 1: Mozart, Rossini and German Comic Opera
CD 2: Great Character Roles
CD 3: Oratorios & Folk Songs
CD 4: Bonus: Gottolb Frick & Fritz Wunderlich (1964 live: private tape, first release)
Gottlob Frick (bass)
With soloists: Fernando Corena (bass), Cesare Siepi (bass), Marcel Cordes (baritone), Kurt Bohme (bass), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Hertha Topper (contralto), Hildegard Hillebrecht (soprano)
Orchestras: Berliner Philharmoniker, Staatskapelle Dresden, Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductors: Karl Foster, Franz Konwitschny, Wener Egk, Robert Stolz, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Rudolf Kempe, Wilhelm Schuchter
Recorded 1949-64
Hassler Profil (4 CD set) – I’m dipping into this set today. Gottlob Frick is a singer that’s new to me but what I’ve heard on this set is quite superb!

Brahms
Violin Concerto
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for violin & piano, Op. 22
Lisa Batiashvili (violin)
Staatskapelle Dresden / Christian Thielemann
Alice Sara Ott (piano)
Recorded 2012 Lukaskirche, Dresden (Concerto); 2012 Musikstudios, Munich (Romances)
Deutsche Grammophon

[Petrushka]

[B]‘Gottlob Frick is a singer that’s new to me but what I’ve heard already is quite superb!

Probably best known for his Hagen and Hunding in the Solti Ring. Wonderful black as night bass, full of menace. Not sure if you mean not heard him or not heard of him. Surprised either way, though.

[Stanfordian]

Probably best known for his Hagen and Hunding in the Solti Ring. Wonderful black as night bass, full of menace. Not sure if you mean not heard him or not heard of him. Surprised either way, though.

Feels like an interrogation or being marked in an exam. Maybe I deserve six of the best or lines. Oh no, not lines!

What I mean is:

I have never knowingly come across him before listening to this set this morning - This is the first time I have knowingly heard him sing.

Yes, I've just read he was on the Solti Ring Cycle.

Anyway up - I find his singing to be superb; which is the point I was trying to make.

[Petrushka]

Feels like an interrogation or being marked in an exam. Maybe I deserve six of the best or lines. Oh no, not lines!

What I mean is:

I have never knowingly come across him before listening to this set this morning - This is the first time I have knowingly heard him sing.

Yes, I've just read he was on the Solti Ring Cycle.

Anyway up - I find his singing to be superb; which is the point I was trying to make.

It's replies like this that make me want to come on this Forum much less than I once did. No need for it.

[BBMmk2]

Yesterday, as it was St Cecilia’s Day, I played Handel’s wonderful Ode to St Cecilia. Trevor Pinnock’s rather good recording.

[Sir Velo]

Thanks M. Pierné

Surely M, Saint-Saens?