What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[BBMmk2]

This set is rather good, is it not?

Tchaikovsky
Symphony no.4 in F minor, Op.36
Symphony no.5 in e minor, Op.64
London PO, Jurowski.

Piano concerto No.2 in G major, Op.44
Denis Matsuev(piano), Mariinsky Orchestra,
Valery Gergiev.

Violin concerto in D, Op.36; Serenade melancolique, Op.26
Valse Scherzo, Op.34.
Joshua Bell, Cleveland Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy.

NB This has to be one of the finest tcvhaikovsky cycles that are around, at the moment. I am in awe!

[pastoralguy]

NB This has to be one of the finest tcvhaikovsky cycles that are around, at the moment. I am in awe!

Am I the only person who was never completely sold on the Jansons/Oslo Philharmonic Chandos cycle? Despite the ravings of the critics I never found it that involving.

[BBMmk2]

Am I the only person who was never completely sold on the Jansons/Oslo Philharmonic Chandos cycle? Despite the ravings of the critics I never found it that involving.

I have that set and I love it!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Am I the only person who was never completely sold on the Jansons/Oslo Philharmonic Chandos cycle? Despite the ravings of the critics I never found it that involving.

No, you're not - and neither did I.

[pastoralguy]

No, you're not - and neither did I.

Iirc, the Jansons/Oslo set was one of the first cycles to be recorded for and released on cd. I did buy the 4th when it was released (and this at a time when buying a cd was a big deal!) and found the performance to be largely inferior to the Mravrinsky/Leningrad Philharmonic set on DG which still remains my version to compare all others too.

Over the years I've found many discs of the Jansons set in charity shops so I've had the opportunity to hear the whole cycle. Maybe it's time I listened again.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Maybe it's time I listened again.

Maybe I should, too. But compared with so many other complete or partial cycles (Muti, Rostropovich, Maazel, Karajan, Mravinsky, even Haitink) that I found so much more exciting - I feel no real impulse to bother.

[BBMmk2]

No, you're not - and neither did I.

I'll have to go back to them then!

Tchaikovsky
Symphony No.`1 G minor, Op.13, "Winrter Daydreams"
Francesca da Rimini, Op.32
Symphony No.2 in c minor, Op.17, "Little Russian".
Leipzi Gewandhaus Orchestra, Kurt Masur.

[pastoralguy]

Mozart. Piano concertos No. 20 in d minor and No. 23 in A.

Howard Shelley, piano.

London Mozart Players.

This a cd I picked up for a pound on Sunday and we've already listened to it half a dozen times. Absolutely exquisite playing! I intend to investigate the rest of the cycle!

[mahlerei]

Must confess I have a problem with Jansons in general. And yes, that Oslo cycle has a few good things, but otherwise it strikes me as unremarkable.

As for Manfred, the Kitaienko/Gurzenich recording is my go-to version these days. Very transparent, and it all sounds so fresh. Good sonics, too.

[mahlerei]

Kara Abdul'Faz-Oglï Karayev
The Seven Beauties – Suite for Orchestra
Don Quixote – Symphonic Engravings
Leyla and Mejnun – Symphonic Poem
Lullaby from The Path of Thunder (Suite No. 2)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Kirill Karabits
rec. 2017
CHANDOS CHSA5203

A real find, this. Some very attractive music, well played and recorded. In fact, I haven't heard the BSO sound this good in ages.

[Lat-Literal]

Russia - Part 3

Composers born 1915-1933.

There's very poor sound quality on Nikolayeva's second Piano Concerto but it has been included because it is a fine piece.

I also really like the Sviridov piece but then that's me.

The "Stalin Cocktail" seems topical but Shchedrin has been accused of double standards.

Weinberg - yes, Polish born but he deserves inclusion here.

Karen Khachaturian - Symphony No. 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMjlJH1ClUE
Galina Ustvolskaya - Sonata No 6 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpbhthE6VmQ
Rodion Shchedrin - Stalin Cocktail - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9rS4w06Bng
Veniamin Basner - String Quartet No 5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNjFV8Vge3E

Georgy Sviridov - Triptych for Orchestra - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_ntuvx3d2c
Edison Denisov - Bird's Singing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQeBOKDGivw
Revol Bunin - Music for Strings - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DqIOIYvipk
Boris Tchaikovsky - The Murmuring Forest - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIUr_jfcilY

Mieczysław Weinberg - Chamber Symphony No. 4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krB_alg1KiY
Tatiana Nikolayeva - Piano Concerto No 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSr88x3dEOc
Sofia Gubaidulina - Stimmen...Verstummen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnFDJpJ6s8g
Aleksandr Lokshin - Suite for Bass and Wind Band - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7jTNvz4m8E

[Petrushka]

Russia - Part 3

Composers born 1915-1933.

There's very poor sound quality on Nikolayeva's second Piano Concerto but it has been included because it is a fine piece.

I also really like the Sviridov piece but then that's me.

The "Stalin Cocktail" seems topical but Shchedrin has been accused of double standards.

Weinberg - yes, Polish born but he deserves inclusion here.

Karen Khachaturian - Symphony No. 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMjlJH1ClUE
Galina Ustvolskaya - Sonata No 6 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpbhthE6VmQ
Rodion Shchedrin - Stalin Cocktail - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9rS4w06Bng
Veniamin Basner - String Quartet No 5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNjFV8Vge3E

Georgy Sviridov - Triptych for Orchestra - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_ntuvx3d2c
Edison Denisov - Bird's Singing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQeBOKDGivw
Revol Bunin - Music for Strings - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DqIOIYvipk
Boris Tchaikovsky - The Murmuring Forest - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIUr_jfcilY

Mieczysław Weinberg - Chamber Symphony No. 4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krB_alg1KiY
Tatiana Nikolayeva - Piano Concerto No 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSr88x3dEOc
Sofia Gubaidulina - Stimmen...Verstummen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnFDJpJ6s8g
Aleksandr Lokshin - Suite for Bass and Wind Band - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7jTNvz4m8E

Interesting list. Some of those could be worth investigating.

Back in the mid-1980s (I think) BBC R3 had a short season of Soviet works broadcast in a morning slot and I taped some of them. There was one symphony in particular that caught my imagination and I played the tape of it to death. Alas, the tape has long gone along with all memory of the title and composer but I live in hope that I come across it again in lists like this.

[Lat-Literal]

Interesting list. Some of those could be worth investigating.

Back in the mid-1980s (I think) BBC R3 had a short season of Soviet works broadcast in a morning slot and I taped some of them. There was one symphony in particular that caught my imagination and I played the tape of it to death. Alas, the tape has long gone along with all memory of the title and composer but I live in hope that I come across it again in lists like this.

Thank you for your comments.

I am intrigued now.

I wonder in what era the symphony was composed?

Perhaps the composer might emerge in the next part?

Certainly I am going to have a look at several lists to see if anything symphonic leaps out.

[Petrushka]

Karajan's First Beethoven Cycle 1951 - 1955

Beethoven: Overture - Coriolan*
Beethoven Symphony No 4**

[interval]

Beethoven: Symphony No 5***

Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan

Recorded in June & July 1953*, November 1953** and November 1954***

[Lat-Literal]

Interesting list. Some of those could be worth investigating.

Back in the mid-1980s (I think) BBC R3 had a short season of Soviet works broadcast in a morning slot and I taped some of them. There was one symphony in particular that caught my imagination and I played the tape of it to death. Alas, the tape has long gone along with all memory of the title and composer but I live in hope that I come across it again in lists like this.

On reflection, I think I can only throw out randomly a few names that are not in my selections - how about Peiko, Melikov, Mshvelidze, Gabichvadze, Parsadanian or Boiko?

The Scherzo from "Symphony No.1 in C Minor", Op.5 by Parsadanian was featured in R3's "The Cowan Collection" on Sunday 28 May 2006.

Alternatively, Sultan Gadjibekor's "Symphony No 1" which was featured in R3's "A Rare Russian Symphony" on Thurday 7 August 1980.

Now that is very rare!