A Lark Ascending Posted April 11, 2016 Report Posted April 11, 2016 (edited) Disc 2: 'A Child of Our Time'; and the stand alone arrangement of the five spirituals for choir tucked on the end. Disc 3 K593, K614 No. 1...and then on to 2, 3, 4. Don't know this music except in passing but very much enjoyed it this morning. Everything from allusions to Scottish folk songs to a wonderful section from the middle of the 4th built round the arresting harmonic sequence that opens the 4th Symphony (or maybe the symphony reflects the sonata). Tippett's music doesn't seem to get out much at present...quite common I suppose in the immediate years after a composers death. I'm keen to hear some of this live. Hopefully the Proms will come good. Edited April 11, 2016 by A Lark Ascending Quote
Peter Friedman Posted April 11, 2016 Report Posted April 11, 2016 Haydn -Piano Trios Hob. XV 13 and Hob. XV 14 Dvorak - Â String Quartet No.6 Op.34 Quote
Peter Friedman Posted April 12, 2016 Report Posted April 12, 2016 Burgmuller - String Quartet No.4, Op.14 Dvorak - Overtures - Disc 1Â Quote
7/4 Posted April 12, 2016 Report Posted April 12, 2016 (edited) Horatiu Radulescu - String Quartet 4, Opus 33 Edited April 12, 2016 by 7/4 Quote
alankin Posted April 12, 2016 Report Posted April 12, 2016 Ludwig van Beethoven – The String Trios - CD 2 - Op.9 Nos.1-3 — Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin, Bruno Giuranna, viola, Mstislav Rostropovich, cello (Deutsche Grammophon) Quote
Larry Kart Posted April 13, 2016 Report Posted April 13, 2016 "The Sound of Stokowski and Wagner," a 1959 RCA Living Stereo LP, which I found today in very good shapehttp://www.amazon.com/SOUND-STOKOWSKI--WAGNER--SYMPHONY-AIR/dp/B008F0978I/ref=sr_1_6?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1460508141&sr=1-6&keywords=the+sound+of+Stokowski+and+wagner Composer-critic Robin Holloway, who knows his Wagner inside-out (he wrote the excellent book "Debussy and Wagner," among other things) has said that in his view Stokowski was THE Wagner conductor. Having listened to this disc, I believe him. The implicit synesthesia of Wagner's music is right there. Quote
Peter Friedman Posted April 13, 2016 Report Posted April 13, 2016 Haydn - String Quartet Op.76/6 Brahms - Cello Sonata No.2, Op.99 Quote
alankin Posted April 13, 2016 Report Posted April 13, 2016 (edited) Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.8 in E flat major "Symphony of A Thousand" — Hans Sotin (bass), Richard Versalle (tenor), Nadine Denize (mezzo soprano), Felicity Lott (soprano), Edith Wiens (soprano), Trudeliese Schmidt (mezzo soprano), Elizabeth Connell (soprano), Jorma Hynninen (baritone) — Tiffin School Boys Chorus,  London Philharmonic Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra – Klaus Tennstedt (EMI Classics)    Edited April 13, 2016 by alankin Quote
Peter Friedman Posted April 13, 2016 Report Posted April 13, 2016 Oistrakh - Mozart - Violin Concerto No.5 "Turkish" K.219 Dvorak - String Quartet No.7, Op.16 Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted April 14, 2016 Report Posted April 14, 2016 (edited) Disc 1 (of a 6 CD download a few years back). Originally aimed at the dead maestro market, I suspect, but otherwise serves a very useful function. There are bucket loads of full opera recording and plenty of one or two disc greatest hits sets but this one nicely falls in the middle, allowing you to hear extensive chunks from each of the operas when you are not in the moody for taking on the full beasts. Chirps only. There's a companion set of orchestral music. Â Â Edited April 14, 2016 by A Lark Ascending Quote
7/4 Posted April 14, 2016 Report Posted April 14, 2016 (edited) Heitor Villa-Lobos - the Complete String Quartets, disc 4 Edited April 14, 2016 by 7/4 Quote
alankin Posted April 14, 2016 Report Posted April 14, 2016 (edited) Charles Ives (Sony Classical / Columbia) — Sonata for Piano No.2 "Concord Mass., 1840-60" John Kirkpatrick (piano) - 1968 — Sonata for Piano No.2 "Concord Mass., 1840-60": Excerpt(s) Charles Ives (piano) — excerpts and improvisations from 1933, 1938 & 1943    Edited April 14, 2016 by alankin Quote
Peter Friedman Posted April 14, 2016 Report Posted April 14, 2016 Saint-Saens - Violin Concerto No.3, Op.61 Chausson - Poem Op.25 Quote
soulpope Posted April 14, 2016 Report Posted April 14, 2016 On 13.4.2016 at 5:52 PM, alankin said: Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.8 in E flat major "Symphony of A Thousand" — Hans Sotin (bass), Richard Versalle (tenor), Nadine Denize (mezzo soprano), Felicity Lott (soprano), Edith Wiens (soprano), Trudeliese Schmidt (mezzo soprano), Elizabeth Connell (soprano), Jorma Hynninen (baritone) — Tiffin School Boys Chorus,  London Philharmonic Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra – Klaus Tennstedt (EMI Classics)    excellent recording .... Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted April 14, 2016 Report Posted April 14, 2016 (edited) Edited April 14, 2016 by A Lark Ascending Quote
Peter Friedman Posted April 14, 2016 Report Posted April 14, 2016 Spohr - Violin Concerto No.11, Op.70 Brahms - Piano Quartet No.3, Op.60 Quote
7/4 Posted April 15, 2016 Report Posted April 15, 2016 Horatiu Radulescu - Piano Sonatas & String Quartet Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted April 15, 2016 Report Posted April 15, 2016 Both of these sounded wonderful this morning. You usually hear "Estancia" as a short suite but in its 30 minute + state it is marvellous - the whole album has echoes of Ravel, Falla, very early Stravinsky and, of course, South American music. It's 'Uirapuru' on the VL that really grabs me - a really haunting chain of harmonies at the start that linger in your brain.  No 6 off the Rubbra. Quote
Peter Friedman Posted April 15, 2016 Report Posted April 15, 2016 Haydn - Piano Trios Hob. XV 27 and Hob. XV 28 Schubert - Piano Quintet D 667 "Trout" Â (recorded in 1928 !!!!!!!) Quote
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