What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[soulpope]

A(nother) masterful Schubert Lieder performance ....

[A Lark Ascending]

Dug out the Dove after hearing some interesting snippets from various records on this morning's record review programme on the BBC. 

Enjoyed the Harpsichord Concerto on the latter but the native American flute on the Piano Concerto tried my patience.  

[alankin]

John Williams Plays Spanish Music (Columbia Masterworks / Sony Classical)

Isaac Albéniz 
– Cantos de España Op.232/1 Preludio [Asturias Op.47/5]
– 6 Hojas de album "España" Op.165: No.2 Tango (transc. Segovia)
– Cantos de España Op.232/4: Córdoba (transc. Williams)
Mateo Pérez de Albéniz – Sonata for Keyboard in D major Op.13
Manuel de Falla 
– El sombrero de tres picos: Dance of the Corregidor
– El amor brujo: El circulo mágico (Fisherman's Story)
– El sombrero de tres picos: Miller's Dance "Farruca"
Enrique Granados 
– Valses poeticos
– Tonadillas en un estilo antiguo: No.8 La maja de Goya
Miguel Llobet 
– 10 Canciones populares catalanas: No.1 La nit de Nadal (transc. Miguel Llobet)
– 10 Canciones populares catalanas: No.8 El Noi de la Mare (transc. Miguel Llobet)
Federico Moreno-Torroba 
– Nocturno for Guitar
– Madroños
Joaquin Rodrigo – 3 Piezas españolas for Guitar: No.1 Fandango
Gaspar Sanz – Instrucción de música sobre la guitarra espanola Book 1: Canarios (transc. Williams)

CD 10 from:

 
 

[alankin]

Béla Bartók – Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion Sz 110
Maurice Ravel – Ma mère l'oye (Mother Goose) for two pianos and percussion (arr. Peter Sadlo)
Maurice Ravel – Rapsodie espagnole for two pianos and percussion (arr. Peter Sadlo)
— Peter Sadlo (percussion), Martha Argerich (piano), Nelson Freire (piano), Edgar Guggeis (percussion) (Deutsche Grammophon)

   
 

Edited September 10, 2016 by alankin

[soulpope]

thereof String Quartets 12 + 14 .... (near) perfect execution and fantastic sound ....

[soulpope]

Thereof Sonatas 26 + 27 ....

[HutchFan]

Hans Hotter - Great German Songs - Album 2: Brahms, Wolf, Loewe (Seraphim)
One LP side consists of lieder by Brahms (despite what the mislabeled cover says). Hotter's singing is extraordinary.

[HutchFan]

Dvořák: The Water Goblin; My Home; The Noonday Witch; The Hussite / Istvan Kertesz, London SO (London)

 

[soulpope]

[soulpope]

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[soulpope]

[Balladeer]

Sebastian Knauer - Pure Mendelssohn (Berlin Classics)

Praise for Knauer: gorgeous recital, beautiful music
 

[A Lark Ascending]

No 2

Didn't hear the Riley until a few years back though I remember seeing it in shops and by reputation in the early 70s. Seems to have been pretty unashamedly pillaged by the Soft Machine, The Who (so that's what Baba O'Riley was all about!), Neil Ardley and many others. Not just the looping patterns - the saxophone voicings on the second track remind me of some of the harmonies on Soft Machine records when an augmented set of reeds/brass were employed.  

1933 opera by this Czech composer (another victim of the Holocaust). Enjoyed this very much - less surreal than some of the other operas in the series, so the plot is easy to follow. Occasional echoes of Janacek but has more in common with Krenek, Zemlinsky, Korngold, even Weill. Standard late-Romantic language though like a lot of those composers pushing the chromaticism; also the interventions of 'other' musics - foxtrots, sleazy saxophones, what passed for jazz in this world. Well worth a listen if you're attracted to that middle European world of the 20s/30s. Must have sounded very daring at the time; by the 50s it was old hat. 

Edited September 11, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[Peter Friedman]

Brahms - Horn Trio

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

While doing some big cleaning projects in the kitchen earlier today:

 

Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 6 "Pastoral" & 2; Symphonies Nos. 7 & 1 / Janos Ferencsik, Hungarian PO (Laserlight)
Excellent recordings -- despite the bargain-basement price. Originally released on Hungaroton, IIRC. 
 

Now back to lieder. Spinning this LP:

Hans Hotter - Great German Songs: Schubert, Schumann, Strauss (Seraphim)

 

Edited September 12, 2016 by HutchFan

[HutchFan]

Eugen Jochum - ICON (Warner Classics)
Disc 12 - Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 / Dresden Staatskapelle

 

[soulpope]

5 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Eugen Jochum - ICON (Warner Classics)
Disc 12 - Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 / Dresden Staatskapelle

 

A great Bruckner 4 for sure .... we  are lucky to have a number of different - and excellent - Bruckner interpretations on offer ....

Edited September 12, 2016 by soulpope

[A Lark Ascending]

 

[soulpope]

While not being a dedicated follower of Mr. Barenboim neither as conductor nor as pianist, this Bruckner 4  - which showcases the powerful Chicago Brass and still offers countless subtleties - is hard to deny ....

[soulpope]

Speaking of Jochum + Brucker .... here allied with Munich Philharmonic forces (from 1979, before been "take over" by Sergiu Celibidache) ....

[mikeweil]

On 2.9.2016 at 1:28 PM, soulpope said:

This had made me curious - managed to find a cheap copy in good condition. I wonder why this escaped me when it was first released, as it is wonderful music and a repertoire rarely performed. The soprano could use less vibrato, though ... 

Thanks for the unintentional recommendation. 

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, mikeweil said:

This had made me curious - managed to find a cheap copy in good condition. I wonder why this escaped me when it was first released, as it is wonderful music and a repertoire rarely performed. The soprano could use less vibrato, though ... 

Thanks for the unintentional recommendation. 

Glad I could be unintentionally of help .... bought it some 15 years ago based on a strong review in the lavish Goldberg Magazine

which at that time was a reliable source for infos reg. new baroque releases outside the big/renowned label perimeters ....

 

[mikeweil]

Goldberg magazine does not exist anymore, right? Knew about it but there was no dealer for it where Ilived at the time  ....