What are you listening 2 now?

[SonicMan46]

Pleyel, Ignaz (1757-1831) - Symphonies, Concertantes, & Concertos in Vols. 3-5 from Ars Prod (which has released dozens of Pleyel recordings - if interested, check the Pleyel Society - the works on these three volumes are outlined below w/ their Benton numbers.

JPC having a half off price on a number of these Ars Pleyel CDs, i.e. about $10 each to me in USA. Now up to about two dozen discs of this prolific composer.  Dave

V3: Violin Concerto, B 103A; Piano Concerto, B 104; & Clarinet Concerto, B 106
V4: Symphonie Concertante, B 114; Symphony, B 143, & Symphony, B 133
V5: Symphonie Concertante, B 112; Symphony, B 150A, Symphony, B 158; & Adagio, B 218
*numbering as given in Rita Benton, Ignace Pleyel. A Thematic Catalogue of His Compositions. New York: Pendragon Press, 1977. (Source)

 

[JBS]

CD 19 of the Ballets Russes box from Warner, with a messed up track listing.
Saison 1924
Mussorgsky A Night on Bald Mountain
Oslo Philharmonic/Jansons

Auric Les Facheux
Milhaud Le Train Blue
Chorus and Orchestra of L'Opera de Monte-Carlo/Markevitch

Saison 1926
Satieorchestrated by Milhaud Jack in the box
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Lanchberry

The CD jacket lists the Mussorgsky as track 1,the Auric as tracks 2-11, the Milhaud as tracks 5-12 (should be 12-19), and the Satie as tracks 13-15 (should be 20-22).

The Markevitch recording (Auric and Milhaud) was done in 1972 for "Guilde International du Disque" and licensed by Warner for this box. The sonics are only so-so. The Auric was premiered at the Theatre de Monte Carlo so use of a Monte Carlo orchestra is fitting.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Extase: Scriabin Études for Piano. Michele Gurdal.

[foxandpeng]

Interesting that the last movement of the 24^th uses a motif which reminded me of the Shostakovich 12^th. The Shostakovich is of course much later.

See, this why I'm glad you are listening to these Myaskovsky symphonies. Illuminating!

Listening again to the Yablonsky, as I had to break off earlier. 24 is very worthwhile, I have to say, although I don't yet pick up too many differences in the performance compared to the Svetlanov, beyond it being a little brighter sound wise 

[vers la flamme]

If it doesn't click with Jochum, try Tintner.  He opened the door for me on the third.  I'm not a huge fan of the Tintner cycle but I think his earlier Bruckner is outstanding.

I do have the Tintner 3rd too, though can't remember whether or not I've heard it. I do know it's an earlier version of the symphony which is much longer.

Now playing;



Granville Bantock: Celtic Symphony. Vernon Handley, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

First listen, nice string music.

Re: all the Myaskovsky talk, I haven't been quite drawn to his music lately, but I hope to join you all in your exploration sooner or later. I do not have any of the symphonies on disc, and if anyone would like to recommend to me a good single disc or two of them, I would be much obliged.

[Lisztianwagner]

Erkki Melartin
Symphony No.4

Leonid Grin & Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

[vers la flamme]

I do have the Tintner 3rd too, though can't remember whether or not I've heard it. I do know it's an earlier version of the symphony which is much longer.

Now playing;



Granville Bantock: Celtic Symphony. Vernon Handley, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

First listen, nice string music.

Now The Witch of Atlas, which I like better. Bantock strikes me as a very decadent late Romantic composer who values the sensory experience, maybe akin to guys like Richard Strauss or Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Nice, mood music that I probably can't listen to all the time, but it is enjoyable.

[vers la flamme]

Louis Spohr: Violin Concerto No.8 in A minor, op.47, "In modo di scena cantante". Elizabeth Wallfisch, Roy Goodman, The Brandenburg Orchestra

Sounding nice; exactly what I was in the mood for. I should hear more music from some of these late-Classical-early-Romantic composers.

[Karl Henning]

Maiden-Listen Monday!

Peter Maxwell Davies
Symphony № 6 (1996)

[foxandpeng]

Nicolai Myaskowsky
Symphony 25
Daniel Huppert
Bergische Symphoniker

First listen to this recording. Much slower first movement, so far, clocking in a good minute extra, at least.

[vers la flamme]

Louis Spohr: Violin Concerto No.8 in A minor, op.47, "In modo di scena cantante". Elizabeth Wallfisch, Roy Goodman, The Brandenburg Orchestra

Sounding nice; exactly what I was in the mood for. I should hear more music from some of these late-Classical-early-Romantic composers.

Also listened to Josef Mysliveček's Violin Concerto No.4 in B-flat major on the same disc, which was also nice, more straight-up classical, I think, than the Spohr.

One more violin concerto for the evening:



Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64. Josef Suk, Karel Ančerl, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Good to revisit this recording; I'm on a little bit of an Ančerl kick.

[Karl Henning]

Maiden-Listen Monday!

Peter Maxwell Davies

Symphony № 6 (1996)

Whether I understood it or not, I enjoyed the trip.

Now:

Maiden-Listen Monday!

Gianfrancesco Malipiero
Sonata a 5 (1952)
Laura Newell, hp
Stuyvesant Quartet

[Madiel]

Brahms: string quartet No.1

Melos Quartet

[vers la flamme]

Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64. Josef Suk, Karel Ančerl, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Good to revisit this recording; I'm on a little bit of an Ančerl kick.

Now, same disc, same forces:

Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, op.26

I know this is a very famous work, but I have not yet spent much time getting to know it. It's very beautiful, very melodic, and very soloistic of course. I can't help but hear a similarity between the finale of this and the finale of the Brahms VC; was Brahms inspired by Bruch? Absolutely beautiful performance from Suk, Ančerl & the Czechs, leaving nothing to be desired. Surely better than the only other performance I've heard, which features Kurt Masur and Salvatore Accardo.

& finally, just now starting:

Alban Berg: Violin Concerto, "To the Memory of an Angel"

... which I've not heard in quite a long time. So far so good.

[Symphonic Addict]

[JBS]

Repeat listen

[Symphonic Addict]

CPO should continue recording his symphonies, this is an amazing disc.

[Bachtoven]

[Que]

Considering the vast amount of music for Easter and Passiontide on my shelves, I'm starting early!
Checking out a prospective purchase on Spotify:



PS This is lovely but notwithstanding my general appreciation of this composer this is not exactly wowing me. Extensive  French-style "leçons" by solo soprano with mostly simple continuo accompaniment.

[Harry]

Andreas Hammerschmidt.
Geistliche Werke "Ach Jesus stirbt".
Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier.

Zsuzsi Tóth & Caroline Weynants: sopranos I
Stefanie True & Victoria Cassano: sopranos II
Daniel Elgersma & Alexander Chance: countertenors
Raphael Höhn & João Moreira: tenors I
Jacob Lawrence & Philippe Froeliger: tenors II
Sebastian Myrus, Lionel Meunier & Matthew Baker (15): basses
Rudolf Lörinc & Moritz Görg: trumpets
Simen Van Mechelen: alto trombone / Miguel Tantos Sevillano: tenor trombone
Joost Swinkels: bass trombone / Anaïs Ramage: bassoon
Bart Jacobs: great organ (Thomas organ, 2002)
with the participation of
CLEMATIS (6, 8, 12)
Stéphanie de Failly & Amandine Solano: violins
Ellie Nimeroski & Jorlen Vega Garcia: violas
Sarah Van Oudenhove: violone.

Recording: Gedinne, église Notre-Dame, September 2019.
TT= 71:00.

Dipping into Vox Luminus recordings, of which there are plenty around. Their latest recording "Ein Deutsches Barockrequiem" is not yet available on Qobuz, so instead I picked this one to hear. And that is not a crime, for as per usual they rarely disappoint. Neither with this one, cultured singing, excellent diction, and an even choir balance. Hammerschmidt is largely ignored if it comes to recordings. So I am happy with this one at least. It is well recorded. A good start in the morning.
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Schütz contemporary Andreas Hammerschmidt is one of the composers of Lutheran Germany who, given his potential, receives far too little attention. Only a few recordings have been devoted to him to date, although his music was widely distributed in print during the composer's lifetime. As with Heinrich Schütz, there is an imaginative combination of the polyphonic Lutheran tradition with the latest Italian influences of the time. Lionel Meunier and his ensemble Vox Luminis present us with a number of the composer's works for the Passion season and Easter in their recording, which arouses curiosity for more music by this criminally underrated composer.