What are you listening 2 now?

[Brian]

First listen to this music, which (as usual for Hahn) is of great delicacy and fragile beauty.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

NP:

Bach
Violin Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052R
Isabelle Faust, violin
Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin
Bernhard Forck

From this set -



I couldn't possibly post everything I've been listening to on this thread (and I'm definitely not going to either), but this is exquisite so far.

[Karl Henning]

Listened again to Bolet playing the Liszt b minor Sonata. Following that directly with Zappa's synclavier piece H.R. 2911 was just the trip I needed today.

[hopefullytrusting]

Sometime this week:

Webern's Symphony (Sinopoli)
Rudolf Wagner-Régeny's Klavierbüchlein (1940)
Rudolf Wagner-Régeny's Three Orchestral Sets (1952)
Ottmar Gerster's String Quartet No. 2 (1954)
Johann Cilenšek's Piano Concerto (1966)

[ChamberNut]

Sometime this week:

Webern's Symphony (Sinopoli)
Rudolf Wagner-Régeny's Klavierbüchlein (1940)
Rudolf Wagner-Régeny's Three Orchestral Sets (1952)
Ottmar Gerster's String Quartet No. 2 (1954)
Johann Cilenšek's Piano Concerto (1966)

The "What Will You Be Listening To Thread?"

[hopefullytrusting]

The "What Will You Be Listening To Thread?"

It all blends together eventually.

One long blur.

[Lisztianwagner]

Franz Liszt
Années de pèlerinage - Deuxième année, Italie

Pianist: Lazar Berman

[Spotted Horses]

Franz Liszt
Années de pèlerinage - Deuxième année, Italie

Pianist: Lazar Berman

That was my introduction to Liszt, and I still remember it fondly.

[Lisztianwagner]

That was my introduction to Liszt, and I still remember it fondly.

An excellent introduction! Berman's recording is the first Années I've ever listened to, it is such a fine, suggestive interpretation that it's impossible not to admire it.

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 6 in A Major, 1881 Version. Ed. Leopold Nowak, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Roger Norrington 

[North Star]

Ravel
Solo piano works
Seong-Jin Cho

[ritter]

Maria Tipo in memoriam...

Assorted keyboard works by J.S. Bach.



From this set (which is not "original covers"):

[Spotted Horses]

Maria Tipo in memoriam...

Assorted keyboard works by J.S. Bach.

From this set (which is not "original covers"):

I have that set and have very positive notes in my listening journal about the Partitas and the transcription of the chaconne for solo violin.

[Linz]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sämtliche Klaviersonaten und Variationen, Daniel Barenboim CD1

[André]

 

Volume 2 of the CPO Radio Music series, disc one . Strictly orchestral stuff, no vocals. Suites from the pen of Toch, Schreker, Künneke. Fun stuff but not totally memorable, except the Künneke suite, which contains a hit tune from the 1920s I immediately recognized. Funny, because I knew nothing from this composer before putting the cd in the player. Once again production values are top notch. Very detailed notes, period photographs, 50-page glazed paper booklet. Go CPO !

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E Flat Major, 1878/80 Version (1880 with Bruckner's 1886 revisions) - Ed. Leopold Nowak, USSR Ministry of Culture Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Dawson, Negro Folk Symphony. Stokowski.

[KevinP]

A lot of Yun Isang lately, but in particular:

• Concerto for flute and chamber orchestra
• Flute quartet

And I just ordered the scores for both.

The flute quartet is particularly interesting. It's four flutists, though they play all the supernumeraries (piccolo, alto flute and bass flute in addition to the standard C flute, but, I think, no contrabass flute). I think it's only in the fourth movement (my recording is, annoyingly, one track) that each player is on a different range. The first movement, for example, is two bass flutes and two altos. Some very interesting textures emerge in this piece.

The flute concerto is quite sparse and transparent.

[DavidW]

This new Jerusalem Quartet recording is stellar!

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Pétrouchka. Dimitri Mitropoulos/NY. Following @Karl Henning
Nice performance and killer cover art!