Sunday evening

Finishing up the weekend with:

Liszt - Hunnenschlacht - Mehta and the NYPO

Roger Goeb (American 1914-1997) - Symphony No. 3 (1950) - Stokowski and his very own orchestra.

This symphony kind of baffles me. Nothing makes it stand out from so many other American orchestral works of the mid 20th century. Yet Stokowski must have seen something in it making it worth his time to record.

Borodin - Symphony No. 2 - Kubelik and the Vienna PO

and Martinu - Symphony No. 3 - Järvi and the Bamberg SO

which I'm learning to appreciate more and more. Martinu requires a bit of concentration. I find his harmonies most intriguing. At first they just sounded sloppy to me, but they slide over one another in the most fascinating way. I recall reading that Martinu was influenced by Roussel, though I can't quite detect that influence.

 

Enough basketball, already.

Never heard of this guy. But I think I really like this....

 

Recorded 1985. Pssst, hp, includes L'isle joyeuse (modere et tres souple).

 

In which Jeff listens to the Messe in C

Listening to this recording of Beethoven's Messe in C. John Eliot Gardiner leads the Orchestre Révolutionaire et Romantique and the Monteverdi Choir.

EDIT: Wow, only took 10 months to fill out the previous thread!

 

This morning's commute: Symphony No. 1, Nutcracker Suite and part of Der Sturm Op. 18 (Sinfonische Phantasie nach Shakespeare)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Claudio Abbado

 

Claude Debussy: Piano Trio, L. 3

Early Debussy, written in 1880 when he was only 18 years old.

For some reason, Debussy's Piano Trio isn't included in The Debussy Edition (DG). So it was off to Spotify.

 

Beethoven's 5th Symphony:

Grieg's piano concerto with Alice Sara Ott:

 

"And away we go!"

Mahler
Lieder eines fabrenden Gesellen
Song of a Wayfarer
Frederica von Stade, mezzo soprano
London Philharmonic, Andrew Davis

Symphony No 4 in G major
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
Judith Raskin, soprano

 

Handel Concerti Grossi, Op.6, 1-4
Pinnock/English Concert

I only have the first four of the set of twelve. Modelled after Corelli, they are considered "amongst the finest examples in the genre of baroque concerto grosso" (Wikipedia). Just the thing for starting off my evening

 

Rimsky Korsakov's Antar Symphony Part 3:

Rimsky Korsakov's Antar Symphony Part 4:

Morton Feldman's For Samuel Beckett Part 1

Morton Feldman's For Samuel Beckett Part 2

Morton Feldman's For Samuel Beckett Part 3

 

The Clock (Haydn) LOVE that first movement!! So catchy!! I personally find both Haydn and Mozart to be... at their most playful state when composing in 6/8 time.

 

Mozart's Piano Concerto 23 movement 3

 

This evening:

From the Bernstein set, Mahler's 8th

Mahler's 7th w/ Gustavo Dudamel and Simón Bolívar Symphony of Venezuela

And now:
Bruckner's 8th w/ Karajan/WPO

 

Alexander Scriabin - Symphony No.1 in E-major, Op.26 (1900)

 

Nikolai Obukhov's Four Balmont Songs w/ Barbara Hannigan

 

Albert: one thing you can do to stop the serial posting is to edit any new info into your last post, especially if there's nothing following. Theres no need at all to have five posts in a row (and it depresses me a bit that you've gone and done that at the start of a new thread).

playing now:

Christoph Graupner wind concertos - Antichi Strumenti

 

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Handel-Harty: Water Music Suite; Music For The Royal Fireworks; Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti

Festival Chamber Orchestra, Antal Doráti

 

John Shirley-Quirk doing complete Stravinsky:

Morton Feldman's Voice, Violin and Piano:

Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 27:

 

Found this gem today at a local used CD shop and listened to all three discs. Viva la Russians!

P.S. The sound quality is EXCELLENT!