What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Brahms' Third Symphony, performed by Eugen Jochum and the LPO, as heard in this set:

Excellent ....

[soulpope]

Melita Lorkovic plays  an outstanding "Kreisleriana" in 1981 ....

[soulpope]

Grigory Guzman plays Bach in 2005 .... wondeful indeed ....

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

Now on my turntable:

Sergei Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky (Cantata based on Music for the Eisenstein Film), Op. 78 / André Previn, LSO & Chorus, Anna Reynolds (Angel, 1972)

 

EDIT
After listening to this Alexander Nevsky and being impressed, I've been doing some digging on Discogs.  Turns out that Previn recorded a lot of Prokofiev during his eleven-year run as the principal conductor of the LSO:

- The Piano Concertos - with Ashkenazy
- The Violin Concertos - with Kyung-Wha Chung
- Symphony No. 1 "Classical"
- Symphony No. 5
- Symphony No. 6
- Symphony No. 7
- Cinderella (complete ballet)
- Romeo & Juliet (complete ballet)
- Peter & the Wolf - with Mia Farrow
- Alexander Nevsky (cantata)
- Lieutenant Kijé (suite)

I had no idea that Previn had made so many Prokofiev recordings!  (Perhaps because many of them are no longer available?)  Along with his Nevsky, I only know Previn's Romeo & Juliet and his piano concertos with Ashkenazy.

I'm now streaming Previn's recording of Prokofiev's Fifth Sym.  It's startlingly good.  . . . I'm going to need to dive into this stuff more deeply.  Seems like Previn had a very convincing handle on Sergei Prokofiev!

 

Edited April 8, 2024 by HutchFan

[HutchFan]

Now this:

 

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, HutchFan said:

.... Previn's recording of Prokofiev's Fifth Sym.  It's startlingly good.  . . . I'm going to need to dive into this stuff more deeply.  Seems like Previn had a very convincing handle on Sergei Prokofiev!

If you appreciate Previn and Prokofiev go for the two Violin Concertos with Kyung Wha Chung ....

[HutchFan]

28 minutes ago, soulpope said:

If you appreciate Previn and Prokofiev go for the two Violin Concertos with Kyung Wha Chung ....

Thanks for the heads-up.  I'll investigate.  

 

Continuing the theme with:

 

Edited April 8, 2024 by HutchFan

[mikeweil]

Absolutely fantastic recording! It reinforces my opinion that Mozart is best heard on period instruments, because on modern painos all those wonderful colors are lost: What a pity that the label is defunct and the CD has become so hard to find - I had to buy it from a Californian seller.

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

Now listening to this LP:

Elizabeth Suderburg (sop) & David Starobin (gtr) - Spanish Music for Voice & Guitar (Turnabout, 1980)

 

[mjzee]

Reinhard Goebel Complete Archiv box, disc 29.

[soulpope]

Recorded @ Teldec Studio Berlin in October 1988 .... pure and almost weightless ....

[soulpope]

Recorded @ Kingsway Hall London in November 1981 .... unspectacular but with depth ....

[Peter Friedman]

Op.18/5   and    Op.18/6

[HutchFan]

Maurice Ravel conducted by Jean Martinon with the Orchestre de Paris.

Over the last few years, Martinon has become one of my favorite conductors.  His approach to conducting has the (very French) transparency of Boulez but also the (well balanced) expressiveness of his teacher, Charles Munch.  Others might deliver more color, but there's something very appealing (to me, at least) about the astringency that Martinon brings to the table.  It's all a very potent combination, imo.  

 

[Peter Friedman]

Symphony No.4

[HutchFan]

Outstanding performances of Ives' songs.

 

[soulpope]

8 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Outstanding performances of Ives' songs.

Agreed ....

[mikeweil]

[soulpope]

As the Partitas were requiered this morning ....

[Peter Friedman]

[Referentzhunter]

Surprisingly fresh and non-clichéd Vivaldi disc i found at the thrift-store. 

[Peter Friedman]

[Ron S]

Nielsen, Miscellaneous orchestra music

Thomas Dausgaard, Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Dacapo)