What are you listening to now?

[Roehre]

The last thread with this name reaching the 6th page, IMO it's time for a new one.

Today:

JSBach:
Cantatas BWV 44 and 183, both titled “Sie werden euch in den Bann tun” (a pair of IIRC only 4 pairs of Bach cantatas with identical opening lines), cantatas for today: Exaudi

Frederik Devreese:
Violin concerto (1951)

Further revisiting last year’s proms:

Maxwell Davies:
Violin concerto no.2 (2008)

Louis Andriessen:
The Hague hacking (2008)
A very sharp sonata (trumpet solo) (2002)
A sad sonate(trumpet solo) (2008)
Xenia (violin solo) (2005)
Image de Moreau (piano solo) (2008)
Klokken van Haarlem (percussion) (2002)

[Roehre]

Pascal Bentoiu:
Symphony no.5 opus 26 (1979)

Anatol Vieru:
Clarinet concerto (1974)

Tiberiuh Olah:
Symphony no.3 (1989)

Calin Ioachimescu;
Celliphonia (cello-solo + tape, 1988)

Interesting selection of Romanian classical music. What do you think of Horatiu Radulescu's music?

I like the Ioachimescu - the cello/tape work well together here and it does not hurt that I am a great fan of solo cello music.

I read a glowing review of the Bentoiu and was disappointed when I actually found the work in my Romanian Anthology CDs and played it. For me there it is much to thin and the same for a 20 plus minute piece.

I am a fan of Vieru but have not heard his clarinet concerto in a long time but will give it a visit. BTW I really like his cello concerto.

UB1,
I am afraid I've only heard one work of Horatiu Radulescu's, which hasn't impressed me very much, as I cannot recall even its title .

The Bentoiu 5th symphony is essentially a 20 minutes two part invention for which the quality of the "themes" (well, basically two infinite melodies set against each other) is too meagre to continue to attract one's attention. The orchestration is only underscoring the non-functional harmony, and hardly contributes to make the work more interesting. It simply outstays its welcome.

In terms of attractiveness I prefer the Vieru clarinet concerto slightly, though the cello concerto is IMO hardly weaker or of less importance.

But in general: Rumanian music as has survived during the Ceaucescu-era is much more interesting than one would expect, Vieru, Ioachimescu, the better works of Bentoiu (who shows his mastery of orchestration and invention brilliantly in e.g. his orchestration of Enescu's Iris) and many others do compare well with the works of similar spirits in the "West" or e.g. Russia.

[Peter]

Handel's suites no.3 and no.8 played by Richter.
Dvorak overtures: My Home, In natures Realm and Carnival.
BBC Young musician of the year finals - Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, Reinecke Flute Concerto and Saint-Saens 2nd Piano concerto.

[Zevy]

Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5; Van Cliburn.
Mozart Horn Concerto #1; Dale Clevenger. I believe he plays that concerto on a natural horn.

[Bonn1827]

Bach (arr. Busoni) Chorale Prelude, "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland", Alfred Brendel, piano. Words fail....

[Megan]

BBC radio 3, Lunchtime Concert.

The Berlin-based Artemis Quartet perform live at Wigmore Hall, with two Beethoven quartets - the passionate "Quartetto alla serioso" and one of the "Razumovsky" quartets, dedicated to the Russian ambassador in Vienna, and hinting at a Russian musical inspiration.

Programme
Beethoven
String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 'Serioso'
String Quartet in C Op. 59 No. 3 'Razumovsky'

[Megan]

For the remainder of the afternoon listening:



3.30pm
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
Olga Borodina, mezzo-soprano
Radio France Chorus
Orchestre National de France
Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

4.10pm
Mussorgsky: Night on a Bare Mountain
Orchestre National de France
Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

4.35pm
Scriabin: Poem of Ecstasy
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Lionel Bringuier, conductor.

[Preston]

For the remainder of the afternoon listening:



3.30pm
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
Olga Borodina, mezzo-soprano
Radio France Chorus
Orchestre National de France
Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

4.10pm
Mussorgsky: Night on a Bare Mountain
Orchestre National de France
Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

4.35pm
Scriabin: Poem of Ecstasy
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Lionel Bringuier, conductor.

Sounds like a good afternoon!

[Zevy]

"Emperor" Concerto; Murray Perahia. Excellent!!!

[Roehre]

Today:

Messiaen:
Les Offrandes oubliées (1930)
Hymne au Saint-Sacrement (1932)
L’Ascension (1932)

Berg:
Pieces for orchestra opus 6

David Matthews:
Symphony no.7 op.109 (R 3)

[Roehre]

Today:

Messiaen:
Et exspectio Resurrectionem Mortuorum (1964)

Escher:
Musique pour l’Esprit en Deuil (1943)

[Preston]

listening to the Introitus from Mozart's Requiem Mass

[Roehre]

Today:

Langgaard:
Symphony no.6 “Det Himmelrevende” (1920)

Godfried Devreese:
Violin concerto no.1 (1936)

[Tillyvalle]

Cavatina. Trying not to cry!

[Roehre]

Today:

Moyzes, Alexander (1906-1984)
Symphony No 3 in B Major Op.18 (R3 TtN)

Schnittke:
In Memoriam (1978 orchestration of the 1972 piano quintet)

Legley:
Before endeavours fade (1978)

Draeseke:
Symphony no.3 in C opus 40 “Symphonia tragica” (1886/’87)
Funeral March in e opus 79 (1906)