What are you listening to now?

[Chris]

Roehre,

Whose recordings of the Bach cantatas have you been listening to?

[Roehre]

Roehre,

Whose recordings of the Bach cantatas have you been listening to?

I listen to a whole range (HIP as well as more traditional) of recordings/ performances. I've got two complete series of cantatas, the Rilling (on Hänssler) and the series by Harnoncourt/Leonhardt (originally Telefunken, now BMG). I've got some CD-sets by Koopman (Erato/Channel Classics), Gardiner (SDG) and Suzuki (BIS), and a couple of LP-sets by Richter (DGG/Archiv).

I must say that I don't really dislike or prefer any of them. Each has its own merits.

[Chris]

I listen to a whole range (HIP as well as more traditional) of recordings/ performances. I've got two complete series of cantatas, the Rilling (on Hänssler) and the series by Harnoncourt/Leonhardt (originally Telefunken, now BMG). I've got some CD-sets by Koopman (Erato/Channel Classics), Gardiner (SDG) and Suzuki (BIS), and a couple of LP-sets by Richter (DGG/Archiv).

I must say that I don't really dislike or prefer any of them. Each has its own merits.

Yes, those are all fine recordings, though I don't care for modern instruments much in this music. The last volume from Gardiner's Bach Pilgrimage was just released. I wonder if they will release the entire thing in a box set? That would be nice, since buying all of the individual volumes would be quite expensive (and take up a lot of space)! I have the box set of Koopman's, and that has been excellent.

Have you heard any of Herreweghe's cantata recordings? He didn't record them all, but he got most of the greatest ones. I think his recordings are extremely good.

[Roehre]

Have you heard any of Herreweghe's cantata recordings? He didn't record them all, but he got most of the greatest ones. I think his recordings are extremely good.

Yes Chris, I agree. I listened to two or three of them, and I must say that I was quite impressed.
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Today's listening:

Schnebel:
:!(madrasha II)

Penderecki:
Ecloga VIII (1972)

Cerha:
Verzeichnis (1960)

Escher:
Ciel, Air et Vent – 3 Poèmes de Ronsard (1957)
Songs of Love and Eternity – 5 Poems by Emily Dickinson (1955)
Trio for clarinet, viola and piano (1979)

Berg:
Wozzeck: Act 3.

Stravinsky:
Capriccio for piano and orchestra (1929, rev.1949)
Movements for piano and orchestra (1959)

[Sorrano]

Today:

Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol

Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals (The Elephant)

Vaughn Williams: Romance and Pastoral (Loved the harmonica!)

(**Checked to make sure this was the proper thread!**)

[Roehre]

Today:

Suk:
Pohadka op.16 (1900)

Ravel:
Ma Mère l’Oye (ballet)

Nono:
Fragmente-Stille. An Diotima. (1979)

Beethoven:
String Quartet no.15 in a op.132

[Sorrano]

Last night:

Grieg: from Two Elegiac Melodies: The Last Spring
Weber: Konzerstucke
Chausson:Poeme (Not certain if that was the title - this was on the radio)

[Roehre]

Last night:
Weber: Konzerstucke
Chausson:Poeme (Not certain if that was the title - this was on the radio)

Sorrano, I guess it's Weber's piece for piano and orchestra (op.79)?

Chausson actually composed a piece called Poème, and if the piece you listened to was for violin and orchestra, then this was it.

[Sorrano]

Sorrano, I guess it's Weber's piece for piano and orchestra (op.79)?

Chausson actually composed a piece called Poème, and if the piece you listened to was for violin and orchestra, then this was it.

I believe you are correct on both of those! Thanks!

[Roehre]

Today:

Zimmermann:
Die Befristeten
Improvisations on a theme from „Die Soldaten“ (1967)

Escher:
Monologue (1969)

Lambrechts:
Embryon (1965)

Maarten Bon:
Caprichioso y obstinado (1965)

Blacher:
Abstrakte Oper nr.1 op.43 (1953)

[Sorrano]

This morning:

Beethoven: "Wellington's Victory"
Ravel: "Sonate Posthume"

[Roehre]

Ravel: "Sonate Posthume"

The 1897 violin sonata, originally with a cymbalom in stead of a piano as accompanying instrument, Sorrano?

[Sorrano]

The 1897 violin sonata, originally with a cymbalom in stead of a piano as accompanying instrument, Sorrano?

Yes, I believe you are correct!

[Roehre]

Today:

Lutoslawski:
Cello concerto (1970)

Ives:
Violin sonata no.4 „children’s day at the Camp Meeting (1906/15)
Pre-first sonata: largo (ca.1901)

Hartmann:
Symphony no.6 (1951/’53)

Hindemith:
Die junge Magd op.23b (1922)
Die Serenaden op.35 (1924)

[Sorrano]

This morning:

Cornelius Dopper's 7th Symphony, "Zuiderzee". I did not catch the opening (on the radio) so I was trying to guess who the composer was. I had no idea!